The Game
“What do you get for the man who has everything...?”
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Studio
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Game performed
Budget
$50.0M
Worldwide Gross
$109.4M
Gross Profit
$59.4M
Return
2.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$16M
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
Nicholas Van Orton
Michael Douglas
Nicholas Van Orton
Conrad Van Orton
Sean Penn
Conrad Van Orton
Christine
Deborah Kara Unger
Christine
Jim Feingold
James Rebhorn
Jim Feingold
Samuel Sutherland
Peter Donat
Samuel Sutherland
Ilsa
Carroll Baker
Ilsa
Elizabeth
Anna Katarina
Elizabeth
Anson Baer
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Anson Baer
Nicholas' Father
Charles Martinet
Nicholas' Father
Young Nicholas
Scott Hunter McGuire
Young Nicholas
Nicholas' Mother
Florentine Mocanu
Nicholas' Mother
Maria
Elizabeth Dennehy
Maria
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