Mrs. Doubtfire November 24, 1993. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Robin Williams was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actor. It grossed $441.3 million on a $25 million budget, becoming the second highest grossing film of 1993 worldwide. Though the film received mixed reviews during its original theatrical run, more recent reviews have been much more positive: the film placed 67th in the American Film Institute's "AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs" list and 40th on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies of All Time." The original music score was
Mrs. Doubtfire in December 2011, during an interview by "Moviehole," Williams stated again that the chances of a sequel are "highly unlikely." In 2011, Williams said: In 2014, Chris Columbus stated, in turn: In April 2014, it was announced that a sequel was in development at 20th Century Fox. Williams and Columbus were expected to return, and "Elf" screenwriter David Berenbaum was hired to write the script. However, after Williams' death in August 2014, plans for a sequel were permanently cancelled. On January 22, 2015, "Entertainment Weekly" reported that a musical adaptation of "Mrs. Doubtfire" was in the works, with music by