Searching for Bobby Fischer
“Every journey begins with a single move.”
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Mirage Enterprises
Language
en
Status
Released
How Searching for Bobby Fischer performed
Budget
$12.0M
Worldwide Gross
$7.3M
Gross Profit
−$4.7M
Return
0.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$1M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Josh Waitzkin
Max Pomeranc
Josh Waitzkin
Fred Waitzkin
Joe Mantegna
Fred Waitzkin
Bonnie Waitzkin
Joan Allen
Bonnie Waitzkin
Bruce Pandolfini
Ben Kingsley
Bruce Pandolfini
Vinnie
Laurence Fishburne
Vinnie
Jonathan Poe
Michael Nirenberg
Jonathan Poe
Poe's Teacher
Robert Stephens
Poe's Teacher
Kalev
David Paymer
Kalev
Morgan
Hal Scardino
Morgan
Tunafish Father
William H. Macy
Tunafish Father
Russian Park Player
Vasek Simek
Russian Park Player
Tournament Director
Dan Hedaya
Tournament Director
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