Matilda
Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.
Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl.Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact.As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a terrifying, sadistic headmistress.As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
- Director
- Danny DeVito
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Humour
- Worldwide
- $34M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
21 billed performers
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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Matilda Wormwood is an brilliant and intelligent little girl. Unfortunately, her parents, Harry and Zinnia, fail to see that fact. As time passes, she finally starts school and has a kind teacher, loyal friends, and a terrifying, sadistic headmistress. As she becomes fed up with the constant cruelty, she discovers she has a special gift that she just might be able to use to outwit the unruly adults around her.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Matilda returned 0.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $36M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $34M
- Release date
- Aug 2, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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