Elio
They asked for our leader. They got... him.
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
- Director
- Domee Shi
- Worldwide
- $154M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
20 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Elio returned 1.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $150M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $154M
- Release date
- Jun 18, 2025
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- 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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