An American Tail
Meet Fievel. In his search to find his family, he discovered America.
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century.But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
- Director
- Don Bluth
- Signature
- Drama · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $85M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
14 billed performers
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
An American Tail returned 9.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $9M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $85M
- Release date
- Nov 21, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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