Pete's Dragon
Some secrets are too big to keep.
For years, old wood carver Mr.Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest.To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales...until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott.
- Director
- David Lowery
- Worldwide
- $144M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Pete's Dragon returned 2.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $65M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $144M
- Release date
- Aug 10, 2016
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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