Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing.Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing.Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing.
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- 2 wins & 3 nominations
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- TriviaThe beginning and end of the movie were shot on the same, intact, set. Throughout the movie the set was damaged and destroyed forcing the film to be shot in sequence except for the beginning and the end.
- GoofsWhen Danny get a card that says "Shipmate enters cryonic sleep for 5 turns," it actually takes 8 turns.
- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove dangerous imitable techniques (using aerosol as blowtorch and setting fire to sofa with the use of accelerant) in order to obtain a PG classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Jeopardy!: 2005 College Championship Semifinal Game 3 (2005)
- SoundtracksHey Man
Written and Performed by The Vacancies
Courtesy of Blackheart Records Group
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A Good Kid's Movie
Two brothers, one ten, one six, fight all the time because that's what brothers do. One of them finds a game in the basement, a science-fiction version of Candyland with event cards, and soon they find themselves and their house in deepest space.
After the success of 1995's JUMANJI, author/artist Chris van Allsburg's follow-up book was turned into a follow-up movie. While it lacked the wild comedy that Robin Williams brought to the earlier movie, it's visually a much better movie; director Jon Favreau avoided CGI when practical effects could be made to work, and Stan Winston supervised the props and monsters. I think the script is much better put together, and the supporting characters include Tim Robbins as their father, Kristen Stewart as their sister, and Dax Roberts as the Astronaut. It's a very watchable science-fantasy movie.
After the success of 1995's JUMANJI, author/artist Chris van Allsburg's follow-up book was turned into a follow-up movie. While it lacked the wild comedy that Robin Williams brought to the earlier movie, it's visually a much better movie; director Jon Favreau avoided CGI when practical effects could be made to work, and Stan Winston supervised the props and monsters. I think the script is much better put together, and the supporting characters include Tim Robbins as their father, Kristen Stewart as their sister, and Dax Roberts as the Astronaut. It's a very watchable science-fantasy movie.
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- Also known as
- Zathura
- Filming locations
- 216 Oaklawn Avenue, South Pasadena, California, USA(Budwing house; exterior)
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Box office
- Budget
- $65,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $29,258,869
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,427,872
- Nov 13, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $65,079,104
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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