

The Polar Express
A journey like you’ve never imagined.
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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6.7/10
7,085 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $165M
- Box office
- $318.4M
- Language
- English
- winter
- faith
- holiday
- santa claus
- nerd
- bell
- train
- beard
- north pole
- trestle
- ticket
- train travel
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Behind the camera
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Produced in
United States of America
Where to watch
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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
4- W5/10
Wuchak
11/30/2018
***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” …
- P10/10
Peter89Spencer
12/13/2020
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.
- P8/10
Peter McGinn
12/19/2020
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 …
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
12/24/2022
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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