Ticket to Paradise Trivia | 43 facts about the film

“Ticket to Paradise” is a new romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and George Clooney.

Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the new movie.

1. Ticket to Paradise is a 2022 romantic comedy film
2. The film is directed by Ol Parker
3. It is written by Parker and Daniel Pipski
4. The film stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts
5. They also serve as executive producers
6. The star as a divorced couple who decide to team up and sabotage the impending wedding of their daughter (Kaitlyn Dever)
7. Billie Lourd, Maxime Bouttier, and Lucas Bravo also star
8. Ticket to Paradise had its world premiere in Barcelona on September 8, 2022
9. It was released in the United Kingdom on September 20, 2022
10. It was released in the United States on October 21, by Universal Pictures
11. It has grossed $85 million worldwide
12. The film received mixed reviews from critics
13. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 55% rating
14. Based on 162 critics’ reviews
15. With an average rating of 5.60/10
16. The website’s consensus reads, “Ticket to Paradise may not send viewers all the way to the promised land, but this reunion for a pair of megawatt stars is still an agreeably frothy good time”
17. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 50 out of 100
18. Based on 42 critics
19. Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
20. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A–” on an A+ to F scale
21. While PostTrak reported that filmgoers gave it an 81% overall positive score
22. With 65% saying that they would definitely recommend it
23. Ticket to Paradise is a co-production between Working Title Films, Smokehouse Pictures, and Red Om Films
24. Ol Parker and Daniel Pipski wrote the screenplay, and Parker directed
25. The film was announced by Universal Pictures on February 26, 2021
26. It reunites actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts after previously working on Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Ocean’s Twelve (2004), and Money Monster (2016)
27. Deadline Hollywood noted Universal’s reluctance to sell the distributor rights to a streaming service in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
28. Billie Lourd joined the cast in March
29. Kaitlyn Dever was added to the cast in April
30. Lucas Bravo was revealed to star in October
31. Clooney used a Keto-based regimen to lose weight in preparation for his role
32. Principal photography took place in Queensland, Australia, between November 2021 and February 2022
33. Ole Bratt Birkeland was the cinematographer
34. The film received a grant of AU$6.4 million (US$4.92 million) from the Australian federal government
35. Paul Fletcher, the Australian Minister for Communications and the Arts, said the production generated at least 270 jobs and AU$47 million (US$36.2 million) for the local economy
36. Filming locations included the Whitsunday Islands, the HOTA gallery at the Gold Coast, Brisbane Airport, cane fields near Norwell, Tamborine National Park, Queen’s Wharf, Brisbane, Hamilton Island Airport, Carrara Markets, Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island, and the Palm Bay Resort on Long Island
37. Production was briefly put in hiatus in January 2022 due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in Queensland
38. During post-production, Lorne Balfe composed the film’s score
39. As of October 21, 2022, Ticket to Paradise has grossed $6.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $79.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $85.7 million
40. In the United States and Canada, Ticket to Paradise was released alongside Black Adam
41. The film is projected to gross $12–15 million from 3,500 theaters in its opening weekend
42. The film made $6.4 million on its first day, including $1.1 million from Thursday night previews
43. The film opened in seven markets ahead of its US release, grossing $800,000 from Spain and $700,000 from Brazil over their opening weekends on September 9 – 1