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.”
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Genres
Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Studio
Silver Screen Partners II
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Black Cauldron performed
Budget
$25.0M
Worldwide Gross
$21.3M
Gross Profit
−$3.7M
Return
0.9× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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
Taran (voice)
Grant Bardsley
Taran (voice)
Eilonwy (voice)
Susan Sheridan
Eilonwy (voice)
Gurgi / Doli (voice)
John Byner
Gurgi / Doli (voice)
Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
Nigel Hawthorne
Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
The Horned King (voice)
John Hurt
The Horned King (voice)
Dallben (voice)
Freddie Jones
Dallben (voice)
Creeper / Henchman (voice)
Phil Fondacaro
Creeper / Henchman (voice)
King Eidilleg (voice)
Arthur Malet
King Eidilleg (voice)
Fairfolk (voice)
Lindsay Rich
Fairfolk (voice)
Fairfolk (voice)
Brandon Call
Fairfolk (voice)
Fairfolk (voice)
Gregory Levinson
Fairfolk (voice)
Orddu (voice)
Eda Reiss Merin
Orddu (voice)
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