the warmth and familiarity of a real family." Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film "meticulously crafted and warmly acted" and observed it "is one of the rare Hollywood studio films that invites your attention, slowly and elegantly, rather than propelling your interest with effects and easy manipulation." Box office The film opened on 1,503 screens in the US and Canada on December 21, 1994. It grossed $5.3 million and ranked number 6 at the box office on its opening weekend and eventually grossed $50.1 million in the United States and Canada. Internationally, it grossed $45 milion for a worldwide total of $95 million, against a production budget of $15–18 million. Accolades Year-end lists 2nd – Mack Bates, The Milwaukee Journal 3rd – Michael MacCambridge, Austin American-Statesman 5th – Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune 5th – Dan Craft, The Pantagraph 6th – Yardena Arar, Los Angeles Daily News 8th – Scott Schuldt, The Oklahoman 9th – Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times 10th – Gene Siskel, The Chicago Tribune Top 9 (not ranked) – Dan Webster, The Spokesman-Review Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Mike Clark, USA Today Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Matt Zoller Seitz, Dallas Observer Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Bob Ross, The Tampa Tribune Top 10 runner-ups (not ranked) – Janet Maslin, The New York Times Honorable mention – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Honorable mention – David Elliott, The San Diego Union-Tribune Honorable mention – Michael Mills, The Palm Beach Post Home media The film had its initial North American video release on VHS on June 20, 1995. It was released on DVD on April 25, 2000. The Blu-ray format was released three times. While the manufacture-on-demand version from Sony was released twice on Dec 13, 2016, and March 24, 2020, where the former was part of the Sony Choice Collection, Mill Creek Entertainment released a double feature Blu-ray on October 29, 2019, that contained Little Women and Kirsten Dunst's fellow film Marie Antoinette. See also Little Women (1918 film) Little Women (1933 film) Little Women (1949 film) Little Women (2019 film) References External links 1990s coming-of-age drama films 1990s feminist films 1994 films 1994 romantic drama films American Christmas films American Civil War films American coming-of-age drama films American historical romance films American romantic drama films Coming-of-age romance films Columbia Pictures films Films about sisters Films