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

Australia
$11,597,594
Summary Details
Distributor20th Century Fox International
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Opening$2,780,577
392 theaters
Budget$38,000,000
Release DateMay 12, 2011
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release234 days/33 weeks
Widest Release392 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
May 12-151$2,780,577-392-$7,093$3,763,0251
May 19-222$1,950,459-29.9%392-$4,975$6,850,0902
May 26-293$1,170,654-40%321-71$3,646$8,785,8893
Jun 2-54$747,930-36.1%285-36$2,624$10,026,2764
Jun 9-127$437,592-41.5%244-41$1,793$10,599,5385
Jun 16-197$214,900-50.9%180-64$1,193$11,179,0906
Jun 23-2612$68,506-68.1%82-98$835$11,209,9267
Jun 30-Jul 319$19,362-71.7%36-46$537$11,567,0768
Jul 7-1017$19,101-1.3%30-6$636$11,597,5949