Where the Wild Things Are (film) $100 million. "Where the Wild Things Are" was a joint production between Australia, Germany, and the United States, and was filmed principally in Melbourne. The film was released on 16 October 2009, in the United States, on 3 December in Australia, and on 17 December in Germany. The film was met with mostly positive reviews and appeared on many year-end top ten lists. However the film flopped commercially at the box office, making $100.1 million from a budget of $100 million. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 2 March 2010. Max, a lonely boy with an active
The Little Drummer Boy album and the song were an enormous success, the single scoring on the U.S. music charts from 1958 to 1962. In 1963, the album was reissued under the title "The Little Drummer Boy: A Christmas Festival", capitalizing on the single's popularity. The following year the album was released in stereo. In 1988, "The Little Drummer Boy: A Christmas Festival" was released on CD by Casablanca Records, and subsequently, on Island Records. Harry Simeone, who in 1964 had signed with Kapp Records, recorded a new version of "The Little Drummer Boy" in 1965 for his album "O' Bambino: The Little Drummer