The Rescuers (1977)

The Rescuers
Theatrical Performance
Domestic Box Office $48,775,599Details
Further financial details...

Metrics

Legs:12.61 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $204,275,136

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,936 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,175 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 201-300) 274 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 301-400) 323 $48,775,599

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: June 22nd, 1977 (Wide) by Walt Disney
December 16th, 1983 (Wide) by Walt Disney
March 17th, 1989 (Wide) by Walt Disney
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 76 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Aristocats
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Keywords: Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Orphan, Kidnap, Rescue, Treasure Hunters, Intertitle, Epilogue, Family Adventure
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, French, German, Russian

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 224 $8,652,603 Mar 24, 1989 4,296
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 236 $13,497,577 Dec 30, 1983 2,385
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 334 $8,735,863 Dec 23, 1983 2,378

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Animated Box Office (Rank 101-200) 198 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,936 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 601-700) 651 $204,275,136
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,484 $48,775,599
Top 1977 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 10 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 401-500) 412 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Hand Animation Movies 38 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300) 234 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 401-500) 418 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for G Movies 88 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 201-300) 274 $48,775,599

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 1983 7 $2,111,582   862 $2,450   $2,111,582 339
Dec 23, 1983 7 $2,503,909 +19% 1,040 $2,408   $6,478,064 340
Dec 30, 1983 7 $3,868,733 +55% 1,040 $3,720   $13,057,259 341
Jan 6, 1984 14 $1,144,341 -70% 858 $1,334   $14,581,737 342
Jan 13, 1984 16 $505,008 -56% 378 $1,336   $15,305,520 343
Mar 17, 1989 4 $3,609,117   1,446 $2,496   $3,609,117 613
Mar 24, 1989 2 $3,141,389 -13% 1,482 $2,120   $8,747,886 614
Mar 31, 1989 3 $2,846,003 -9% 1,482 $1,920   $13,858,103 615
Apr 7, 1989 7 $1,714,636 -40% 1,463 $1,172   $16,242,973 616
Apr 14, 1989 10 $1,060,704 -38% 1,366 $777   $17,692,647 617
Apr 21, 1989 14 $632,016 -40% 1,158 $546   $18,688,974 618
May 12, 1989 28 $142,613   485 $294   $19,723,192 621

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 1983 6 $3,974,155   862 $4,610   $3,974,155 340
Dec 23, 1983 5 $5,214,371 +31% 1,040 $5,014   $9,188,526 341
Dec 30, 1983 7 $4,248,870 -19% 1,040 $4,085   $13,437,396 342
Jan 6, 1984 14 $1,363,116 -68% 858 $1,589   $14,800,512 343
Mar 17, 1989 3 $5,606,497   1,446 $3,877   $5,606,497 614
Mar 24, 1989 2 $5,405,603 -4% 1,482 $3,648   $11,012,100 615
Mar 31, 1989 3 $3,516,237 -35% 1,482 $2,373   $14,528,337 616
Apr 7, 1989 7 $2,103,606 -40% 1,463 $1,438   $16,631,943 617
Apr 14, 1989 10 $1,425,015 -32% 1,366 $1,043   $18,056,958 618

Leading Cast

Bob Newhart    Bernard
Eva Gavor    Bianca
Joe Flynn    Snoops
Geraldine Page    Medusa

Supporting Cast

Michelle Stacy    Penny
Jeanette Nolan    Ellie Mae
John McIntire    Rufus
Pat Buttram    Luke
George Lindsey    Rabbit
Larry Clemmons    Gramps

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Wolfgang Reitherman    Director
John Lounsbery    Director
Larry Clemmons    Screenwriter
Ken Anderson    Screenwriter
Vance Gerry    Screenwriter
David Michener    Screenwriter
Burny Mattinson    Screenwriter
Frank Thomas    Screenwriter
Wolfgang Reitherman    Producer
James Melton    Editor

Blu-ray Sales: Hungry No More

September 7th, 2012

The Hunger Games dominated the Blu-ray Sales Chart during its first full week on the home market. It saw its sales numbers grow a little bit to 1.75 million units / $34.99 million for the week giving it totals of 3.42 million units / $68.32 million. It is already in the top ten best-selling Blu-rays of all time and the best-selling Blu-ray of the year. It likely won't last in first place for long, as The Avengers is coming out soon and should be record-breaking on Blu-ray. More...

DVD Sales: Home Market Gorges on New Releases

September 5th, 2012

Depending on how you look at things, there were more than ten new releases to reach the top 30 on the DVD Sales Chart. One of the confusing "new" releases is The Hunger Games, which spent its first full week on the home market, but came out a few days before Tuesday. It sold 2.50 million units and generated $42.48 million during its first full week of release, for totals of 4.68 million units / $79.46 million and it is already the second best selling DVD of 2012 and should be in first place very shortly. I was amazed that the film actually sold more this week than it did last week, even with its shortened opening week. After all, Breaking Dawn, Part 1 also opened with a shortened week, but fell nearly 40% during its first full week of release. Clearly this movie has much better word-of-mouth.

More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for August 21st, 2012

August 22nd, 2012

It is an amazing week on the home market, if you count The Hunger Games. That film made its DVD and Blu-ray debut on Saturday, so it didn't quite come out this week, but it is still selling well. The best-selling Tuesday release was NCIS: Season Nine - Buy from Amazon, while the top five is dominated by Blu-ray catalog releases. I think Bernie comes close to being a Pick of the Week Contender and A Separation is even better, but I'm going with The Hunger Games as top pick. More...

Featured Blu-ray Review: The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under

August 19th, 2012

The Rescuers came out in 1977 while The Rescuers Down Under came out in 1990. If you ask people when Disney animated films were at there peak, those two dates are not going to come up very often. While the sequel came out the year after The Little Mermaid did, it is almost never considered part of Disney's revival. But are this films unfairly overlooked? Or is there a reason they are not among the biggest hits the studio has put out. More...


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Metrics

Legs:12.61 (domestic box office/biggest weekend)
Domestic Share:100.0% (domestic box office/worldwide)
Infl. Adj. Dom. BO $204,275,136

Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists

RecordRankAmount
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,936 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,175 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 201-300) 274 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 301-400) 323 $48,775,599

See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.


Movie Details

Domestic Releases: June 22nd, 1977 (Wide) by Walt Disney
December 16th, 1983 (Wide) by Walt Disney
March 17th, 1989 (Wide) by Walt Disney
MPAA Rating: G
Running Time: 76 minutes
Comparisons: vs. The Aristocats
Create your own comparison chart…
Keywords: Animal Lead, Talking Animals, Orphan, Kidnap, Rescue, Treasure Hunters, Intertitle, Epilogue, Family Adventure
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Hand Animation
Creative Type:Kids Fiction
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English, French, German, Russian

Ranking on other Records and Milestones

RecordRankAmountChart
Date		Days In
Release
Easter (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 224 $8,652,603 Mar 24, 1989 4,296
New Year's Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 236 $13,497,577 Dec 30, 1983 2,385
Christmas (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) 334 $8,735,863 Dec 23, 1983 2,378

Leading Cast

Bob Newhart    Bernard
Eva Gavor    Bianca
Joe Flynn    Snoops
Geraldine Page    Medusa

Supporting Cast

Michelle Stacy    Penny
Jeanette Nolan    Ellie Mae
John McIntire    Rufus
Pat Buttram    Luke
George Lindsey    Rabbit
Larry Clemmons    Gramps

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Wolfgang Reitherman    Director
John Lounsbery    Director
Larry Clemmons    Screenwriter
Ken Anderson    Screenwriter
Vance Gerry    Screenwriter
David Michener    Screenwriter
Burny Mattinson    Screenwriter
Frank Thomas    Screenwriter
Wolfgang Reitherman    Producer
James Melton    Editor

Blu-ray Sales: Hungry No More

September 7th, 2012

The Hunger Games dominated the Blu-ray Sales Chart during its first full week on the home market. It saw its sales numbers grow a little bit to 1.75 million units / $34.99 million for the week giving it totals of 3.42 million units / $68.32 million. It is already in the top ten best-selling Blu-rays of all time and the best-selling Blu-ray of the year. It likely won't last in first place for long, as The Avengers is coming out soon and should be record-breaking on Blu-ray. More...

DVD Sales: Home Market Gorges on New Releases

September 5th, 2012

Depending on how you look at things, there were more than ten new releases to reach the top 30 on the DVD Sales Chart. One of the confusing "new" releases is The Hunger Games, which spent its first full week on the home market, but came out a few days before Tuesday. It sold 2.50 million units and generated $42.48 million during its first full week of release, for totals of 4.68 million units / $79.46 million and it is already the second best selling DVD of 2012 and should be in first place very shortly. I was amazed that the film actually sold more this week than it did last week, even with its shortened opening week. After all, Breaking Dawn, Part 1 also opened with a shortened week, but fell nearly 40% during its first full week of release. Clearly this movie has much better word-of-mouth.

More...

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for August 21st, 2012

August 22nd, 2012

It is an amazing week on the home market, if you count The Hunger Games. That film made its DVD and Blu-ray debut on Saturday, so it didn't quite come out this week, but it is still selling well. The best-selling Tuesday release was NCIS: Season Nine - Buy from Amazon, while the top five is dominated by Blu-ray catalog releases. I think Bernie comes close to being a Pick of the Week Contender and A Separation is even better, but I'm going with The Hunger Games as top pick. More...

Featured Blu-ray Review: The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under

August 19th, 2012

The Rescuers came out in 1977 while The Rescuers Down Under came out in 1990. If you ask people when Disney animated films were at there peak, those two dates are not going to come up very often. While the sequel came out the year after The Little Mermaid did, it is almost never considered part of Disney's revival. But are this films unfairly overlooked? Or is there a reason they are not among the biggest hits the studio has put out. More...

Domestic Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Domestic Animated Box Office (Rank 101-200) 198 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000) 1,936 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Inflation Adjusted Box Office (Rank 601-700) 651 $204,275,136
All Time Domestic Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500) 1,484 $48,775,599
Top 1977 Movies at the Domestic Box Office 10 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 401-500) 412 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Hand Animation Movies 38 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 201-300) 234 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 401-500) 418 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for G Movies 88 $48,775,599
All Time Domestic Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 201-300) 274 $48,775,599

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 1983 7 $2,111,582   862 $2,450   $2,111,582 339
Dec 23, 1983 7 $2,503,909 +19% 1,040 $2,408   $6,478,064 340
Dec 30, 1983 7 $3,868,733 +55% 1,040 $3,720   $13,057,259 341
Jan 6, 1984 14 $1,144,341 -70% 858 $1,334   $14,581,737 342
Jan 13, 1984 16 $505,008 -56% 378 $1,336   $15,305,520 343
Mar 17, 1989 4 $3,609,117   1,446 $2,496   $3,609,117 613
Mar 24, 1989 2 $3,141,389 -13% 1,482 $2,120   $8,747,886 614
Mar 31, 1989 3 $2,846,003 -9% 1,482 $1,920   $13,858,103 615
Apr 7, 1989 7 $1,714,636 -40% 1,463 $1,172   $16,242,973 616
Apr 14, 1989 10 $1,060,704 -38% 1,366 $777   $17,692,647 617
Apr 21, 1989 14 $632,016 -40% 1,158 $546   $18,688,974 618
May 12, 1989 28 $142,613   485 $294   $19,723,192 621

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossWeek
Dec 16, 1983 6 $3,974,155   862 $4,610   $3,974,155 340
Dec 23, 1983 5 $5,214,371 +31% 1,040 $5,014   $9,188,526 341
Dec 30, 1983 7 $4,248,870 -19% 1,040 $4,085   $13,437,396 342
Jan 6, 1984 14 $1,363,116 -68% 858 $1,589   $14,800,512 343
Mar 17, 1989 3 $5,606,497   1,446 $3,877   $5,606,497 614
Mar 24, 1989 2 $5,405,603 -4% 1,482 $3,648   $11,012,100 615
Mar 31, 1989 3 $3,516,237 -35% 1,482 $2,373   $14,528,337 616
Apr 7, 1989 7 $2,103,606 -40% 1,463 $1,438   $16,631,943 617
Apr 14, 1989 10 $1,425,015 -32% 1,366 $1,043   $18,056,958 618

Worldwide Cumulative Box Office Records

RecordRankRevenue
All Time Worldwide Animated Box Office (Rank 301-400) 310 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 3,101-3,200) 3,175 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Non-Sequel Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600) 2,544 $48,775,599
Top 1977 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office 11 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies (Rank 601-700) 624 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Hand Animation Movies 62 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Kids Fiction Movies (Rank 301-400) 313 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Adventure Movies (Rank 501-600) 586 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office for G Movies (Rank 101-200) 113 $48,775,599
All Time Worldwide Box Office for Walt Disney Movies (Rank 301-400) 323 $48,775,599