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Directed by | Dallas Jenkins |
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Based on | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson |
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Cinematography | C. Kim Miles |
Edited by | John Quinn |
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Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million [1] |
Box office | $21.2 million [2] |
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a 2024 American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Dallas Jenkins, based on the 1972 novel by Barbara Robinson. Starring Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Molly Belle Wright, and Lauren Graham, the plot centers around the Herdmans, a group of juvenile delinquent siblings who have inadvertently found themselves starring in their small town's Christmas pageant.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever premiered at the Los Angeles on November 2, 2024, and was released theatrically by Lionsgate on November 8, 2024. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
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The Herdmans are six siblings who have a reputation for being the worst kids in the world. However, when they take over the local church pageant during the holidays, they just might teach a shocked community the true meaning of Christmas. [3]
In November 2023, it was reported that an adaptation of the 1972 children's novel was in the works at Lionsgate, with Dallas Jenkins directing the film. [3] Principal photography began on December 6, 2023 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [3] and wrapped on January 27, 2024. [4] [5]
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever premiered in Los Angeles on November 2, 2024, and was released in the United States on November 8, 2024. [6] It was previously scheduled for November 15, 2024 before moving forward a week earlier to avoid competition with another Christmas film, Red One . [7]
In the United States and Canada, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever was released alongside Heretic , Elevation , Weekend in Taipei , and the wide expansion of Anora , and was projected to gross $6–8 million from 3,020 theaters in its opening weekend, with some projections going as high as $10 million. [8] The film made $5 million on its first day, which included $2.3 million and $500,000 from Sunday and Thursday night previews, respectively, for a total preview gross of $2.8 million. [1] It went on to debut to $10.8 million, finishing in third behind holdover Venom: The Last Dance and Heretic. [9]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 91% of 55 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10.The website's consensus reads: "Decking the halls with unflappable charm and sincere spiritual conviction, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is winningly wholesome family entertainment." [10] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 59 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [11] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it an 88% overall positive score. [1]
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is a children's novel written by Barbara Robinson in 1972. It tells the story of six misfit children who volunteer to star in their town's Sunday school Christmas pageant, and end up teaching the town the true meaning of Christmas.
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