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Bless the Child

Bless the Child

Aug 11, 2000
107 min
DramaHorrorThrillerCrime
5.3/ 10
297 votes

Overview

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

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TMDB
5.3/10
297 votes
IMDB
5.1/10
15,691 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
4%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
17/100
Metascore

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$40,000,000Production cost
Box Office$40,443,010Worldwide gross
Profit$443,010Profitable
ROI
+1.1%Return on investment
US Box Office$29,381,494Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

1 win & 6 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Mankind's last hope just turned six."

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$40,443,010

Production Companies

Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) BTC ProductionsParamount PicturesIcon Productions

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