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The Nightmare Before Christmas
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #76
- IMDb #59
- Google retired #239
- Rotten Tomatoes #57
- Metacritic #45
- Letterboxd #103
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #86
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #64
- Metacritic Critics #60
- Metacritic Audience #40
- Criticker #52
- Douban #97
- Kinopoisk #60
- AlloCiné #40
- Trakt #96
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Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95.
See the most agreed on films →The Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, Jack Skellington, has grown tired of the same annual scares. He accidentally stumbles into Christmas Town and is captivated by its entirely different holiday. He becomes determined to take over Christmas, with his well-intentioned but macabre efforts threatening to ruin the holiday for everyone.
Details
- Director
- Henry Selick
- Writers
- Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton
- Based on
- The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton
- Released
- 9 October 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $18.0M
- Box office
- $75.6M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 5 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Visual Effects | Pete Kozachik | Nominee |
| 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Visual Effects | Eric Leighton | Nominee |
| 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Visual Effects | Ariel Velasco-Shaw | Nominee |
| 66th Academy Awards 1994 | Best Visual Effects | Gordon Baker | Nominee |
| Annie Award 1994 | Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
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| Best Visual Effects | Eric Leighton | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Ariel Velasco-Shaw | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Gordon Baker | Nominee |
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |