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Imaginary is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed and produced by Jeff Wadlow and written by Wadlow, Greg Erb, and Jason Oremland. It is co-produced by Jason Blum through his Blumhouse Productions banner and Tower of Babble. The film stars DeWanda Wise, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Pyper Braun, Matthew Sato, Veronica Falcón, and Betty Buckley. In the film, a young woman returns to her childhood home only to discover her stepdaughter's imaginary friend, Chauncey, truly exists, and is upset with the woman. Imaginary was released in the United States by Lionsgate on March 8, 2024. It received generally negative reviews from critics and has grossed over $33 million. Plot Children’s book author Jessica is married to musician Max. Max has two daughters from his first marriage, younger daughter Alice and teenager, Taylor. Alice enjoys Jessica but Taylor keeps her at arms length. Jessica is plagued by nightmares which include her mentally-ill father Ben and a fictional character from her books, Simon the spider. When the family moves into Jessica's childhood home, Alice discovers a teddy bear in the basement named Chauncey and quickly forms a bond with him. An elderly neighbor named Gloria, who babysat Jessica when she was a child, reunites with her. Gloria shares memories of Jessica's childhood, which she cannot remember. Alice and Taylor's mentally disturbed biological mother Samantha sneaks into the house to see her daughters and attacks Jessica. When the police arrive to arrest Samantha, Taylor confesses to texting her. Jessica then puts Alice and Chauncey to bed, and remarks that she had a similar childhood friend. Max leaves to embark on tour and Alice becomes hyper-focused on a scavenger hunt she claims was given to her by Chauncey. Chauncey's overwhelming presence in Alice's life begins to disturb Jessica. One day when Jessica leaves to visit Ben, Taylor invites an acquaintance over, Liam. Liam grabs a bottle of liquor which he accidentally shatters. He attempts to find a towel before being toyed with by Chauncey, who briefly turns into a monstrous bear. Jessica arrives back home, angering Taylor. Jessica narrowly stops Alice from slamming her hand down onto a nail prompting her to call a child psychologist named Dr. Soto. Soto observes Alice talk to Chauncey while also speaking on his behalf. Chauncey makes threatening remarks towards Jessica and Alice sobs over their crumbling friendship. Jessica later discovers that only she and Alice can see the stuffed bear. Soto then shows Jessica footage of a past patient who uses the same phrase as Alice: "Never Ever". Alice disappears after speaking to Chauncey which Taylor blames her stepmother for. Taylor meets Gloria who tells her that Chauncey was also Jessica's childhood imaginary friend. Gloria explains to Taylor that imaginary friends are spirits who tether to the young and can become sinister if abandoned, which Jessica did with Chauncey. At home Jessica goes through her old belongings and finds drawings of Chauncey and of the Never Ever. All three women complete the scavenger hunt together, resulting in a glowing door leading to the Never Ever realm to appear. In the Never Ever realm, the group find a door showing Jessica's repressed memories. As a child, Jessica was lured by Chauncey into the Never Ever. Ben had rescued her, but he became mad in the process after seeing Chauncey's eyes. Afterwards, Jessica was sent to live with her grandparents. Gloria closes the escape route, having become obsessed with the realm throughout her life. Gloria is savagely mauled by Chauncey when a door opens beside her. Jessica and Taylor rush off, searching for Alice. Both find Alice and attempt to escape while Chauncey pursues behind them. Jessica is able to stop Chauncey by stabbing him in the eye with scissors. After reuniting with Ben and Max at Ben’s institution, Jessica realizes she is still stuck in the Never Ever. Chauncey used Alice as bait to get to Jessica and seeks revenge for her prior abandonment. Taylor arrives and saves Jessica. Chauncey turns to his true form akin to Simon. The spider tries to turn Jessica and Taylor insane with his eyes, but Alice sets the creature on fire and seals him behind the door. The family escapes as the house burns to the ground. The family check into a hotel but are frightened by a child playing with his teddy bear who resembles Chauncey. The three leave to another hotel for their safety. Cast DeWanda Wise as Jessica, Max's wife, Taylor and Alice's stepmother Pyper Braun as Alice, Max's younger daughter, Jessica's younger stepdaughter and Taylor's younger sister Tom Payne as Max, Jessica's husband and Taylor and Alice's father, who is a musician Betty Buckley as Gloria, Jessica's neighbor and former babysitter from her childhood Taegen Burns as Taylor, Max's older daughter, Jessica's older stepdaughter and Alice's older sister Matthew Sato as Liam, Taylor's friend and neighbor Verónica Falcón as Dr. Alana Soto, a therapist Dane DiLiegro as Chauncey Bear, Jessica and Alice's imaginary friendProduction In February 2023, Deadline Hollywood reported that Lionsgate acquired worldwide rights to the Blumhouse horror film, Imaginary. The film was to be directed by Jeff Wadlow, who had co-written the screenplay with Greg Erb and Jason Oremland. On a production budget of $10–$12 million, principal photography took place in New Orleans from May to late June 2023. Release Universal Pictures has first-look deals on Blumhouse titles but opted not to release Imaginary. Blumhouse shopped the film around where Lionsgate secured a distribution deal. It was released theatrically on March 8, 2024, after being pushed back from its original date of February 2, 2024. Reception Box office As of March 27, 2024, Imaginary has grossed $24.6 million in the United States and Canada and $8.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $33.2 million.In the United States and Canada, Imaginary was released alongside Kung Fu Panda 4 and Cabrini, and was projected to gross $10–14 million from 3,118 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $3.6 million on its first day, including $725,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $9.9 million, finishing fifth at the box office. The film made $5.6 million in its second weekend, finishing in fourth. Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 24% of 94 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Imaginary's core concept is solid enough to produce a handful of scares, but too much of its potential is lost in a clichéd story that gets bogged down in world-building." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 34 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it an 57% ove.... Discover the Alana Albertson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Alana Albertson books.

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