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#4,943 All-time worldwide
#161 2017 releases

Movie profile

The Zookeeper's Wife

2017 · 126 min · Scion Films

Drama History War
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $26.2M
Budget $20.0M
Gross minus budget $6.2M
ROI 1.31x

Domestic gross

$13.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$13.1M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$2.4M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Zookeeper's Wife ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #4,943 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2017 releases #161 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2017. Studio / company #3 Scion Films of 3 titles Position inside the mapped Scion Films movie set. Primary genre #1,909 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#4,940 Lesson of the Evil 2012 · $26.2M #4,941 The Whole Ten Yards 2004 · $26.2M #4,942 Modern Problems 1981 · $26.2M #4,944 Badrinath Ki Dulhania 2017 · $26.1M #4,945 Howards End 1992 · $26.1M #4,946 Jacob's Ladder 1990 · $26.1M

Quick answer

How did The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) earned a reported $26.2M worldwide against a reported $20.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $6.2M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 1.31x. In this database it currently ranks #4,943 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #161 among 2017 releases.

Worldwide gross
$26,152,835
Budget
$20,000,000
Gross minus budget
$6,152,835
ROI
1.31x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

The account of keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, who helped save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Mar 24, 2017
Production
Scion Films, Czech Anglo Pictures, Focus Features
Countries
CZ, GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2017, The Zookeeper's Wife is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, History, War title from Scion Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $26.2M, reported production budget is $20.0M, gross-minus-budget is $6.2M, ROI is 1.31x. For comparison, it currently sits #4,943 all-time in the current chart set and #161 among 2017 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.