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Released
1992 · FILM

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge must confront his own greed when three supernatural spirits force him to relive his past, face the present, and glimpse a bleak future, lest he lose everything he holds dear.

Directed by
Brian Henson
Written by
Charles Dickens, Jerry Juhl
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
86 min
ComedyDramaFamily

Synopsis

This adaptation reimagines the classic Charles Dickens story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a notorious miser. During a night of supernatural visitations, he is confronted by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, who hold him accountable for his harsh and unkind behavior.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 78+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Michael JablowShot by John FennerScored by Miles GoodmanDesigned by Val Strazovec

Box Office

1992 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$27.3M

Budget$12.0M
Worldwide gross$27.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $27.3M — 100% of worldwide · International: $18K (0%)

Opening weekend: $5.0M — 18% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $6.4M — 23% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,075 theaters

Re-release box office

2020725 theaters
$200K($256K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Also known as

  • Die Muppets Weihnachtsgeschichtede
  • Noël chez les Muppetsfr
  • Festa in casa Muppetit

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