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The Nightmare Before Christmas - 1994 International Trailer (35mm 4K)

The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993)
Released
1993 · FILM

The Nightmare Before Christmas

A bored Pumpkin King discovers a portal to Christmas Town and must convince his monster-filled world to embrace an unfamiliar holiday before his misguided attempt to “improve” it threatens both realms.

Directed by
Henry Selick
Written by
Caroline Thompson, Michael Mcdowell
Rated
FSK · FSK 6
Runtime
76 min
AdventureAnimationFamily

Synopsis

Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack begins to realize that his plan may not be as perfect as he thought.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 493+ 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 Stan WebbShot by Pete KozachikScored by Danny ElfmanSound by Richard L Anderson

Box Office

1993 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.2× 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

$75.6M

Budget$18.0M
Worldwide gross$75.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $50.0M — 66% of worldwide · International: $25.6M (34%)

Opening weekend: $191K — 0% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $329K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2 theaters

Re-release box office

20251,425 theaters
$1.2M($1.3M today)
20241,860 theaters
$10.3M($10.9M today)
20232,185 theaters
$17.6M($19.1M today)
20202,194 theaters
$4.6M($5.8M today)
200072 theaters
$509K($978K today)
Total re-release
$34.2M

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

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Nightmare Before Christmasde
  • Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmasde
  • Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmasen
  • El extraño mundo de Jackes
  • L'Étrange Noël de monsieur Jackfr
  • (TV Title)Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • United StatesOct 9, 1993
  • PhilippinesOct 27, 1993
  • CanadaOct 29, 1993

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Walt Disney PicturesTouchstone PicturesTim Burton Productions

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