Synopsis The story of August Pullman, born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most unlikely of heroes when he enters the local fifth grade. As his family, his new classmates, and the larger community all struggle to discover their compassion and acceptance, Auggie’s extraordinary journey will unite them all and prove you can't blend in when you were born to stand out. Metrics Movie Details Production Budget: $20,000,000 Portugal Releases: December 8th, 2017 (Wide), released as Wonder - Encantador January 30th, 2018 by MPAA Rating: for thematic elements including bullying, and some mild language. (Rating bulletin 2464 (Cert #50925), 2/22/2017) Running Time: 113 minutes Keywords:,,,,, Source: Genre: Production Method: Creative Type: Production Companies:,,, Production Countries. 19 January, 9:30 PM - Cinema de Miranda do Corvo - Miranda do Corvo - Portugal. Wonder - Encantador. Drama M/12 113 min. De Stephen Chbosk, com Jacob Tremblay. ![]() ![]() Cast August “Auggie” Pullman Isabel Pullman Nate Pullman Mr. Browne Via Pullman Teenage Doctor Nurse Neonatologist Jack Will Julian Charlotte Amos Miles Henry Darth Sidious Summer Ms. Petosa Dodgeball Player Cute Guy Miranda Ella Justin Mr. Davenport School Photographer Reid Rebecca Chewbacca Grans Jack Will’s Mom Ximena Chin Savanna Maya Miranda’s Mom Guy on Bus Our Town Player Our Town Player Our Town Player Our Town Player Via (age 4) Science Fair Judge Julian’s Mom Julian’s Dad Camp Counselor Eddie Michelle Danny Lina Annan Angela. January 31st, 2018 This is one of the worse times of year for the home market. Until we start getting the holiday blockbusters landing on DVD / Blu-ray, there’s not much to talk about. That’s not to say there are no good releases, as,, and are all easily worth picking up. There are just no big releases. For example, the Pick of the Week goes to on, which was sadly ignored by moviegoers when it first hit theaters. January 23rd, 2018 The nominations were announced starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year and no one has been able to adequately explain why to me. At least there were some interesting results this year. Led the way with 13 nominations, which is one below the current record and nearly as many as the next two films combined. Overall, there were seventeen films that earned two or more nominations. January 20th, 2018, the North American Theater Owners, have released their annual box office numbers, and 2017 had some mixed results. The total box office was down 2.55% to $11.09 billion, which is the third-biggest yearly box office total of all time, behind $11.12 billion earned in 2015 and $11.37 billion earned in 2016. Meanwhile, ticket prices rose 4% to $8.97. This means total attendance was 1.236 billion, the lowest since 1995. That is troubling, but not as apocalyptic as some have made it out to be, as it is only 2.7% lower than 2014’s attendance figure. Obviously, we would like to see increases in this figure every year, but we shouldn’t panic just yet. If 2018 bounces back, then we can still say the overall box office is healthy. If we see another 6-point drop in attendance in 2018, then we can panic. January 11th, 2018 The nominations were announced and this time led the way with 12 nominations. The same films appear on many of the lists of nominees, but so far no one film has come to dominate the list. This makes it interesting, to say the least. There’s a good chance no one film will win the majority of prestige awards and that multiple films will have lots of reason to celebrate on February 18th when the awards are handed out. December 19th, 2017 We already ’s incredible debut yesterday, but there were other films that were in theaters over the weekend. The Last Jedi earned nearly 80% of the total, so the rest of the box office had to settle for the leftovers. Was a distant second with just $13.40 million, which is lower than our low. Overall, the box office more than tripled from hitting $278 million. More importantly, it rose by 31% when compared to this weekend. Year-to-date, 2017 cut 2016’s lead by nearly $100 million in just one week. Granted, 2017 is still behind by $320 million or 3.0% at $10.10 billion to $10.42 billion. However, I just wanted 2017 to cut the lead to $250 million and that looks a lot more likely now than it did even a month ago. December 14th, 2017 2017 is behind 2016’s pace by over $400 million and and this weekend is the last chance it has to cut that deficit by any real margin. This weekend, debuts and it is practically a guaranteed monster hit. Made just over $400 million in the 2016 calendar year, while earned just over $650 million. The Last Jedi is widely expected to earn somewhere in-between those results. In the meantime, there is one other wide release,, which is the textbook definition of counter-programming. The is just hoping it doesn’t get lost in the crowd. This weekend, the total box office was $211.57 million. I give The Last Jedi about a 50/50 chance of topping that by itself. December 12th, 2017 It was a good at the box office, relatively speaking, as most films in the top five beat. Granted, this was mostly by tiny amounts, but it added up. We still fell 20% compared to to $84 million. This is 1.2% higher than the same weekend and we were expecting a similarly close loss, so this is a surprise victory. The year-over-year numbers are almost identical to last week, with this year down by 4.1% or $420 million when compared to last year. Right now 2017 has pulled in $9.79 billion, while 2016 had a running tally of $10.21 billion. December 10th, 2017 remains the number one movie at the box office this weekend by a considerable margin, mainly due to a lack of serious competition from new releases. ’s animated adventure will gross about $18.3 million this weekend, for a domestic total of $135.5 million. The film will also pile up another $55.3 million internationally, taking its worldwide cume to $389.5 million. It still has some big openings to come, including Brazil, Korea, the UK, and Japan in January, so it has some way to go, although its progress will be eclipsed by for the next few weeks. December 9th, 2017 by earning first place on. It earned $4.27 million, giving it a running tally of $121.48 million after 17 days of release and putting it on pace for $19 million over the weekend. Good news: This is a little better than expected. Bad news: Next weekend could be a mess, as the film will not only have to deal with, but as well. If it can avoid being demolished at the box office next weekend, then it will stick around in the top ten for the rest of the year. Even if if does get demolished, it still has a shot at $200 million domestically, but it will be close. December 8th, 2017 There is only one wide release this weekend,. However, it is barely opening wide and is widely expected to miss the top ten. This means the top five will barely change from and should have no trouble remaining on top of the chart. This weekend, opened in second place, behind. Office Christmas Party was hardly a monster hit, but it was strong enough to keep 2017 from winning the year-over-year comparison. Hopefully, it will still be close. December 5th, 2017 It was a good weekend, as every film in the top five beat at the. Granted, in most cases it was by a tiny amount, but any victory is worth celebrating at this point. It has been a really bad year at the box office. (Or to be more accurate, the summer was historically bad and the rest of the year hasn’t been able to compensate.) led the way with $27.53 million and thanks to the holidays, should stick around in the top ten until early 2018 helping it get past $200 million with ease. The overall box office fell 44% from to $105 million; however, it is a post-holiday weekend, so a decline like this was expected. More importantly, the box office rose 9.7% from and this is reason to celebrate. Year-to-date, 2017 is still behind 2016’s pace by 4.1% / $410 million, at $9.68 billion to $10.09 billion, but if we can maintain this pace for the rest of the year, then we could really cut into 2016’s lead. December 2nd, 2017 beat by a tiny margin on, earning $6.28 million. This is 67% lower than its, but its opening Friday was also a Holiday, so that’s to be expected. Look for $27 million over the full weekend, which is a little lower than ’s second weekend of release, but the gap between the two is closing. Given Coco’s and its A+ from CinemaScore, it might start catching up by this time next week. November 30th, 2017 There are no wide releases this weekend, which means should have no trouble remaining on top of the chart. In fact, most of the top five will remain the same as. Maybe one of the Awards Season contenders will expand enough to grab a spot in the top five, but that isn’t really likely. This weekend, remained in first place, as there were also no new releases to compete against. 2017 should be able to win in the year-over-year comparison, but it will be awfully close. November 28th, 2017 gave yet another reason to be thankful for Thanksgiving. It topped the chart, to give the studio 10 of the 11 biggest Thanksgiving openings of all time. Meanwhile, fell a little bit faster than expected, and $250 million domestically might be out of reach. It depends on how well it holds onto its theater count when opens. Overall, the box office fell 5.2% from to $189 million. This is 2.4% higher than the same weekend. Granted, that’s not enough to deal with inflation, but at this point, I’m willing to use any excuse to celebrate. Year-to-date, 2017 was able to close the gap with 2016, but is still behind 4.1% with $9.53 billion to $9.95 billion. November 25th, 2017 It’s the Saturday after Black Friday, so things are returning to normal. Is leading the way, which no one should be terribly. It earned $13.24 million on, which was about 15% lower than ’s opening day. It held on better on, cutting the gap to about 10% with $8.93 million. However, by, it was behind Moana by 15% again. That said, if is maintains this pace throughout the rest of the weekend it will earn $48 million / $71 million during its opening weekend. This is almost exactly as I predicted and more than enough to make very happy. Furthermore, thanks to and an amazing A plus from CinemaScore, as well as no real competition for the next two weeks, the film should have excellent legs. November 22nd, 2017 is the only wide release of the week, which is amazing for Thanksgiving weekend. This should boost its chances at the box office and it is now expected to open in first place. Was expected to repeat as box office champion this weekend, but that’s likely not going to happen now. This weekend, earned $82 million over the five-day weekend. I don’t think Coco will match that, but it will come close enough to top the chart. November 21st, 2017 easily won the race for first place on the box office chart. However, it only managed $93.84 million, which is substantially lower than it was to open with. In fact, it’s the first film in the to not open with more than $100 million. (To be fair, it is doing better internationally.) was a surprising hit in second place and it helped the box office rise 32% from to $199 million. More importantly, this weekend was 26% higher than the same weekend. 2017 ended its most recent slump, but it is still 4.5% or $430 million behind last year’s pace at $9.21 billion to $9.65 billion. November 19th, 2017 was meant to the be the big pay-off for the first phase of the, bringing together the characters introduced in,, and, and setting the stage for next year’s. The huge success of this Summer seemed to be just the kick the franchise needed, and, given the history of the, which enjoyed steadily building success leading up to the gigantic opening of, an opening north of $150 million, and maybe even approaching $200 million seemed a possibility a couple of months ago. In that context, the $96 million projected weekend announced by this morning looks like a huge disappointment. What does it mean for the franchise? November 18th, 2017 As, dominated the box office chart, earning four times its nearest competitor. However, it only managed $38.8 million on Friday, which is well below expectations. In fact, tracking has been dropping and the film is now widely expected to open with less than $100 million over the weekend, making it the only film in the to fail to reach the century mark during its opening weekend. There are a number of reasons why this film is struggling. Firstly, except for, no film in the franchise has earned good reviews and mainstream audiences may have given up on the franchise. Secondly, the troubled production meant a lot of people who were part of the target audience, but not hardcore fans, are taking a wait-and-see approach here. Since its are bad, these people are staying home. Its CinemaScore is just a B plus, so it won’t have great legs going forward. Finally, there’s. That film is proving to be stronger than expected competition, as it started faster and is holding up better than most similar films. I think is going to have to rethink the entire DCEU before going forward. Is already in post-production and is definitely going forward. After that, I’m not sure what films will or will not be made. November 17th, 2017 will have no trouble earning first place this weekend, but it looks like it won’t match ’s opening. The latest in the opened with $13 million in previews, compared to $14.5 million for Thor: Ragnarok. Assuming the films have the same legs, then Justice League will earn $110 million during its opening weekend, which is a little lower than our. Unfortunately, its are significantly weaker than the and that’s going to hurt its legs. I still think it will top $100 million, but it will be closer to ’s $103 million opening weekend than to our original prediction. November 16th, 2017 is hoping to be the biggest hit of the month, but two things could get in the way of that goal. Firstly, got off to a faster than expected start. Secondly, Justice League’s are significantly weaker. There are two other films coming out this week, and, both of whom are simply hoping not to be lost in a crowded marketplace. This crowded marketplace should help 2017 end its slump against 2016. This weekend, opened in first place with just under $75 million, while there were three other films that earned between $10 million and $20 million. This year, Justice League should top $100 million with ease, while Thor: Ragnarok will earn more than $25 million. The top two films this year should do better than the top five films from last year and that should lead to 2017 earning a comfortable win over 2016 in the year-over-year comparison. November 1st, 2017 wasn’t a good month; then again, outside of a few bright spots, the overall box office has been a disaster since early summer. I would love to say November will turn things around, but, while it should be better, in this case “better” is a relative term. There are two films on this list with a chance at $300 million, and, while is nearly a guarantee for $200 million. By comparison, last had a similar result with three films earning between $200 million and $300 million, but none topping that figure. This means, if Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League both get to that milestone, then 2017 could cut into 2016’s lead during the month. It will still take a minor miracle for 2017 to catch up in the end, but just cutting the lead in half by the end of December would be a reason to celebrate at this point. May 25th, 2017.
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