<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $111.4 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a 2018 American family fantasy film directed by Eli Roth, based on the 1973 novel of the same name by John Bellairs . The film stars Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Owen Vaccaro, and follows a young boy who is sent to live with his uncle in a creaky old house . He soon learns it was previously also inhabited by a nefarious entity . </P> <P> Universal Pictures released the film in the United States on September 21, 2018 . It has grossed over $111 million worldwide and received moderately positive reviews from critics, who largely praised the cast but said it did not fully live up to its potential . </P> <P> In 1955, ten - year - old Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) goes to New Zebedee, Michigan to live with his uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after Lewis' parents are killed in a car crash . Upon arriving at Jonathan's home, Lewis meets Jonathan's neighbor and best friend, Florence Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett), with whom he trades playful insults . All Lewis has left of his parents is a Magic 8 - Ball that they gave him before the crash . During the night, Lewis hears a ticking sound in the walls, with Jonathan trying to locate it . On his first day of his new school, he meets Tarby Corrigan (Sunny Suljic), who is being friendly with him just so he can get voted class president . At night, whilst Lewis is dreaming he is visited by his mother (Lorenza Izzo) who tells him that Jonathan is hiding something from him and that the ticking sound he hears is real . Mrs. Barnavelt also tells Lewis that he must find a book and then a key . </P>

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