Walter demands that the astronaut leave, but Danny chooses to let him stay. The astronaut lures the Zorgons' ship away by setting the boys' father's couch on fire and ejecting it from the house. One of Danny's turns causes an astronaut to appear, who methodically eliminates the house's heat sources, as the Zorgons are attracted to heat. As they continue to play, Walter and Danny overcome the dangers presented by the game, including the appearance of a defective robot, passing too close to a star, and an attack on the house by a race of reptilian aliens called Zorgons. Walter soon concludes they must win the game to return everything to normal. Lisa thinks she has overslept because of the dark sky and prepares to go out, however the next card puts her in cryonic sleep, leaving her frozen solid. The boys discover the house is floating in outer space. After an actual meteor shower occurs in the living room, Walter and Danny realize the game is affecting reality. When he starts playing, the game produces a card that details a meteor shower. While their divorced father is away at work and Lisa, whom he left in charge, is napping, Danny discovers an old science fiction-themed board game called Zathura in the basement. Walter and Danny are two brothers who do not get along with each other or with their cantankerous teenage sister, Lisa. It received positive reviews from critics, but was not commercially successful, grossing $65.1 million worldwide against a production budget of $65 million. Unlike Jumanji, which was distributed by TriStar Pictures, the film was distributed by Columbia Pictures, which is co-owned with TriStar through Sony Pictures Entertainment. The film was shot in Los Angeles and Culver City, California, and was released on Novemin the United States. Along with their older sister Lisa (Stewart) and an astronaut (Shepard), they try to survive the game so they can return home. The story is about two squabbling brothers, Danny and Walter Budwing (portrayed by Bobo and Hutcherson respectively), who find a mysterious board game in the basement, which transports their house into outer space. The film stars Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, and Tim Robbins. It is a standalone spin-off of the 1995 film Jumanji and the second installment of the Jumanji franchise. It is an adaptation of the 2002 children's book Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg, author of the 1981 children's book Jumanji. Zathura: A Space Adventure (also known simply as Zathura) is a 2005 American science fiction adventure film directed by Jon Favreau.
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