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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective(1994)
Released
1994 · FILM

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Eccentric animal sleuth Ace Ventura races against time to retrieve a kidnapped dolphin mascot before the Super Bowl, outwitting ruthless collectors and uncovering a high‑stakes conspiracy that could ruin Miami’s biggest game.

“He's the best there is! (Actually, he's the only one there is.)”

Directed by
Tom Shadyac
Written by
Jack Bernstein, Tom Shadyac
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
86 min
Comedy

Synopsis

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a film in which Ace takes on the challenge of finding the missing mascot of the Miami Dolphins, as well as quarterback Dan Marino. He confronts a man-eating shark, conducts surveillance at the Miami Dolphins' facility, and charms women along the way. Whether working undercover, in dangerous situations, or underwater, Ace consistently succeeds in capturing his target—be it a person or an animal.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 65+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Don ZimmermanShot by Julio MacatScored by Ira NewbornDesigned by William A Elliott

Box Office

1994 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$107.2M

Budget$15.0M
Worldwide gross$107.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $72.2M — 67% of worldwide · International: $35.0M (33%)

Opening weekend: $12.1M — 17% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $14.9M — 21% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,750 theaters

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Also known as

  • Ace Ventura – Ein tierischer Detektivde
  • Ace Ventura Latines
  • Ace Ventura, détective pour chiens et chatsfr
  • Ace Ventura - L'acchiappanimaliit

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