A Simple Wish
“Anabel made a wish. Murray made a mess.”
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Studio
The Bubble Factory
Language
en
Status
Released
How A Simple Wish performed
Budget
$28.0M
Worldwide Gross
$8.3M
Gross Profit
−$19.7M
Return
0.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$964K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Murray
Martin Short
Murray
Claudia
Kathleen Turner
Claudia
Anabel Greening
Mara Wilson
Anabel Greening
Oliver Greening
Robert Pastorelli
Oliver Greening
Jeri
Deborah Odell
Jeri
Charlie Greening
Francis Capra
Charlie Greening
Hortence
Ruby Dee
Hortence
Boots
Amanda Plummer
Boots
Rena
Teri Garr
Rena
Lord Richard
Jonathan Hadary
Lord Richard
Tony Sable
Alan Campbell
Tony Sable
Duane
Lanny Flaherty
Duane
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