The Happytime Murders
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In a world where humans coexist with puppets—who are seen as lesser citizens—cast members of a beloved 1990s children's television series begin getting murdered one by one.Puppet Phil Philips, an ex-LAPD detective-turned-private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist his former partner, Detective Connie Edwards.
- Director
- Brian Henson
- Worldwide
- $28M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
39 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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In a world where humans coexist with puppets—who are seen as lesser citizens—cast members of a beloved 1990s children's television series begin getting murdered one by one. Puppet Phil Philips, an ex-LAPD detective-turned-private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist his former partner, Detective Connie Edwards.
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Box Office & Release
The Happytime Murders returned 0.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $28M
- Release date
- Aug 22, 2018
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- China, United States of America
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