A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed by Marielle Heller and written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, inspired by the 1998 article “Can You Say … Hero?” by Tom Junod, published in Esquire. The film stars Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, and Chris Cooper. It depicts Lloyd Vogel (Rhys), a troubled journalist for Esquire who is assigned to profile television icon Fred Rogers (Hanks).

The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 22, 2019, by Sony Pictures Releasing. It received praise from critics for Hanks’ and Rhys’ performances, Heller’s direction, and the heart-warming messages, and grossed $67 million worldwide. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was chosen by Time magazine as one of the ten best films of the year.^[4] For his performance, Hanks was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice, Screen Actors Guild Awards, and BAFTA Awards, among others.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019.^[27] The film was originally going to be released on October 18, 2019, by Sony Pictures Releasing,^[28] but in May 2018 was pushed back a month to November 22, 2019.^[29] The movie is scheduled to be released in China on September 18, 2020.^[30]

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood grossed $61.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $6.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $67.8 million, against a production budget of $25 million.^[3][2]

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Frozen II and 21 Bridges, and was projected to gross around $15 million from 3,231 theaters in its opening weekend.^[32] The film made $4.5 million on its first day, including $900,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $13.3 million, finishing third at the box office.^[33][34] The film fell just 11% in its second weekend, making $11.8 million and finishing fifth, and remained in fifth place the following weekend with $5.2 million.^[35][36]

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