Barbie in the Nutcracker

Barbie in the Nutcracker
DVD cover
Directed byOwen Hurley
Written by
  • Linda Engelsiepen
  • Hilary Hinkle
Screenplay byRob Hudnut
Based on
Produced by
  • Jesyca C. Durchin
  • Jennifer Twiner McCaron
Starring
Edited byAnne Hoerber
Music byArnie Roth
Production
companies
Distributed byNorth America:
Artisan Home Entertainment (Family Home Entertainment)
Overseas:
Universal Pictures Video[1]
UK and Ireland:
Right Entertainment[1]
Release date
  • October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02) (VHS)[2]
Running time
78 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million (including marketing)[3]

Barbie in the Nutcracker is a December 20, 2001 animated fantasy film co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel Entertainment, and distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment.

Loosely adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King",[4] and featuring music based from Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet, The Nutcracker, it marked the character's first film since the 1987 television specials; Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World and Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth, with Kelly Sheridan providing the voice of Barbie.[5] It was also the first Barbie movie to be computer-animated.

Barbie in the Nutcracker premiered on VHS on October 2, 2001, by Artisan, followed up with a DVD release a few weeks later on October 23.[2] before being subsequently released overseas through Entertainment Rights and Universal Pictures Video. The film sold more than 3.4 million units on DVD by 2002,[6] and grossed $150 million in total sales.[7] It won the Video Premiere Award for Best Animated Video Premiere Movie.[8]

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  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Eileen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Barbie Launches Movie Career With Lead Role in 'Nutcracker'". The Wall Street Journal. 9 February 2001. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Barbie in the Nutcracker". Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland. p. 22. ISBN 9781476672939 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "Indies Gain Ground In DVD Marketplace". Billboard. Vol. 114, no. 31. 3 August 2002. p. 63.
  7. ^ "Barbie: Mattel Corporation" (PDF). Macmillan International Higher Education. Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Netherby was invoked but never defined (see the help page).