An American Tail has grossed up to $47 million in the United States and $84 million worldwide.
An American Tail and several other films directed by Bluth have since developed a cult following.
Eventually, he is reunited with his family, but neither that nor anything else in "An American Tail" has much emotional impact.
"Poor wand'ring one" was used in the movie An American Tail.
Roger Ebert, who was unimpressed with An American Tail, gave it three out of four stars.
Later he made another animated movie about mice called An American Tail, which came out in 1986.
Even though this movie was not a big box office success, An American Tail and 1997's Anastasia became his most successful works in later years.
Movies like "An American Tail," for example, which appeal to children who cannot yet read well, succeed best when dubbed into Spanish.
The film's advertising at the time promised a new masterpiece "from the creator of An American Tail".
Moe, a secondary character in the film An American Tail.