Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. (December 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie
Promotional poster
Genre	Fantasy comedy-drama
Based on	Wizards of Waverly Place by Todd J. Greenwald
Written by	Dan Berendsen
Directed by	Lev L. Spiro
Starring	Selena Gomez David Henrie Jake T. Austin Jennifer Stone Maria Canals-Barrera Steve Valentine Xavier Enrique Torres Jennifer Alden David DeLuise
Theme music composer	Kenneth Burgomaster
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Kevin Lafferty Todd J. Greenwald Peter Murrieta
Cinematography	David A. Makin
Editor	Matthew Colonna
Running time	98 minutes
Production companies	Pretty River Productions, LLC It's a Laugh Productions
Original release
Network	Disney Channel
Release	August 28, 2009 (2009-08-28)
Infobox instructions (only shown in preview)

Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie is a 2009 American fantasy comedy drama television film based on the Disney Channel Original Series Wizards of Waverly Place. It was directed by Lev L. Spiro and filmed primarily in San Juan, Puerto Rico in February and March 2009.^[1] The full cast of the series starred in the film, although Jennifer Stone only had a small role at the beginning of the film. The film focuses on Alex Russo having to reverse a wish she made that her parents never met after being grounded during a trip to the Caribbean.

The film premiered on August 28, 2009, on the Disney Channel in the United States. It received 11.4 million viewers at its premiere,^[2] making it the second-most-viewed Disney Channel Original Movie premiere at that time, after High School Musical 2. It was also cable's No. 1 scripted telecast of 2009 in total viewers.^[3] It premiered in the UK and Ireland on October 23, 2009, as part of Wiz-Tober 2009. It was released on DVD on December 15, 2009, as an Extended Edition. The film won the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program.^[4]