Dumbo (2019 film)

Dumbo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTim Burton
Screenplay byEhren Kruger
Based on
Produced by
  • Justin Springer
  • Ehren Kruger
  • Katterli Frauenfelder
  • Derek Frey
Starring
CinematographyBen Davis
Edited byChris Lebenzon
Music byDanny Elfman[2]
Production
companies
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • March 11, 2019 (2019-03-11) (Los Angeles)
  • March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29) (United States)
Running time
112 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$170 million[4][5][6]
Box office$353.3 million[7]

Dumbo is a 2019 American fantasy period adventure film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger. It is a live-action adaptation and reimagining of Walt Disney's 1941 animated feature film of the same name, which is based on the novel by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, the film stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green and Alan Arkin, and follows a family that works at a failing traveling circus as they encounter a baby elephant with extremely large ears who is capable of flying.

Plans for a live-action film adaptation of Dumbo were announced in 2014, and Burton was confirmed as director in March 2015. Most of the cast signed on for the feature in March 2017 and principal photography lasted from July to November 2017 in England. It was the first of five live-action adaptations of prior animated Disney films released in 2019, along with Aladdin, The Lion King, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, and Lady and the Tramp.

Dumbo premiered in Los Angeles on March 11, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 29, 2019. The film grossed $353 million worldwide against a $170 million budget.[8][9] Rotten Tomatoes praised the visuals but called it "more workmanlike than wondrous".[10]

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  9. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (March 30, 2020). "'Mulan' Was Set To Do Big Business This Past Weekend; Drive-Ins Slowed Down & A Look Back At 'Dumbo' – Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 31, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
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