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Nim's Island (2008)

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Audience Score
59
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PG 1 hr 36 minApr 3rd, 2008Fantasy, Family, Comedy, AdventureNim's Island Collection PosterPart of Nim's Island Collection
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
StarringAbigail BreslinJodie FosterGerard Butler
DirectorsJennifer FlackettMark Levin

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 3rd, 2008
On DVD & Blu-ray:August 5th, 2008 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$37,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$100,104,565 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Walden Media
Movie Tags:
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Nim's Island Collection

Collection of movies based off of the Nim's Island and Nim at Sea books by Wendy Orr. Nim's Island is a 2008 Australian adventure-fantasy film directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin and starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler. A sequel, Return to Nim's Island, will air on the Hallmark Channel on March 15 in the U.S. and will be released on DVD 19 March 2013, exclusively to Wal-Mart, and two days later on 21 March worldwide. Bindi Irwin will replace Abigail Breslin as Nim Rusoe, Toby Wallace will replace Maddison Joyce as Edmund, and Matthew Lillard will replace Gerard Butler as Jack Rusoe, Nim's father. Return to Nim's Island will be released theatrically in Australia on 4 April 2013.