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

Germany
$7,312,529
Summary Details
Distributor20th Century Fox International
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Opening$1,561,669
411 theaters
Budget$38,000,000
Release DateApr 28, 2011
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release248 days/35 weeks
Widest Release452 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Apr 28-May 14$1,561,669-411-$3,799$1,792,4811
May 5-84$951,435-39.1%440+29$2,162$3,316,3772
May 12-156$1,049,884+10.3%449+9$2,338$4,756,8843
May 19-224$589,105-43.9%437-12$1,348$5,751,9024
May 26-296$465,109-21%452+15$1,029$6,423,4195
Jun 2-58$225,030-51.6%428-24$525$6,605,3076
Jun 9-1210$179,750-20.1%336-92$534$6,864,3057
Jun 16-1916$105,288-41.4%250-86$421$7,089,9108
Jun 23-2626$41,204-60.9%140-110$294$7,179,9549
Jun 30-Jul 330$20,437-50.4%108-32$189$7,312,52910