The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning.But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
- Director
- Henry Selick
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Humour
- Worldwide
- $76M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
21 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Nightmare Before Christmas actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Nightmare Before Christmas appears in 4 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #39
Placed at #39 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Animation Movies Ranked #42
Placed at #42 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Family Movies Ranked #45
Placed at #45 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #210
Placed at #210 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
Annie Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Nightmare Before Christmas returned 4.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $18M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $76M
- Release date
- Oct 9, 1993
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- 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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