Cocaine Bear
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Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.
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Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.
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About Cocaine Bear Movie
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- The film is loosely inspired by the true story of the “Cocaine Bear”, an American black bear that ingested nearly 75 lb (34 kg) of lost cocaine.
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- Principal photography took place in County Wicklow, Ireland, between August 20 and October 17, 2021.
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- Ray Liotta’s final completed film role before his death on May 26, 2022. Liotta died a week after he came to re-record his lines in post-production. Elizabeth Banks said that Liotta praised the look of the bear once he got a look at it.
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- On March 9, 2021, Universal Pictures announced that the film was in development.
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- The bear in the movie is female, while the real bear was male.
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- The production budget was $30–35 million, with a large portion of it going to Wētā FX to create the bear with CGI.
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- Very loosely based on an actual bear that died after ingesting cocaine that was dumped from an airplane. No rampage by the bear actually happened. In fact, no attacks by the bear were recorded at all.
- Cocaine Bear was theatrically released on February 24, 2023, by Universal Pictures. The film opened to generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $89 million against a production budget of $30–35 million. It was released on premium video-on-demand services two weeks after the theatrical release, on March 14, 2023. It was followed by a Blu-ray and DVD release on April 18, 2023.
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- In the United States and Canada, Cocaine Bear was released alongside Jesus Revolution and was initially projected to gross $15–20 million from 3,534 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $8.7 million on its first day, including $2 million from Thursday night previews.
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- As of May 8, 2023, Cocaine Bear had grossed $64.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $24.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $89.3 million.
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