Ender's Game
This is not a game.
2013 | 114m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Gavin Hood |
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| Writer: | Gavin Hood, Orson Scott Card |
| Staring: |
| Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 24, 2013 |
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| Director: | Gavin Hood |
| Writer: | Gavin Hood, Orson Scott Card |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, fight, starship, intolerance, war strategy, chosen one, earth, child prodigy, futuristic, space, alien invasion, universe, military school, adventurer, morality tale, based on young adult novel, boy group, starships, complicated, disheartening, frustrated |
| Production Companies | Chartoff Productions, OddLot Entertainment, K/O Paper Products, Digital Domain, Taleswapper |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $125,537,191
Budget: $110,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 19, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Asa Butterfield | Ender Wiggin |
| Hailee Steinfeld | Petra Arkanian |
| Harrison Ford | Colonel Hyrum Graff |
| Viola Davis | Major Gwen Anderson |
| Ben Kingsley | Mazer Rackham |
| Abigail Breslin | Valentine Wiggin |
| Aramis Knight | Bean |
| Moisés Arias | Bonzo Madrid |
| Nonso Anozie | Sergeant Dap |
| Suraj Partha | Alai |
| Khylin Rhambo | Dink Meeker |
| Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak | Peter Wiggin |
| Conor Carroll | Bernard |
| Tony Mirrcandani | Admiral Chjamrajnagar |
| Stevie Ray Dallimore | John Wiggin |
| Andrea Powell | Theresa Wiggin |
| Brandon Soo Hoo | Fly Molo |
| Han Soto | Lieutenant Soto |
| Kyle Clements | Young Mazer Rackham |
| Kelvin Harrison, Jr. | Salamander (uncredited) |
| Caleb J. Thaggard | Stilson |
| Cameron Gaskins | Slattery |
| Wendy Miklovic | Female Doctor |
| Jasmine Kaur | Professor |
| Edrick Browne | Eros Tech Officer Hendee |
| Christopher Coakley | Stilson Buddy #1 |
| Chase Walker | Stilson Buddy #2 |
| Gavin Hood | Giant |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Donald McAlpine | Director of Photography |
| John Papsidera | Casting |
| Christine Bieselin Clark | Costume Design |
| Gavin Hood | Screenplay, Director |
| Zach Staenberg | Editor |
| Lee Smith | Editor |
| John Roesch | Foley |
| Ron Bartlett | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| David An | Visual Effects Editor |
| Garrett Warren | Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director |
| Chris Haarhoff | Camera Operator |
| David Vyle Levy | Conceptual Design |
| Michael Provost | Acting Double |
| Austin Kane | ADR & Dubbing |
| J.J. Perry | Stunts |
| Mallory Thompson | Stunts |
| Alicia Vela-Bailey | Stunt Double |
| Ben Procter | Production Design |
| Sean Haworth | Production Design |
| Hilda Hodges | Foley |
| Alyson Dee Moore | Foley |
| Andrew Smith | Visual Effects Editor |
| Mark Breakspear | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| John Trapman | Helicopter Camera |
| Des Carey | Digital Intermediate |
| Anne Rapp | Script Supervisor |
| Joshua D. Comen | Visual Effects Producer |
| Julien Depredurand | VFX Artist |
| Ronald Hersey | Helicopter Camera, Aerial Director of Photography, Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Collette Nunes | Visual Effects Editor |
| Nardeep Chander | VFX Artist |
| Will Arnot | Steadicam Operator |
| Greg Berry | Art Direction |
| Anthony Syracuse | Construction Coordinator |
| Dave Merry | Greensman |
| Anshuman Prasad | Set Designer |
| Brian A. Waits | Set Designer |
| Zeljko Barcan | CG Supervisor |
| Sujil Sukumaran | VFX Artist |
| Steven R. Mathis | Gaffer |
| Brooks Robinson | Camera Operator |
| Katie Fellion | Digital Intermediate |
| Charles Howes | Studio Teachers |
| Betty Lou Skinner | Hairstylist |
| Becky Cotton | Makeup Artist |
| Rochelle Harvey | Art Department Coordinator |
| Amy Heinz-Barnett | Set Designer |
| Earl Paraszczynec | CG Supervisor |
| Austin Basile | Visual Effects Editor |
| Gavin Gregory | Visual Effects Producer |
| Annemarie Griggs | Visual Effects Producer |
| Winston Helgason | Visual Effects Producer |
| Nancy St. John | Visual Effects Producer |
| Max Dennison | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Georg Kaltenbrunner | VFX Supervisor |
| Kate Dowd | Casting |
| Jen Wasson | Set Costumer |
| Trefor Proud | Makeup Department Head |
| Steve Miller | Visual Effects Editor |
| Sue Rowe | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Yoan Souligoux | VFX Artist |
| Jess Platt | Dialect Coach |
| Remi Savva | Makeup Artist |
| Jinnie Pak | Visual Effects Producer |
| Ryan Valade | Visual Effects Editor |
| Lauri Mills | Studio Teachers |
| Jason Waggenspack | Location Manager |
| Clint Wallace | Art Direction |
| Kathrine Gordon | Hairstylist |
| James Miller | Sculptor |
| Sergio Jimenez | Visual Effects Producer |
| Michael Cioni | Digital Intermediate |
| Diane Slattery | Unit Publicist |
| Sarah Forrest | Set Designer |
| Noelle King | Set Designer |
| LaToya Henderson | Makeup Artist |
| Eric Lindemann | Sound Designer |
| Lisa Beroud | Visual Effects Producer |
| Tim Carras | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Richard Foreman Jr. | Still Photographer |
| Remi Tournois | Additional Camera |
| Alex Gibson | Music Editor |
| Sean J. Donnelly | Location Manager |
| Karri Farris | Makeup Artist |
| Chris Hopkins | Sculptor |
| Tohda Asuka | CG Supervisor |
| Dusan Strugar | CG Supervisor |
| Tully Summers | Creature Design |
| Lara Ramirez | Visual Effects Editor |
| Glenn E. Moran | Rigging Gaffer |
| Daina Daigle | Hairstylist |
| John Naehrlich | Leadman |
| Anthony J. Henderson | Sculptor |
| Derek Casari | ADR & Dubbing |
| Sai Win Myint Oo | VFX Artist |
| Matt Blackshear | Digital Intermediate |
| Emily Eddey | Digital Intermediate |
| Peter Lando | Set Decoration |
| Stacey Butterworth | Wigmaker |
| Andrew M. Casbon III | Scenic Artist |
| C. Scott Baker | Set Designer |
| David A. Whittaker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Michael Blackbourn | CG Supervisor |
| Christine Felman | VFX Production Coordinator |
| Raman Rao | Gaffer |
| Dan Moore | Costume Supervisor |
| Tony Bacigalupi | First Assistant Editor |
| Randy Kinyon | Transportation Coordinator |
| Matthew W. Davis | Camera Operator |
| Russ Doyle | Greensman |
| Matthew W. Kielkopf | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Nick Epstein | CG Supervisor |
| Tom Goodrich | Studio Teachers |
| A. Todd Holland | Supervising Art Director |
| Don Miloyevich | Property Master |
| Twig Leveque | Property Master |
| Tim Gomillion | Sound Recordist |
| Hanzhi Tang | CG Supervisor |
| Jay Meagher | Sound Mixer |
| Juan Couto | Senior Animator |
| Jan Philip Cramer | Animation Director |
| Joel Behrens | Compositing Supervisor |
| Michael McGee | Props |
| Orson Scott Card | Novel |
| Steve Jablonsky | Original Music Composer |
| Dane A. Davis | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Matthew E. Butler | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Chartoff | Producer |
| Alex Kurtzman | Producer |
| Roberto Orci | Producer |
| Gigi Pritzker | Producer |
| Orson Scott Card | Producer |
| Ed Ulbrich | Producer |
| Lynn Hendee | Producer |
| Linda McDonough | Producer |
| Venkatesh Roddam | Executive Producer |
| Deborah Del Prete | Executive Producer |
| Mandy Safavi | Executive Producer |
| David Coatsworth | Executive Producer |
| Bill Lischak | Executive Producer |
| Ivy Zhong | Executive Producer |
| Ted Ravinett | Executive Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 35 | 43 | 28 |
| 2024 | 5 | 43 | 68 | 28 |
| 2024 | 6 | 37 | 56 | 24 |
| 2024 | 7 | 48 | 86 | 24 |
| 2024 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 19 |
| 2024 | 9 | 24 | 39 | 16 |
| 2024 | 10 | 24 | 49 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 27 | 47 | 19 |
| 2024 | 12 | 27 | 49 | 20 |
| 2025 | 1 | 27 | 45 | 21 |
| 2025 | 2 | 21 | 38 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 753 | 755 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 360 | 727 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 682 | 834 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 232 | 768 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 331 | 813 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 967 | 975 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 977 | 977 |
tanty
4.0
Some kind of space Harry Potter in a dull story about doing a genocide US style as if it would be a video game. Boring and with the stupid "we are not so bad" ending to make everybody happy. Still wondering what Harrision Ford and Ben Kingsley are doing in this movie ... ...
Jun 23, 2021
Geronimo1967
6.0
I doubt "Ender Wiggin" (Asa Butterfield) would be anyone's idea of a soldier but "Col. Graff" (Harrison Ford) reckons his reaction to some bullies might suggest he has more mettle than his weedy physique indicates. His bootcamp experiences are much the same with loads of muscle-bound bullies making ... his life difficult but "Graff" isn't interested in making his life any easier, despite the occasional protests of his sidekick "Anderson" (Voila Davis). Indeed he actually ups the ante considerably when the young man is introduced to the eccentric "Mazer" (Sir Ben Kingsley). A veteran of the ongoing deadlocked war with the "Formics" that everyone hopes can train the the young "Ender" to break. Butterfield does quite well here as the youngster but both Ford and Kingsley underwhelm with the latter, tattoo-covered, character more hammy than intimidating as the story gradually stops being about the people and more of a video game with great visual effects, but a rather weak conclusion to the story that is inconsistently paced for two hours. I like the genre and it tries to be a bit different in it's approach to sci-fi story with a bit of a conscience. Worth a watch.
Jun 06, 2024