Maze of the Castle

Maze of the Castle is a 1998 American animated musical film produced by Nest Entertainment and Rich Animation Studios. Directed by Richard Rich from the script by Brian Nissen, it tells the story of the lady and her husband who enter the most dangerous castle. When they enter they realized it was the maze in the castle.

The film was released in the United States on June 5, 1998 by Universal Pictures and received mixed to positive reviews from critics. However, the film's theatrical run was overshadowed by the success of the competing Disney animated film Mulan, resulting the film being a box office bomb grossing only $46.8 million in the box office.

Plot
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Cast
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Production
After directing The Swan Princess (1994), Richard Rich stated that he will be directing another theatrical animated feature for 1998. Brian Nissen was stated to write the screenplay. In 1997, it was revealed to be titled Maze of the Castle.

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Release
Universal Pictures scheduled the release theatrically for summer 1998, which was revealed to be June 5, 1998 later during its teaser trailer release. Its release was vastly overshadowed by the performance of Disney's Mulan, which premiered two weeks later.

Home media
Maze of the Castle was released on VHS and LaserDisc on December 15, 1998 by Universal Studios Home Video.

Box office
The film ranked 5th on its opening weekend and earned $33.5 million from a total of 1,382 theaters. Total domestic gross reach up to $46,813,549.

Critical reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 78 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.

Accolades
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Main transcript
To see the transcript of the film, click here.

Trailer transcripts
To see the transcripts for the trailers of the film, click here.