Edward Scissorhands
Innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees.
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $86M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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How Edward Scissorhands 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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A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Edward Scissorhands appears in 3 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Romance Movies Ranked #38
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- Romance Movies Ranked #39
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- Fantasy Movies Ranked #47
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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
1 win
- WinnerHugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Edward Scissorhands returned 4.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $20M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $86M
- Release date
- Dec 7, 1990
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- 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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