The Black Cauldron

"Hidden by darkness. Guarded by witches. Discovered by a boy. Stolen by a king. Whoever owns it will rule the world. Or destroy it."

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Ratings & Reviews

6.4/10

1,443 votes

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$25.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$21.3M

Global Box Office

Loss

$-3,700,000

ROI: -15%

Budget Recovery85% of budget

$0|Budget: $25.0M|Revenue: $21.3M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

81.8K

Daily Avg

1.4K

7-Day Trend

-23%

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Based On

The Chronicles of Prydain

literary cycle

Story Setting

Time Period

Middle Ages

Series & Franchise

Part of

Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film

Characters

Taran

Played by Grant Bardsley

Orddu

Played by Eda Reiss Merin

Hen Wen

Played by Frank Welker

Orwen

Played by Adele Malis-Morey

Fair Folk

The Horned King's henchmen

Creeper

Played by Phil Fondacaro

Fflewddur Fflam

Played by Nigel Hawthorne

Orgoch

Played by Billie Hayes

The Horned King

Played by John Hurt

Dallben

Played by Freddie Jones

Gurgi

Played by John Byner

King Eidilleg

Played by Arthur Malet

Doli

Played by John Byner

Eilonwy

Played by Susan Sheridan

Extended Crew & Production

Film Editing

James MeltonJames KofordArmetta Jackson-Hamlett

Music / Score

Elmer Bernstein

Production Companies

The Walt Disney CompanyWalt Disney PicturesSilver Screen Partners

Distributors

Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesDisney+

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Aspect Ratio

2.35:1

Format

theatrical release

Where to Watch The Black Cauldron

Available in 67 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaPG	Disney Plus	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United KingdomU	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Sky Store	Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
Canada	Disney Plus	—	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video	Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
AustraliaPG	Disney Plus	—	—	Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesPG

United KingdomU

AustraliaPG

Germany6

FranceTP

JapanPG12

Switzerland12

Denmark11

+9 more countries

Production

Directors

Ted Berman, Richard Rich

Writers

Roy Edward Disney, Lloyd Alexander, Lloyd Alexander, Peter Young, David Jonas

Production Companies

Silver Screen Partners IIWalt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Productions

Cast

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Grant Bardsley

Taran (voice)

Susan Sheridan

Eilonwy (voice)

John Byner

Gurgi / Doli (voice)

Nigel Hawthorne

Fflewddur Fflam (voice)

John Hurt

The Horned King (voice)

Freddie Jones

Dallben (voice)

Phil Fondacaro

Creeper / Henchman (voice)

Arthur Malet

King Eidilleg (voice)

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Lindsay Rich

Fairfolk (voice)

Brandon Call

Fairfolk (voice)

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Gregory Levinson

Fairfolk (voice)

Eda Reiss Merin

Orddu (voice)

Tags & Keywords

witchbased on novel or bookpigmagicswordfairyvillaindragoncauldronevil rulermystical questteenage protagonist

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