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| Directed by | Guy Ritchie |
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| Cinematography | Alan Stewart |
| Edited by | James Herbert |
| Music by | Alan Menken |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes[5] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $183 million[6] |
| Box office | $1.054 billion[6] |
Aladdin is a 2019 American musical fantasy film directed by Guy Ritchie from a screenplay he co-wrote with John August. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback, it is a live-action adaptation of Disney's 1992 animated film Aladdin, itself based on "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp", a French addition to the Middle Eastern folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights.[1][a] The film stars Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott with Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, and Billy Magnussen in supporting roles. The plot follows Aladdin, a street urchin, as he falls in love with Princess Jasmine, befriends a wish-granting genie, and battles the wicked sorcerer Jafar.
In October 2016, Disney announced Ritchie would direct a live-action remake of Aladdin. Smith was the first member of the cast to join, signing on to portray Genie in July 2017, and Massoud and Scott were confirmed for the two lead roles later that month. Principal photography began that September at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England, also filming in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, and lasted until January 2018. Additional filming and pick-ups took place in August 2018.
Aladdin premiered at the Grand Rex in Paris on May 8, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on May 24. It grossed over $1 billion worldwide, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of 2019. Amongst Disney's live-action remakes, the film is the sixth-most-expensive and third-highest-grossing readaptation to date. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its music, costume design, direction, and the performances of Smith, Massoud, and Scott but criticism for the CGI, pacing, and Kenzari's characterization of Jafar.
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- ^ "Aladdin (2019)". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ a b "Aladdin (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
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