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Dark Shadows
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4346
- IMDb #4077
- Google retired #1760
- Rotten Tomatoes #4250
- Metacritic #3381
- Letterboxd #4355
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4489
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4219
- Metacritic Critics #2893
- Metacritic Audience #3908
- Criticker #3434
- Douban #2201
- Kinopoisk #3628
- AlloCiné #2530
- Trakt #3920
Every rating
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Lowest is Criticker on 30, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 45, everyone else 60.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An 18th-century vampire is freed from his buried tomb and awakens in the year 1972. He returns to his ancestral estate to find his descendants living in the crumbling manor, each with their own peculiar quirks. He must adjust to the bizarre new world of the 1970s while attempting to restore his family's fortune and protect them from a powerful witch who is the source of his eternal curse.
Details
- Director
- Tim Burton
- Writers
- John August, Seth Grahame-Smith
- Based on
- Dark Shadows
- Released
- 9 May 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $150.0M
- Box office
- $245.5M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 10 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| BMI Film & TV Awards 2012 | Best Film Music | Danny Elfman | Winner |
| British Society of Cinematographers 2012 | GBCT Operators Award | Des Whelan | Nominee |
| Empire Awards 2012 | Best Horror Film | Nominee | |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2012 | Best Wildposts | Warner Bros. Ignition Creative | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2012 | Best Animation/Family Poster | Warner Bros. Ignition Creative | Nominee |
| Golden Trailer Awards 2012 | Best Summer 2012 Blockbuster Poster | Warner Bros. Ignition Creative | Nominee |
| Kid's Choice Award 2012 | Favorite Movie Actor | Johnny Depp | Winner |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards 2012 | Best Film | Tim Burton | Nominee |
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12 awards — Dark Shadows
×| Best Film Music | Danny Elfman | Winner |
| Favorite Movie Actor | Johnny Depp | Winner |
| Best Animation/Family Poster | Warner Bros. Ignition Creative | Nominee |
| Best Summer 2012 Blockbuster Poster | Warner Bros. Ignition Creative | Nominee |
| Best Wildposts | Warner Bros. Ignition Creative | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Chloë Grace Moretz | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Rick Heinrichs | Nominee |
| GBCT Operators Award | Des Whelan | Nominee |
| Best Horror Film | Nominee |
| Best Film | Tim Burton | Nominee |
| Feature Film | Des Whelan | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor | Gully McGrath | Nominee |