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
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Opening$7,749
7 theaters
Budget$38,000,000
Release DateMay 13, 2011
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release233 days/33 weeks
Widest Release7 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
May 13-157$7,749-7-$1,107$7,7491
May 20-227$11,234+45%7-$1,604$27,7622
May 27-297$6,236-44.5%7-$890$39,4833
Jun 3-58$5,079-18.6%7-$725$48,2914
Jun 10-1211$3,902-23.2%7-$557$55,8485
Jun 17-1911$2,519-35.4%7-$359$62,5616
Jun 24-2613$1,514-39.9%4-3$378$66,2217
Jul 1-316$45-97%1-3$45$67,6628
Jul 8-1018$28-37.8%1-$28$67,7419
Jul 15-1716$548+1,857.1%4+3$137$68,32710
Jul 22-2419$585+6.8%3-1$195$69,74511
Jul 29-3115$1,292+120.9%2-1$646$71,53412