The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gary Halvorson[1]
Screenplay by	Mitchell Kriegman Joey Mazzarino[1]
Story by	Mitchell Kriegman[1]
Based on	Sesame Street by Joan Ganz Cooney Lloyd Morrisett Elmo by Jim Henson
Produced by	Alex Rockwell Marjorie Kalins[1]
Starring	Kevin Clash Mandy Patinkin Vanessa Williams
Cinematography	Alan Caso[1]
Edited by	Alan Baumgarten
Music by	John Debney
Production companies	Jim Henson Pictures[1] Children's Television Workshop[1]
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures[1] Sony Pictures Releasing[2]
Release date	October 1, 1999 (1999-10-01) [1]
Running time	73 minutes[2]
Country	United States[1]
Language	English
Budget	$26 million[2]
Box office	$11.7 million[2]

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (or simply Elmo in Grouchland) is a 1999 American musical adventure comedy film directed by Gary Halvorson in his feature film debut. This was the second of the two theatrical feature films to be based on the children's television series Sesame Street, after Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird in 1985. It stars Mandy Patinkin and Vanessa Williams alongside Muppet performers Kevin Clash, Caroll Spinney, Steve Whitmire, and Frank Oz.

Produced by Jim Henson Pictures and Children's Television Workshop, the film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label on October 1, 1999. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, but was a box office flop, grossing $12 million against a budget of more than $26 million.

The film was one of the few Sesame Street productions directly produced by The Jim Henson Company. This was the final Muppet feature film to involve Fran Brill and Frank Oz, who retired from being full-time puppeteers the following years,^[3] and the last Muppet film to feature Caroll Spinney before his retirement in 2018 and his death in 2019.