was interested in having Noel Gallagher write original songs for the film. Release Home media Millions was released on DVD on 1 November 2005. The film is also available on Disney+ after its launch on 12 November 2019. Box office The film was a modest box office success, earning £7,830,074.88 worldwide despite a limited release to just 340 theatres, contending with Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds. Around £3,987,642.22 of the final box office was received in the UK alone. Critical reception Millions received very positive reviews, earning an 88% "Certified Fresh" approval rating on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The critical consensus calls the film "a charming children fable even adults can enjoy." On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 74 out of 100 based on reviews from 33 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews". Roger Ebert awarded it a rating of four out of four stars and declared it "one of the best films of the year." He went on to write, ". . . although Millions uses special effects and materializing saints, it's a film about real ideas, real issues and real kids. It's not sanitized brainless eye candy. Like all great family movies, it plays equally well for adults—maybe better, since we know how unusual it is." It was on his Top 10 movies of 2005 placing at number 10. Richard Roeper, Roger Ebert's co-host on the television show Ebert & Roeper, called it "One of the most stylish and eccentric films about childhood dreams and heartbreaks that I've ever seen." Leonard Maltin praised the film upon its DVD release, saying "Millions is a winning and unpredictable fable from England that will charm viewers both young and old." Christian film critics Christian publications weighed in on the film, many adding stock to its religious message. Catholic News Services Harry Forbes wrote, "Boyle's offbeat tale — with a clever script by Frank-Cottrell Boyce — features good performances all around, especially by the remarkable Etel, who displays just the right innocence and religious fervor in delightful vignettes with the saints. The script dramatizes the themes of money and its complexities and the need for societal philanthropy without being heavy-handed, making this ideal entertainment for older adolescents and up." Sister Rose Pacatte, F.S.P. (AmericanCatholic.org) commented, "Millions engages, inspires and is just quirky enough to be charming." She added,