The Polar Express
A journey like you’ve never imagined.
When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $318M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
25 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Polar Express 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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When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
Where to watch
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
BAFTA Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerBAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Polar Express returned 1.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $165M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $318M
- Release date
- Nov 10, 2004
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- 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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