Blackfish
“Never capture what you can't control.”
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
Genres
Documentary
Studio
Manny O Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Blackfish performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$2.1M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$397K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~55/45, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Documentary) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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