Ender's Game (film)

Ender's Game
Ender's Game
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gavin Hood
Screenplay by	Gavin Hood
Based on	Ender's Game; by Orson Scott Card
Produced by	Gigi Pritzker; Linda McDonough; Alex Kurtzman; Roberto Orci; Robert Chartoff; Lynn Hendee; Orson Scott Card; Ed Ulbrich;
Starring	Asa Butterfield; Harrison Ford; Ben Kingsley; Viola Davis; Hailee Steinfeld; Abigail Breslin;
Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Edited by	Zach Staenberg; Lee Smith;
Music by	Steve Jablonsky
Production; companies	Summit Entertainment; Digital Domain; OddLot Entertainment; Chartoff Productions; Taleswapper; K/O Paper Products; Sierra/Affinity;
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release dates	October 24, 2013 (Germany); November 1, 2013 (United States);
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$110–115 million
Box office	$125.5 million

Ender's Game is a 2013 American military science-fiction action film based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 novel of the same name. Written and directed by Gavin Hood, the film stars Asa Butterfield as Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, an unusually gifted child who is sent to an advanced military academy in space to prepare for a future alien invasion. The supporting cast includes Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, and Viola Davis, with Abigail Breslin and Ben Kingsley.

The film was released in Germany on October 24, 2013, followed by a release in the UK one day later.^[5] It was released in the United States, Canada, and several other countries on November 1, 2013, and was released in other territories by January 2014. Ender's Game received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box-office, grossing only $125.5 million on a $110–115 million budget^[6] with a projected loss of $68 million for the studio.^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Ender's Game". Box Office Mojo. April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
^ "Ender's Game (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. E1 Films. September 30, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
^ Variety Staff (December 26, 2013). "Hollywood's Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2013". Variety. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
^ Mendelson, Scott (December 20, 2013). "Box Office Catch-Up: 'Escape Plan' Huge In China, 'Ender's Game' Flops Everywhere". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
^ "Gravity stays top of int'l on $38m". ScreenDaily.
^ Visarg Achraya (October 18, 2023). "Elon Musk Was Brought In as Consultant on Flop Harrison Ford Film That Became One of the Biggest Box-Office Bombs of 2013". FandomWire. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference InsiderLosses was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[mojo-1] "Ender's Game". Box Office Mojo. April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.

[2] "Ender's Game (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. E1 Films. September 30, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.

[variety-3] Variety Staff (December 26, 2013). "Hollywood's Biggest Box Office Bombs of 2013". Variety. Retrieved January 6, 2014.

[Mendelson-4] Mendelson, Scott (December 20, 2013). "Box Office Catch-Up: 'Escape Plan' Huge In China, 'Ender's Game' Flops Everywhere". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[5] "Gravity stays top of int'l on $38m". ScreenDaily.

[6] Visarg Achraya (October 18, 2023). "Elon Musk Was Brought In as Consultant on Flop Harrison Ford Film That Became One of the Biggest Box-Office Bombs of 2013". FandomWire. Retrieved October 21, 2023.

[InsiderLosses-7] Cite error: The named reference InsiderLosses was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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