Shrek

Released Date
May 18, 2001
Distributor
DreamWorks Distribution
Genre
Animation
Rating
PG
Budget
$60,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$267,665,011 + $220,188,309 = $487,853,320
51
Cameron Diaz

as Princess Fiona

62
Eddie Murphy

as Donkey

60
Mike Myers

as Shrek

78
John Lithgow

as Lord Farquaad

71
Jim Cummings

as Captain of the Guards

57
Vincent Cassel

as Monsieur Hood

55
Conrad Vernon

as Gingerbread Man

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Kathleen Freeman

as Old Woman

About Shrek

A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.

About

Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature Film finds an ogre rescuing a princess in order to get his land back from an evil lord.

Trivia

Chris Farley was originally cast as Shrek and recorded a great deal of the dialogue, but after his 1997 death, Mike Myers was brought in as his replacement.