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$261,858
71 theaters
Budget$38,000,000
Release DateApr 15, 2011
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release261 days/37 weeks
Widest Release71 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Apr 15-173$261,858-71-$3,688$261,8581
Apr 22-244$132,114-49.5%71-$1,860$568,8332
Apr 29-May 14$85,974-34.9%68-3$1,264$744,8093
May 6-84$93,991+9.3%62-6$1,515$915,3364
May 13-154$74,380-20.9%55-7$1,352$1,032,4465
May 20-227$37,868-49.1%45-10$841$1,106,3346
May 27-2910$25,931-31.5%30-15$864$1,154,9277
Jun 3-511$12,526-51.7%20-10$626$1,138,8078
Jun 10-1213$8,172-34.8%7-13$1,167$1,152,1819
Jun 17-1915$8,165<0.1%3-4$2,721$1,170,06510
Jun 24-2617$2,931-64.1%3-$977$1,178,82411