Australia Box Office for Ender's Game (2013)

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Theatrical Performance (US$)
Australia Box Office $2,109,144Details
Worldwide Box Office $127,983,283Details
Home Market Performance
North America DVD Sales $14,069,546 Details
North America Blu-ray Sales $14,396,682 Details
Total North America Video Sales $28,466,228
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Synopsis

In the near future, a hostile alien race (called the Formics) have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff and the International Military are training only the best young children to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but strategically brilliant boy is pulled out of his school to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult war games, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham himself, to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and of the human race.

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Movie Details

Production Budget:$110,000,000
Australia Releases: December 5th, 2013 (Wide), released as Ender's Game
Video Release: February 11th, 2014 by Lionsgate/Summit
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence, sci-fi action and thematic material.
(Rating bulletin 2290, 9/18/2013)
Running Time: 114 minutes
Keywords: Alien Invasion, Surprise Twist, Coming of Age, Military Life, New Guy/Girl in School, Child Prodigy, Motion Capture Performance, IMAX: DMR, Action Adventure
Source:Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Genre:Adventure
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Science Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Summit Entertainment, OddLot Entertainment, Chartoff Productions, Inc., Taleswapper, K/O Paper Products, Digital Domain
Production Countries: United States
Languages: English

DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 11th, 2014

February 11th, 2014

It's a strange week on the home market. If you look at the top ten selling new releases on Amazon.com, there are a couple of first run releases, a catalog title, TV on DVD release, and some limited releases. That's basically every category there is. The biggest release is Ender's Game, a film that failed to find an audience in theaters. It barely earned overall positive reviews and it isn't a contender for Pick of the Week. Some of the other best-selling releases are contenders, like The Jungle Book: Blu-ray Diamond Edition or Sherlock: Season Three on DVD or Blu-ray. There are also a few of the smaller releases that were in consideration, including Doctor Who: Story 33: The Moonbase and G.B.F. on DVD. But in the end, I went with Wadjda on Blu-ray Combo Pack for Pick of the Week. One last note, Dry Spell is coming out on Video on Demand. It's a good chance to support ultra-low-budget filmmaking and the reviews I've read have been positive. More...

International Box Office: Thor 2 Still Strong Second Time Around

November 14th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World debuted last weekend, but thanks to a number of new markets this weekend, it was even more dominant on the international chart. It pulled in $94 million in 66 markets, which lifts its running tally to $240.9 million internationally and $326.6 million worldwide. Its biggest market was China where it made $20.98 million. In comparison, Thor made about $15 million there, in total. This is incredible growth. It grew in Russia rising to $11.44 million on 1,500 screens for a total of $24.04 million after two weeks of release. The original Thor finished with $268.30 million internationally, which is a figure Thor 2 will smash through by the weekend. It might make more internationally than the first film made worldwide and it could help Disney break the all-time single year global box office record, currently at $3.791 billion, which it earned in 2010. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Thor Sees the Light

November 11th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World matched expectations nearly perfectly and dominated the box office over the weekend. In fact, it earned more than the rest of the box office pulled in combined. This helped the overall box office rise 32% from last weekend reaching $167 million. Unfortunately, Thor couldn't match Skyfall's opening weekend and the total box office was 3% lower than the same weekend last year. 2013 is still ahead of 2012, but by 0.9% at $8.85 million to $8.77 million. Since there is only one new release next weekend, and it isn't a prime release, we will likely see another year-over-year loss. Fortunately, 2013 should still stay ahead of 2012 and Catching Fire should end 2013's losing streak in a big way. More...

Weekend Estimates: Thor Starts the Holidays with a Powerful Opening

November 10th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World poster

Thor: The Dark World gets the holiday season off to a start this weekend with a powerful display at the box office. Disney is pegging its opening weekend at $86.8 million, which will be a healthy 30% boost from the debut of the first film in the franchise and also one of the ten biggest weekends in November. It's the first film in the Avengers über-franchise to open outside of the May-July Summer season, but that certainly doesn't seemed to have harmed it at the box office, and it won't have much competition until Catching Fire opens in a couple of weeks' time. All said, it looks a virtual certainty to top the box office performance of the original. More...

Weekend Predictions: Thor Will Rule, But Will It Crack $100 Million?

November 8th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World will easily win the race for the top of the box office this weekend. It really has no competition for top spot, and only token competition as far as new releases are concerned. About Time is the only other new wide release, and quite frankly, I should add quotes around both "new" and "wide", as it opened in limited release last weekend, will expand to 1,400 theaters this weekend and it likely won't reach the top five. It will be interesting to see if Ender's Game will hold up next to the competition from Thor, but that seems unlikely. Thor: The Dark World could do well when compared to last year's number one film, Skyfall, but 2013 just doesn't have the depth to thrive, so 2013 will lose again in the year-over-year comparison. More...

International Box Office: Thor Brightens the Day

November 7th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World made its international debut a week ahead of its domestic debut and it crushed the competition with $109.4 million in 36 markets. Its biggest market was the U.K., where it earned first place with $13.80 million on 522 screens. By comparison, the first Thor film managed $9.11 million on 500. If the film has a similar increase in its opening weekend here, it could open with $100 million. That's probably too optimistic; it did show growth in most major markets, just not as much as it did in the U.K. France was the second best new market with an opening of $9.94 million on 609 screens, compared to $8.69 million for its predecessor. Germany and Mexico were neck-and-neck with $8.31 million on 620 screens and $8.26 million on 2,482 respectively. Russia was strong with $7.59 million on 769 screens. Australia made $6.80 million on 609 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $6.98 million. Brazil was close behind with $6.69 million on 1,090 screens. In South Korea it made $6.11 million on 843 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $7.63 million. The only major market to see a decrease was Spain, where the film made $3.34 million on 717 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $3.82 million. By comparison, Thor made $5.58 million on 562 screens. More...

Contest: Game of Chance: Winning Announcement

November 7th, 2013

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Weekend Wrap-Up: Ender Has Game, but Box Office Sinks

November 6th, 2013

As anticipated, Ender's Game won the weekend race with ease and no individual film truly bombed. That said, the overall effort was still lacking. Compared to last weekend, the overall box office was up 23% to $127 million, which is nice to see. However, and more importantly, this was 8% lower than the same weekend last year, thus ending 2013's winning streak at one weekend. 2013 is still ahead of 2012's pace, but by a shrinking margin. Currently, this year is ahead of last year by less than 0.5% at $8.66 billion to $8.62 billion. It wouldn't take much to 2013 to lose the lead at this point, and this might happen sometime during this month. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire should end any losing streak when it is released, but perhaps not before 2013 falls behind 2012's pace. More...

Weekend Estimates: Ender's Game Leads Trio of Openers

November 3rd, 2013

As expected, Ender's Game will comfortably win this weekend's box office race with an opening in the vicinity of $28 million. That's a healthy figure, but barely gets it into the top 100 openings in November and it'll be footnote by the time Thor and The Hunger Games have rolled out in a few week's time. It seems well short of what would be needed for a sequel to be greenlit. Free Birds will also not enjoy a theatrical sequel (although direct-to-video spin-offs seem likely) as it will open with around $16 million, but CBS Films is very happy with the $16 million debut of Last Vegas, which will benefit from an older demographic in the weeks to come. More...

2013 Preview: November

November 1st, 2013

October ended on a winning note, but it was the only time the entire month that 2013 topped 2012 in the year-over-year comparison. This is quite shocking, as Gravity crushed expectations with more than $200 million and counting. Even with that surprise monster hit, the month still couldn't keep pace with last year. Compared to October, November looks a lot better with three films that could be monster hits: Frozen, Thor: The Dark World, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. On the other hand, those are the only three movies with a 50/50 chance or better to top $100 million compared, while there were seven films that reached that milestone last November. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire should make more than last year's number one film, Skyfall, but the depth last year could prove too much to deal with. 2013 might dip below last year's pace sometime during the month, but hopefully it won't stay there too long. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Box Office Soar, or are the New Releases Turkeys?

October 31st, 2013

November begins with three wide releases of varying quality. Ender's Game is the only one earning overall positive reviews and it is the only one with a real shot at becoming anything more than a midlevel hit. To call Free Birds a second-tier animated family film is being very generous. Its reviews might dip into the single-digit level. Finally, there's Last Vegas, which is flying under the radar for most moviegoers. It is unlikely any of them will become a breakout hit. It is nearly certain that none will match last year's number one film, Wreck-It Ralph. November is going to start off on a losing note. More...

Contest: Game of Chance

October 25th, 2013

There are three wide releases, but only two of them have any chance of becoming more than a midlevel hit. Free Birds is a digitally animated family film that has a very timely release, but it is also a second-tier CG animated film. Ender's Game is a $110 million film based on a book aimed at young adults. It is yet another film trying to tap into the vacuum left behind by Harry Potter. I don't think either of them will be big hits, but one of them has to be the target film. I think Free Birds will have better legs, but that Ender's Game will have a better opening. As such, it is the target film for this week's box office prediction contest. In order to win, one must simply predict the opening weekend box office number for Ender's Game. Whoever comes the closest to predicting the film's opening 3-day weekend box office (Friday to Sunday), regardless if they go over or not, will win a copy of The Conjuring on Blu-ray Combo Pack.

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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.

Weekend Box Office Performance

DateRankGross% ChangeScreensPer ScreenTotal GrossWeek
2013/12/06 4 $774,138   203 $3,813   $778,028 1
2013/12/13 5 $487,475 -37% 208 $2,344   $1,611,967 2
2013/12/20 6 $255,197 -48% 198 $1,289   $2,109,144 3

Box Office Summary Per Territory

Territory Release
Date
Opening
Weekend
Opening
Weekend
Screens
Maximum
Screens
Theatrical
Engagements
Total
Box Office
Report
Date
Australia 12/5/2013 $774,138 203 208 609 $2,109,144 12/13/2015
Belgium 11/6/2013 $0 0 18 22 $250,802 12/13/2015
Brazil 12/20/2013 $0 0 309 309 $1,597,309 12/13/2015
Bulgaria 11/8/2013 $0 0 13 29 $75,616 12/30/2018
Croatia 10/31/2013 $0 0 11 22 $67,007 12/30/2018
Denmark 11/28/2013 $44,815 24 24 24 $49,107 12/13/2015
Finland 12/6/2013 $37,746 33 33 58 $84,931 12/13/2015
France 11/6/2013 $0 0 351 351 $3,496,632 12/13/2015
Hong Kong 11/7/2013 $0 0 11 16 $456,911 12/13/2015
Hungary 11/7/2013 $0 0 32 32 $144,431 12/30/2018
Iceland 11/15/2013 $0 0 3 8 $36,079 12/30/2018
Latvia 11/8/2013 $0 0 1 3 $11,199 12/30/2018
Lithuania 11/8/2013 $0 0 1 1 $29,847 12/13/2015
Malaysia 11/7/2013 $0 0 72 101 $1,185,991 12/13/2015
New Zealand 12/5/2013 $187,593 61 67 230 $533,992 12/13/2015
North America 11/1/2013 $27,017,351 3,407 3,407 14,731 $61,737,191 4/24/2017
Philippines 12/4/2013 $279,876 115 115 205 $505,290 12/30/2018
Portugal 11/7/2013 $0 0 13 13 $123,808 12/13/2015
Romania 11/1/2013 $0 0 25 49 $387,692 12/30/2018
Singapore 11/7/2013 $0 0 19 36 $979,996 12/13/2015
Slovenia 11/14/2013 $0 0 7 14 $14,772 12/13/2015
South Africa 12/6/2013 $97,430 61 61 121 $203,049 12/13/2015
Spain 11/8/2013 $0 0 298 626 $2,859,889 12/13/2015
Sweden 11/8/2013 $0 0 36 36 $304,881 12/13/2015
Taiwan 12/20/2013 $319,375 47 47 93 $789,989 12/13/2015
Thailand 10/31/2013 $0 0 18 20 $1,035,220 12/13/2015
Turkey 11/8/2013 $0 0 25 40 $219,251 12/30/2018
Ukraine 11/7/2013 $0 0 58 71 $264,788 12/30/2018
United Arab Emirates 10/31/2013 $0 0 1 1 $339,488 12/30/2018
United Kingdom 10/25/2013 $0 0 27 40 $4,790,708 12/13/2015
Vietnam 11/1/2013 $0 0 2 3 $119,924 12/30/2018
 
Rest of World $43,178,349
 
Worldwide Total$127,983,283 12/30/2018

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.

Lead Ensemble Members

Asa Butterfield    Ender Wiggin
Harrison Ford    Colonel Hyrum Graff
Hailee Steinfeld    Petra Arkanian
Viola Davis    Major Anderson
Abigail Breslin    Valentine Wiggin
Ben Kingsley    Mazer Rackham

Supporting Cast

Aramis Knight    Bean
Moises Arias    Bonzo
Suraj Parthasarathy    Alai
Khylin Rhambo    Dink
Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak    Peter Wiggin
Conor Carroll    Beranard
Nonso Anozie    Sergeant Dap
Tony Mirrcandani   

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Gavin Hood    Director
Gavin Hood    Screenwriter
Orson Scott Card    Character Creator
Roberto Orci    Producer
Alex Kurtzman    Producer
Gigi Pritzker    Producer
Linda McDonough    Producer
Robert Chartoff    Producer
Lynn Hendee    Producer
Orson Scott Card    Producer
Ed Ulbrich    Producer
Bill Lischak    Executive Producer
David Coatsworth    Executive Producer
Ivy Zhong    Executive Producer
Venkatesh Roddam    Executive Producer
Ted Rawnett    Executive Producer
Deborah Del Prete    Executive Producer
Mandy Safavi    Executive Producer
Donald M. McAlpine    Director of Photography
Sean Haworth    Production Designer
Ben Procter    Production Designer
Zach Staenberg    Editor
Lee Smith    Editor
Christine Bieselin Clark    Costume Designer
Steve Jablonsky    Composer
John Papsidera    Casting Director
A. Todd Holland    Supervising Art Director
Greg Berry    Art Director
Clint Wallace    Art Director
Peter Lando    Set Decorator
Jay Meagher    Sound Mixer
Dane A. Davis    Sound Designer
Dane A. Davis    Supervising Sound Editor
Ron Bartlett    Re-recording Mixer
Yves Debono    Special Effects Supervisor
Garrett Warren    Stunt Coordinator
Alex Gillis    Special Creature Effects
Tom Woodruff, Jr.    Physical Creatur Effects
Aaron Johnston    Associate Producer
Kim H. Winther    Assistant Director
Garrett Warren    Second Unit Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.