Big Miracle

This article is about the film. For the book, see Big Miracle (book).

Big Miracle
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKen Kwapis
Screenplay byJack Amiel
Michael Begler
Based onFreeing the Whales
by Tom Rose
Produced bySteve Golin
Michael Sugar
Tim Bevan
Liza Chasin
Eric Fellner
StarringDrew Barrymore
John Krasinski
Kristen Bell
Dermot Mulroney
Tim Blake Nelson
Vinessa Shaw
Ted Danson
CinematographyJohn Bailey
Edited byCara Silverman
Music byCliff Eidelman
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • February 3, 2012 (2012-02-03) (United States)
  • February 10, 2012 (2012-02-10) (United Kingdom)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million[1]
Box office$24.7 million[2]

Big Miracle, originally Everybody Loves Whales, is a 2012 drama film directed by Ken Kwapis. It stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on Tom Rose's 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.

  1. ^ Dorothy Pomerantz (November 14, 2014). "The Biggest Box Office Flops Of 2012". Forbes. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Big Miracle at Box Office Mojo