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Matilda was released on August 2, 1996. It made $8.5 million at the US box office in its opening weekend, ranking in third place behind A Time to Kill and Independence Day. [16] The film grossed $33.5 million in the United States and Canada and $47 million worldwide [3] against a production budget of $36 million. [1]
All versions of Matilda—the 1988 novel, the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito, the West End/Broadway stage film, and the 2022 Netflix movie musical—differ from each other in key ways.
In 2012, Matilda was ranked number 30 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a US monthly. [2] Time magazine named Matilda in its list of the "100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time". [3] In 2012, Matilda Wormwood appeared on a Royal Mail commemorative postage stamp. [4]
David Cote, in Time Out New York, wondered whether the show was too English for Broadway tastes; he wrote, "Matilda is a kids' musical, not a musical that happens to be about a kid. As such, its attractions may be limited to younger spectators and die-hard Dahl fans. That would be a pity, since Matilda is wickedly smart and wildly fun". [119]
Kendrick’s songs start at the end and go back, Jordan’s start from the beginning, and they meet for one duet in the middle. ... Matilda. Netflix is kind of just quietly producing banger movie ...
At the end of the book, Matilda's family announces they're moving to Spain, as the British legal system has caught up with Mr. Wormwood's illegal activities at his car dealership.
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, or simply Matilda the Musical, or Matilda, is a 2022 fantasy musical film directed by Matthew Warchus from a screenplay by Dennis Kelly, based on the stage musical of the same name by Tim Minchin and Kelly, which in turn was based on the 1988 novel Matilda by Roald Dahl.
Matilda, by Roald Dahl Last but not least, a middle school masterpiece that also delights elementary school siblings.. Matilda is a bookworm greatly misunderstood by her abusive parents.