Gremlins
Cute. Clever. Mischievous. Intelligent. Dangerous.
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
- Director
- Joe Dante
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $153M
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What It's About
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After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Gremlins returned 13.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $11M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $153M
- Release date
- Jun 8, 1984
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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