

The NeverEnding Story
A boy who needs a friend finds a world that needs a hero in a land beyond imagination!
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck dragon named Falkor, must save Fantasia from the destruction of The Nothing.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $27M
- Box office
- $20.2M
- Language
- English
- based on novel or book
- wolf
- magic
- fairy tale
- horse
- mythology
- child hero
- anthropomorphism
- bully
- school
- creature
- reading
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Germany
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPGEdited 94-minute version20 Jul 1984
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU4 Apr 1985
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalG26 Dec 1984
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL20 Jul 1984
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1126 Dec 1984
Dominican RepublicDO
- Theatrical (limited)23 Jun 2025
FranceFR
- TheatricalTP21 Nov 1984
- TVGulli19 Sept 2025
GermanyDE
- Theatrical66 Apr 1984
HungaryHU
- Theatrical618 Dec 1986
IrelandIE
- TheatricalG5 Apr 1985
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT6 Dec 1984
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1216 Mar 1985
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The NeverEnding Story was released on 6 April 1984.
Audience reviews
2- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/8/2023
I remember seeing this film when I was young - spurred on by the Limahl theme song that was in the charts at the time, and rather enjoying it. Based on just the first half of Michael Ende's original novel, it's a gentle fantasy tale of a young boy - "Bastian" (Barret Oliver) - who is being bullied by three classmates. When one day he seeks refuge in a bookshop, the owner shows him a mysterious book that he "borrows" …
- R9/10
r96sk
8/2/2024
A fantasy flick of real quality! I got to watch this at the cinema thanks to its release as part of its 40th anniversary, the second movie I've seen re-released on the big screen after <em>'Trainspotting'</em> back in May. That Danny Boyle flick from 1996 is great, as is this Wolfgang Petersen feature from 1984. I wasn't sure what to expect, I only knew of its genre and that famous theme song. One of the first …
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