The Mighty Ducks (film)

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The Mighty Ducks
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Stephen Herek
Written by	Steven Brill
Produced by	Jon Avnet Jordan Kerner
Starring	Emilio Estevez Joss Ackland Lane Smith
Cinematography	Thomas Del Ruth
Edited by	Larry Bock John F. Link
Music by	David Newman
Production companies	Walt Disney Pictures Avnet–Kerner Productions Touchwood Pacific Partners
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	October 2, 1992 (1992-10-02)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$14 million[1]
Box office	$50.8 million[2]

The Mighty Ducks (also known as D1: The Mighty Ducks, and Champions in the United Kingdom and Australia) is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film about a youth league hockey team, directed by Stephen Herek and starring Emilio Estevez, Joss Ackland and Lane Smith. It was produced by The Kerner Entertainment Company and Avnet–Kerner Productions and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first film in The Mighty Ducks film series. In some countries, the home release copies were printed with the title as The Mighty Ducks Are the Champions to avoid confusion with the title of the sequel.

The year after the film's release, Disney founded an NHL hockey team, named the "Mighty Ducks of Anaheim".