REVEALED: Abigail Breslin 'earned $165,000 in less than two weeks when she was only 16-years-old' for work on 2013 box-office bomb Ender's Game

By Paul Chavez for MailOnline

Published: 11:27 EST, 9 August 2014 | Updated: 19:34 EST, 9 August 2014


Abigail Breslin earned a whopping $165,000 for putting in less than two weeks of work on Ender's Game.

The 18-year-old Oscar-nominated actress had a featured role in the 2013 sci-fi action film that starred Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford.

The Little Miss Sunshine star turned 16-years-old while filming Ender's Game in 2012 and was paid for 12 days of shooting, according to a report on Saturday by TMZ.

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Nice paycheck: Abigail Breslin, shown in April in New York City, reportedly earned $165,000 for 12 days of filming of Ender's Game

Nice paycheck: Abigail Breslin, shown in April in New York City, reportedly earned $165,000 for 12 days of filming of Ender's Game

Her salary has come to light this week because a judge was asked to review her contract.

Abigail was set to receive high bonuses if the movie did well and would have earned $750,000 for a sequel.

 

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The film, however, failed to connect with moviegoers and was considered a bomb at the box office.

Older sister: Abigail has been busy promoting sci-fi flick Ender's Game, which topped the box office over the weekend with $28 million

Disappointing box office: Ender's Game featuring Abigail and starring Asa Butterfield as Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin was considered a bomb at the box office

Ender's Game had an estimated budget of $110m and a worldwide gross of about $126 million.

It opened at the top of the weekend box office with a haul of $27m but Variety listed it as one of 'Hollywood's biggest box office bombs of 2013' when it had earned only $88m.

Abigail portrayed Valentine Wiggin, the older sister of Asa's lead character Andrew 'Ender' Wiggin. 

Busy star: Abigail, shown in February in Los Angeles, has two films scheduled for release later this year

Busy star: Abigail, shown in February in Los Angeles, has two films scheduled for release later this year

The movie was based on the 1985 novel Ender's Game by 62-year-old writer Orson Scott Card.

Abigail can be seen later this year in the zombie thriller Maggie with Arnold Schwarzenegger about a teenage girl infected with a disease that slowly turns her into a zombie.

She also has a starring role in Final Girl due out later this year about a pack of teenage boys who choose the wrong girl to be the victim of their initiation.

Breakout role: Abigail earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Olive in the 2006 movie Little Miss Sunshine

Breakout role: Abigail earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Olive in the 2006 movie Little Miss Sunshine

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