Pinocchio
When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true.
When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life.The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy.He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.
- Director
- Hamilton Luske
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $164M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
14 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Pinocchio actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Pinocchio returned 63.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $164M
- Release date
- Feb 23, 1940
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- MPAA rating
- —
- 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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