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Weekly Young Jump (週刊ヤングジャンプ)

Weekly Young Jump (週刊ヤングジャンプ, Shūkan Yangu Janpu) is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shueisha, founded in 1979 and weekly since 1980, on sale each Thursday.

Weeping Angel

Weeping Angels (the Lonely Assassins): quantum-locked Doctor Who monsters created by Steven Moffat, debuting in Blink (2007); they freeze to stone when observed and send victims back in time to feed on their unlived days.

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (역도요정 김복주)

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (역도요정 김복주) is a 2016 MBC South Korean sports rom-com drama, 16 Wednesday-Thursday episodes, starring Lee Sung-kyung and Nam Joo-hyuk as sport university athletes whose friendship becomes first love.

Weird But True!

Weird But True! is a National Geographic Kids franchise of surprising true facts, spanning a book series begun in 2009 with 300 facts per volume, a 2016 syndicated TV and SiriusXM show hosted by Charlie and Kirby Engelman, and a three-season Disney+ series (2016–2020) that won a 2019 Daytime Emmy.

Weird City (TV series)

Weird City (2019) is a comedy sci-fi anthology series by Jordan Peele and Charlie Sanders on YouTube Premium: six half-hour episodes set in the divided metropolis of Weird, where Haves live above the Line and Have Nots below; cancelled after one season.

Weird Science (film)

Weird Science (1985) is a John Hughes teen sci-fi comedy for Universal, starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock as Lisa, a computer-created perfect woman; released August 2, 1985, Metascore 46, later a 1994 sitcom.

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a 2022 Roku Channel biopic parody of "Weird Al" Yankovic, starring Daniel Radcliffe, directed by Eric Appel, Emmy-winning for Outstanding Television Movie.

Weirdo-101 (แรงโน้มถ่วงระหว่างเรา)

Weirdo-101 (แรงโน้มถ่วงระหว่างเรา, The Gravity Between Us) is a 2026 GMMTV Thai BL romantic comedy adapted from mostlycloudy's web novel, starring Sea Dechchart as astronomy nerd Cheewa and Keen Suvijak as judo athlete Niran, airing Fridays on one31.

Welcome (वेलकम) (2007 film)

Welcome (वेलकम), 2007 Hindi slapstick comedy directed and co-written by Anees Bazmee, produced by Firoz A. Nadiadwala, starring Akshay Kumar, Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif; second-highest-grossing Hindi film of 2007, loosely inspired by Mickey Blue Eyes.

Welcome Back (film)

Welcome Back (2015) is a Hindi comedy sequel to Welcome (2007), directed by Anees Bazmee, starring Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar, John Abraham, and Shruti Haasan; panned by critics (40% Tomatometer) but a semi hit, earning ₹95.92 crore net in India.

Welcome Back, Kotter

Welcome Back, Kotter was an ABC sitcom (1975–1979, 95 episodes) created by Gabe Kaplan and Alan Sacks about a teacher returning to his Brooklyn alma mater to teach the remedial Sweathogs, starring Travolta, with John Sebastian's #1 theme song.

Welcome Home (2018 film)

Welcome Home (2018) is a psychological thriller directed by George Ratliff, written by David Levinson, starring Aaron Paul, Emily Ratajkowski, and Riccardo Scamarcio. An American couple rents an Italian villa to mend their relationship and is manipulated by the sinister neighbor Federico; released November 16, 2018 by Vertical Entertainment.

Welcome Home (2020 film)

Welcome Home (2020) is a Hindi-language Indian crime drama thriller on SonyLIV, directed by Pushkar Sunil Mahabal, starring Kashmira Irani and Swarda Thigale as census-taking teachers held captive; distinct from the 2018 Aaron Paul film and 2019 Marathi film.

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a 2008 Universal comedy directed and written by Malcolm D. Lee, starring Martin Lawrence as TV self-help guru RJ Stevens returning to his Georgia family. Grossed $42.4M domestic; Metacritic 46, Rotten Tomatoes 23%.

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael is a 1990 Jim Abrahams comedy-drama starring Winona Ryder as adopted outcast Dinky Bossetti, who believes returning hometown star Roxy Carmichael is her birth mother; it grossed about $4 million.

Welcome Mr. Marshall!

Welcome Mr. Marshall! (Bienvenido, Mister Marshall) is a 1953 Spanish comedy by Luis García Berlanga, written with Bardem and Mihura, satirizing a Castilian village's failed Marshall Plan welcome; Cannes 1953 International Prize winner.

Welcome to Central Jail

Welcome to Central Jail (വെൽക്കം ടു സെൻട്രൽ ജെയിൽ) is a 2016 Malayalam comedy directed by Sundar Das, written by Benny P Nayarambalam, starring Dileep as jail-born Unnikuttan and Vedhika; released 2016 for Onam.

Welcome to Chippendales

Welcome to Chippendales is a 2022 Hulu eight-episode true-crime limited series by Robert Siegel, starring Kumail Nanjiani as Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee, based on Deadly Dance: The Chippendales Murders.

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (魔入りました!入間くん)

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (魔入りました!入間くん, Mairimashita! Iruma-kun) is Osamu Nishi's manga, serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion since 2017, about human Iruma Suzuki attending demon school Babyls; over 20 million copies and four anime seasons on NHK E-tele.

Welcome to Derry

IT: Welcome to Derry is HBO's 2025 horror prequel series to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), developed by Andy and Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, set in 1962 Derry, Maine, based on King's interludes, renewed for a 1935-set second season.

Welcome to Dongmakgol (웰컴 투 동막골)

Welcome to Dongmakgol (웰컴 투 동막골) is a 2005 South Korean comedy film directed by Park Kwang-hyun, set during the Korean War in a remote mountain village untouched by the fighting.

Welcome to Earth

Welcome to Earth is a six-part National Geographic documentary series on Disney+, premiered December 8, 2021, hosted by Will Smith and produced by Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa, Nutopia, and Westbrook Studios, themed on sound, smell, speed, color, swarm, and pattern.

Welcome to Eltingville

Welcome to Eltingville, aka The Eltingville Club pilot, is Evan Dorkin's 22-minute 2002 Adult Swim animated pilot about four Staten Island fanboys; aired March 2002, never picked up for series.

Welcome to Hard Times

Welcome to Hard Times (1967) is a Burt Kennedy Western for MGM, adapted from E. L. Doctorow's 1960 debut novel, starring Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, and Aldo Ray; a box-office failure with mixed reviews.

Welcome to Marwen

Welcome to Marwen is a 2018 Robert Zemeckis film starring Steve Carell as artist Mark Hogancamp, adapted from the documentary Marwencol; it earned $13.06 million worldwide against a $39 million budget.

Welcome to Me

Welcome to Me is a 2014 American comedy-drama directed by Shira Piven, written by Eliot Laurence, starring Kristen Wiig as Alice Klieg, a woman with borderline personality disorder who wins an $86 million lottery and buys her own talk show; released by Alchemy May 1, 2015.

Welcome to Monstropolis

Welcome to Monstropolis is a Mike-and-Sulley-hosted theater show announced for the Glob Theater in the Monstropolis Monsters, Inc. land at Disney's Hollywood Studios, with a Randy Newman song of the same name, opening with the land's 2027 phase.

Welcome to Mooseport

Welcome to Mooseport (2004) is a Donald Petrie romantic comedy starring Gene Hackman as ex-president Monroe Cole and Ray Romano as Handy Harrison, rival mayoral candidates in Maine; a Fox box office flop and Hackman's final film.

Welcome to New York (2014 film)

Welcome to New York is Abel Ferrara's 2014 drama starring Gérard Depardieu as Devereaux, a French financier inspired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, arrested for assaulting a hotel maid; released on French VOD and recut by Wild Bunch for its 2015 US release.

Welcome to New York (2018 film)

Welcome to New York (वेलकम तो नई यॉर्क) is a 2018 Hindi-language 3D comedy directed by Chakri Toleti, starring Diljit Dosanjh and Sonakshi Sinha as contest winners at an IIFA-style Bollywood event in New York; released 23 February 2018, it flopped critically and commercially.