IMAGINARY

YEAR: 2024

PG: 13

LENGTH: 1h 44m

A brief backround

Imaginary is a 2024 American supernatural horror film directed and produced by Jeff Wadlow and written by Wadlow and the writing team of 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 Falcon, and Betty Buckley. In the film, a woman returns to her childhood home and discovers her stepdaughter's imaginary friend is more than imaginary.

Imaginary was released in the United States by Lionsgate on March 8, 2024. It received generally negative reviews from critics and has grossed over $38 million.

In February 2023, Deadline Hollywood reported that Lionsgate acquired worldwide rights to the Blumhouse horror film, Imaginary.[9] The film was to be directed by Jeff Wadlow, who had co-written the screenplay with Greg Erb and Jason Oremland.[9] On a production budget of $10–$12 million, principal photography took place in New Orleans from May to late June 2023.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.[11][3] 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.[14] The film made $5.6 million in its second weekend, finishing in fourth.