<Li> Maddison Joyce as Edmund </Li> <Li> Peter Callan as Edmund's Father </Li> <P> Shooting took place on Hinchinbrook Island, off the northeast coast of Queensland, Australia over three weeks and ended in October 2007 . </P> <P> The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 51% of 101 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 5.7 / 10 . The site's consensus reads: "Despite good intentions, Nim's Island flounders under an implausible storyline, simplistic stock characters, and distracting product placement ." Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 55 out of 100 based on 24 reviews . In its opening weekend, Nim's Island grossed $13.3 million in 3,513 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #2 at the box office behind 21 . The film had a US box office gross of $48 million and a foreign gross of $52 million, for a total gross of $100 million worldwide . The film was nominated by the Visual Effects Society Awards in the category of Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture . </P>

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