The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The beloved masterpiece comes to life.
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia.There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis.Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
- Director
- Andrew Adamson
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $745M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. There, they discover a charming, once peaceful kingdom that has been plunged into eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion, Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever.
Where to watch
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The record
Awards
3 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
BAFTA Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerBAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
Critics' Choice Awards
1 win
- WinnerBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film
TV Krant Filmposter Award
1 win
- WinnerTV Krant Filmposter Award
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe returned 4.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $180M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $745M
- Release date
- Dec 7, 2005
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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