Pete's Dragon
“Some secrets are too big to keep.”
For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
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Cast
44 people
Oakes Fegley
Pete
Known for
Dark Matter
The Goldfinch
Bryce Dallas Howard
Grace
Known for
Jurassic World
The Village
Wes Bentley
Jack
Known for
Yellowstone
Interstellar
Karl Urban
Gavin
Known for
The Boys
Dredd
Oona Laurence
Natalie
Known for
Southpaw
Bad Moms
Robert Redford
Mr. Meacham
Known for
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Spy Game
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Sheriff Gene Dentler
Known for
The Wire
Your Honor
John Kassir
Elliot the Dragon (voice)
Known for
Tales from the Crypt
Pocahontas
Marcus Henderson
Woodrow
Known for
Get Out
Snowfall
Aaron Jackson
Abner
Known for
Guns Akimbo
East of Eden
Phil Grieve
Bobby
Known for
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Warrior's Way
Barbara Harris
adr voice casting
Known for
Eddie Murphy Raw
David Lowery Director · Toby Halbrooks Screenplay Seton I. Miller Author
Worldwide gross $144M · Budget $65M · United States release August 12, 2016
Box office
Budget
$65,000,000
Worldwide gross
$143,695,338
Gross vs. budget
2.2×
Production
Whitaker Entertainment
Production
Walt Disney Pictures
Production
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · July 31, 2016
Premiere · London
United States · August 12, 2016
Theatrical
United States · November 29, 2016
Physical
United States
August 8, 2016 · Premiere
Argentina
August 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Australia
September 15, 2016 · Theatrical
Austria
August 25, 2016 · Digital
Belgium
August 17, 2016 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 29, 2016 · Theatrical
Colombia
August 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 25, 2016 · Theatrical
January 11, 2017 · Physical
Denmark
October 13, 2016 · Theatrical
Dominican Republic
August 18, 2016 · Theatrical
France
August 17, 2016 · Theatrical
Germany
August 25, 2016 · Theatrical
Greece
October 20, 2016 · Theatrical
January 17, 2017 · Physical · DVD
Hungary
August 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 12, 2016 · Theatrical
Italy
August 10, 2016 · Theatrical
November 23, 2016 · Physical
Japan
December 24, 2016 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 5, 2016 · Theatrical
February 15, 2017 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
New Zealand
September 15, 2016 · Theatrical
Poland
August 12, 2016 · Digital
Romania
August 19, 2016 · Digital
Russia
August 11, 2016 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 27, 2016 · Theatrical
Spain
August 19, 2016 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 14, 2016 · Theatrical
February 27, 2017 · Physical
Ukraine
August 11, 2016 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 12, 2016 · Theatrical
Venezuela
August 12, 2016 · Theatrical
Vietnam
August 26, 2016 · Theatrical
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