How the Grinch Stole Christmas
You better watch out!
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
- Director
- Ron Howard
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $346M
Who's in it
Cast
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What It's About
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The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 5 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design
BAFTA Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerBAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
1 win
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
1 win
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Villain
The numbers
Box Office & Release
How the Grinch Stole Christmas returned 2.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $123M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $346M
- Release date
- Nov 17, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
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