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Whale Rider

 2003
Whale Rider
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Directed by

Niki Caro

Starring

Keisha Castle-Hughes · Rawiri Paratene · Vicky Haughton · Cliff CurtisGrant Roa

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 11th Jul '03
  • Debut position: 7
  • Highest position: 7
  • Debut gross: £121.6 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 6th Jun '03
  • Debut position: 32
  • Highest position: 13
  • Debut gross: $137.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 25

Chart position history

UK box office

11 Jul, 2003
7
18 Jul, 2003
8
25 Jul, 2003
11
1 Aug, 2003
13

US box office

20 Jun, 2003
15
27 Jun, 2003
14
4 Jul, 2003
13
11 Jul, 2003
14
18 Jul, 2003
15
25 Jul, 2003
14
1 Aug, 2003
15
8 Aug, 2003
13

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £896.3 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $20.8 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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News from around the web
Endless Summer: Whale Rider (2003)  Midwest Film Journal Fri, 18th September 2020

Whale Rider Blu-ray Review  DoBlu.com Mon, 21st August 2017

David Fickling on Maori cinema  The Guardian Thu, 10th July 2003

How Witi Ihimaera’s The Whale Rider Helped Introduce Maori Literature to the World  Literary Hub Mon, 4th August 2025

Whale Rider is the best princess movie Disney never made  Polygon.com Fri, 11th September 2020

South Pacific’s John Barnett dies aged 80  Broadcast Tue, 26th August 2025