Water for Elephants

Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.

Summary Details
Distributor20th Century Fox International
See full company information
Opening$1,212,952
324 theaters
Budget$38,000,000
Release DateMay 6, 2011
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release240 days/34 weeks
Widest Release330 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
May 6-84$1,212,952-324-$3,743$1,212,9521
May 13-156$657,881-45.8%330+6$1,993$2,195,3812
May 20-227$302,105-54.1%305-25$990$2,699,5273
May 27-2910$193,196-36.1%272-33$710$3,001,7454
Jun 3-513$132,147-31.6%188-84$702$3,123,5905
Jun 10-1214$71,796-45.7%137-51$524$3,104,0786
Jun 17-1918$23,654-67.1%57-80$414$3,314,9227
Jun 24-2627$6,681-71.8%25-32$267$3,330,5988
Jul 1-337$2,118-68.3%11-14$192$3,383,1379
Jul 8-1028$6,957+228.5%2-9$3,478$3,391,12210
Jul 15-1740$1,473-78.8%2-$736$3,397,24911