Wish Upon (2017)

A teenage girl discovers a box that carries magic powers and a deadly price for using them.

Director:

John R. Leonetti

Writer:

Barbara Marshall

Stars:

Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joey King	...	Clare Shannon
Ryan Phillippe	...	Jonathan Shannon
Ki Hong Lee	...	Ryan Hui
Mitchell Slaggert	...	Paul Middlebrook
Shannon Purser	...	June Acosta
Sydney Park	...	Meredith McNeil
Elisabeth Röhm	...	Johanna Shannon (as Elisabeth Rohm)
Josephine Langford	...	Darcie Chapman
Alexander Nunez	...	Tyler Manguso
Daniela Barbosa	...	Lola Sanchez
Kevin Hanchard	...	Carl Morris
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Mrs. Deluca
Raegan Revord	...	Young Clare
Alice Lee	...	Gina
Victor Sutton	...	Uncle August

Storyline

A teen girl discovers a magical box that will grant her seven wishes. As she uses her wishes for personal gain, bad things begin to happen to those around her. She discovers an evil entity lives inside the box and may be behind the gruesome deaths.

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Plot Keywords:

girl riding a bicycle with training wheels | suicide by hanging | bicycle crash | facial bruise | blood spattered face | 

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Taglines:

Be careful what you wish for

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images, thematic elements and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Page Official Site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 July 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

7 deseos

Filming Locations:

Toronto Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,467,084, 16 July 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$14,301,505, 12 October 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$14,053,908, 20 August 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broad Green Pictures,Busted Shark Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is loosely based on W.W. Jacobs' short story The Monkey's Paw.

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Goofs

The stain on Clare's sweater changes.

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Quotes

Meredith McNeil: [At lunch, the girls are talking amongst themselves about Darcie] I mean she's seriously smeggy. Like ultimate smeggy.
Clare Shannon: I know!
Darcie Chapman: [overhears the conversation, stops at Clare's table] What was that?
Meredith McNeil: Um... nothing.
Tyler Manguso: Um. Mm. But you were laughing.
Lola Sanchez: Which is co-signing, and we wanna know what you were laughing about.
Darcie Chapman: Go ahead. Everyone's listening.
Clare Shannon: [ponders for a moment] Okay.
[gets out of her seat and approaches Darcie]
June Acosta: Clare, come on.
[...]

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Crazy Credits

Mid-way through the credits, Ryan goes and digs up the box. He looks it over, and says to himself "7 wishes?" possibly hinting at a potential sequel.

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Connections

Referenced in Half in the Bag: Truth or Dare and A Quiet Place (2018)

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Soundtracks

Were You Surprised (OMG!)
Written by Sydney Wayser, Johanna Cranitch, Isaac Carpenter
Published by Silent Parade Publishing, Songs of SMP (ASCAP), Johanna Cranitch (BMI), Flashfluhartymusic (ASCAP)
Performed by Royal Cinema
Courtesy of Quick Sync Music, SONGS Music Publishing

User Reviews

Mixed feelings, but still worth seeing

This movie has it's ups and it's downs. There were some really great suspense scenes, while others where painfully obvious. I feel like they should've spend just a little bit more time on it, to work out the kinks.

Overall I would still recommend you to see it and don't give up on it too soon. There is some really great stuff in there. It's been a while since a movie genuinely had me on the edge of my seat, which completely made up for the bad parts.