<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $40 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $20.7--23.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Stormbreaker (titled Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker in the United States) is a 2006 action spy film directed by Geoffrey Sax . The screenplay by Anthony Horowitz is based on his novel of the same name, the first novel in the Alex Rider series . The film stars Alex Pettyfer as Alex Rider, and also stars Mickey Rourke, Bill Nighy, Sophie Okenedo, Alicia Silverstone, Sarah Bolger, Stephen Fry and Ewan McGregor . Stormbreaker was an international co-production between companies and financiers from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Germany . </P> <P> The film's plot follows a teenage boy who is recruited by MI6 after his uncle, a secret agent, is killed in action . He is sent on a mission in Cornwall to gather intelligence behind Stormbreaker, an advanced computer system being provided to schools across Britain, and its creator, billionaire Darrius Sayle . </P>

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