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We Bought a Zoo

 2012
We Bought a Zoo
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Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Cameron Crowe

Starring

Matt Damon · Scarlett Johansson · Thomas Haden Church · Colin Ford · Maggie Elizabeth Jones · Angus Macfadyen

Full cast & crew

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 16th Mar '12
  • Debut position: 5
  • Highest position: 5
  • Debut gross: £850.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 4

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 25th Nov '11
  • Debut position: 16
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: $458.5 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 11

Chart position history

UK box office

16 Mar, 2012
5
23 Mar, 2012
5
30 Mar, 2012
8
6 Apr, 2012
13

US box office

23 Dec, 2011
6
30 Dec, 2011
6
6 Jan, 2012
7
13 Jan, 2012
10

Global box office

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £2.3 Million
US total gross
United States Flag  $75.6 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $120.1 Million

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News from around the web
WE BOUGHT A ZOO  Horror Cult Films Sun, 18th March 2012

Cameron Crowe Admits ‘Vanilla Sky’ Marked His Decline — Defends ‘We Bought a Zoo'  World of Reel Tue, 21st October 2025

Rosie Mee In 'We Bought A Zoo' 'Memba Her?!  Yahoo Wed, 26th November 2025

We Bought A Zoo Review  empireonline.com Thu, 23rd February 2012

We Bought A Zoo: Real story behind Dartmoor Zoo that inspired Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson movie  Plymouth Live Fri, 6th January 2023

And now they wonder what to do with it movie review  Roger Ebert Wed, 21st December 2011