It underperformed at the box office compared to typical Spielberg projects, grossing only $45.1 million against a $40 million budget. Distributed by Universal Pictures, the film opened as a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 11, 2022, and then expanded to a wide release on November 23. The Fabelmans premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022, where it won the People's Choice Award. Principal photography began that July in Los Angeles and wrapped in September. Development of the film officially began soon after, with casting taking place between March and May 2021. Spielberg revisited the project in 2019 with screenwriter and frequent collaborator Kushner while they were making West Side Story, and the screenplay was completed in late 2020. The project was withheld for 20 years, since Spielberg had reservations about exploring his family's story over concerns that his parents would be hurt. Spielberg had conceived the project as early as 1999, with his sister Anne writing a screenplay titled I'll Be Home. The film is dedicated to the memories of Spielberg's real-life parents, Leah Adler and Arnold Spielberg, who died in 20, respectively. It stars Gabriel LaBelle as Sammy, alongside Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch in supporting roles. The plot is told through an original story of the fictional Sammy Fabelman, a young aspiring filmmaker who explores how the power of films can help him see the truth about his dysfunctional family and those around him. The film is a semi-autobiographical story loosely based on Spielberg's adolescence and first years as a filmmaker. The Fabelmans is a 2022 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, who co-wrote and produced it with Tony Kushner.

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