Hugo (2011): Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Hugo is a 2011 mystery family film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. It runs 2 hours 7 minutes and earned $185.8 million worldwide. It won 5 Oscars, including Art Direction and Cinematography, and 9 awards in all. Critics gave it 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 83 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 7.5/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 7m (127 min)
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Hugo About?
The premise of Hugo without spoilers, adapted from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Beneath the bustling Paris train station, Hugo Cabret lives a solitary existence, tending to the clocks. He's a resourceful orphan caught up in a world of secrets and shadows. When Hugo discovers a mysterious automaton and forms an unexpected friendship with a young girl and an eccentric toy shop owner, he uncovers a hidden past and a series of long-held mysteries that could change his life forever.
Hugo Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- cinema
- 1930s
- snow adventure
- 3d
- automaton
- clock
- mechanical man
- memory
- secret
- steampunk
- cinematographer
- filmmaker
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- movie projector
- magic act
- france
- wind up toy
- world war one
- sadness
- reference to harold lloyd
- steam
- watching a movie
- film preservation
- film restoration
- fake dragon
- mechanical dragon
- film studio
- mermaid
- fire breathing dragon
- clock tower
- loneliness
- clockmaker
- film historian
- reference to jules verne
- flashback
- orphanage
- dream within a dream within a dream
- reference to the lumiere brothers
- post world war one
- film history
- film director
- silent filmmaking
- french filmmaking
- filmmaking
- winding a clock
- uncle nephew relationship
- toy repair
- leg brace
- silent movie
- library
- clockwork
The Director of Hugo
Directed by Martin Scorsese.
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Director Martin Scorsese
Hugo Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave Hugo 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 83 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 7.5/10.
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IMDb 7.5 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 93% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 78%
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Metacritic 83 Metascore
User score 7.5
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TMDB 72% User score
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Letterboxd 3.5 /5
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Movie Insider 4.5 /5
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Hugo Plot Summary
What happens in Hugo from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
In 1931 Paris, a young boy named Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) navigates a life filled with loss and secrecy. After witnessing the tragic death of his father, a skilled clockmaker (Jude Law), in a fire, Hugo lives with his disinterested uncle, Claude, who takes care of the clocks at the bustling Gare Montparnasse railway station. As he hides within the walls of the station, Hugo dedicates himself to completing his father’s unfinished work: repairing a mysterious broken automaton, which he believes carries a message from his late father.
Full summary
The whole story of Hugo, scene by scene
Hugo Box Office
Hugo grossed $185.8 million worldwide. $73.9 million came from the US and Canada and $111.9 million (60%) from the rest of the world.
Worldwide gross
$185.8M
- US & Canada
- $73.9M
- International
- $111.9M
Hugo Awards & Nominations
Hugo won 5 Oscars, including Art Direction and Cinematography, and 9 awards in all. Its biggest night was the Oscars 2012, with 5 wins from 11 nominations.
9 wins39 nominations6 ceremonies
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Oscars 2012 5 wins · 11 nominations- Won Art Direction
- Won Cinematography
- Won Sound Editing
- Won Sound Mixing
- Won Visual Effects
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BAFTA 2012 2 wins · 9 nominations- Won Best Production Design
- Won Best Sound
- Nominated Best Cinematography
- Nominated Best Costume Design
- Nominated Best Direction – Martin Scorsese
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Critics' Choice 2012 1 win · 11 nominations- Won Best Art Direction
- Nominated Best Adapted Screenplay – John Logan
- Nominated Best Cinematography
- Nominated Best Costume Design
- Nominated Best Director – Martin Scorsese
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Golden Globes 2012 1 win · 3 nominations- Won Best Director – Martin Scorsese
- Nominated Best Motion Picture – Drama
- Nominated Best Original Score – Howard Shore
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Saturn Awards 2012 4 nominations- Nominated Best Director
- Nominated Best Music – Howard Shore
- Nominated Best Performance by a Younger Actor – Asa Butterfield and Chloë Grace Moretz
- Nominated Best Writing
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DGA Awards 2012 1 nomination- Nominated Feature Film – Martin Scorsese
Hugo Trailers & Videos
18 videos: 3 trailers, 1 teaser, 2 clips, 10 featurettes and 2 behind-the-scenes videos.
- Trailer Official Trailer 2
- Trailer Original Trailer (Without 3D Text)
- Teaser TV Commerical featuring Martin Scorsese
- Clip Big Machine
How Well Do You Know Hugo?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
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Cars in Hugo
6 cars on screen, including the unknown and the 1930 Delage D8.
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Peugeot 201 Background role
Hugo Also Known As
32 alternative titles, including “Hugo - 3D” and “A leleményes Hugo - 3D”.
- Also known as
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- Hugo - 3D
- A leleményes Hugo - 3D
- Hugo isradimas
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Hraniteli vremeni
- 雨果的巴黎奇幻歷險
- 雨果的冒险
- ปริศนามนุษย์กลของฮิวโก้
- ปริศนามนุษย์กลของอูโก้
- Hugo Cabret' leiutis
- Hugo Cabret
- 雨果
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- A Invenção de Hugo
- La invención de Hugo
- Хранитель времени
- Hugo a jeho velký objev
- A leleményes Hugo
- Hugo i jego wynalazek
- Hugo a jeho veľký objav
- הוגו
- ヒューゴの不思議な発明
- 휴고
- A Invenção de Hugo Cabret
- 雨果的冒險
- Хранитель часу
- Изобретението на Хюго
- هوگو
- Laika glabātājs
- هيوغو, დროის მფარველი
- Хуго
- La invenció d’Hugo
- Hugo išradimas
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Movies Like Hugo
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Howl's Moving Castle, Coco and Sophie’s World.
Hugo FAQ: Box Office, Awards & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, box office, ratings, the book behind it, awards and post-credit scenes of Hugo, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Hugo?
Hugo runs 2 hours 7 minutes (127 minutes).
When was Hugo released?
Hugo was released on November 23, 2011.
Who directed Hugo?
Hugo was directed by Martin Scorsese.
More films by Martin Scorsese How much did Hugo make at the box office?
Hugo grossed $185.8 million worldwide ($73.9 million domestic, $111.9 million international).
How is Hugo rated?
Hugo has 7.5/10 on IMDb, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, 83 on Metacritic and 72% on TMDB.
Is Hugo based on a book?
Yes. Hugo is adapted from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.
What awards did Hugo win?
Hugo won 9 awards from 39 nominations, including Art Direction at the Oscars 2012.
Does Hugo have a post-credit scene?
No. Hugo has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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