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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (25th Anniversary) Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Nov. 29, 2025

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Release Date: Friday, December 12, 2025 Theaters

Director: Ron Howard

Starring: Jim Carrey Taylor Momsen Jeffrey Tambor Christine Baranski Bill Irwin

PG Family 1 hr, 45 m

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It's not easy being green, especially when you're the cranky, cantankerous Grinch. Brooding alone in the cave he calls home with only his dog Max, the reclusive Grinch wiles away his days ruminating on the horrible hatred he feels for the Whos down in the neighboring burg of Whoville. With their annual holiday festivities approaching, the Grinch hatches a vengeful plot to ruin the fun and purloin all the trappings that make Christmas so special. But he meets a surprising match in brave little Cindy Lou Who (played by Taylor Momsen), a tiny girl whose kindness and generosity of spirit just might help The Grinch begin to appreciate the beauty of the season.
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A look at Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (25th Anniversary) behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Ron Howard last helmed Eden and Jim Henson Idea Man.

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Key Facts

  • Legendary makeup artist and creature creator Rick Baker won the Academy Award® for Best Makeup for his work on the film alongside collaborator Gail Rowell-Ryan. The film earned two additional Oscar® nominations: for costume designer Rita Ryack and for art director Michael Corenblith and set decorator Merideth Boswell in the Best Art Direction-Set Decoration category. 2025-11-29
  • Released on Nov. 18, 2000, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas enjoyed immediate success. After opening in more than 3,200 theaters, the family friendly fantasy comedy spent four weeks at the top of the U.S. box-office charts, going on to gross more than $260 million domestically and $345 worldwide. It ranked as the year’s highest-grossing movie and earned the distinction of becoming the second highest-grossing holiday film of all time after 1990’s Home Alone. 2025-11-29
  • An enduring holiday classic, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas dates to 1957, when author Theodor Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, published the story, which was inspired in part by his own unhappiness over the increasing commercialization of Christmas. It was first adapted for the screen in 1966 in the form of an animated TV special airing on CBS with actor Boris Karloff serving as both narrator and the voice of The Grinch. The TV special’s director, animation legend Chuck Jones, opted to make The Grinch green; in Seuss’s book, the character had been rendered only in black and white. 2025-11-29
  • Based on the beloved book by literary icon Dr. Seuss. 2025-11-29
  • This is a nationwide 25th anniversary theatrical re-release of the Oscar®-winning holiday classic, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring comedy legend and two-time Golden Globe winner Jim Carrey as The Grinch. 2025-11-29

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PG Parental Guidance Suggested for some crude humor
Runtime
1 hr, 45 m
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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (25th Anniversary) Release Date: When was the film released?

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (25th Anniversary) was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, December 12 , 2025. There were 20 20 other movies released on the same date, including Silent Night, Deadly Night, Ella McCay and Eastern Western .

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