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The Greatest Showman. An original musical inspired by the life of P.T. Barnum, starring Hugh Jackman. Barnum was a visionary who rose from nothing to create the "Greatest Show on Earth", a spectacle and celebration of his larger-than-life imagination that captivated audiences around the globe.
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- Michael Gracey
- PG
- 45
The official audio of "The Greatest Show" by The Greatest Showman Cast from 'The Greatest Showman Soundtrack'.'The Greatest Showman Soundtrack' available now...
- 5 min
- 215.2M
- Atlantic Records
Inspired by the imagination of P.T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is an original musical that celebrates the birth of show business & tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a ...
- 4 min
- 66.8M
- Fox Family Entertainment
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The story of American showman P. T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
The film opens with a circus sequence (The Greatest Show) led by the famed American showman P. T. Barnum, which then fades to the young Barnum and his father, a tailor working for the Hallett family. The young Barnum jokes with a young Charity Hallett learning table etiquette from a private tutor, earning him a stern reprimand and her a grounding f...
Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum, an American politician and showman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the Barnum & Bailey Circus.Zac Efron as Phillip CarlyleMichelle Williams as Charity BarnumRebecca Ferguson as Jenny LindJackman was announced to be starring in the film in 2009 shortly after its announcement. Michael Gracey was hired to direct the film in August 2011. The film originally was supposed to be a biopic without the musical genreattached however after a suggestion by Gracey, the film developed into a musical with songs and dance numbers. Jackman has state...
The Greatest Showman was originally scheduled to be released by 20th Century Fox on December 25, 2016. The film was pushed back a year from its original release date of December 25, 2016, to December 25, 2017, to avoid competition with La La Land,another musical.
Box office
As of December 25, 2017, The Greatest Showmanhas grossed $18.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $4.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $22.7 million, against a production budget of $84 million. In the United States and Canada, The Greatest Showman was released alongside Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and was projected to gross around $21 million from 3,006 theaters over its six-day opening weekend. It made $2.5 million on its first day and $2.1 million on its...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 50% based on 139 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Greatest Showmantries hard to dazzle the audience with a Barnum-style sense of wonder -- but at the expense of its complex subject's far more intriguing real-life story." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gav...
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- 4 min
- 171.3M
- Fox Family Entertainment
Dec 20, 2017 · In a series of whimsical and colorful musical numbers, Greatest Showman brings the menagerie of P.T. Barnum's traveling three-ring circus to life on the big screen. The musical biopic was...
