Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the stop-motion-animated fantasy musical film Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, the 2005 film will be available for purchase on 4K UHD, 4K & Blu-ray Steelbook, 4K & Blu-ray Collector’s Edition, and Digital for the first time on September 22, 2025, from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Returning to the painstaking stop-motion animation he employed with amazing success in The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton presents Corpse Bride, a hair-raising legend based on a 19th-century Russian folktale.
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc online and in-store at major retailers and available for purchase Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Rakuten, and more. The film will also be available in collectible Steelbook and Collector’s Edition packaging.
Directed by Mike Johnson (in his directorial debut) and Tim Burton from a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler, the film is based on characters by Burton and Carlos Grangel. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride is produced by Burton and Allison Abbate. The music is by Danny Elfman.
The all-star ensemble voice cast features Johnny Depp as Victor Van Dort and Helena Bonham Carter as Emily, the corpse bride, along with Emily Watson, Tracey Ullman, Paul Whitehouse, Joanna Lumley, Albert Finney, Richard E. Grant, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Jane Horrocks, Enn Reitel, Deep Roy, Danny Elfman, and Stephen Ballantyne.
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride was nominated for the 78th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film was named the National Board of Review’s Best Animated Feature in 2005 and 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.
Tim Burton presents a hair-raising legend based on a 19th-century Russian folktale, in which a young man mistakenly weds a corpse while on a two-day trek to the village of his real bride-to-be. It is up to the groom’s flesh-and-blood fiancée, who has been pining for the arrival of her intended, to face her wraith-like rival and make peace with her by promising to live her dreams for her and by vowing to remember her always. Only then are the living bride and groom free to proceed with their own wedding ceremony in the warmhearted fable Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride Digital and Ultra HD Blu-ray releases contain the following new and previously released special features:
- Digging up the Past: The Minds Behind “The Corpse Bride” – NEW
- ‘Til Death Do Us Art” A “Corpse Bride” Reflection – NEW
- Danny Elfman Interprets the Two Worlds
- Inside the Two Worlds of the Corpse Bride
- Making Puppets Tick
- The Animators: The Breath of Life
- The Corpse Bride Pre-Production Galleries
- Tim Burton: Dark vs. Light
- Voices from the Underworld
- The Voices Behind the Voice
Corpse Bride Collector’s Edition – 4K UHD & Blu-ray (£40) includes:
- Rigid Slipcase
- Steelbook
- Double-Sided Theatrical Posters
- Double-Sided Alternate Art Poster
- Corpse Bridge Zine
- Character and Storyboard Art Cards
- Stickers
Steelbook with Acetate O-Ring – 4K UHD & Blu-ray (£30)
Standard Edition – 4K UHD (£20)
BASICS
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English, Spanish, French
Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French
Run Time: 117 minutes
Rating: PG
Physical Release Date: September 22, 2025
Digital Release Date: September 22, 2025
