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.

Grosses

Domestic (50.1%)
$58,709,717
Summary Details
DistributorTwentieth Century Fox
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Opening$16,842,353
2,817 theaters
Budget$38,000,000
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release254 days/36 weeks
Widest Release2,820 theaters
DateRankWeekly %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeek
Apr 22-283$23,137,801-2,817-$8,213$23,137,8011
Apr 29-May 53$12,875,816-44.4%2,820+3$4,565$36,013,6172
May 6-126$8,362,163-35.1%2,614-206$3,198$44,375,7803
May 13-198$5,901,794-29.4%2,425-189$2,433$50,277,5744
May 20-2611$3,051,891-48.3%761-1,664$4,010$53,329,4655
May 27-Jun 212$1,709,213-44%794+33$2,152$55,038,6786
Jun 3-912$1,082,281-36.7%572-222$1,892$56,120,9597
Jun 10-1614$766,033-29.2%466-106$1,643$56,886,9928
Jun 17-2317$546,610-28.6%351-115$1,557$57,433,6029
Jun 24-3022$421,351-22.9%292-59$1,442$57,854,95310
Jul 1-724$310,648-26.3%234-58$1,327$58,165,60111
Jul 8-1428$207,662-33.2%168-66$1,236$58,373,26312
Jul 15-2133$154,650-25.5%120-48$1,288$58,527,91313
Jul 22-2842$111,236-28.1%91-29$1,222$58,639,14914
Jul 29-Aug 455$45,670-58.9%41-50$1,113$58,684,81915
Aug 5-1168$24,898-45.5%24-17$1,037$58,709,71716