The Muppet Movie
More entertaining than humanly possible!
The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood.On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
- Director
- James Frawley
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $76M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
34 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Muppet Movie 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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The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever (his future muppet crew), and some special celebrity guest stars, while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
Where to watch
Streaming
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Muppet Movie returned 9.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $8M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $76M
- Release date
- Jun 22, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, French
- 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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