Pete's Dragon

Genre: Fantasy

Worldwide gross$39.6M

In early-20th-century New England, 9-year-old orphan Pete escapes his brutal adoptive parents, the Gogans, with his only friend, a cartoon dragon named Elliott. They successfully escape to Passamaquoddy, Maine and live with lighthouse-keeper Nora and her father Lampie, but the corrupt Dr. Terminus seeks Elliott for medical purposes.

🏆 Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 nominations total

Genres

Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Director

Don Chaffey

Cast

Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale

Released

3 November 1977

Runtime

2h 8m

Certificate

G

IMDb rating

6.3 / 10

Votes

27,979

Metascore

46

Rotten Tomatoes

56%

Box office

$39,588,000

Edition

Base