Water for Elephants
Life is the most spectacular show on earth.
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
- Director
- Francis Lawrence
- Worldwide
- $117M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Water for Elephants returned 3.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $38M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $117M
- Release date
- Apr 15, 2011
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Polish
- Country
- United States of America
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