, ▁written ▁by ▁D ill ard ▁and ▁Alex ▁The urer ▁and ▁stars ▁Jacob ▁Lat imore , ▁Se ych elle ▁Gabriel , ▁D ul é ▁Hill , ▁Storm ▁Re id , ▁S as he er ▁Zam ata ▁and ▁Michael ▁Vill ar . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁by ▁W WE ▁Studios ▁and ▁Bl um house ▁T ilt . ▁The ▁film ▁received ▁generally ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁critics ▁and ▁gross ed ▁$ 4 ▁million ▁world wide , ▁against ▁its ▁$ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁budget . ▁ ▁Plot ▁A ▁young ▁street ▁mag ician ▁named ▁Bo ▁( Jac ob ▁Lat imore ) ▁is ▁left ▁to ▁care ▁for ▁his ▁little ▁sister ▁after ▁their ▁parents ' ▁death ▁and ▁turns ▁to ▁illegal ▁activities ▁to ▁keep ▁a ▁roof ▁over ▁their ▁heads . ▁ ▁By ▁day ▁Bo ▁performs ▁magic ▁tr icks ▁all ▁over ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁with ▁his ▁special ty ▁as ▁being ▁able ▁to ▁control ▁anything ▁metal , ▁even ▁float ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁air . ▁He ▁does ▁this ▁by ▁building ▁an ▁elect romagnet ▁into ▁his ▁arm , ▁with ▁the ▁negative ▁electro de ▁of ▁the ▁battery ▁running ▁to ▁his ▁thumb ▁and ▁the ▁positive ▁electro de ▁running ▁to ▁his ▁fingers . ▁He ▁first ▁developed ▁the ▁elect romagnet ▁in ▁high ▁school ▁for ▁a ▁science ▁project , ▁which ▁earned ▁him ▁an ▁engineering ▁scholar ship ▁but ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁turn ▁it ▁down ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁take ▁care ▁of ▁his ▁sister ▁after ▁his ▁mom ▁died . ▁ ▁By ▁night ▁he ▁s ells ▁dru gs