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{{short description|2005 British-American stop-motion-animated dark fantasy film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Corpse Bride
| image          = Corpse Bride film poster.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mike Johnson (animator)|Mike Johnson]]
* [[Tim Burton]]
}}
| producers      = {{Plainlist|
* Tim Burton
* [[Allison Abbate]]
}}
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* [[John August]]
* [[Caroline Thompson]]
* [[Pamela Pettler]]
}}
| based_on        = {{Based on|Original characters created|Tim Burton <br />[[Carlos Grangel]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--NAMES ON THE FILM POSTER ONLY-->
* [[Johnny Depp]]
* [[Helena Bonham Carter]]
* [[Emily Watson]]
* [[Albert Finney]]
* [[Joanna Lumley]]
* [[Christopher Lee]]
}}
| music          = [[Danny Elfman]]
| cinematography = Pete Kozachik
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* Jonathan Lucas
* [[Chris Lebenzon]]
}}
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tim Burton Productions]]
* [[Laika (company)|Laika]]
* Patalex II Productions
}}
| distributor    = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2005|09|07|[[62nd Venice International Film Festival|Venice]]|2005|09|23|United States|2005|10|13|United Kingdom}}
| runtime        = 77 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 77:04--><ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride |url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/tim-burtons-corpse-bride-1970-0 |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |date=September 14, 2005 |access-date=September 21, 2015}}</ref>
| country        = {{Plainlist|
* United Kingdom
* United States
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $40 million<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-09-27-stop-motion_x.htm |title=Stop-motion coaxes 'Corpse Bride,' 'Gromit' to life |last=Bowles |first=Scott |date=September 27, 2005 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=March 1, 2011}}</ref>
| gross          = $118.1 million<!--Keep this number truncated--><ref name="BoxOfficeMojo">{{cite web |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=corpsebride.htm |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=March 19, 2010}}</ref>
}}
'''''Corpse Bride''''' (also known as '''''Tim Burton's Corpse Bride''''') is a 2005<!-- Per [[WP:FILMLEAD]], do not add American-British or British-American: "If the nationality is not singular, cover the different national interests later in the lead section."--> [[stop-motion]] [[Animation|animated]] [[Musical film|musical]] [[dark fantasy]] [[film]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tim-burtons-corpse-bride-v293765/review |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |website=AllMovie |access-date=2022-01-21 }}</ref> directed by [[Mike Johnson (animator)|Mike Johnson]] and [[Tim Burton]] with a screenplay by [[John August]], [[Caroline Thompson]] and [[Pamela Pettler]] based on characters created by Burton and [[Carlos Grangel]]. The plot is set in a fictional [[Victorian era]] village in [[England]]. [[Johnny Depp]] leads the cast as the voice of Victor, while [[Helena Bonham Carter]] voices Emily, the titular bride. An [[international co-production]] between the United States and United Kingdom, ''Corpse Bride'' is the third stop-motion feature film produced by Burton and the first directed by him (the previous two films, ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' and ''[[James and the Giant Peach (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]'', were directed by [[Henry Selick]]). This is also the first stop-motion feature from Burton that was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. It was dedicated to executive producer [[Joe Ranft]], who died in a car crash during production.

''Corpse Bride'' premiered at the [[Venice International Film Festival]] on September 7, 2005 and was released on September 23, 2005 in United States and on October 13, 2005 in the United Kingdom. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $118.1 million worldwide against its $40 million budget and received praise for its animation, characters, songs, and humor. Although the film won the [[National Board of Review]] for Best Animated Feature, the film was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature#List of winners and nominees|78th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature]], but lost to ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', which also starred Bonham Carter. The film won the [[Annie Awards]] Ub Iwerks Award for Technical Achievement in 2006, where it was also nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Character Design, and Best Direction. It was shot with [[Canon EOS-1D Mark II]] [[Digital single-lens reflex camera|digital SLRs]], rather than the [[135 film|35&nbsp;mm film]] cameras used for Burton's previous stop-motion film ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' (1993).

==Plot==
In an unnamed Victorian town, Victor Van Dort, the son of [[nouveau riche]] fish merchants, and Victoria Everglot, the neglected and unloved daughter of [[impoverished]] [[aristocrat]]s, prepare for their [[arranged marriage]], which will simultaneously raise the [[social class]] of Victor's parents and restore the wealth of Victoria's family ("According to Plan"). Although they fall in love instantly, the nervous Victor ruins their wedding rehearsal by forgetting his vows and accidentally setting Lady Everglot's dress on fire. Fleeing to a nearby forest, he rehearses his vows with a tree and places his wedding ring on an upturned root. However, the root is revealed to be the finger of a dead bride named Emily, who rises from the grave, proclaims herself as Victor's wife, and spirits him away to the [[Underworld|Land of the Dead]].

During his time with Emily, Victor learns that she was murdered years ago on the night of her elopement by her fiancé, who stole the family jewels and gold she had brought ("[[Remains of the Day (song)|Remains of the Day]]"). Emily reunites Victor with his long-dead dog, Scraps, and they bond. Desperate to return to Victoria, however, Victor tricks Emily into returning them to the Land of the Living by claiming he wants her to meet his parents. Emily brings Victor to see Elder Gutknecht, the kindly ruler of the underworld, who grants them temporary passage. Victor reunites with Victoria and confesses his wish to marry her as soon as possible. Before the pair can share a kiss, Emily discovers them and, feeling betrayed and hurt, drags Victor back to the Land of the Dead ("Tears to Shed"). Victoria tries to tell her parents of Victor's situation, but nobody believes her and they assume he has left her. Against her will, Victoria's parents decide to marry her to Lord Barkis Bittern, a presumed-wealthy visitor who appeared at the wedding rehearsal.

After reconciling with Emily, Victor learns of Victoria's impending marriage to Barkis from his family's newly deceased coachman. Upset over this news, Victor decides to marry Emily, learning that this will require him to repeat his wedding vows in the Land of the Living and drink a deadly poison in order to join her in death. The dead swiftly prepare for the ceremony and head "upstairs" ("The Wedding Song"), where the town erupts into a temporary panic upon their arrival until the living recognize their departed loved ones and joyously reunite. The chaos causes a panicked Barkis to expose his own poor financial standing and his intentions to marry Victoria only for her supposed wealth, leading her to reject him.

Victoria witnesses Victor and Emily's wedding as Victor completes his vows and prepares to drink the poison, only for Emily to stop him when she realizes she is denying Victoria her chance to live happily with him. Just as Emily reunites Victor and Victoria, Barkis arrives to kidnap Victoria; Emily recognizes Barkis as both her previous fiancé and murderer. Victor duels with Barkis to protect Victoria, and Emily intervenes to save Victor's life. Accepting defeat, Barkis mockingly [[Toast (honor)|toasts]] Emily for dying unwed and unwittingly drinks the poison, causing him to die and allowing the dead – who cannot interfere in the affairs of the living – to take retribution against him for his crimes. Emily, now freed from her torment, releases Victor of his vow to marry her and returns his ring, allowing him to marry Victoria. As she steps into the moonlight, she fades away into a swarm of butterflies that fly into the sky as Victor and Victoria watch and embrace.

==Voice cast==
[[File:Helena Bonham Carter (Berlin Film Festival 2011) 3 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Helena Bonham Carter]] voices the title character.]]

{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Johnny Depp]] as Victor Van Dort, a timid but good natured young man who is engaged to Victoria Everglot for social and financial reasons.
* [[Helena Bonham Carter]] as the Corpse Bride, Emily, a beautiful and naïve young [[revenant]] woman with a passion for music and dance.
* [[Emily Watson]] as Victoria Everglot, Victor's pretty, sweet-natured, yet abused fiancée.
* [[Tracey Ullman]] as two characters:
** Nell Van Dort, Victor's socially ambitious mother who loves but holds too much [[contempt]] for him.
** Hildegarde, the elderly [[maid]] of the Everglot household.
* [[Paul Whitehouse]] as three characters:
** William Van Dort, Victor's absent-minded and tactless fish merchant father.
** Mayhew, the Van Dorts' coachman.
** Paul the Head Waiter, literally a severed head.
* [[Joanna Lumley]] as Maudeline Everglot, Victoria's [[abuse|abusive]], ugly-chinned, unloving mother.
* [[Albert Finney]] as Finis Everglot, Victoria's [[abuse|abusive]] [[toad]]-like, unloving father.
* [[Richard E. Grant]] as Barkis Bittern, a charming yet [[murder]]ous [[confidence trick|con-artist]], later revealed to be Emily's former fiancé and killer.
* [[Christopher Lee]] as Pastor Galswells, a haughty and bad-tempered priest who is hired to conduct Victor and Victoria's wedding ceremony.
* [[Michael Gough]] as Elder Gutknecht, an ancient and rickety [[skeleton (undead)|skeleton]] who rules benevolently over the [[underworld]].
* [[Jane Horrocks]] as two characters:
** The [[Latrodectus|Black Widow Spider]], an affable [[dressmaker|seamstress]].
** Mrs. Plum, a dead chef working at the Ball and Socket Pub.
* [[Enn Reitel]] as two characters:
** The [[Maggot]], Emily's [[sarcasm|sarcastic]] friend who lives inside her head and acts as her [[conscience]], parodying Hungarian-born actor [[Peter Lorre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.moviefone.com/2005/09/16/review-corpse-bride/ |title=Review: Corpse Bride |last=Stewart |first=Ryan |date=September 16, 2005 |website=[[Moviefone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063101/http://news.moviefone.com/2005/09/16/review-corpse-bride/ |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 7, 2018}}</ref>
** The Town Crier, who alerts the Van Dorts and Everglots about Victor and Emily's marriage.
* [[Deep Roy]] as General Bonesapart, a [[dwarfism|diminutive]] [[skeleton (undead)|skeleton]] in a [[military uniform]] with a [[sword]] stuck in his chest. He is a parody of [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]].
* [[Danny Elfman]] as Bonejangles, a vivacious, one-eyed, lounge singing [[Skeleton (undead)|skeleton]].
* Stephen Ballantyne as Emil, the Everglots' long-[[suffering]] [[butler]].
{{div col end}}

==Production==
===Development===
The film is based on 19th-century Russian folklore, which [[Joe Ranft]] introduced to Burton while they were finishing ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awn.com/vfxworld/corpse-bride-stop-motion-goes-digital |title='Corpse Bride': Stop Motion Goes Digital |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |date=September 16, 2005 |publisher=[[Animation World Network]] |access-date=July 7, 2018}}</ref> The film began production in November 2003, while Burton was completing ''[[Big Fish]]''.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1">{{cite web |url=https://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news-features/marrying-stop-motion-and-cgi-corpse-bride-395962 |title=Marrying Stop Motion and CGI for "The Corpse Bride" |publisher=Creative Planet Network|access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> He continued with production on his next live-action feature, ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', which was produced simultaneously with the film.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Co-director [[Mike Johnson (animator)|Mike Johnson]] spoke about how they took a more organic approach to directing the film, saying: "In a co-directing situation, one director usually handles one sequence while the other handles another. Our approach was more organic. Tim knew where he wanted the film to go as far as the emotional tone and story points to hit. My job was to work with the crew on a daily basis and get the footage as close as possible to how I thought he wanted it."<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" />

===Filming===
[[File:Tim Burton by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tim Burton]] co-directed the film.]]
The film was originally supposed to have been shot on film, though a last-minute change by the studio helped introduce a different technology.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> In 1997, during pre-production on [[Henry Selick]]'s feature, ''[[Monkeybone]]'', the film's cinematographer Pete Kozachik was looking for a type of filming that would streamline the process of integrating stop-motion characters with pre-filmed live actors.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> After finishing ''Monkeybone'', Kozachik continued to test cameras for a practical means of shooting feature animation digitally.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> In early 2003, the production unit was not interested in digital capture for stop motion; the team was instead prepping the movie for a film shoot.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Two weeks before filming was to begin, Kozachik and visual effects consultant Chris Watts came up with a solution using digital still cameras that was deemed viable by Warner Bros. senior vice president of physical production and visual effects Chris DeFaria. The production then became digital.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> After testing a dozen different models, Kozachik opted for a basic digital still camera, the [[Canon EOS-1D Mark II]], an off-the-shelf model that was outfitted with adapters to allow the use of Nikon prime lenses (14mm-105mm).<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Kozachik spoke about why he chose the camera, saying: "One reason I went with this particular camera is that its image chip is just about the same size as Super 35 film negative, so we could use Nikon lenses and treat them like regular 35mm cine lenses and get the same effect—the same depth of field and angle of coverage. I knew that we were going to be fighting to make this look like a 'real' movie because we weren't shooting on film, so I wanted to at least have the optics look like movie optics."<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" />

Animation took place at [[3 Mills Studios]] in [[East London]].<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> A dozen animators/puppeteers were put to work when production began, but that number had tripled by the end of production.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> The initial group spent time developing each puppet's unique characteristics.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> The puppets themselves, built by Mackinnon and Saunders, were typically about 17 inches tall and animated on sets built three to four feet off the ground with trap doors that allowed animators access to the sets' surfaces to manipulate the puppets.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> The three primary characters—Victor, Victoria and Corpse Bride—were fitted with heads the size of golf balls that contained special gearing to allow the animators to manipulate individual parts of the puppets' faces.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> The animators' work was spread over 25 to 35 individual setups/stages, each having its own Canon digital camera.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> A total of 32 cameras were used on the film.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Each camera was outfitted with a "grabber" system that enabled the animators to capture frames and download them into a computer to assemble a short "reel" of the shot being produced to check their work.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" />

The film's images were stored on a 1GB image card that was capable of holding approximately 100 frames of animation.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Eight roving camera teams—each team including a lighting cameraman, an assistant, a lighting electrician and a set dresser to deal with any art department issues—worked with the animators to set up shots.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Each camera team had a "lighting station" workstation—comprising an Apple G4 computer and a monitor to assist in checking lighting and framing—to view TIFF file versions of the camera's images.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Once a shot was approved, the computer was removed and the animators were left to shoot the scene using their still camera and "grabber" computer/camera system to check their work.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> The film's story department head Jeffrey Lynch explained that the scenes were developed initially from storyboards created by a team, saying: "We shot as close to a 1:1 film ratio [one take per shot] as we could because there was no time for reshoots. We did most of our experimentation in the storyboard process—as many ways as needed—to get the scene how we wanted it. There was no coverage, as there would be for a live-action film."<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" />

Co-director Johnson would go over each scene with the animators, sometimes acting out the scene, if necessary. The animators would create a "dope sheet"—in which a shot was broken down, frame by frame—to account for key "hits". The animators would then shoot tests of the scene, often shooting on "2s" or "4s" (meaning shooting just every second or fourth frame of what would appear in the final animation).<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Johnson explained: "The next day, when they'd finish their test/rehearsal, we'd cut it in and see how it played in the reel and fine-tune from there. We might do some lighting tweaks, performance tweaks or have the art department get in and touch anything that needed it. Then we'd close the curtain and let the animator animate the shot."<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> The animators would sometimes make use of the voice and/or video recordings of the actors, a practice also common in cel animation.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Once photographed, the frames were manipulated by a team of "data wranglers." Using a workflow developed by Chris Watts, the frames were downloaded from the camera image cards as RAW files, converted to Cineon files and processed through a "color cube."<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Cinematographer Pete Kozachik explained: "The color cube is a 3D lookup table created by FilmLight Ltd. that forces the image data into behaving like a particular Eastman Kodak film stock—in this case, 5248, one of my favorites. With this film emulation, we could actually rate our cameras at ASA 100, then take our light meters and spot meters and, with great confidence, shoot as if we were using 5248. Sure enough, the footage would come back and look just like it."<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> The frames could be processed further to generate a TIFF file for viewing on the lighting station computer monitors so lighting, composition and color could be previewed.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" />

===Visual effects===
[[File:Johnny Depp 2, 2011.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Johnny Depp]] filmed ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' and recorded dialogue for ''Corpse Bride'' simultaneously.]]
Visual effects were delivered by London's [[Moving Picture Company]] (MPC), and were applied to the 1,000 or so shots in the film, though most of the effects simply painted out puppet supports and similar set equipment. Some visual effects elements—groups of birds and butterflies, were created completely in CG, though others were composited as visual effects from real-life elements.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" /> Pete Kozachik explained that the trick for shooting the characters by themselves was obtaining visually interesting shots that would dependably support the director's storytelling, saying: "The challenge is keeping the action clear and simple with lighting and composition. There's a discipline to clear storytelling with these puppets. You want to be abstract, but one can easily go overboard with these critters because they aren't as familiar to the audience as real humans. The characters don't necessarily translate the same as if you're shooting a real person. You have to consciously balance arty atmosphere and graphic clarity so as to not confuse the audience about what it is they're looking at."<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" />

In a 2005, interview with [[About.com]], Burton spoke about the differences between directing  ''Corpse Bride'' and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', saying: "The difference on that was that one I had designed completely. It was a very completed package in my mind. I felt like it was there. I felt more comfortable with it. With this, it was a bit more organic. It was based on an old folk tale. We kept kind of changing it but, you know, I had a great co-director with Mike Johnson. I feel like we complemented each other quite well. It was just a different movie, a different process."<ref name="about1">{{cite web|url=http://movies.about.com/od/thecorpsebride/a/corpsetb092005.htm |title=Tim Burton Interview on Corpse Bride, Johnny Depp |publisher=Movies.about.com |date=March 4, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> He also spoke about casting [[Johnny Depp]] as Victor, saying: "It was weird because we were doing both at the same time. He was Willy Wonka by day and Victor by night so it might have been a little schizophrenic for him. But he’s great. It's the first animated movie he's done and he's always into a challenge. We just treat it like fun and a creative process. Again, that’s the joy of working with him. He's kind of up for anything. He just always adds something to it. The amazing thing is all the actors never worked [together]. They were never in a room together, so they were all doing their voices, except for Albert [Finney] and Joanna [Lumley] did a few scenes together, everybody else was separate. They were all kind of working in a vacuum, which was interesting. That’s the thing that I felt ended up so beautifully, that their performances really meshed together. So he was very canny, as they all were, about trying to find the right tone and making it work while not being in the same room with each other."<ref name="about1"/>

==Music==
{{Infobox album|
| name       = Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
| type       = Film score
| artist     = [[Danny Elfman]]
| cover      = CorpseBride.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 20, 2005
| recorded   = 2005
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Abbey Road Studios]] in London, England
| genre      = [[Soundtrack]]
| length     = 59:42
| label      = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = [[Danny Elfman]]
| prev_title = [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (soundtrack)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]
| prev_year  = 2005
| next_title = [[Serenada Schizophrana]]
| next_year  = 2006
}}
The soundtrack was produced by [[Danny Elfman]] with the help of [[John August]] and released on September 20, 2005.<ref name="amazon1">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Burtons-Original-Picture-Soundtrack-Release/dp/B00122L1JE/ |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (U.S. Release): Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Soundtrack: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> It contains all of the music from the film including score music and four songs with lyrics sung by voice actors.<ref name="amazon1"/>

{{Tracklist
| all_writing  = [[Danny Elfman]] and [[John August]]. All scores written by Elfman
| extra_column = Performer(s)
| title1       = Main Title
| note1        = Score
| extra1       = Elfman
| length1      = 2:05
| title2       = According to Plan
| extra2       = Albert Finney, Joanna Lumley, Tracey Ullman, Paul Whitehouse
| length2      = 3:44
| title3       = Victor's Piano Solo
| note3        = Score
| extra3       = Elfman
| length3      = 1:17
| title4       = Into the Forest
| note4        = Score
| extra4       = Elfman
| length4      = 4:34
| title5       = [[Remains of the Day (song)|Remains of the Day]]
| extra5       = Elfman, Jane Horrocks, Paul Baker, Alison Jiear, Gary Martin
| length5      = 3:26
| title6       = Casting a Spell
| note6        = Score
| extra6       = Elfman
| length6      = 1:25
| title7       = Moon Dance
| note7        = Score
| extra7       = Elfman
| length7      = 1:27
| title8       = Victor's Deception
| note8        = Score
| extra8       = Elfman
| length8      = 3:59
| title9       = Tears to Shed
| extra9       = Helena Bonham Carter, Horrocks, Enn Reitel
| length9      = 2:45
| title10      = Victoria's Escape
| note10       = Score
| extra10      = Elfman
| length10     = 2:30
| title11      = The Piano Duet
| note11       = Score
| extra11      = Elfman
| length11     = 1:53
| title12      = New Arrival
| note12       = Score
| extra12      = Elfman
| length12     = 0:41
| title13      = Victoria's Wedding
| note13       = Score
| extra13      = Elfman
| length13     = 3:14
| title14      = The Wedding Song
| extra14      = Elfman, Horrocks, Baker, Jier, Martin
| length14     = 3:00
| title15      = The Party Arrives
| note15       = Score
| extra15      = Elfman
| length15     = 3:20
| title16      = Victor's Wedding
| note16       = Score
| extra16      = Elfman
| length16     = 2:08
| title17      = Barkis's Bummer
| note17       = Score
| extra17      = Elfman
| length17     = 2:07
| title18      = The Finale
| note18       = Score
| extra18      = Elfman
| length18     = 2:35
| title19      = End Credits
| note19       = Part 1) (Score
| extra19      = Elfman
| length19     = 1:49
| title20      = End Credits
| note20       = Part 2) (Score
| extra20      = Elfman
| length20     = 2:32
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline        = Bonus Tracks from Bonejangles and his Bone Boys
| extra_column    = Performer(s)
| total_length    = 59:42
| title21         = Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1
| note21          = Band Version) (Score
| extra21         = Elfman
| length21        = 2:15
| title22         = Remains of the Day
| note22          = Combo Lounge Version) (Score
| extra22         = Elfman
| length22        = 3:06
| title23         = Ball & Socket Lounge Music #2
| note23          = Score
| extra23         = Elfman
| length23        = 1:10
| title24         = Ball & Socket Lounge Music #1
| note24          = Combo Version) (Score
| extra24         = Elfman
| length24        = 2:14
}}

==Release==
''Corpse Bride'' [[premiere]]d on September 7, 2005 at the [[Venice International Film Festival]]. The film was released on September 23, 2005 in United States and on October 13, 2005 in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.moviefone.com/2005/09/08/burtons-corpse-bride-cheered-at-venice-fest/ |title=Burton's 'Corpse Bride' Cheered At Venice Fest - The Moviefone Blog |publisher=News.moviefone.com |date=September 8, 2005 |access-date=September 22, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Box office===
''Corpse Bride'' grossed $53,359,111 in North America, and $64,731,725 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $118,090,836.<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo"/>

In North America, the film opened to number two in its first weekend, with $19,145,480, behind ''[[Flightplan]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2005&wknd=38&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office Results for September 23-25, 2005 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> In its second weekend, the film dropped to number three, grossing an additional $10,033,257.<ref name="boxofficemojo1">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=corpsebride.htm |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - Weekend Box Office Results|publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> In its third weekend, the film dropped to number six, grossing $6,511,336.<ref name="boxofficemojo1"/> In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to number nine, grossing $3,577,465.<ref name="boxofficemojo1"/>

The biggest market in other territories being France, UK and Japan where the film grossed $8.88 million, $8.57 million and $7.1 million respectively.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=corpsebride.htm | title=Corpse Bride | publisher=IMDB | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref>

===Critical response===
The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported {{a or an|{{RT data|score}}}} approval rating with an average rating of {{RT data|average}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "As can be expected from a Tim Burton movie, ''Corpse Bride'' is whimsically macabre, visually imaginative, and emotionally bittersweet."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/corpse_bride|title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> Another review aggregator, [[Metacritic]], which assigns a rating out of 100 based on top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 83 based on 35 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/corpse-bride |title=Corpse Bride Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=[[CinemaScore]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature#List of winners and nominees|78th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]], but lost to ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', which also starred Helena Bonham Carter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/oscar/chart/?yr=2005&view=allcategories&p=.htm |title=2005 Academy Awards Nominations and Winners by Category |publisher=Boxofficemojo.com |access-date=March 11, 2014}}</ref> In 2008, the [[American Film Institute]] nominated this film for its [[AFI's 10 Top 10|Top 10 Animation Films list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/10top10.pdf?docID=381&AddInterest=1781 |title=AFI's 10 Top 10 Nominees |format=PDF |access-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071937/http://connect.afi.com/site/DocServer/10top10.pdf?docID=381&AddInterest=1781 |archive-date=July 16, 2011  }}</ref>

Justin Chang of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' gave the film a positive review, saying "This macabre musical about a young bridegroom who mistakenly weds a girl from beyond the grave is an endearingly schizoid Frankenstein of a movie, by turns relentlessly high-spirited and darkly poignant."<ref>{{cite web|author=Justin Chang |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/reviews/tim-burton-s-corpse-bride-2-1200523455/ |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride |publisher=Variety |date=September 7, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Kirk Honeycutt of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' gave the film a positive review, calling it "A wondrous flight of fancy, a stop-motion-animated treat brimming with imaginative characters, evocative sets, sly humor, inspired songs and a genuine whimsy that seldom finds its way into today's movies."<ref name="rottentomatoes1">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/corpse_bride/reviews/?type=top_critics |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - Movie Reviews |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Michael Atkinson of ''[[The Village Voice]]'' gave the film a positive review, saying "The variety of its cadaverous style is never less than inspired; never has the human skull's natural grin been redeployed so exhaustively for yuks."<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael Atkinson |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-09-06/film/death-becomes-her/ |title=Death Becomes Her - Page 1 |publisher=Village Voice |date=September 6, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the film a B, saying "As an achievement in macabre visual wizardry, Tim Burton's ''Corpse Bride'' has to be reckoned some sort of marvel."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1104903,00.html |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Review |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 14, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Manohla Dargis of ''[[The New York Times]]'' gave the film four out of five stars, saying "Cinema's reinvigorated fixation with the living dead suggests that we are in the grip of an impossible longing, or perhaps it's just another movie cycle running its course. Whatever the case, there is something heartening about Mr. Burton's love for bones and rot here, if only because it suggests, despite some recent evidence, that he is not yet ready to abandon his own dark kingdom."<ref>{{cite news|author=Manohla Dargis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/movies/16brid.html |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride |work=The New York Times |date=September 7, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Moira MacDonald of ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "What makes ''Corpse Bride'' sing, ultimately, is the breadth of imagination that it demonstrates; creating a cluttered, textured and mysteriously beautiful world that we're loathe to leave at the end."<ref>{{cite web|last=Macdonald |first=Moira |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?slug=corpse23&date=20050923 |title=Entertainment & the Arts &#124; Here comes "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" &#124; Seattle Times Newspaper |publisher=Community.seattletimes.nwsource.com |date=September 23, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref>

Liam Lacey of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Ghoulishness and innocence walk hand-in-hand in Tim Burton's ''Corpse Bride'', a movie that digs into Hollywood's past to resurrect the antique art of stop-motion animation and create a fabulous bauble of a movie."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Jack Mathews of the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Stop-motion animation may be the hardest and most tedious job in Hollywood, but the makers of Tim Burton's ''Corpse Bride'' deserve a couple of years in Tahiti celebrating their effort."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Lou Lumenick of the ''[[New York Post]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Tim Burton's ''Corpse Bride'' is an instant classic."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Lisa Rose of the ''[[Newark Star-Ledger]]'' gave the film three out of five stars, saying "''Corpse Bride'' offers unclassifiable enchantment."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> James Berardinelli of ''[[ReelViews]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "As animated films go, this is easily the best of a weak year."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/c/corpse_bride.html |title=Reelviews Movie Reviews |publisher=Reelviews.net |date=September 16, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Peter Howell of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' gave the film four out of four stars, saying "If his ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' from a dozen years back was a treat for the eyes and mind, Tim Burton's ''Corpse Bride'' goes double or nothing by being a delight for the ears and also the heart."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Joe Williams of the ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' gave the film a B+, saying "Beneath the bone pile of allusions, ''Corpse Bride'' is a darkly enchanting fable in its own right."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/>

Andrew Sarris of ''[[The New York Observer]]'' gave the film a negative review, saying "''Corpse Bride'' turns out to be a ponderous mixture of puppetry and animation that is far too technologically complex and laborious for this hopelessly Luddite reviewer."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three out of four stars, calling it "A sweet and visually lovely tale of love lost."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Roger |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/tim-burtons-corpse-bride-2005 |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Movie Review (2005) |publisher=Roger Ebert |date=September 22, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Roger Moore of the ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]'' gave the film four out of five stars, saying "The sweetness, the visual flourishes and inspired pieces of casting carry the ''Corpse Bride'', if not all the way down the primrose path, then at least across the threshold."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2005-09-23/entertainment/CORPSE_1_corpse-bride-tim-burton-victor |title=Not a rotting corpse, but certainly no body beautiful |last=Moore |first=Roger |date=September 23, 2005 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |access-date=July 7, 2018}}</ref> Robert K. Elder of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "If ''Nightmare Before Christmas'' was a jazzy pop number, ''Corpse Bride'' is a waltz--an elegant, deadly funny bit of macabre matrimony."<ref>{{cite web|last=Elder |first=Robert K. |url=http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-050923-movies-review-corpse,0,2912595.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050923065650/http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-050923-movies-review-corpse%2C0%2C2912595.story |archive-date=September 23, 2005 |title=Corpse Bride |access-date=March 10, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kenneth Turan of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' gave the film two out of five stars, saying "The film does have a fairy-tale aspect, but, like many of its characters, it is more dead and buried than fully alive."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Claudia Puig of ''[[USA Today]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "''Corpse Bride'' is an unexpectedly touching celebration of love told in a quirky and inventive style."<ref>{{cite web|last=Puig |first=Claudia |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2005-09-15-corpse-bride_x.htm |title=USATODAY.com - 'Corpse': Death is beautiful |publisher=Usatoday30.usatoday.com |date=September 15, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of five, saying "In the guise of a family film, Burton evokes a darkly erotic obsession that recalls Edgar Allan Poe and Hitchcock's Vertigo. It would be a test for any filmmaker, and Burton aces it."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/>

Steven Rea of ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Tim Burton's ''Corpse Bride'' is easily the best stop-motion animated necrophiliac musical romantic comedy of all time. It is also just simply, wonderful: a morbid, merry tale of true love that dazzles the eyes and delights the soul."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Bill Muller of ''[[The Arizona Republic]]'' gave the film four out of five stars, saying "''Corpse Bride'' is a delightful mix of strange goings-on and imaginatively crafted puppetry, a wild ride through Burton's chaotic, splendidly original world."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Michael Booth of ''[[The Denver Post]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "''Corpse Bride'' will win your heart, if it doesn't rip it out of your chest first."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_3049747# |title=Say "I do" to "Corpse Bride"; the honeymoon's a killer |publisher=The Denver Post |date=September 23, 2005 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Terry Lawson of the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "There's a happy Halloween in store even for children who aren't allowed to trick or treat, and it's courtesy of Tim Burton's animated ''Corpse Bride''."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Bruce Westbrook of ''[[The Houston Chronicle]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "Amazingly fluid and drop-dead gorgeous, Tim Burton's ''Corpse Bride'' is the best-looking, stop-motion animation film ever."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/moviestory.mpl/ae/movies/reviews/3365912|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050929082539/http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/moviestory.mpl/ae/movies/reviews/3365912|archive-date=September 29, 2005 |title=HoustonChronicle.com - Say 'I do' to Corpse Bride |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Rene Rodriguez of the ''[[Miami Herald]]'' gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "''Corpse Bride'' suffers from the same problem that has plagued Burton's recent live-action films: for all its formidable razzle-dazzle, it doesn't engage the heart."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/> Colin Covert of the ''[[Star Tribune]]'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "This vibrantly imaginative mix of horror and humor puts the f-u-n in funeral."<ref name="rottentomatoes1"/>

===Home media===
''Corpse Bride'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[HD DVD]] on January 16, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Tim-Burtons-Corpse-Bride-DVD/37/ |title=Tim Burton's Corpse Bride DVD: Full Screen Edition |publisher=Blu-ray.com |date=January 31, 2006 |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> It was released on [[Blu-ray]] on September 26, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Corpse-Bride-Blu-ray/145/ |title=Corpse Bride Blu-ray |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> {{as of|2009|August|16|df=US}}, the film has sold 2,093,156 DVDs and 40,411 Blu-ray Discs totaling a gross of $33,087,513 and $604,940 respectively. {{as of|2020|November|25|df=US}}, the total gross for domestic video sales is $42,700,692 in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Corpse-Bride-The#tab=video-sales | title=Corpse Bride | work=the-numbers.com | access-date=November 25, 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of animated feature films]]
* [[List of stop-motion films]]
* [[Posthumous marriage]]

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