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We Bought a Zoo

2011 PG 2h 4m Comedy, Drama, Family 20th Century Fox

A true zoo story.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$75.6M
Final
Opening Weekend
$9.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
8.08x
Opening → Total
Budget
$50.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$119M
$43.1M international
2011 Rank
#45
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 23-25 6 $9.4M $9.8M 3,117 $3K 1
Dec 30-Jan 1 6 $13.2M +41.4% $40.7M 3,163 $4K 2
Jan 6-8 7 $8.3M -37.3% $56.4M 3,170 $3K 3
Jan 13-15 10 $5.6M -33.0% $64.0M 2,909 $2K 4
Jan 20-22 14 $2.8M -49.9% $69.6M 2,065 $1K 5
Jan 27-29 20 $1.5M -47.2% $71.7M 1,089 $1K 6
Feb 3-5 23 $738K -49.7% $72.7M 754 $978 7
Feb 10-12 28 $361K -51.1% $73.2M 420 $858 8
Feb 17-19 30 $300K -16.8% $73.7M 287 $1K 9
Feb 24-26 27 $285K -5.1% $74.1M 280 $1K 10
Mar 2-4 28 $244K -14.4% $74.4M 266 $916 11
Mar 9-11 29 $188K -22.8% $74.7M 178 $1K 12
Mar 16-18 35 $142K -24.6% $74.9M 188 $755 13
Mar 23-25 36 $124K -12.5% $75.1M 155 $801 14
Mar 30-Apr 1 36 $108K -12.9% $75.3M 136 $795 15

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byCameron Crowe
ScreenplayCameron Crowe, Aline Brosh McKenna
StarringMatt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Angus Macfadyen
Studio20th Century Fox