Memoir of a Snail
“Life can only be understood backwards, but we have to live it forwards.”
Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Studio
Arenamedia
Language
en
Status
Released
How Memoir of a Snail performed
Budget
$4.3M
Worldwide Gross
$7
Gross Profit
−$4.3M
Return
0.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~38/62, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (28% of the domestic run, typical for Animation) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Grace (voice)
Sarah Snook
Grace (voice)
Gilbert (voice)
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Gilbert (voice)
Pinky (voice)
Jacki Weaver
Pinky (voice)
Ruth Appleby (voice)
Magda Szubanski
Ruth Appleby (voice)
Percy Pudel (voice)
Dominique Pinon
Percy Pudel (voice)
Ken (voice)
Tony Armstrong
Ken (voice)
Ian / Narelle (voice)
Paul Capsis
Ian / Narelle (voice)
James the Magistrate (voice)
Eric Bana
James the Magistrate (voice)
Owen Appleby (voice)
Bernie Clifford
Owen Appleby (voice)
Ben Appleby (voice)
Davey Thompson
Ben Appleby (voice)
Young Grace (voice)
Charlotte Belsey
Young Grace (voice)
Young Gilbert (voice)
Mason Litsos
Young Gilbert (voice)
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