The Nightmare Before Christmas(1993)

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

1h 16m

Release Date: Oct 15, 1993

95%
92%
B+
7.9

Jack Skellington runs Halloween and is bored of it. He finds a door into another holiday, decides he understands it, and takes it over. He is wrong about almost everything, and the rag doll who loves him can see exactly how wrong, which is not the same as being able to stop him.

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Release Details

Original Release | Oct 15, 1993 | Wide

2000 Re-release | Oct 27, 2000 | Limited

2006 3D Release | Oct 20, 2006 | Limited

2007 3D Release | Oct 19, 2007 | Moderate

2008 3D Release | Oct 24, 2008 | Limited

2009 3D Release | Oct 23, 2009 | Limited

2020 Re-release | Oct 16, 2020 | Wide

30th Anniversary Re-Release | Oct 20, 2023 | Wide

2024 Re-release | Oct 11, 2024 | Wide

2025 Re-Release | Oct 17, 2025 | Wide

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Box Office Results

2025-12-21T07:29:53.867Z

All Releases (10)
Total US & Canada:
$94,707,435
Total International
$14,044,691
Total Worldwide:
$108,775,631

Total US & Canada:
$45,999,830
Total International
$30,826
Total Worldwide:
$46,030,656

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Director & Top Cast

Henry Selick
Director

Danny Elfman
Jack Skellington - Singing Voice

Chris Sarandon
Jack Skellington

Catherine O’Hara
Sally

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo,DTS

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

The Nightmare Before Christmas is the 1993 American stop-motion musical directed by Henry Selick, from a story and characters by Tim Burton, with songs and score by Danny Elfman.
Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon speaking, Elfman singing), the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, has grown bored of running Halloween and stumbles through a door into Christmas Town. Convinced he understands what he has found, he kidnaps Santa Claus and takes Christmas over himself, delivering gifts that terrify the children receiving them. The rag doll Sally (Catherine O'Hara), who loves him, can see exactly how badly it will go, which is not the same as being able to stop him. Ken Page voices the gambling boogeyman Oogie Boogie, who has his own plans for Santa.
Obsession, misreading and the limits of enthusiasm are the material underneath the design. It has become one of the most durable annual repertory titles in American cinemas, playing every autumn across the Halloween and Christmas window, and Disney returned it to theaters on 1 October 2026.
For families, and for the audience that treats the October booking as a fixture.

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