Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Mishaps. Misadventures. Mayhem. Oh joy.
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire.When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
- Director
- Brad Silberling
- Signature
- Humour · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $209M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
31 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 14 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 4 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film
Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAustralian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress
Teen Choice Award for Best Villain
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerTeen Choice Award for Best Villain
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Villain
Satellite Award for Best Cinematography
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerSatellite Award for Best Cinematography
Satellite Award for Best Editing
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerSatellite Award for Best Editing
Saturn Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Fantasy Film
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Make-up
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Special Edition DVD Release
World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerWorld Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events returned 1.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $140M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $209M
- Release date
- Dec 16, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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