The Addams Family
Weird is relative.
When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead.But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
- Director
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $192M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Story overview
What It's About
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When a man claiming to be long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after 25 years lost, the family plans a celebration to wake the dead. But the kids barely have time to warm up the electric chair before Morticia begins to suspect Fester is fraud when he can't recall any of the details of Fester's life.
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
1 win
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Addams Family returned 6.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $30M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $192M
- Release date
- Nov 22, 1991
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- 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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