A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Elisabeth Röhm
- Johanna Shannon
- (as Elisabeth Rohm)
- Director
- Writer
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- TriviaThe film is loosely based on W.W. Jacobs' short story The Monkey's Paw (1948).
- GoofsWhen Clare goes to chase the intruder the second time, her father comes out with the beard that he had shaved off in the scene prior, though it seems at least 3 days have passed since Ryan's conversation with her in hallway and the next time we see him, the beard is back again at the tire change.
- Crazy creditsMid-way through the credits, Ryan goes to bury the box. When he takes it out of his backpack to put into the ground, he looks it over and says to himself "7 wishes?" possibly hinting at a potential sequel.
- Alternate versionsThe director's Unrated Version is one minute longer than the Theatrical Cut, it has more gore and it is only available on the American Blu-ray.
- ConnectionsFeatured in FoundFlix: Wish Upon (2017) Ending Explained (2017)
- SoundtracksDon't Take My Summer Away
Written by Coke Youngblood & Danny Burke
Published by Songs Music Publishing, LLC and CS Music Publishing o/b/o Danny Burke Music (ASCAP), Songs of SMP (ASCAP), Coke Youngblood (ASCAP)
Performed by Truli
Courtesy of Songs Music Publishing, LLC
Featured review
I dug around for this movie because it has Joey King in the lead role and I think she is one of the better young actresses today. I got it on BluRay from my public library.
Early on we see that the mother apparently hung herself. No explanation why. The daughter (King) grows into a high school teen with usual teen difficulties. But her dad is a "picker" and brings home some sort of ancient Chinese box, it looks like a music box but she can't open it. We soon find out it grants wishes, as many as seven. But there is a price, for each wish a loved one dies.
Eventually this creates all kinds of problems for the girl and she has to figure out a way to undo them. It turns more difficult than she ever imagined.
I enjoyed this movie, King of course does a great job, and the last scene was quite unexpected. Then there is another short scene during the credits. Overall a bit better than its current IMDb rating would suggest.
Of note, it was written by a woman.
Early on we see that the mother apparently hung herself. No explanation why. The daughter (King) grows into a high school teen with usual teen difficulties. But her dad is a "picker" and brings home some sort of ancient Chinese box, it looks like a music box but she can't open it. We soon find out it grants wishes, as many as seven. But there is a price, for each wish a loved one dies.
Eventually this creates all kinds of problems for the girl and she has to figure out a way to undo them. It turns more difficult than she ever imagined.
I enjoyed this movie, King of course does a great job, and the last scene was quite unexpected. Then there is another short scene during the credits. Overall a bit better than its current IMDb rating would suggest.
Of note, it was written by a woman.
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- Also known as
- Chiếc Hộp Ma Quái
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,301,505
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,467,084
- Jul 16, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $23,468,586
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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