The Princess Diaries
She rocks. She rules. She reigns.
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia.She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.
- Director
- Garry Marshall
- Worldwide
- $165M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
28 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.
Where to watch
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerBroadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film
MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerMTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Female Performance
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Princess Diaries returned 4.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $37M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $165M
- Release date
- Aug 3, 2001
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- MPAA rating
- G
- 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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