We Bought a Zoo
A true zoo story.
Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it.The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.
- Director
- Cameron Crowe
- Worldwide
- $120M
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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Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.
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Box Office & Release
We Bought a Zoo returned 2.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $120M
- Release date
- Nov 26, 2011
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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