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We Bought a ZooFollow

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

A true zoo story.

🍅 64% 71%

58

3.24

7.0

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$9.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$75.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$119.00M

$43.10M international

Domestic legs8.08x

Budget$50.0M

2011 rank#45

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Cast & crew

Full Crowe filmography

Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe Director

Matt Damon

Matt Damon Starring

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson Starring

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church Starring

Angus Macfadyen

Angus Macfadyen Starring

ScreenplayCameron Crowe, Aline Brosh McKenna Produced byJulie Yorn, Marc Gordon, Cameron Crowe CinematographyRodrigo Prieto MusicJónsi Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 23-25 6 $9.4M — 3,117 $3,003 $9.8M

2 Dec 30-Jan 1 6 $13.2M +41.4% 3,163 $4,185 $40.7M

3 Jan 6-8 7 $8.3M −37.3% 3,170 $2,620 $56.4M

4 Jan 13-15 10 $5.6M −33.0% 2,909 $1,911 $64.0M

5 Jan 20-22 14 $2.8M −49.9% 2,065 $1,347 $69.6M

6 Jan 27-29 20 $1.5M −47.2% 1,089 $1,348 $71.7M

7 Feb 3-5 23 $737.9K −49.7% 754 $978 $72.7M

8 Feb 10-12 28 $360.7K −51.1% 420 $858 $73.2M

9 Feb 17-19 30 $300.0K −16.8% 287 $1,045 $73.7M

10 Feb 24-26 27 $284.7K −5.1% 280 $1,016 $74.1M

11 Mar 2-4 28 $243.8K −14.4% 266 $916 $74.4M

12 Mar 9-11 29 $188.2K −22.8% 178 $1,057 $74.7M

13 Mar 16-18 35 $142.0K −24.6% 188 $755 $74.9M

14 Mar 23-25 36 $124.3K −12.5% 155 $801 $75.1M

15 Mar 30-Apr 1 36 $108.2K −12.9% 136 $795 $75.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 23 #6 $3.0M — $3.4M 3,117 $957 1

Sat Dec 24 #6 $1.9M −37% $5.3M 3,117 $604 2

Sun Dec 25 #5 $4.5M +138% $9.8M 3,117 $1,440 3

Mon Dec 26 #7 $5.2M +17% $15.1M 3,117 $1,682 4

Tue Dec 27 #6 $4.3M −18% $19.4M 3,117 $1,375 5

Wed Dec 28 #6 $4.0M −6% $23.4M 3,117 $1,299 6

Thu Dec 29 #6 $4.1M +1% $27.5M 3,117 $1,311 7

Fri Dec 30 #5 $4.9M +19% +62% $32.3M 3,163 $1,533 8

Sat Dec 31 #5 $4.5M −7% +139% $36.8M 3,163 $1,423 9

Sun Jan 1 #6 $3.9M −14% −13% $40.7M 3,163 $1,228 10

Mon Jan 2 #6 $3.8M −3% −28% $44.5M 3,163 $1,190 11

Tue Jan 3 #7 $1.5M −60% −65% $46.0M 3,163 $479 12

Wed Jan 4 #7 $1.1M −27% −73% $47.1M 3,163 $347 13

Thu Jan 5 #7 $985.9K −10% −76% $48.1M 3,163 $311 14

Fri Jan 6 #6 $2.4M +140% −51% $50.5M 3,170 $746 15

Sat Jan 7 #7 $3.8M +61% −15% $54.3M 3,170 $1,203 16

Sun Jan 8 #7 $2.1M −44% −45% $56.4M 3,170 $670 17

Mon Jan 9 #6 $463.2K −78% −88% $56.9M 3,170 $146 18

Tue Jan 10 #6 $640.9K +38% −58% $57.5M 3,170 $202 19

Wed Jan 11 #6 $507.3K −21% −54% $58.0M 3,170 $160 20

Thu Jan 12 #6 $477.1K −6% −52% $58.5M 3,170 $150 21

Fri Jan 13 #10 $1.4M +188% −42% $59.9M 2,909 $471 22

Sat Jan 14 #10 $2.3M +70% −39% $62.2M 2,909 $801 23

Sun Jan 15 #10 $1.9M −20% −13% $64.0M 2,909 $637 24

Mon Jan 16 #7 $1.8M −3% +290% $65.9M 2,909 $621 25

Tue Jan 17 #10 $359.8K −80% −44% $66.2M 2,909 $123 26

Wed Jan 18 #11 $275.6K −23% −46% $66.5M 2,909 $94 27

Thu Jan 19 #11 $288.4K +5% −40% $66.8M 2,909 $99 28

Fri Jan 20 $677.2K +135% −51% $67.5M 2,065 $327 29

Sat Jan 21 #13 $1.4M +107% −40% $68.9M 2,065 $679 30

Sun Jan 22 #13 $702.6K −50% −62% $69.6M 2,065 $340 31

Mon Jan 23 $188.5K −73% −90% $69.8M 2,065 $91 32

Tue Jan 24 $174.2K −8% −52% $69.9M 2,065 $84 33

Wed Jan 25 $149.4K −14% −46% $70.1M 2,065 $72 34

Thu Jan 26 $160.4K +7% −44% $70.2M 2,065 $77 35

Fri Jan 27 $361.0K +125% −47% $70.6M 1,089 $331 36

Sat Jan 28 $698.1K +93% −50% $71.3M 1,089 $641 37

Sun Jan 29 $409.2K −41% −42% $71.7M 1,089 $375 38

Mon Jan 30 $66.9K −84% −64% $71.8M 1,089 $61 39

Tue Jan 31 $77.9K +16% −55% $71.9M 1,089 $71 40

Wed Feb 1 $64.6K −17% −57% $71.9M 1,089 $59 41

Thu Feb 2 $68.3K +6% −57% $72.0M 1,089 $62 42

Fri Feb 3 $197.3K +189% −45% $72.2M 754 $261 43

Sat Feb 4 $393.4K +99% −44% $72.6M 754 $521 44

Sun Feb 5 $147.1K −63% −64% $72.7M 754 $195 45

Mon Feb 6 $39.6K −73% −41% $72.8M 754 $52 46

Tue Feb 7 $43.7K +10% −44% $72.8M 754 $57 47

Wed Feb 8 $39.4K −10% −39% $72.8M 754 $52 48

Thu Feb 9 $41.8K +6% −39% $72.9M 754 $55 49

Fri Feb 10 $88.7K +112% −55% $73.0M 420 $211 50

Sat Feb 11 $172.3K +94% −56% $73.1M 420 $410 51

Sun Feb 12 $99.6K −42% −32% $73.2M 420 $237 52

Mon Feb 13 $21.8K −78% −45% $73.3M 420 $51 53

Tue Feb 14 $42.1K +93% −4% $73.3M 420 $100 54

Wed Feb 15 $19.5K −54% −50% $73.3M 420 $46 55

Thu Feb 16 $26.6K +37% −36% $73.4M 420 $63 56

Fri Feb 17 $77.0K +189% −13% $73.4M 420 $183 57

Sat Feb 18 $127.4K +66% −26% $73.6M 420 $303 58

Sun Feb 19 $95.6K −25% −4% $73.7M 420 $227 59

Mon Feb 20 $86.4K −10% +296% $73.7M 420 $205 60

Tue Feb 21 $25.3K −71% −40% $73.8M 420 $60 61

Wed Feb 22 $19.9K −22% +2% $73.8M 420 $47 62

Thu Feb 23 $23.4K +18% −12% $73.8M 420 $55 63

Fri Feb 24 $79.0K +238% +3% $73.9M 280 $282 64

Sat Feb 25 $135.9K +72% +7% $74.0M 280 $485 65

Sun Feb 26 $69.8K −49% −27% $74.1M 280 $249 66

Mon Feb 27 $16.6K −76% −81% $74.1M 280 $59 67

Tue Feb 28 $17.8K +8% −30% $74.1M 280 $63 68

Wed Feb 29 $14.9K −17% −25% $74.1M 280 $53 69

Thu Mar 1 $17.4K +17% −25% $74.2M 280 $62 70

Fri Mar 2 $61.8K +255% −22% $74.2M 266 $232 71

Sat Mar 3 $117.0K +89% −14% $74.3M 266 $439 72

Sun Mar 4 $65.0K −44% −7% $74.4M 266 $244 73

Mon Mar 5 $16.8K −74% +2% $74.4M 266 $63 74

Tue Mar 6 $21.3K +27% +19% $74.4M 266 $80 75

Wed Mar 7 $17.0K −20% +14% $74.5M 266 $63 76

Thu Mar 8 $19.8K +16% +13% $74.5M 266 $74 77

Fri Mar 9 $50.8K +157% −18% $74.5M 228 $222 78

Sat Mar 10 $87.4K +72% −25% $74.6M 228 $383 79

Sun Mar 11 $50.1K −43% −23% $74.7M 228 $219 80

Mon Mar 12 $22.6K −55% +34% $74.7M 228 $99 81

Tue Mar 13 $27.1K +20% +27% $74.7M 228 $118 82

Wed Mar 14 $22.2K −18% +31% $74.7M 228 $97 83

Thu Mar 15 $25.0K +13% +27% $74.8M 228 $109 84

Fri Mar 16 $41.6K +66% −18% $74.8M 188 $221 85

Sat Mar 17 $60.9K +47% −30% $74.9M 188 $324 86

Sun Mar 18 $39.5K −35% −21% $74.9M 188 $209 87

Mon Mar 19 $16.6K −58% −26% $74.9M 188 $88 88

Tue Mar 20 $19.1K +15% −30% $74.9M 188 $101 89

Wed Mar 21 $17.6K −8% −21% $75.0M 188 $93 90

Thu Mar 22 $18.9K +7% −25% $75.0M 188 $100 91

Fri Mar 23 $34.8K +84% −16% $75.0M 155 $224 92

Sat Mar 24 $57.6K +66% −5% $75.1M 155 $371 93

Sun Mar 25 $31.9K −45% −19% $75.1M 155 $205 94

Mon Mar 26 $15.0K −53% −9% $75.1M 155 $97 95

Tue Mar 27 $17.1K +14% −10% $75.1M 155 $110 96

Wed Mar 28 $15.9K −7% −9% $75.2M 155 $102 97

Thu Mar 29 $18.0K +13% −5% $75.2M 155 $115 98

Fri Mar 30 $33.1K +84% −5% $75.2M 136 $243 99

Sat Mar 31 $46.7K +41% −19% $75.3M 136 $343 100

Sun Apr 1 $28.4K −39% −11% $75.3M 136 $208 101

Mon Apr 2 $15.0K −47% n/c $75.3M 136 $110 102

Tue Apr 3 $18.6K +24% +9% $75.3M 136 $137 103

Wed Apr 4 $16.7K −11% +4% $75.3M 136 $122 104

Thu Apr 5 $19.8K +19% +10% $75.3M 136 $145 105

Fri Apr 6 $24.0K +21% −28% $75.4M 99 $242 106

Sat Apr 7 $21.9K −9% −53% $75.4M 99 $220 107

Sun Apr 8 $11.5K −47% −59% $75.4M 99 $116 108

Mon Apr 9 $11.7K +2% −22% $75.4M 99 $118 109

Tue Apr 10 $10.9K −7% −42% $75.4M 99 $109 110

Wed Apr 11 $11.0K +1% −34% $75.4M 99 $110 111

Thu Apr 12 $10.4K −5% −47% $75.5M 99 $104 112

Fri Apr 13 $15.0K +44% −38% $75.5M 83 $180 113

Sat Apr 14 $21.2K +41% −3% $75.5M 83 $255 114

Sun Apr 15 $11.0K −48% −4% $75.5M 83 $133 115

Mon Apr 16 $2.9K −74% −75% $75.5M 83 $34 116

Tue Apr 17 $4.1K +44% −62% $75.5M 83 $49 117

Wed Apr 18 $3.9K −5% −64% $75.5M 83 $47 118

Thu Apr 19 $4.0K n/c −62% $75.5M 83 $47 119

Fri Apr 20 $8.8K +123% −41% $75.5M 66 $133 120

Sat Apr 21 $17.0K +93% −20% $75.5M 66 $257 121

Sun Apr 22 $9.4K −45% −15% $75.5M 66 $141 122

Mon Apr 23 $3.0K −68% +5% $75.6M 66 $45 123

Tue Apr 24 $3.0K −1% −27% $75.6M 66 $45 124

Wed Apr 25 $3.3K +10% −16% $75.6M 66 $50 125

Thu Apr 26 $3.2K −4% −20% $75.6M 66 $47 126

Fri Apr 27 $6.6K +108% −26% $75.6M 66 $99 127

Sat Apr 28 $13.3K +102% −22% $75.6M 66 $200 128

Sun Apr 29 $6.1K −54% −35% $75.6M 66 $92 129

Mon Apr 30 $1.7K −72% −44% $75.6M 66 $25 130

Tue May 1 $2.4K +43% −20% $75.6M 66 $36 131

Wed May 2 $2.1K −14% −37% $75.6M 66 $31 132

Thu May 3 $2.0K −3% −37% $75.6M 66 $30 133

Fri May 4 $3.2K +58% −52% $75.6M 38 $83 134

Sat May 5 $6.3K +98% −53% $75.6M 38 $165 135

Sun May 6 $4.4K −31% −29% $75.6M 38 $114 136

Fri May 11 $1.6K — −49% $75.6M 28 $58 141

Sat May 12 $3.3K +100% −48% $75.6M 28 $116 142

Sun May 13 $3.8K +17% −13% $75.6M 28 $136 143

Mon May 14 $600 −84% $75.6M 28 $21 144

Tue May 15 $712 +19% $75.6M 28 $25 145

Wed May 16 $664 −7% $75.6M 28 $23 146

Thu May 17 $659 −1% $75.6M 28 $23 147

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$74.2M

Dec 23Jan 9Jan 27Feb 13Mar 1

Weekend grossWk 10 · $284.7K

$9.4M

$13.2M

$8.3M

$5.6M

$2.8M

$1.5M

$737.9K

$360.7K

$300.0K

$284.7K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,170 → 280 −91.2%

3,117 open280 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −5.1%

+41.4%

W1→2

−37.3%

W2→3

−33.0%

W3→4

−49.9%

W4→5

−47.2%

W5→6

−49.7%

W6→7

−51.1%

W7→8

−16.8%

W8→9

−5.1%

W9→10

Steepest −51.1%Biggest gain +41.4%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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