DistributorFilm

Rankin/Bass Productions

United States(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeDistributor · Film

Founded1960Wikidata

Founded byArthur Rankin Jr., Jules BassWikidata

LocationUnited States

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Statusclosedclosed 2001 i

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How their work is rated

Average rating

7.3IMDb

4.0directory 6.28.0

44 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

Emmys	0	of	1	nominations	0%
BAFTAs	1	of	1	nominations	100%

3 wins from 15 nominations across all awards

Box office

$21m

Combined US gross, 3 of 67 titles

Highest rated

ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie

1987

8.1426 votes

Lowest rated

The King and I

1999

4.44,372 votes

Mostly: animation, family, adventure
Active: 1960–2001
Rotten Tomatoes: 64%
Best known for: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 52 of 67 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series

1312 seasons

1960–1987

Television rating

7.8IMDb

Their films average 7.2, so the television rates 0.6 higher.

Networks

ABC4
Syndication2

Across 8 series matched to TMDB, 519 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.

Longest runningThunderCats · 4 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 69

54 films · 13 TV titles

Santa, Baby!
2001 · Film
Produced
The King and I
1999 · Film
Produced
TigerSharks
1987 · TV
Produced
ThunderCats Ho! – The Movie
1987 · Film
Produced
The Comic Strip
1987 · TV
Produced
SilverHawks
1986 · TV
Produced
ThunderCats
1985 · TV
Produced
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1985 · Film
Produced
The Wind in the Willows
1983 · Film
Produced
The Coneheads
1983 · Film
Produced
The Sins of Dorian Gray
1983 · Film
Produced
The Last Unicorn
1982 · Film
Produced
The Flight of Dragons
1982 · Film
Produced
The Bushido Blade
1981 · Film
Produced
The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold
1981 · Film
Produced
The Return of the King
1980 · Film
Produced
The Ivory Ape
1980 · Film
Produced
Pinocchio's Christmas
1980 · Film
Produced
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979 · Film
Produced
Jack Frost
1979 · Film
Produced
The Bermuda Depths
1978 · Film
Produced
The Stingiest Man in Town
1978 · Film
Produced
The Hobbit
1977 · Film
Produced
The Last Dinosaur
1977 · Film
Produced

Quality over time44 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes

Their 1960s work is their strongest, averaging 7.5 across 11 titles. 13 of 44 rated titles sit above their 7.3 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors

Jules Bass29
Arthur Rankin Jr.26
Tsugunobu Kotani4
Larry Roemer2

Writers

Romeo Muller21
Arthur Rankin Jr.7
William Overgard4
Johnny Marks3
Robert May3

Notable cast

Bob McFadden8
Paul Frees5
Larry Kenney4
Billie Mae Richards4
Carl Banas4

Genres

Animation45 of 52
Family26 of 52
Adventure25 of 52
Comedy21 of 52
Drama9 of 52

Names appearing on two or more of Rankin/Bass Productions’s produced titles, across the 52 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Rankin/Bass Productions on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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