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We Bought a Zoo

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

A true zoo story.

Box office summary
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
Compare with other movies
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
Produced byJulie Yorn, Marc Gordon, Cameron Crowe
CinematographyRodrigo Prieto
MusicJónsi
StarringMatt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Angus Macfadyen
Studio20th Century Fox