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Released
2011 · FILM

Zookeeper

Kind‑hearted zookeeper Griffin must win back his ex‑girlfriend with the unexpected aid of talking zoo animals, whose wild advice pushes him toward love—but also threatens to expose their secret and upend his life.

Don't talk to the animals...unless they talk to you first.

Directed by
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
102 min
ComedyFamilyFantasy

Synopsis

Griffin Keyes is a kindhearted caretaker at the Franklin Park Zoo, where he is well-liked for his dedication to the animals. He is more at ease with them than with people, particularly women, as evidenced by his failed marriage proposal to Stephanie several years earlier. Stephanie is described as self-absorbed. After Stephanie returns to his life, the animals, who have long listened to Griffin's longing for her, decide to help him rekindle the relationship and become the kind of partner she desires. They reveal their secret ability to talk, initially shocking Griffin, and teach him the rules of courtship from an animal's perspective. To his surprise, the animals' advice proves effective, and Griffin begins to achieve what he has always wanted—though it may not be what he truly needs.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 26

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Scott HillShot by Michael BarrettScored by Rupert Gregson WilliamsDesigned by Kirk M Petruccelli

Box Office

2011 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× 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

$169.9M

Budget$80.0M
Worldwide gross$169.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $80.4M 47% of worldwide · International: $89.5M (53%)

Opening weekend: $20.1M 25% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $30.1M37% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,482 theaters

Also known as

  • Der Zoowärterde
  • The Zookeeperen
  • Il signore dello zooit

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