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'''''Xuxa Abracadabra''''' is a 2003 Brazilian [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[adventure film|adventure]] film produced by Diler Trindade and distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[Globo Filmes]]. Directed by Moacyr Góes, it stars [[Xuxa Meneghel]], [[Márcio Garcia]], [[Cláudia Raia]], [[Brunno Abrahão]], Maria Mariana Azevedo, [[Heloísa Périssé]], [[Leandro Hassum]], Lúcio Mauro Filho, and [[Sérgio Mamberti]]. The film tells the story of a librarian named Sofia who agrees to babysit her friend Matheus's children. While picking up the children at Matheus's [[Great uncle|great uncle]]'s house, they find a magical book that takes them to the land of fairy tales.
'''''Xuxa Abracadabra''''' is a 2003 Brazilian [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[adventure film|adventure]] film produced by Diler Trindade and distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[Globo Filmes]]. Directed by [[Moacyr Góes]], it stars [[Xuxa Meneghel]], [[Márcio Garcia]], [[Cláudia Raia]], [[Brunno Abrahão]], Maria Mariana Azevedo, [[Heloísa Périssé]], [[Leandro Hassum]], Lúcio Mauro Filho, and [[Sérgio Mamberti]]. The film tells the story of a librarian named Sofia who agrees to babysit her friend Matheus's children. While looking after the children at Matheus's [[great uncle]]'s house, they find a magical book that takes them to a fairy-tale land.


The film was developed as a [[children's film]] focusing on [[fairy tale]]s and [[folklore]], a departure from the teen-focused projects Meneghel usually produced and starred in. The screenplay was written by Flávio de Souza, who added several characters from children's stories into the film.
The film was developed as a [[children's film]] focusing on [[fairy tale]]s and [[folklore]], a departure from the teen-focused projects Meneghel usually produced and starred in. The screenplay was written by Flávio de Souza, who added several characters from children's stories into the film.


The film premiered on December 18, 2003, and grossed 11 million [[reais]] upon [[wide release]] in Brazil. ''Xuxa Abracadabra'' recieved negative reviews from critics, but was considered an improvement in quality compared to other films involving Meneghel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cajueiro |first1=Marcelo |title=‘Xuxa’ a shoo-in at the Brazil B.O. |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/xuxa-a-shoo-in-at-the-brazil-b-o-1117897563/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)]] |date=24 December 2003}}</ref>
The film premiered on December 18, 2003, and grossed 11 million [[reais]] upon [[wide release]] in Brazil. ''Xuxa Abracadabra'' received negative reviews from critics, but was considered an improvement in quality compared to other films involving Meneghel.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cajueiro |first1=Marcelo |title='Xuxa' a shoo-in at the Brazil B.O. |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/xuxa-a-shoo-in-at-the-brazil-b-o-1117897563/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=24 December 2003}}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
One Saturday night, children's librarian Sofia ([[Xuxa Meneghel]]) is getting ready to go out with her best friend ([[Heloísa Périssé]]) when she gets a phone call from Matheus ([[Márcio Garcia]]), the [[widower]] of a cousin she was close to. He asks Sofia to babysit his children, Júlia (Maria Mariana Azevedo) and Lucas ([[Brunno Abrahão]]). Sofia agrees, because not only does she adore Matheus's children, she is secretly in love with him.
One Saturday night, children's librarian Sofia ([[Xuxa Meneghel]]) is getting ready to go out with her best friend ([[Heloísa Périssé]]) when she gets a phone call from Matheus ([[Márcio Garcia]]), the [[widower]] of a cousin she was close to. Matheus asks Sofia to babysit his children, Júlia (Maria Mariana Azevedo) and Lucas ([[Brunno Abrahão]]). Sofia agrees, because not only does she adore Matheus's children, she is secretly in love with him.


Sofia meets the children at Matheus's great uncle's house. His great uncle ([[Sérgio Mamberti]]) is an astronomer and sorcerer who owns a magical book. Upon opening it, Sophie and the two children fall into it, landing in the Enchanted Forest where all fairy tales happen. While in the Enchanted Forest, Sofia, Júlia, and Lucas meet fairy tale characters such as [[Snow White]] (Talita Castro), her stepmother, the [[Evil Queen]] ([[Cláudia Raia]]), and her Prince Charming ([[Cláudio Heinrich]]). They also meet [[Saci (Brazilian folklore)|Saci]] ([[Toni Garrido]]), [[Little Red Riding Hood]] ([[Debby Lagranha]]), and the [[Big Bad Wolf]] (Lucio Mauro Filho), among other fairy tale characters. Because Sofia and the children are from the real world, the fairy tales are disturbed. This empowers the secret villain, who plans to rally the monsters in horror stories to invade the Enchanted Forest, conquer it, and eventually invade the real world.
Sofia meets the children at Matheus's great-uncle's house. His great uncle Nicolau ([[Sérgio Mamberti]]) is an astronomer and sorcerer who owns a magical book. Upon opening it, Sophie and the two children fall into it, landing in the Enchanted Forest where all fairy tales happen. While in the Enchanted Forest, Sofia, Júlia, and Lucas meet fairy-tale characters such as [[Snow White]] (Talita Castro), her stepmother the [[Evil Queen]] ([[Cláudia Raia]]), and Prince Charming ([[Cláudio Heinrich]]). They also meet [[Saci (Brazilian folklore)|Saci]] ([[Toni Garrido]]), [[Little Red Riding Hood]] ([[Debby Lagranha]]), and the [[Big Bad Wolf]] (Lucio Mauro Filho), among other fairy-tale characters. Because Sofia and the children are from the real world, the fairy-tale characters dislike their presence. Monsters from horror stories appear and plan to invade the Enchanted Forest, conquer it, and eventually invade the real world.


Sofia saves Júlia and Lucas, but then discovers that the children have to discover the door back to the real world themselves in order to bring Matheus to the Enchanted Forest to save Sofia, the forest itself, the fairy tales, and even the real world.
The monsters attack, and Sofia saves Júlia and Lucas. The group then find their way back to the real world, to get the help of Uncle Nicolau to seal the monsters in their fairy-tale world.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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==Production==
==Production==
Xuxa had found previous success with the film ''[[Xuxa e os Duendes]],'' which was popular amongst young children, despite being targeted towards teenagers. ''Xuxa Abracadabra'' was devised to be the opposite; a film targeted at young children that still retained appeal for teenagers.<ref name="Educa">{{cite web |title=Abracadabra |url=http://www.oieduca.com.br/artigos/menino-nao-entra/abracadabra.html |access-date=March 30, 2014 |publisher=Educa.com}}</ref>
Xuxa had an old desire to produce a film with a children's language. ''[[Xuxa e os Duendes]]'' was a film directed to the public juvenile-child, but that pleased the minors. The reverse path is occurring: a movie for the children, which will please the larger ones as well.<ref name="Educa"/> Abracadabra, is a fantasy for children.<ref name = "Educa">{{cite web|url=http://www.oieduca.com.br/artigos/menino-nao-entra/abracadabra.html|title=Abracadabra|publisher=Educa.com|access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref> The idea was to join, in a single script, several characters of children's stories. The hostess, who appears to unite the tales, becomes the true princess, entitled to kiss the Prince Charming.<ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/> Recounting the inspiration of making the film, Williams said:{{blockquote|I always dreamed of making a movie for children, with the concept of a child. Goblins (Xuxa and Goblins) were for children and young people, who ended up attracting minors, but did not have this childish language. But now, we're doing the opposite, a movie for the little ones that should tickle the biggest<ref name = "Xuxa Abracadabra">{{cite web|author=ÉRICO BORGO|url=https://omelete.com.br/filmes/noticia/prepare-se-para-ixuxa-abracadabrai/|title=Prepare-se para Xuxa: Abracadabra|publisher=Omelete.com|access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref>}}

Xuxa I always wanted to make a film that combines [[fairy tale]] and [[folklore]] in a fun way. When Diler Trindade [producer] brought the screenplay of Flávio de Souza, [writer [[Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum (film)|Rá-Tim-Bum Castle]]], Xuxa approved the idea - It was the reason for TV hots to stop in the sequel to films about elves, which was considered to have a third sequence, and start working on Abracadabra.<ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/> With Moacyr Góes as director,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.omelete.com.br/filmes/noticia/o-que-esperar-de-ixuxa-em-abracadabrai/| title=O que esperar de Xuxa em Abracadabra| publisher=Omelete | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> Góes, was challenged to escape the "caricature" tone that he sees in Brazilian children's productions.<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo3"/> Góes says that when he accepted Trindade's invitation to direct the film, he started to study cinema watching productions from all walks of life. "In 2002, I saw about 800 films, from [[Eisenstein (film)|Eisenstein]] to '[[Clueless (film)|Clueless]]'."<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo3"/> The filmmaker said he had no problem in suffering prejudices because he integrated a film production format of declared commercial ambition.<ref name = "Folha de S.Paulo3">{{cite web|author=Silvana Arantes|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u39829.shtml|title=Com "Xuxa em Abracadabra", Moacyr Góes lança seu 3º longa no ano|publisher=[[Folha de S.Paulo]]|access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref> To live the roles of the real "world", that of Sofia, and those of fantastic character, was cast a cast of 39 actors, many known from TV.<ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/> The recordings began in September 2003 and lasted four weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/gente/noticias/0,,OI3521358-EI13419,00-Luciano+Huck+visita+gravacao+do+novo+filme+de+Xuxa.html| title=Luciano Huck visita gravação do novo filme de Xuxa| publisher=[[Terra Networks]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/abracadabra-luciano-huck-visita-gravacao-de-novo-filme-de-xuxa/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=39116&relatedposts_position=1| title=‘Abracadabra’: Luciano Huck visita gravação de novo filme de Xuxa| publisher=[[Estadão]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/> To live the main characters of the film, were called [[Heloísa Périssé]] (Patricia), [[Brunno Abrahão]] (Lucas), Maria Mariana Azevedo (Júlia), [[Debby Lagranha]] ([[Little Red Riding Hood]]), [[Kayky Brito]] ([[Puss in Boots]]) and [[Leandro Hassum]] ([[Bluebeard]] / [[The Frog Prince]]) among others.<ref name="Educa"/> The character Mateus, interpreted by [[Marcio Garcia]], was the romantic pair of Xuxa, in this production,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI136414-EI1118,00-Marcio+Garcia+vai+brigar+pelo+coracao+de+Xuxa.html| title=Márcio Garcia vai brigar pelo coração de Xuxa| publisher=[[Terra Networks]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> Xuxa revealed that kissing with the actor in the film was not technical, "There is a technical kiss yes, and I have already tasted the two." The non-technical, for those who are not actress like me is much better. are very similar, the scene becomes more real if you give a real kiss."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://babado.ig.com.br/materias/168001-168500/168495/168495_1.html| title=Abracadabra: Xuxa revela que beijo com Márcio Garcia no filme não foi técnico| publisher=[[Internet Group|IG]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> [[Luciano Szafir]] was initially cast to live the character Mateus, however the production felt that people could confuse the story with the last film: ''[[Xuxa e os Duendes 2 - No Caminho das Fadas|Xuxa e os Duendes 2]]'' in which he made pair romantic with Xuxa.<ref name="Educa"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/xuxa-comemora-o-grammy-e-apresenta-o-elenco-do-filme-abracadabra/| title=Xuxa comemora o Grammy e apresenta o elenco do filme ‘Abracadabra’| publisher=Correio do Brasil | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> [[Claudia Raia]] plays [[Evil Queen]], according to the actress "Xuxa called me saying she had a villain role for me. I said my dream was to be [[Snow White]]'s stepmother".<ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/> The [[Rouge (pop group)|Rouge]] group, which makes a special participation. The members of the Rouge group appear in the movie making a show at a nightclub at a particular point in the plot. The singers spent a day in Rio de Janeiro, where the recordings were made.<ref name="Educa"/>
Production began when producer Diler Trindade brought the screenplay from Flávio de Souza. Moacyr Góes was chosen as director,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.omelete.com.br/filmes/noticia/o-que-esperar-de-ixuxa-em-abracadabrai/| title=O que esperar de Xuxa em Abracadabra| date=3 December 2003| publisher=Omelete | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> and was challenged to escape the "caricature" tone usually seen in Brazilian children's productions.<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo3">{{cite web |author=Silvana Arantes |title=Com "Xuxa em Abracadabra", Moacyr Góes lança seu 3º longa no ano |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u39829.shtml |access-date=March 30, 2014 |publisher=[[Folha de S.Paulo]]}}</ref> Góes says that when he accepted Trindade's invitation to direct the film, he started to study cinema intensely, watching productions with a variety of tones. "In 2002, I saw about 800 films, from [[Eisenstein (film)|Eisenstein]] to '[[Clueless (film)|Clueless]]'."<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo3"/>

The main characters were cast, with [[Heloísa Périssé]] (Patricia), [[Brunno Abrahão]] (Lucas), Maria Mariana Azevedo (Júlia), [[Debby Lagranha]] ([[Little Red Riding Hood]]), [[Kayky Brito]] ([[Puss in Boots]]) and [[Leandro Hassum]] ([[Bluebeard]] / [[The Frog Prince]]) being brought onto the film.<ref name="Educa" /> The character Mateus, played by [[Marcio Garcia]], was the romantic interest of Xuxa's character in the film,<ref>{{cite web |title=Márcio Garcia vai brigar pelo coração de Xuxa |url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI136414-EI1118,00-Marcio+Garcia+vai+brigar+pelo+coracao+de+Xuxa.html |access-date=March 19, 2015 |publisher=[[Terra Networks]] |language=pt}}</ref> [[Luciano Szafir]] was initially cast to play Mateus, but was dropped due to concerns that viewers would be confused; Szafir had played Xuxa's romantic interest in ''[[Xuxa e os Duendes 2 - No Caminho das Fadas|Xuxa e os Duendes 2]]''.<ref name="Educa" /><ref>{{cite web |date=5 September 2003 |title=Xuxa comemora o Grammy e apresenta o elenco do filme 'Abracadabra' |url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/xuxa-comemora-o-grammy-e-apresenta-o-elenco-do-filme-abracadabra/ |access-date=March 19, 2015 |publisher=Correio do Brasil |language=pt}}</ref> Musical group [[Rouge (pop group)|Rouge]] made a guest appearance in the film, shown at a nightclub in one scene, filmed in Rio de Janeiro.<ref name="Educa" /> Recording of the film began in September 2003 and lasted four weeks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/gente/noticias/0,,OI3521358-EI13419,00-Luciano+Huck+visita+gravacao+do+novo+filme+de+Xuxa.html| title=Luciano Huck visita gravação do novo filme de Xuxa| publisher=[[Terra Networks]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/abracadabra-luciano-huck-visita-gravacao-de-novo-filme-de-xuxa/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=39116&relatedposts_position=1| title='Abracadabra': Luciano Huck visita gravação de novo filme de Xuxa| publisher=[[Estadão]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref name="Abracadabralançamento" />


==Release==
==Release==
The premiere of the film occurred on December 12, 2003, at the Parque Mundo Xuxa, in the SP Market Shopping Center, in the [[South Zone of São Paulo]], Xuxa wanted to follow closely the preview of the film.<ref name="terra"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI233770-EI1118,00-Ou+as+pessoas+me+amam+ou+me+odeiam+diz+Xuxa.html| title="Ou as pessoas me amam ou me odeiam", diz Xuxa| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> "Father and mother are going to have a good laugh as well. It's a cool program to eat popcorn and to fall behind "- said Xuxa at the press conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/jornalhoje/0,,MUL1142190-16022,00-XUXA+NA+TELA+E+NA+PLATEIA.html| title=Xuxa na tela e na platéia| publisher=[[Globo.com]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/entretenimento/2003/12/12/xuxa-bagunca-contos-infantis-em-novo-filme.jhtm| title=Xuxa bagunça contos infantis em novo filme| publisher=[[Brasil Online]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>
The premiere of the film occurred on December 12, 2003, at the Parque Mundo Xuxa, in the SP Market Shopping Center, in the [[South Zone of São Paulo]].<ref name="terra">{{cite web |date=18 December 2003 |title=Pré-estréia do filme da Xuxa deixa jovem ferida |url=https://m.omelete.com.br/filmes/criticas/xuxa-em-abracadabra/ |access-date=March 19, 2015 |publisher=[[Terra Networks]] |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI233770-EI1118,00-Ou+as+pessoas+me+amam+ou+me+odeiam+diz+Xuxa.html| title="Ou as pessoas me amam ou me odeiam", diz Xuxa| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/jornalhoje/0,,MUL1142190-16022,00-XUXA+NA+TELA+E+NA+PLATEIA.html| title=Xuxa na tela e na platéia| publisher=[[Globo.com]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/entretenimento/2003/12/12/xuxa-bagunca-contos-infantis-em-novo-filme.jhtm| title=Xuxa bagunça contos infantis em novo filme| publisher=[[Brasil Online]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>


The presence of TV hots Xuxa Meneghel, caused rampage in the place and left a young woman injured.<ref name="terra"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.correiodopovo.com.br/Jornal/A109/N76/PDF/Fim24.pdf| title=Famosos enfrentam problemas| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> According to park press secretary Marcelle Canfild, Rita de Cassia Basile, 21, attempted to circumvent the safety of the site in an attempt to approach the hots, when a grid surrounding the fans fell. The girl stumbled and had her leg immobilized amidst the push-shoving of the fans.<ref name="terra"/><ref name="Estreia"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI234206-EI1118,00.html| title=Pré-estréia do filme da Xuxa deixa jovem ferida| publisher=[[Terra Networks]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The young woman suffered a twist in her right knee, was rescued by the local fire department and sent to the Pedreira hospital.<ref name="terra"/> "The doctor advised her to put ice on the wound and keep her leg suspended for a few hours," Marcelle said.<ref name="terra">{{cite web |url=https://m.omelete.com.br/filmes/criticas/xuxa-em-abracadabra/| title=Pré-estréia do filme da Xuxa deixa jovem ferida | publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref name="Estreia">{{cite web |url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/cinema,pre-estreia-do-filme-da-xuxa-deixa-feridos,20031212p75241| title=Pré-estréia do filme da Xuxa deixa feridos | publisher=[[Estadao]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The premiere in [[Rio de Janeiro]], occurred on December 15, 2003, but this time did not count the presence of Xuxa, only with some actors in the cast of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/gente/noticias/0,,OI3523771-EI13419,00-Sem+Xuxa+famosos+curtem+Abracadabra+no+RJ.html| title=Sem Xuxa, famosos curtem "Abracadabra" no RJ| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The film was released on December 19, 2003.<ref name="CorreioBrasiliense"/>
Fans of Xuxa Meneghel's caused a stampede trying to see her, which left a young woman injured after she fell and was trampled upon.<ref name="terra"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.correiodopovo.com.br/Jornal/A109/N76/PDF/Fim24.pdf| title=Famosos enfrentam problemas| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The young woman suffered a twist in her right knee, was rescued by the local fire department, and sent to the Pedreira hospital.<ref name="terra" /><ref name="Estreia">{{cite web |title=Pré-estréia do filme da Xuxa deixa feridos |url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/cinema,pre-estreia-do-filme-da-xuxa-deixa-feridos,20031212p75241 |access-date=March 19, 2015 |publisher=[[Estadao]] |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pré-estréia do filme da Xuxa deixa jovem ferida |url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI234206-EI1118,00.html |access-date=March 19, 2015 |publisher=[[Terra Networks]] |language=pt}}</ref> The premiere in [[Rio de Janeiro]] occurred on December 15, 2003, and Xuxa did not attend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/gente/noticias/0,,OI3523771-EI13419,00-Sem+Xuxa+famosos+curtem+Abracadabra+no+RJ.html| title=Sem Xuxa, famosos curtem "Abracadabra" no RJ| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The film was released on December 19, 2003.<ref name="CorreioBrasiliense"/>


As the film's release, Xuxa posed with the cast of the film, on [[Angra dos Reis]] Island, for ''[[Caras (magazine)|Caras]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetadigital.com.br/conteudo/show/secao/58/materia/22175/t/hospital-cinco-estrelas| title=Hospital cinco estrelas| publisher=Gazeta Digital| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/xuxa-sofre-acidente| title=XUXA SOFRE ACIDENTE| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> At the time Xuxa, he injured a small accident during a story he made on Caras Island. She was taking pictures with fans when the deck she was sank into and cut off her right leg. Taken in her private helicopter to the hospital Copa D'Or, the "Queen children" received 11 points in the leg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI230774-EI1118,00-Xuxa+sofre+acidente+e+leva+pontos+na+perna.html| title=Xuxa sofre acidente e leva 11 pontos na perna| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> As a form of disclosure, Xuxa also attended the ''[[Domingão do Faustão]]'' on December 14, 2003. to talk about the debut of the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/gente/noticias/0,,OI3523765-EI13419,00-Faustao+pergunta+sobre+Huck+e+Angelica+nega+affair.html| title=Faustão pergunta sobre Huck e Angélica nega affair| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>
As the film's release, Xuxa posed with the cast of the film on [[Angra dos Reis]] Island, for ''[[Caras (magazine)|Caras]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazetadigital.com.br/conteudo/show/secao/58/materia/22175/t/hospital-cinco-estrelas| title=Hospital cinco estrelas| publisher=Gazeta Digital| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/tv-media/detalhe/xuxa-sofre-acidente| title=XUXA SOFRE ACIDENTE| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> While there, Xuxa fell and injured her leg while taking pictures with fans. She was taken in her private helicopter to the hospital Copa D'Or, and received 11 stiches in her leg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclusivo.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI230774-EI1118,00-Xuxa+sofre+acidente+e+leva+pontos+na+perna.html| title=Xuxa sofre acidente e leva 11 pontos na perna| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> Xuxa attended the ''[[Domingão do Faustão]]'' on December 14, 2003. to give a press conference about the release of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diversao.terra.com.br/gente/noticias/0,,OI3523765-EI13419,00-Faustao+pergunta+sobre+Huck+e+Angelica+nega+affair.html| title=Faustão pergunta sobre Huck e Angélica nega affair| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>


===Home media===
===Home media===
The production was recorded and released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]], by [[Warner Home Video]].<ref name="CD Point"/> The material contains Interactive Menu, Choice of Scenes, Music Video, Making Of, Game, Recording Errors, Trailer, Multiangle: Effect Construction, Last Day Clip, Interview with Talking Crowd and Effects Director.<ref name="CD Point">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdpoint.com.br/DVD/XUXA-ABRACADABRA---XUXA---O-TESOURO-DA-CIDADE--XUXA-ABRACADABRA---XUXA---O-TESOURO-DA-CIDADE-+++7892110049573-2-2-N-701.html| title=XUXA ABRACADABRA / XUXA & O TESOURO DA CIDADE| publisher=CD Point| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>
The production was recorded and released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]], by [[Warner Home Video]].<ref name="CD Point">{{cite web |title=XUXA ABRACADABRA / XUXA & O TESOURO DA CIDADE |url=http://www.cdpoint.com.br/DVD/XUXA-ABRACADABRA---XUXA---O-TESOURO-DA-CIDADE--XUXA-ABRACADABRA---XUXA---O-TESOURO-DA-CIDADE-+++7892110049573-2-2-N-701.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222104856/http://www.cdpoint.com.br/DVD/XUXA-ABRACADABRA---XUXA---O-TESOURO-DA-CIDADE--XUXA-ABRACADABRA---XUXA---O-TESOURO-DA-CIDADE-+++7892110049573-2-2-N-701.html |archive-date=2018-02-22 |access-date=March 19, 2015 |publisher=CD Point |language=pt}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==


===Critical reception===
===Critical reception===
Like previous Xuxa films, ''Abracadabra'' received low acclaim from [[film criticism|critics]], but were positive compared to the previous ones. Marcelo Forlani of the ''Omelete'' site, was critical of the production that he said was "once again hastily done, without the least concern for pre-production. characters, are free of any three-dimensional depth, have as main defect the total absence of coherence".<ref name="Omelete"/> He also criticized the team responsible for the makeup in ''Abracadabra'' "writing it is one of the worst seen in the cinema".<ref name="Omelete"/> The beard of the pirate Bluebeard is more false than a note of R$13.50 [[reais]] and the monsters wear costumes that seem to have been rented in a And the worst of it, the color of the fake nose used by Claudia Raia when she becomes the Evil Queen is quite different from her skin".<ref name="Omelete"/> concluding that the "film only proves how much the Brazilian people still need to grow culturally".<ref name="Omelete">{{cite web| author=Marcelo Forlani |url=https://m.omelete.com.br/filmes/criticas/xuxa-em-abracadabra/| title=Xuxa Abracadabra | publisher=Omelete| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> writing for ''Epipoca'', Rubens Ewald Filho considered the film "less execrable than the others, in this, there is even a figure in animation, the talking cricket of "Pinocchio", which has a nice intervention.<ref name="Epipoca"/> He also praised the participation of the actors, but considered them poorly used in the film.<ref name="Epipoca"/> But it was negative in his review writing that "the film was made in a hurry, with little money and relative commitment, the set design is very bad and there is only one minute of external".<ref name="Epipoca"/> The dialogues are extremely bad and bland. won a few more amusing phrases was Claudia Raia, in the role of Snow White Stepmother, which at least has a few moments of brilliance, the rest falls in the common grave.<ref name="Epipoca">{{cite web| author=Rubens Ewald Filho|url=http://www.epipoca.com.br/filmes/critica/9177/xuxa-abracadabra| title=Xuxa Abracadabra | publisher=Epipoca| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> Writing to the [[Universo Online|Uol]] Site, the same critic considered ''Abracadabra'', a bit less bad than the previous one. But not much. Nor anything significant. At least we are free from those terrifying makeup (but not from the unfortunate costumes, Xuxa spends most of the time with an unfortunate prom dress that only serves to disrupt her).<ref>{{cite web| author=Rubens Ewald Filho|url=https://cinema.uol.com.br/resenha/teste/1993/abracadabra.jhtm| title=Abracadabra| publisher=[[Universo Online|Uol]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>
Like previous Xuxa films, ''Abracadabra'' received negative reviews from [[film criticism|critics]] but was rated better than previous films. Marcelo Forlani of ''Omelete'' was critical of the production, saying that it was "once again hastily done, without any concern for pre-production. Characters are free of any three-dimensional depth, and there is a total absence of coherence".<ref name="Omelete"/> He also criticized the team responsible for makeup in ''Abracadabra,'' saying that "The beard of the pirate Bluebeard is more false than a note of R$13.50 [[reais]], the monsters wear costumes that seem to have been rented, and worst of all, the color of the fake nose used by Claudia Raia when she becomes the Evil Queen is quite different from her skin".<ref name="Omelete"/> concluding that the "film only proves how much the Brazilian people still need to grow culturally".<ref name="Omelete">{{cite web| author=Marcelo Forlani |url=https://m.omelete.com.br/filmes/criticas/xuxa-em-abracadabra/| title=Xuxa Abracadabra |date=18 December 2003 | publisher=Omelete| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>

Writing for ''Epipoca'', Rubens Ewald Filho considered the film "less execrable than the others", and that "The film was made in a hurry, with little money and relative commitment, and the set design is very bad". He added that "The dialogue is extremely bad and bland. There are a few amusing phrases from Claudia Raia, in the role of Snow White's Stepmother, which at least has a few moments of brilliance, the rest falls in the common grave."<ref name="Epipoca">{{cite web| author=Rubens Ewald Filho| url=http://www.epipoca.com.br/filmes/critica/9177/xuxa-abracadabra| title=Xuxa Abracadabra| publisher=Epipoca| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt| archive-date=August 20, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820172544/http://www.epipoca.com.br/filmes/critica/9177/xuxa-abracadabra| url-status=dead}}</ref>


Writing for [[ISTOÉ]], Mariane Morisawa praised the quality of the film, writing that "The film is not enough to be Shrek, who plays very cleverly with the fairy tales, but represents a breakthrough for Xuxa. Rather than ''[[Xuxa e os Duendes 2 - No Caminho das Fadas|Xuxa e os Duendes 2]]''".<ref>{{cite web| author=Mariane Morisawa|url=https://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/229/diversao_arte/cine_xuxa.htm| title=Xuxa em Abracadabra| publisher=[[ISTOÉ]] | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> Similarly, a critic of the ''[[Estadão]]'', praised the film considered it superior in relation to the previous one, writing that "Xuxa is more beautiful in ''Abracadabra'' than in the two ''Duendes 2'', the effects of the film are more taken care of".<ref name="Estadão">{{cite web|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/cinema,novo-filme-de-xuxa-e-melhor-quando-fica-sem-xuxa,20031219p75263| title=Novo filme de Xuxa é melhor quando fica sem Xuxa| publisher=[[Estadão]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The audiences surveyed for AdoroCinema gave the film a three-star rating of five with a 2.9-point rating.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-202358/criticas/espectadores/recentes/| title=XUXA ABRACADABRA| publisher=AdoroCinema | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The audiences surveyed for [[IMDb]], gave a score of 1.8 points to the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391726/ratings| title=Xuxa Abracadabra| publisher=[[IMDb]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The audiences surveyed for ''Filmow'', gave a score of 1.8 points to the film, based on 2793 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmow.com/xuxa-abracadabra-t1746/| title=Xuxa Abracadabra| publisher=Filmow| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> Inácio Araujo for ''[[Folha de Sao Paulo|Folha]]'', said that contrary to previous productions, Abracadabra tries to separate children from consumers, "A not inconsiderable effort in a film by limited definition, since it consists in trying to distinguish between children and consumers, a distinction that apparently never Xuxa bothered to establish".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq1912200321.htm| title=Limitado mundo de fábulas tenta separar crianças de consumidores| publisher=[[Folha de Sao Paulo|Folha]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>
Writing for [[ISTOÉ]], Mariane Morisawa praised the quality of the film, writing that "The film is not good enough to be ''Shrek'', which played very cleverly with fairy-tales, but represents a breakthrough for Xuxa. It is better than ''[[Xuxa e os Duendes 2 - No Caminho das Fadas|Xuxa e os Duendes 2]]''".<ref>{{cite web| author=Mariane Morisawa| url=https://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/229/diversao_arte/cine_xuxa.htm| title=Xuxa em Abracadabra| publisher=[[ISTOÉ]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt| archive-date=August 22, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822204540/http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/229/diversao_arte/cine_xuxa.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, a critic from ''[[Estadão]]'', praised the film and considered it superior in relation to Xuxa's previous one, writing that "Xuxa is more beautiful in ''Abracadabra'' than in ''Duendes 2'', the effects of the film are more carefully done".<ref name="Estadão">{{cite web|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/cinema,novo-filme-de-xuxa-e-melhor-quando-fica-sem-xuxa,20031219p75263| title=Novo filme de Xuxa é melhor quando fica sem Xuxa| publisher=[[Estadão]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by AdoroCinema gave the film a three-star rating out of five,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-202358/criticas/espectadores/recentes/| title=XUXA ABRACADABRA| publisher=AdoroCinema | access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> audiences surveyed by [[IMDb]] gave a score of 1.8 stars to the film,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391726/ratings| title=Xuxa Abracadabra| publisher=[[IMDb]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> and audiences surveyed for ''Filmow'' gave a score of 1.8 stars to the film, based on 2793 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmow.com/xuxa-abracadabra-t1746/| title=Xuxa Abracadabra| publisher=Filmow| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>


===Box office===
===Box office===
"Xuxa Abracadabra" was potentially considered a popular success by the media, even before it was released. With annual releases, the films of TV hots Xuxa Meneghel remained among the best [[box office]] of Brazilian films.<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo">{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ilustrad/fq1812200306.htm| title=Anjos e fadas na rota da fama| publisher=[[Folha.com.br]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> After succeeding in launching two films dedicated to his adolescent audience, Xuxa decided to devote himself to producing films for his children's audience, the first release ''[[Xuxa e os Duendes]]'', was the only Brazilian film to exceed the 1 million mark viewers in Brazil in 2002, as well as the phenomenon ''[[City of God (2002 film)|City of God]]'' by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund (3.2 million).<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.digestivocultural.com/colunistas/coluna.asp?codigo=896&titulo=O_cinema_brasileiro_em_2002| title=O cinema brasileiro em 2002| access-date=March 17, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/reuters/ult112u25738.shtml| title="Cidade de Deus" desafia "Xuxa e os Duendes 2"| publisher=[[Folha.com.br]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://cinema.terra.com.br/ficha-filme/0,,OI732-EI1176,00+Xuxa+e+os+Duendes+2++No+Caminho+das+Fadas+.html| title="Cidade de Deus" desafia "Xuxa e os Duendes 2"| publisher=[[Terra Networks]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> Its sequel ''[[Xuxa e os Duendes 2 - No Caminho das Fadas|Xuxa e os Duendes 2]]'' (2002) reached 2,301,152 box office in 2003,<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo1"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ancine mostra relação de custos e arrecadação|url=http://www.tribunapr.com.br/mais-pop/ancine-mostra-relacao-de-custos-e-arrecadacao/|publisher=Ancine|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> being the fifth Brazilian production most seen in Brazil in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmeb.com.br/database2new/html/ME01.php| title=Ranking do filme nacional 2003 (por público)| access-date=March 17, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The budget for Xuxa Abracadabra was between R$5 and R$7 million [[reais]], more than R$2 million reais for disclosure.<ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/><ref name="Orçamento">{{cite web| url=http://televisao.uol.com.br/noticias/reuters/2003/12/12/xuxa-bagunca-contos-infantis-em-novo-filme.htm| title=Xuxa bagunça contos infantis em novo filme| publisher=[[Universo Online|Uol]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> becoming the largest budget of a film of Xuxa.<ref name="Abracadabralançamento">{{cite web|title=Xuxa lança Abracadabra|url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/xuxa-lanca-abracadabra/|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> Xuxa Abracadabra was released in 300 rooms in Brazil,<ref>{{cite web |title=Abracadabra traz Xuxa no mundo dos contos infantis|url=http://www.gazetadigital.com.br/conteudo/show/secao/62/materia/22667/t/abracadabra-traz-xuxa-no-mundo-dos-contos-infantis|publisher=Gazeta Digital|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="CorreioBrasiliense">{{cite web|title=‘Xuxa Abracadabra’ é a principal estréia deste fim de semana|url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/xuxa-abracadabra-e-a-principal-estreia-deste-fim-de-semana/|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/> premiered as the most viewed on its first weekend, pulling [[Disney]]'s animation [[Brother Bear]] out of the top box office rankings in the country.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xuxa tem ótima estréia e bate "Irmão Urso"|url=http://cinema.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI240212-EI1176,00-Xuxa+tem+otima+estreia+e+bate+Irmao+Urso.html|publisher=[[Terra Networks]]|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> The film, which debuted with 305 copies distributed throughout Brazil, was watched by 161,527 people.<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo1">{{cite web|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u39987.shtml| title="Xuxa Abracadabra" é o filme mais visto nos cinemas| publisher=[[Folha de são paulo]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> The film 2.193.188 box office,<ref>{{cite web |title=A feliz história do cinema nacional|url=http://www.meioemensagem.com.br/home/midia/2011/11/07/a-feliz-historia-do-cinema-nacional.html|publisher=Meio & Mensagem|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=XUXA ABRACADABRA|url=http://www.epipoca.com.br/filmes/bilheterias/9177/xuxa-abracadabra|publisher=E-Pipoca|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Folhafilmes2004">{{cite web| title=Visto por mais de 4,7 mi, "A Paixão de Cristo" é o 1º no Brasil|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/cinema,brasil-lanca-mais-filmes-em-2004-mas-bilheteria-cai,20041222p4291|publisher=[[Estadao]]|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Estadao1">{{cite web|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/cinema,brasil-lanca-mais-filmes-em-2004-mas-bilheteria-cai,20041222p4291|title=Brasil lança mais filmes em 2004, mas bilheteria cai|publisher=[[Estadao]]|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RECORDE - 'A Paixão de Cristo' é o filme mais visto do ano|url=https://www.folhadelondrina.com.br/folha-2/recorde-a-paixao-de-cristo-e-o-filme-mais-visto-do-ano-485825.html|publisher=Folha Londrina|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bilheteria">{{cite web|title=Visto por mais de 4,7 mi, "A Paixão de Cristo" é o 1º no Brasil|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u43279.shtml|publisher=[[Folha de são paulo]]|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> being the last film of Xuxa a is of 2 million of box office.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cinemas têm filme com Xuxa, drama sobre cachorros e comédia com casais|url=http://www.jornaldaparaiba.com.br/cultura/cinemas-tem-filme-com-xuxa-drama-sobre-cachorros-e-comedia-com-casais.html|publisher=Jornal da Paraíba|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> being the fourth most watched national film in Brazil in 2004.<ref name="Estadao1"/><ref name="Folha de S.Paulo1"/><ref name="Arrecadamento"/> The film grossed a gross of 11,677,129.00 reais.<ref name="Arrecadamento">{{cite web| url=http://www.filmeb.com.br/database2/html/ME01.php| title=Ranking do filme nacional 2004 (por público)| access-date=March 17, 2015| language=pt}}</ref>
The budget for ''Xuxa Abracadabra'' was between R$5 and R$7 million [[reais]], using than R$2 million reais for advertising.<ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/><ref name="Orçamento">{{cite web| url=http://televisao.uol.com.br/noticias/reuters/2003/12/12/xuxa-bagunca-contos-infantis-em-novo-filme.htm| title=Xuxa bagunça contos infantis em novo filme| date=12 December 2003| publisher=[[Universo Online|Uol]]| access-date=March 19, 2015| language=pt}}</ref> This made ''Xuxa Abracadabra'' Xuxa's highest-budget film.<ref name="Abracadabralançamento">{{cite web|title=Xuxa lança Abracadabra|date=14 December 2003 |url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/xuxa-lanca-abracadabra/|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> ''Xuxa Abracadabra'' was released in 300 cinemas in Brazil,<ref>{{cite web|title=Abracadabra traz Xuxa no mundo dos contos infantis|url=http://www.gazetadigital.com.br/conteudo/show/secao/62/materia/22667/t/abracadabra-traz-xuxa-no-mundo-dos-contos-infantis|publisher=Gazeta Digital|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100631/http://www.gazetadigital.com.br/conteudo/show/secao/62/materia/22667/t/abracadabra-traz-xuxa-no-mundo-dos-contos-infantis|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="CorreioBrasiliense">{{cite web|title='Xuxa Abracadabra' é a principal estréia deste fim de semana|url=https://www.correiodobrasil.com.br/xuxa-abracadabra-e-a-principal-estreia-deste-fim-de-semana/|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Abracadabralançamento"/> and was the most watched film on its release weekend, beating [[Disney|Disney's]] [[Brother Bear]] for top box office ranking nationally.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xuxa tem ótima estréia e bate "Irmão Urso"|url=http://cinema.terra.com.br/noticias/0,,OI240212-EI1176,00-Xuxa+tem+otima+estreia+e+bate+Irmao+Urso.html|publisher=[[Terra Networks]]|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> It was watched by 161,527 people and grossed 2,193,188 Reals at the box office on its first weekend.<ref name="Folha de S.Paulo1">{{cite web |title="Xuxa Abracadabra" é o filme mais visto nos cinemas |url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u39987.shtml |access-date=March 19, 2015 |publisher=[[Folha de são paulo]] |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A feliz história do cinema nacional|date=7 November 2011 |url=http://www.meioemensagem.com.br/home/midia/2011/11/07/a-feliz-historia-do-cinema-nacional.html|publisher=Meio & Mensagem|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=XUXA ABRACADABRA|url=http://www.epipoca.com.br/filmes/bilheterias/9177/xuxa-abracadabra|publisher=E-Pipoca|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Folhafilmes2004">{{cite web| title=Visto por mais de 4,7 mi, "A Paixão de Cristo" é o 1º no Brasil|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/cinema,brasil-lanca-mais-filmes-em-2004-mas-bilheteria-cai,20041222p4291|publisher=[[Estadao]]|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Estadao1">{{cite web|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/cinema,brasil-lanca-mais-filmes-em-2004-mas-bilheteria-cai,20041222p4291|title=Brasil lança mais filmes em 2004, mas bilheteria cai|publisher=[[Estadao]]|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=RECORDE - 'A Paixão de Cristo' é o filme mais visto do ano|url=https://www.folhadelondrina.com.br/folha-2/recorde-a-paixao-de-cristo-e-o-filme-mais-visto-do-ano-485825.html|publisher=Folha Londrina|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Bilheteria">{{cite web|title=Visto por mais de 4,7 mi, "A Paixão de Cristo" é o 1º no Brasil|url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u43279.shtml|publisher=[[Folha de são paulo]]|access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cinemas têm filme com Xuxa, drama sobre cachorros e comédia com casais|url=http://www.jornaldaparaiba.com.br/cultura/cinemas-tem-filme-com-xuxa-drama-sobre-cachorros-e-comedia-com-casais.html|publisher=Jornal da Paraíba|access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221161321/http://www.jornaldaparaiba.com.br/cultura/cinemas-tem-filme-com-xuxa-drama-sobre-cachorros-e-comedia-com-casais.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film grossed a total of 11,677,129 reals, and was the fourth most-watched national film in Brazil in 2004.<ref name="Estadao1" /><ref name="Folha de S.Paulo1" /><ref name="Arrecadamento">{{cite web |title=Ranking do filme nacional 2004 (por público) |url=http://www.filmeb.com.br/database2/html/ME01.php |access-date=March 17, 2015 |language=pt}}</ref>


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Xuxa Abracadabra
Promotional poster
Directed byMoacyr Góes
Written byFlávio de Souza
Produced byDiler Trindade
StarringXuxa Meneghel
Márcio Garcia
Cláudia Raia
Brunno Abrahão
Maria Mariana Azevedo
Heloísa Périssé
Leandro Hassum
Lúcio Mauro Filho
Sérgio Mamberti
CinematographyAna Schlee
Music byAry Sperling
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • December 19, 2003 (2003-12-19)[1]
Running time
97 minutes
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
BudgetR$ 7 million[2]
Box officeR$ 11.6 million[3]

Xuxa Abracadabra is a 2003 Brazilian fantasy adventure film produced by Diler Trindade and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Globo Filmes. Directed by Moacyr Góes, it stars Xuxa Meneghel, Márcio Garcia, Cláudia Raia, Brunno Abrahão, Maria Mariana Azevedo, Heloísa Périssé, Leandro Hassum, Lúcio Mauro Filho, and Sérgio Mamberti. The film tells the story of a librarian named Sofia who agrees to babysit her friend Matheus's children. While looking after the children at Matheus's great uncle's house, they find a magical book that takes them to a fairy-tale land.

The film was developed as a children's film focusing on fairy tales and folklore, a departure from the teen-focused projects Meneghel usually produced and starred in. The screenplay was written by Flávio de Souza, who added several characters from children's stories into the film.

The film premiered on December 18, 2003, and grossed 11 million reais upon wide release in Brazil. Xuxa Abracadabra received negative reviews from critics, but was considered an improvement in quality compared to other films involving Meneghel.[4]

Plot

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One Saturday night, children's librarian Sofia (Xuxa Meneghel) is getting ready to go out with her best friend (Heloísa Périssé) when she gets a phone call from Matheus (Márcio Garcia), the widower of a cousin she was close to. Matheus asks Sofia to babysit his children, Júlia (Maria Mariana Azevedo) and Lucas (Brunno Abrahão). Sofia agrees, because not only does she adore Matheus's children, she is secretly in love with him.

Sofia meets the children at Matheus's great-uncle's house. His great uncle Nicolau (Sérgio Mamberti) is an astronomer and sorcerer who owns a magical book. Upon opening it, Sophie and the two children fall into it, landing in the Enchanted Forest where all fairy tales happen. While in the Enchanted Forest, Sofia, Júlia, and Lucas meet fairy-tale characters such as Snow White (Talita Castro), her stepmother the Evil Queen (Cláudia Raia), and Prince Charming (Cláudio Heinrich). They also meet Saci (Toni Garrido), Little Red Riding Hood (Debby Lagranha), and the Big Bad Wolf (Lucio Mauro Filho), among other fairy-tale characters. Because Sofia and the children are from the real world, the fairy-tale characters dislike their presence. Monsters from horror stories appear and plan to invade the Enchanted Forest, conquer it, and eventually invade the real world.

The monsters attack, and Sofia saves Júlia and Lucas. The group then find their way back to the real world, to get the help of Uncle Nicolau to seal the monsters in their fairy-tale world.

Cast

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Production

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Xuxa had found previous success with the film Xuxa e os Duendes, which was popular amongst young children, despite being targeted towards teenagers. Xuxa Abracadabra was devised to be the opposite; a film targeted at young children that still retained appeal for teenagers.[5]

Production began when producer Diler Trindade brought the screenplay from Flávio de Souza. Moacyr Góes was chosen as director,[6] and was challenged to escape the "caricature" tone usually seen in Brazilian children's productions.[7] Góes says that when he accepted Trindade's invitation to direct the film, he started to study cinema intensely, watching productions with a variety of tones. "In 2002, I saw about 800 films, from Eisenstein to 'Clueless'."[7]

The main characters were cast, with Heloísa Périssé (Patricia), Brunno Abrahão (Lucas), Maria Mariana Azevedo (Júlia), Debby Lagranha (Little Red Riding Hood), Kayky Brito (Puss in Boots) and Leandro Hassum (Bluebeard / The Frog Prince) being brought onto the film.[5] The character Mateus, played by Marcio Garcia, was the romantic interest of Xuxa's character in the film,[8] Luciano Szafir was initially cast to play Mateus, but was dropped due to concerns that viewers would be confused; Szafir had played Xuxa's romantic interest in Xuxa e os Duendes 2.[5][9] Musical group Rouge made a guest appearance in the film, shown at a nightclub in one scene, filmed in Rio de Janeiro.[5] Recording of the film began in September 2003 and lasted four weeks.[10][11][12]

Release

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The premiere of the film occurred on December 12, 2003, at the Parque Mundo Xuxa, in the SP Market Shopping Center, in the South Zone of São Paulo.[13][14][15][16]

Fans of Xuxa Meneghel's caused a stampede trying to see her, which left a young woman injured after she fell and was trampled upon.[13][17] The young woman suffered a twist in her right knee, was rescued by the local fire department, and sent to the Pedreira hospital.[13][18][19] The premiere in Rio de Janeiro occurred on December 15, 2003, and Xuxa did not attend.[20] The film was released on December 19, 2003.[21]

As the film's release, Xuxa posed with the cast of the film on Angra dos Reis Island, for Caras magazine.[22][23] While there, Xuxa fell and injured her leg while taking pictures with fans. She was taken in her private helicopter to the hospital Copa D'Or, and received 11 stiches in her leg.[24] Xuxa attended the Domingão do Faustão on December 14, 2003. to give a press conference about the release of the film.[25]

Home media

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The production was recorded and released on VHS and DVD, by Warner Home Video.[26]

Reception

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Critical reception

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Like previous Xuxa films, Abracadabra received negative reviews from critics but was rated better than previous films. Marcelo Forlani of Omelete was critical of the production, saying that it was "once again hastily done, without any concern for pre-production. Characters are free of any three-dimensional depth, and there is a total absence of coherence".[27] He also criticized the team responsible for makeup in Abracadabra, saying that "The beard of the pirate Bluebeard is more false than a note of R$13.50 reais, the monsters wear costumes that seem to have been rented, and worst of all, the color of the fake nose used by Claudia Raia when she becomes the Evil Queen is quite different from her skin".[27] concluding that the "film only proves how much the Brazilian people still need to grow culturally".[27]

Writing for Epipoca, Rubens Ewald Filho considered the film "less execrable than the others", and that "The film was made in a hurry, with little money and relative commitment, and the set design is very bad". He added that "The dialogue is extremely bad and bland. There are a few amusing phrases from Claudia Raia, in the role of Snow White's Stepmother, which at least has a few moments of brilliance, the rest falls in the common grave."[28]

Writing for ISTOÉ, Mariane Morisawa praised the quality of the film, writing that "The film is not good enough to be Shrek, which played very cleverly with fairy-tales, but represents a breakthrough for Xuxa. It is better than Xuxa e os Duendes 2".[29] Similarly, a critic from Estadão, praised the film and considered it superior in relation to Xuxa's previous one, writing that "Xuxa is more beautiful in Abracadabra than in Duendes 2, the effects of the film are more carefully done".[30] Audiences surveyed by AdoroCinema gave the film a three-star rating out of five,[31] audiences surveyed by IMDb gave a score of 1.8 stars to the film,[32] and audiences surveyed for Filmow gave a score of 1.8 stars to the film, based on 2793 votes.[33]

Box office

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The budget for Xuxa Abracadabra was between R$5 and R$7 million reais, using than R$2 million reais for advertising.[12][2] This made Xuxa Abracadabra Xuxa's highest-budget film.[12] Xuxa Abracadabra was released in 300 cinemas in Brazil,[34][21][12] and was the most watched film on its release weekend, beating Disney's Brother Bear for top box office ranking nationally.[35] It was watched by 161,527 people and grossed 2,193,188 Reals at the box office on its first weekend.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] The film grossed a total of 11,677,129 reals, and was the fourth most-watched national film in Brazil in 2004.[40][36][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Xuxa Abracadabra" (in Portuguese). Cinemateca Brasileira. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Xuxa bagunça contos infantis em novo filme" (in Portuguese). Uol. 12 December 2003. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Ranking do filme nacional 2004 (por público)" (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Cajueiro, Marcelo (24 December 2003). "'Xuxa' a shoo-in at the Brazil B.O." Variety.
  5. ^ a b c d "Abracadabra". Educa.com. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  6. ^ "O que esperar de Xuxa em Abracadabra" (in Portuguese). Omelete. 3 December 2003. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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  8. ^ "Márcio Garcia vai brigar pelo coração de Xuxa" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  9. ^ "Xuxa comemora o Grammy e apresenta o elenco do filme 'Abracadabra'" (in Portuguese). Correio do Brasil. 5 September 2003. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  10. ^ "Luciano Huck visita gravação do novo filme de Xuxa" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  11. ^ "'Abracadabra': Luciano Huck visita gravação de novo filme de Xuxa" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d "Xuxa lança Abracadabra". 14 December 2003. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  13. ^ a b c "Pré-estréia do filme da Xuxa deixa jovem ferida" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. 18 December 2003. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  14. ^ ""Ou as pessoas me amam ou me odeiam", diz Xuxa" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  15. ^ "Xuxa na tela e na platéia" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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  17. ^ "Famosos enfrentam problemas" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  18. ^ "Pré-estréia do filme da Xuxa deixa feridos" (in Portuguese). Estadao. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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  20. ^ "Sem Xuxa, famosos curtem "Abracadabra" no RJ" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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  22. ^ "Hospital cinco estrelas" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Digital. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  23. ^ "XUXA SOFRE ACIDENTE" (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  24. ^ "Xuxa sofre acidente e leva 11 pontos na perna" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  25. ^ "Faustão pergunta sobre Huck e Angélica nega affair" (in Portuguese). Terra Networks. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  26. ^ "XUXA ABRACADABRA / XUXA & O TESOURO DA CIDADE" (in Portuguese). CD Point. Archived from the original on 2018-02-22. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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  28. ^ Rubens Ewald Filho. "Xuxa Abracadabra" (in Portuguese). Epipoca. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  29. ^ Mariane Morisawa. "Xuxa em Abracadabra" (in Portuguese). ISTOÉ. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  30. ^ "Novo filme de Xuxa é melhor quando fica sem Xuxa" (in Portuguese). Estadão. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
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  40. ^ a b "Brasil lança mais filmes em 2004, mas bilheteria cai". Estadao. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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