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Paddington is a young bear from Peru who has been adopted by the Brown family and lives with them in Windsor Gardens, London. For his aunt Lucy's hundredth birthday he wants to buy her a pop-up book of London from Samuel Gruber's antique shop, so he takes odd jobs, window cleaning among them, and saves his wages. One night the book is stolen from the shop. Paddington is framed for the theft and arrested.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Paddington 2 (2017)
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- After the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein in October 2017, Heyday Films and StudioCanal severed ties with The Weinstein Company, which had been set to release Paddington 2 in the US, deciding a children's film should not be tied to the scandal. Warner Bros. then bought the North American rights for $32 million.
- On 18 January 2018, Paddington 2 became the most-reviewed film ever to remain at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, with 164 positive reviews, beating Toy Story 2, which had 163 positive reviews at the time.
- Principal photography on Paddington 2 wrapped on 27 June 2017, the same day that Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington Bear, died; the film was dedicated to him.
- In 2021 the 100% Rotten Tomatoes score of Citizen Kane (1941), often called the greatest film ever made, was changed to 99% after a contemporary negative review was counted, and some publications satirically labeled Paddington 2 a better film than Citizen Kane on the strength of the two scores.
