Orphan
“There's something wrong with Esther.”
After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.
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3 films
Cast
24 people
Vera Farmiga
Kate
Known for
The Conjuring
Hawkeye
Peter Sarsgaard
John
Known for
Green Lantern
Knight and Day
Isabelle Fuhrman
Esther
Known for
The Hunger Games
Cell
CCH Pounder
Sister Abigail
Known for
Avatar
The Shield
Jimmy Bennett
Daniel
Known for
No Ordinary Family
Evan Almighty
Margo Martindale
Dr. Browning
Known for
Your Honor
The Americans
Karel Roden
Dr. Värava
Known for
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Hellboy
Aryana Engineer
Max
Known for
Resident Evil: Retribution
Rosemary Dunsmore
Grandma Barbara
Known for
Chucky
Orphan Black
Jamie Young
Brenda
Lorry Ayers
Joyce
Known for
Before You Say 'I Do'
Brendan Wall
Detective
Known for
Save the Last Dance 2
Jaume Collet-Serra Director · David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick Screenplay Alex Mace Story
Worldwide gross $78M · Budget $20M · United States release July 24, 2009
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$77,912,251
Gross vs. budget
3.9×
Production
Dark Castle Entertainment
Production
Appian Way
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio
StudioCanal
Production
Don Carmody Productions
Production
Studio Babelsberg StudioBabelsberg Motion Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Estonian
Release dates
United States · July 21, 2009
Premiere · Westwood, California
United States · July 24, 2009
Theatrical
United States · October 27, 2009
Physical · DVD, Blu-ray
Argentina
September 22, 2009 · Premiere · Buenos Aires
September 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Australia
August 13, 2009 · Theatrical
Austria
October 23, 2009 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 15, 2010 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Canada
July 22, 2009 · Premiere · Fantasia International Film Festival
July 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Chile
August 27, 2009 · Theatrical
Colombia
August 21, 2009 · Theatrical
Croatia
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Czechia
January 20, 2010 · Theatrical
Denmark
February 10, 2010 · Theatrical
Egypt
September 30, 2009 · Theatrical
Estonia
October 16, 2009 · Theatrical
Finland
October 31, 2009 · Premiere · Night Visions Film Festival
November 6, 2009 · Theatrical
France
September 15, 2009 · Premiere · Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
December 30, 2009 · Theatrical
October 9, 2025 · TV · RTL9
February 16, 2026 · TV · RTL9
Germany
August 24, 2009 · Premiere · Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest
October 21, 2009 · Theatrical
February 22, 2010 · Physical · DvD
Greece
September 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
August 27, 2009 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 15, 2010 · Physical · DVD
March 1, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
Iceland
October 9, 2009 · Theatrical
India
September 18, 2009 · Theatrical
Indonesia
August 14, 2009 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 7, 2009 · Theatrical
Italy
October 16, 2009 · Theatrical
Japan
October 10, 2009 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
October 8, 2009 · Theatrical
Kuwait
September 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Latvia
October 23, 2009 · Theatrical
Lithuania
September 25, 2009 · Theatrical
Malaysia
August 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 5, 2009 · Theatrical
May 12, 2010 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
January 12, 2016 · TV · SBS 9
New Zealand
November 19, 2009 · Theatrical
Norway
September 25, 2009 · Theatrical
Panama
August 7, 2009 · Theatrical
Peru
August 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Philippines
July 29, 2009 · Theatrical
Poland
September 25, 2009 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 5, 2009 · Premiere · MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival
October 8, 2009 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
August 6, 2009 · Theatrical
Romania
October 2, 2009 · Theatrical
Russia
October 8, 2009 · Theatrical
Serbia
September 3, 2009 · Theatrical
Singapore
August 13, 2009 · Theatrical
Slovakia
September 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Slovenia
October 1, 2009 · Theatrical
South Africa
August 21, 2009 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Spain
October 4, 2009 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
October 16, 2009 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 17, 2010 · Theatrical
Syria
November 5, 2009 · Theatrical
Taiwan
August 14, 2009 · Theatrical
Thailand
August 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Türkiye
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Ukraine
October 8, 2009 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
August 6, 2009 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 7, 2009 · Theatrical
Uruguay
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Venezuela
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
Vietnam
September 4, 2009 · Theatrical
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