Where to watch Bruce Almighty (2003)

Trivia & production notes

• Universal Pictures paid over $1 million for the Bruce Almighty spec script in 2000, with director Tom Shadyac attached to develop it through his production company Shady Acres.
• Jim Carrey signed on to star in March 2002 after Universal's planned comedy Dog Years with him was cancelled, making Bruce Almighty the studio's alternative project.
• Steve Oedekerk rewrote the script after Jim Carrey joined the project.
• The film's opening weekend of $67.9 million set a new record for Jim Carrey films, surpassing How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
• Bruce Almighty was banned in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, and Qatar for portraying God as an ordinary man, though the bans in Egypt and Malaysia were eventually lifted after receiving the highest rating from those countries' censorship boards.
• The film used a real phone number instead of a fictional 555 exchange, leading hundreds of callers to contact various people and organizations including a church in North Carolina, a woman in Florida, and a sandwich shop in Manchester, England, trying to reach God.
• The phone number was changed to the fictional 555-0123 for home video and television versions of the film.
• The film earned $484 million worldwide and remained Jim Carrey's highest-grossing film until Sonic the Hedgehog 3 surpassed it in March 2025.
• Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and praised Jennifer Aniston's performance as evidence that she would have a successful movie career following The Good Girl.
• The soundtrack was released by Varèse Sarabande on June 3, 2003, featuring score composer John Debney's work performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony.

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