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Directed by | Zach Helm |
Produced by |
Richard N. Gladstein James Garavente |
Written by | Zach Helm |
Starring |
Dustin Hoffman Natalie Portman Jason Bateman Zach Mills |
Narrated by | Zach Mills |
Music by |
Alexandre Desplat Aaron Zigman |
Cinematography | Roman Osin |
Edited by | Sabrina Plisco |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
Country | United States Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $65 million |
Box office | $69.5 million |
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a 2007 Canadian-American family/children's fantasy comedy film written and directed by Zach Helm, produced by FilmColony, Mandate Pictures, Walden Media, Richard N. Gladstein and James Garavente and music composed by Alexandre Desplat and Aaron Zigman. The film stars Dustin Hoffman as the owner of a magical toy store, and Natalie Portman as his store employee. Also starring Jason Bateman as the mutant accountant and Zach Mills as the hat collector and his store volunteer.
The film was theatrically released on November 16, 2007 by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $69.5 million worldwide. It received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 4, 2008 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman) is an employee at "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium", a magical toy shop run by the eccentric 243-year-old Mr. Edward Magorium (Dustin Hoffman). Besides Molly and Mr. Magorium, store bookbuilder Bellini (Ted Ludzik), a strongman, is also employed. Eric Applebaum (Zach Mills) is a boy who comes to the store daily and functions as an employee despite his young age.