A Bug's Life
An epic of miniature proportions.
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
- Director
- John Lasseter
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $363M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
35 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How A Bug's Life actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
BAFTA Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerBAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
Critics' Choice Awards
2 wins
- WinnerBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
A Bug's Life returned 4.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $80M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $363M
- Release date
- Nov 25, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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