6:15 pm ET
Oct 20, 2011


Will the Exotic Animal Slaughter in Ohio Hurt the Movie ‘We Bought a Zoo’?

    • Oh, please, what a stretch. And something called box office mojo is your expert opinion?

    • This is nothing. I really feel sorry for the studio who tries to market their new film "Moammar Khadafi is BULLETPROOF!!" Now THEY'RE in trouble!

    • Oh course it could hurt the movie, which is what it seems you are trying to do with this type of "journalism."

    • Box Office Mojo: “After the event it feels like the trailer was jokingly put together in a very un-tasteful way.”

      This comment trawls the depths of stupid in so many ways I simply don't know where to start.

    • haha LOL unclebryan

    • ha! yeah of course the movie will be affected! They slaugthered beautiful exotic animals, they should have not shot them and kill them. An tranqulizer would have done the trick, they will be considered as anumal pochers now... animals killers. Somebody should sue them for doing that to those poor animals and they are stupid because the lions, monkeys, wolves etc. are almost extinct! Now they've ,made it worse and i blame them if thats the last of these beautiful animals that we see on Earth! Disgusting people!!! They have NO HEART!!!!

    • Hurt the movie? You MUST be kidding. The American people's attention span is so short they wouldn't be reminded of this event if the movie was released two weeks from now - much less two months from now.

    • What a pity Ray Subers has such a closed mind - perhaps he should wait for the film to be released before he sits in judgement on the outcome. Ray, why don't you try reading 'We Bought A Zoo' by Ben Mee and get a glimpse of the real life situation facing Zoo owners - perhaps then you won't be so quick to criticise. It was so tragic that the Zoo owner in Ohio felt driven to release the animals in his care resulting in their un-necessary destruction, and to end his own life as well. As for stating that it feels like the trailer was jokingly put together - the trailer was released weeks ago, way before this tragic event, so get a grip Ray - if ever there was a plot to lose - you've lost it!

    • I will definitely not be seeing this movie. This events in Ohio brought to my attention how while having exotic animals may sound appealing(who wouldn't love to know a tiger like I knew my dog growing up) they are not meant to be owned or in captivity. The animals were killed because they were threatening and should have never been in Ohio in the first place. How many more maulings by wild animals and killings of wild animals will have to happen until we ban private citizens from owning them?

    • Gladys, you're being ridiculous. Do you really believe that a local police department keeps tranquilizer darts and guns to fire them on hand? They did the only thing they could to protect the citizens in their care and I'm sure it's giving many of them sleepless nights. These weren't trophy hunters killing fenced in game for sport. There was a very real danger to the local community and the police acted completely appropriately.

      As for whether or not it will hurt the movie? Who knows. It has some major star power in Damon and Johansson...but it wasn't likely to beat cgi Chipmunks anyhow. I'm more curious to see what will happen with Tintin. Do enough people in the US know about an eighty year old French comic to grab any box office share? I'm sure it will do great in foreign sales one way or the other.

    • What a crying shame, the state of Ohio should put their heads down in complete disgust

      Shame on you, Ohio!


    • Simply, disgusting,

      Jack Hanna, should be in total Shame!

      Simply, unforgivable


      But, what can you expect from a state that would elect Rep. John Boehner!

      Strike three!

      First, the Diebolt mess and Bush

      and now this!

      Shameful, doesn't to this Vile act the justice that needs to take the state

    • This vile act just shows how screwed up the state of Ohio truly is!

      And Jack Hanna should put his head down in complete same!

      Those animals should have been put back in the wild, the world should be outraged at this Vile Inhumane Act

    • I live in Ohio and I can tell you first hand between Bonehead Boehner and Kasich we have dumb and dumber at the helm.
      Those animals could have been taken without being needlessly slaughtered. But our gestapo police are typical ready fire aim. It is embarrassing to live in a state with morons running the show.


    • Okay,I live in ohio too and let me tell you what they did to handle those beasts was the RIGHT thing t o do.That's wh y all you ridiculious bleeding hearts aren't holding any kind of job like they have.Dumb and dummer would be YOU.You seem to have NO concept of how dangerous those animals in REALITY are..(remember the word reality?) Come to grips with it cos you sure aren't there right now if you believe those guys could have just tranqulized them is OBSURD.The things were going after THEM.HELLO PPL! How would you like to live next door to those pet owners huh? I guarantee you wouldn't be in the fantasy world you're mentally in now if you had to consider living with the things, you wouldof become their lunch.You owe LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE a HUGE APOLOGY! (no I'm not employed there either) I think you are very disrespectful and unappreciative people.

    • I think what Jack Hanna did was commendable! You people are disgusting and unrealistic.Have you considered moving to california?It might be a good idea for you because the people of ohio want to live in a safe envoronment. The mentally stable ones anyways.

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