Ben Kingsley, Dee Bradley Baker, Steve Blum, Pat Fraley, Nick Frost, Nika Futterman, Tracy Morgan, Fred Tatasciore, Elle Fanning, Richard Ayoade, and Isaac Hempstead Wright in The Boxtrolls (2014)

The Boxtrolls

Movie2014ā€¢ PGā€¢ 1h 36m
AnimationAdventureComedyFamilyFantasy
ā­ 6.8 / 10(64,944)

A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.

Rated
PG
Runtime
1h 36m
Released
2014
Country
United States, Canada

Details

Release year: 2014

Storyline

A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.

Top credits

Cast
See all 33 credits ā†’

Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

ā€¢ More than 20,000 props were handmade for the movie.

ā€¢ Dee Bradley Baker, who voiced Fish, Wheels, and Bucket, also helped develop the boxtroll language.

ā€¢ Because all of the actors and actresses recorded their parts separately, Simon Pegg was initially unaware of best friend Nick Frost's participation in the project, and vice versa.

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $50,837,305

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $17,275,239 (2014-09-28)

User reviews

ā­ 8/10

A fun film, Roald Dahl like darkness.

šŸ‘ 93 Ā· 9/7/2014
ā­ 8/10

Maybe a classic

šŸ‘ 54 Ā· 9/25/2014
ā­ 8/10

Thinking Outside the Box

šŸ‘ 32 Ā· 10/1/2014

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos, Datasat
Aspect ratio
1.66 : 1, 1.78 : 1, 2.24:1
Color
Color
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