The Boxtrolls
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes... even rectangles.
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
- Worldwide
- $108M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
19 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Boxtrolls returned 1.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $60M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $108M
- Release date
- Sep 10, 2014
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- 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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