screened at the European Film Market on 5 February 2009. It was released in Hungary on 8 December 2012 and United Kingdom on 28 December 2012. Box office The film brought in a total of $20,466,016 worldwide (over half of which came from Russia), making it a box office bomb with a loss of $73,821,041. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rare approval rating of 0%meaning no favorable reviews whatsoever, out of 32 reviews with an average rating of 2.96/10. The site's consensus reads: "Misguided, misconceived, and misbegotten on every level, The Nutcracker in 3D is a stunning exercise in astonishing cinematic wrong-headedness." On Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 18 out of 100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike". Metacritic later ranked it the "Worst Limited Release" film of 2010. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it one out of four stars and asked, "From what dark night of the soul emerged the wretched idea for The Nutcracker in 3D?". Ebert went on to claim it as "One of those rare holiday movies that may send children screaming under their seats." Claudia Puig of USA Today accused the film of being "contrived, convoluted, amateurish and tedious," and panned it for lacking any trace of ballet, unlike several previous versions of The Nutcracker. Entertainment Weekly reviewer Lisa Schwarzbaum gave it its only positive review from a professional film critic, awarding it a B+ and remarking "Attention, university film clubs: Here's your cult-ready midnight-movie programming." Accolades See also List of biggest box-office bombs The Nutcracker References External links 2010 3D films 2010 films British Christmas films British musical fantasy films Cultural depictions of Albert Einstein English-language Hungarian films English-language Russian films Films about shapeshifting Films based on The Nutcracker and the Mouse King Films directed by Andrei Konchalovsky Films scored by Eduard Artemyev Films shot in Budapest Hungarian fantasy films Hungarian musical films Russian fantasy films Russian musical films 2010s Christmas films 2010s musical fantasy films 2010s British films 2010s English-language films Works subject to a lawsuit Casting controversies in film Salary controversies in film Film controversies in the United Kingdom