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The Polar Express

A journey like you’ve never imagined.

6.7(7,085)20041h 40m25

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

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Status
Released
Budget
$165M
Box office
$318.4M
Language
English
Part of The Polar Express Collection · 2 films
  • winter
  • faith
  • holiday
  • santa claus
  • nerd
  • bell
  • train
  • beard
  • north pole
  • trestle
  • ticket
  • train travel

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical24 Dec 2004
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereGChicago International Film Festival21 Oct 2004
    • PremiereGHollywood, California7 Nov 2004
    • TheatricalG10 Nov 2004
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereULondon3 Dec 2004
    • TheatricalU10 Dec 2004
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • Theatrical22 Dec 2004
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalG18 Nov 2004
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalG10 Nov 2004
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical9 Dec 2004
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical25 Nov 2004
  • BahrainBH

    • Theatrical22 Dec 2004
  • BelgiumBE

    • TheatricalAL8 Dec 2004
  • BoliviaBO

    • Theatrical9 Dec 2004
  • BrazilBR

    • TheatricalL3 Dec 2004

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The Polar Express was released on 10 November 2004.

Audience reviews

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    Wuchak

    11/30/2018

    5/10

    ***Some kids with creepy dead eyes take a dreamlike trip to the North Pole on The Polar Express*** A boy from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is at the age where he no longer believes in Christmas, as far as Santa, his elves and flying reindeer go, but a magical train appears in front of his home on Christmas Eve and whisks him away on an adventurous trip to the North Pole with several other kids. “The Polar Express” …

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    Peter89Spencer

    12/13/2020

    10/10

    No matter how many times I watch this, it always brought me to tears! I only wish that I got to see it in 3D at the cinema.

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    Peter McGinn

    12/19/2020

    8/10

    Watching The Polar Express is not an annual event for me, but I believe I have seen it three times and would not nix the idea if someone were to suggest watching it again. I feel a connection to it for an odd reason: my wife and I volunteered one Christmas season to be elves serving cocoa and dancing for an actual Polar Express narrow gauge train ride when we lived in Maine. (Though I can assure you our dancing was …

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    CinemaSerf

    12/24/2022

    6/10

    A young man is all excited as he heads to bed on Christmas eve. His sleep is disturbed though, when his house starts to shake. He bounds to the window whereupon he sees the arrival of a great train, one he quickly discovers is heading on to the North Pole. Safely aboard he encounters other children and adventure beckons as they learn that one child will get to meet Santa Claus himself before he embarks on his global …

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