We Bought a Zoo

We Bought a Zoo
We Bought a Zoo
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cameron Crowe
Screenplay by	Aline Brosh McKenna; Cameron Crowe
Based on	We Bought a Zoo; by Benjamin Mee
Produced by	Julie Yorn; Marc Gordon; Cameron Crowe
Starring	Matt Damon; Scarlett Johansson; Thomas Haden Church; Patrick Fugit; Elle Fanning; John Michael Higgins;
Cinematography	Rodrigo Prieto
Edited by	Mark Livolsi
Music by	Jónsi
Production; companies	Vinyl Films; LBI Entertainment; Dune Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	December 12, 2011 (Ziegfeld Theatre); December 21, 2011 (United States);
Running time	124 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$120.1 million

We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 American biographical comedy drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee. It was co-written and directed by Cameron Crowe and stars Matt Damon as widowed father Benjamin Mee, who purchases a dilapidated zoo with his family and takes on the challenge of preparing the zoo for its reopening to the public. The film also stars Scarlett Johansson, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, Colin Ford, and John Michael Higgins.

We Bought a Zoo was released in the United States on December 21, 2011 by 20th Century Fox.^[3] The film earned $120.1 million on a $50 million budget. We Bought a Zoo was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 3, 2012 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Dartmoor Zoological Park (originally Dartmoor Wildlife Park), on which the film is based, is a 33-acre zoological garden located near the village of Sparkwell, Devon, England.

^ Masters, Kim (November 22, 2011). "Cameron Crowe Returns With 'We Bought a Zoo'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 28, 2001.
^ "We Bought a Zoo". Box Office Mojo. 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
^ Rich, Katey (May 17, 2010). "Cameron Crowe Commits To We Bought A Zoo For Late 2011 Release". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on May 19, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2010.

[backsatge20111122-1] Masters, Kim (November 22, 2011). "Cameron Crowe Returns With 'We Bought a Zoo'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 28, 2001.

[boxoffice-2] "We Bought a Zoo". Box Office Mojo. 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

[cinemabland20100517-3] Rich, Katey (May 17, 2010). "Cameron Crowe Commits To We Bought A Zoo For Late 2011 Release". Cinema Blend. Archived from the original on May 19, 2010. Retrieved October 29, 2010.

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