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Released
1996 · FILM

VeggieTales: The Toy That Saved Christmas

“can a brave little toy find the true meaning of Christmas before it's too late?”

Directed by
Chris Olsen, Phil Vischer
Written by
Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki
Runtime
33 min
FamilyAnimation

Synopsis

Wally P. Nezzer, an unscrupulous toy maker, appears in his own TV commercials, convincing the residents of Dinkletown that "Christmas is when you get stuff!" As the town's children begin begging for more toys, it looks like it could be the worst Christmas ever—until a brave little Buzz-Saw Louie doll decides to take matters into his own hands. *The Toy That Saved Christmas* reminds children of all ages that "Christmas isn't about getting; it's about giving."

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Principal cast & crew: 13

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Mike NawrockiScored by Kurt Heinecke

Box Office

1996 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.0× 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

$1.3M

Budget$1.3M
Worldwide gross$1.3M
break-even (2.5×)

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