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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (sometimes known as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Movie) is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Thor Freudenthal and based on Jeff Kinney's book of the same name.^[4]^[5]^[6] The film stars Zachary Gordon and Robert Capron. Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, and Chloë Grace Moretz also have prominent roles. It is the first film in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series, and was followed by three sequels, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017).^[7] The film earned $75.7 million on a $15 million budget. It is the only film in the series to be directed by Freudenthal, who was replaced by David Bowers for the rest of the installments. The film was theatrically released on March 19, 2010 in the United States by 20th Century Fox.

Plot

Greg Heffley, a small 11 year old who constantly fights with his teenage brother Rodrick and younger brother Manny, is apprehensive about beginning middle school. On his first day, he quickly discovers the ups and downs, such as the missing stall doors in the boys' bathroom and the difficulties of obtaining a seat during lunch. During P.E. class, he and his best friend Rowley Jefferson escape from a game of Gladiator and learn about a rotten piece of cheese on the basketball court that makes anyone who touches it an outcast, known as the Cheese Touch. Greg also meets Angie, a girl who isolates herself from the other students to survive. Greg states his intention of becoming the most popular student in school.

The next day, Greg signs up for wrestling but suffers back-to-back humiliating losses against Fregley, a weird outcast, and Patty Farrell, Greg's arch-enemy from elementary school. On Halloween, while out with Rowley, they encounter teenagers while trick or treating who spray a fire extinguisher at them. When Greg threatens to call the cops, the teenagers chase them to his Grandma's house, but Greg and Rowley escape the teenagers after one of them wrecks their truck.

The boys join Safety Patrol in an effort to become popular, and they try out for a contest that offers a student a chance to become the new cartoonist for the school paper. After Greg breaks Rowley's arm during a game the boys played, Rowley becomes extremely popular, and wins the cartoonist contest, making Greg becomes jealous of him. During a Safety Patrol assignment, Greg panics when he encounters a truck identical to the teenagers' from Halloween, and hides the kids in a construction zone. Greg is spotted by a neighbor who mistakes him for Rowley. To his own bewilderment, Rowley is suspended from the Patrol, but Greg eventually confesses to Rowley that he was the who was responsible. Upset and feeling betrayed that Greg didn't own up to his actions, Rowley berates Greg for not being a good friend and ends their friendship. Greg is eventually suspended from the Safety Patrol while Rowley is reinstated and makes friends with his classmate Collin, who replaces Greg as his new best friend.

Greg decides to pursue popularity without Rowley by joining the school's production of The Wizard of Oz. At tryouts, Greg's soprano voice earns him the role of Dorothy; however, Patty threatens the teacher into casting her instead. Greg signs up as a tree, hoping to throw apples on Patty during the play, but during rehearsal, the trees are told they won't throw apples but sing a song instead. At the performance, Greg refuses to sing as Rodrick is videotaping the performance, and begins throwing apples after Patty throws a huge fit at what Greg has done, ending the play in chaos.

Later, Greg and his mother attend a mother-son dance at the school despite his reluctance. At Susan’s encouragement, Greg attempts to reconcile with Rowley but is rejected. Depressed, he can only watch as Rowley and his mother perform a dance routine to Intergalactic, winning over the crowd and shocking Greg.

One day at school, Rowley and Greg loudly confront each other. Patty and the other kids force Greg and Rowley to fight; however, neither of them are good at fighting. The teenagers from Halloween arrive at the scene and catch the boys, forcing Rowley to eat the Cheese before a teacher chases them off. When the other kids notice that the Cheese has been eaten, Greg takes the fall for Rowley by saying he ate it. This mends their friendship as Greg invites Rowley to play at his house.

At the end of the school year, Greg and Rowley make the yearbook Class Favorites page as "Cutest Friends."

Cast

Production

Filming of Diary of a Wimpy Kid was in Vancouver and wrapped up on October 16, 2009. Lucas Cruikshank, best known for creating the web series Fred, had auditioned for the role as Greg Heffley. Even though he was 17 at the time, the crew members were impressed with his performance, but he was "too old for the role". The role was given to Zachary Gordon, who was 5 years younger than Cruikshank. Cruikshank mentioned this on his official YouTube channel, which was on a video where he talked about his film roles that he didn't get. 7 years later, Cruikshank asked if he could audition again for The Long Haul, but the casting crew still didn't let him.

The official trailer for Wimpy Kid was released virally on January 21, 2010 and was shown in theaters with Tooth Fairy.^[8] A poster for the film was released shortly after. Another trailer was shown with The Lightning Thief.^[9]

The official Facebook account for Wimpy Kid had uploaded three clips from the film, as of March 1, 2010.^[10]

In the United Kingdom and Ireland the film was released in cinemas on August 25, 2010.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on CD by La La Land Records with the score composed by Theodore Shapiro, containing 34 tracks.

Distribution

Tie-in book

A tie-in book, written by Kinney, called The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary was published on March 16, 2010, by Amulet Books (an imprint of Abrams Books). It includes film stills, storyboards, preliminary concept drawings, and also behind the scenes information to humorously chronicle the making of the film. It also includes some new illustrations.^[11]^[12]

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 3, 2010. The Blu-ray Version features six pages from Rowley's diary, Diary of an Awesome, Friendly Kid.

Reception

Critical response

Box office

The film opened in second place at the weekend box office grossing $22.1 million, behind Alice in Wonderland.^[19]

Despite a lack of distinctive marketing, Diary of a Wimpy Kid drew a decent crowd, opening to $22.1 million on approximately 3,400 screens at 3,077 sites, notably beating out the heavily hyped The Bounty Hunter. It was the biggest start ever for a non-animated, non-fantasy children's book adaptation. Diary of a Wimpy Kid grossed more in its first three days than other film adaptions to children's novels like How to Eat Fried Worms and Hoot grossed in their entire runs.^[19] The film grossed $64,003,625 in North America and $11,696,873 in other territories for a worldwide total of $75,700,498.^[20]

Accolades

Sequels

Three sequels were released in 2011, 2012 and 2017 respectively. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules was released on March 25, 2011. It was based on the second book in the series, Rodrick Rules. Zachary Gordon reprised his role in the film. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days was released on August 3, 2012 and is based on The Last Straw and Dog Days, including scenes from both books. An animated short film, Class Clown, was released along with the DVD of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. A film based on The Long Haul was released in May 2017 featuring a new cast starring Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone, and Tom Everett Scott.

References

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