Mary Poppins Returns(2018)

PG
Rated PG for some mild thematic elements and brief action
2h 10m

Release Date: Dec 19, 2018 | Wide

79%
65%
A-
6.7

A few decades after her original visit, Mary Poppins, the magical nanny, returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael's children through a difficult time in their lives.

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Releases

Original Release | Dec 19, 2018

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$23,523,121
Total US & Canada:
$171,958,438
Total International
$190,570,668
Total Worldwide:
$362,529,106

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Director & Top Cast

Rob Marshall
Director

Emily Blunt
Mary Poppins

Lin-Manuel Miranda
Jack

Ben Whishaw
Michael Banks

Emily Mortimer
Jane Banks

Pixie Davies
Actor

Nathanael Saleh

John

Joel Dawson

Georgie

Julie Walters

Ellen

Meryl Streep

Cousin Topsy

Colin Firth

Wilkins

Jeremy Swift

Wilkins

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Frye

Dick Van Dyke

Frye

Angela Lansbury

Frye

David Warner

Frye

Jim Norton

Binnacle

Noma Dumezweni

Binnacle

Gallery

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos,Dolby Surround 7.1,Auro 11.1,12-Track Digital Sound,D-Cinema 96kHz Dolby Surround 7.1,Dolby Digital,D-Cinema 96kHz 7.1

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States,United Kingdom,Denmark,Australia,Canada,India

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

In 1935 London, Michael Banks (Ben Whishaw) lives in his childhood home with his children Annabel (Pixie Davies), John (Nathanael Saleh), and Georgie (Joel Dawson). With his wife, Kate, having died a year ago, Ellen (Julie Walters) (Michael's and Jane's long-time housekeeper) and Jane (Emily Mortimer) (Michael's older sister) are helping him to raise the children. However, Michael has taken a loan from the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank to cover expenses, and William Weatherall Wilkins (Colin Firth) (a corrupt president of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank) sends his associates to warn him that his house will be repossessed if the loan is not repaid entirely by Friday. Michael and Jane remember their father left them shares in the same bank that can cover the loan and search the house for the certificate proving their ownership of the shares. During the search, Michael finds a kite, but finds no worth in it anymore and puts it out to give away.While out in the park with Annabel and John, Georgie finds the kite and tries flying it. He ends up being pulled into the sky, but then comes down with Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt), who decides to take care of the three children as their nanny and starts off by drawing them a bath, which leads down to an oceanic world; however, Mary Poppins denies anything fantastical happened.Michael goes to the bank to see if he can find proof of his shares, but Wilkins denies that there are any records of them before tearing the record out of the official ledger and burning it in the fireplace after Michael has left his office. That evening, Annabel and John decide to sell their mother's "priceless" bowl to pay off the debt. Georgie tries to stop them, and the bowl ends up damaged while the three were fighting over it. Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda) (a cockney lamplighter) greets Mary Poppins and joins her and the kids on a trip inside the painting on the side of the bowl. The group meets the talking animals drawn on the bowl, and Mary Poppins creates the Royal Doulton Music Hall. However, Georgie is kidnapped by a gang of a wolf, a weasel, and a badger who try to steal the children's stuff, and Annabel and John go to rescue him. They successfully do so but end up going out of painting, and later wake up in their beds, thinking their experience was a dream but realizing it was shared and discovering it was true by seeing a fixed wheel in the bowl's carriage.The next day, Mary Poppins and the children go to see Mary's cousin Topsy (Meryl Streep) (Mary Poppins's eccentric Eastern European cousin called Tatiana Antanasia Cositori Topotrepolovsky) to get the bowl fixed and find out the bowl has little monetary value. They then go to the bank to give Michael his briefcase, but when the children go to Wilkins' office to ask him for help, they overhear him planning to take away their house. Realizing Wilkins and his associates turn out to be also the same animal gang who kidnapped him, Georgie interrupts the banker's meeting. When Michael arrives, he does not believe the children and becomes angry with them for putting the house and his job at risk. Mary Poppins takes the children home, and they are guided by Jack and his fellow lamplighters, who teach the children their lingo.Back home, Michael scolds his children for putting his job at risk, telling them that the bank repossessing the house is true, and fears that he will lose his wife's spirit too, but the children reassure him that she will always be with them, and Michael forgives them. The Banks family prepares to move out of their house, but while examining his old kite, Michael realizes Georgie used parts of the shares certificate to cover the kite's holes. Michael and Jane head to the bank while Mary Poppins and the children go with Jack and the lamplighters to Big Ben to "turn back time." After scaling the clock tower, Jack and Mary turn Big Ben back five minutes, giving Michael and Jane enough time to reach the bank. Michael and Jane reach the bank in time but are unsuccessful in getting their shares due to not having the part with the signatures on the certificates. However, an elderly-but-still-capable Mr. Dawes Jr. (Dick Van Dyke) (the chairman of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank and William's uncle) arrives and fires Wilkins from the bank for his corrupt business practices (being taken away by his now-reformed associates). Mr. Dawes reveals Michael and Jane's father, George, had invested Michael's Tuppence from 25 years ago and that the returns from that investment are enough to repay the loan; therefore, he permits the Bankses' to keep their shares and their house.The next day, the Banks family goes to the park to celebrate their victory and purchases balloons that take them into the air (making Michael recover his lost memories about his and Jane's fantastical adventures with Mary when they were kids), in which they are joined by Jack and numerous others. When they return home, Mary Poppins realizes it is time for her to go, and Michael and Jane thank her as she flies back up into the sky.

Storyline

In Depression-era London, a now-grown Jane and Michael Banks, along with Michael's three children, are visited by the enigmatic Mary Poppins following a personal loss. Through her unique magical skills, and with the aid of her friend, Jack, she helps them rediscover the joy and wonder missing in their lives. — Disney Sadly, the little house on Cherry Tree Lane and the grown-up siblings, Jane and Michael Banks, are facing hard times during the worldwide 1930s Depression. However, against the backdrop of a terrible tragedy and imminent foreclosure, the beloved and nearly perfect nanny, Mary Poppins, descends from the sky to lend a hand again. Along with the cheerfully resourceful lamplighter, Jack, the Banks family is about to embark on a magical adventure, and what is more exciting is that they will even get to find happiness again. Is there anything that a dash of optimism can't cure? — Nick Riganas A female nanny who knows magic returns to help the same family again in more difficult times. She tries everything to make sure that they are all fine and prepared for what the future and their businesses are in for. She tries to put some fun into their lives. — RECB3