Beauty and the Beast
The most beautiful love story ever told.
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast.With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
- Director
- Gary Trousdale
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $425M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Beauty and the Beast 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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Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the help of the castle's enchanted staff, Belle soon learns the most important lesson of all -- that true beauty comes from within.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Beauty and the Beast appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Romance Movies Ranked #46
Placed at #46 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Romance Movies Ranked #47
Placed at #47 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
2 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
Annie Awards
1 win
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Beauty and the Beast returned 17.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $425M
- Release date
- Oct 22, 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, French
- 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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