<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $37 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $95.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Dolphin Tale is a 2011 American 3D family drama film directed by Charles Martin Smith (his first since 2008), from a screenplay by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi and a book of the same name . It stars Nathan Gamble, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Kris Kristofferson, Cozi Zuehlsdorff in her film debut, and Morgan Freeman . The book and film are inspired by the true story of Winter, a bottlenose dolphin that was rescued in December 2005 off the Florida coast and taken in by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium . Winter lost her tail after becoming entangled with a rope attached to a crab trap, and was fitted with a prosthetic one . The film was released on September 23, 2011, by Warner Bros. Pictures; Dolphin Tale received positive reviews from critics and earned $95.9 million on a $37 million budget . A sequel, Dolphin Tale 2, was released on September 12, 2014 . </P> <P> Sawyer Nelson, a lonely 11 - year - old boy, has fallen behind in school since being abandoned by his father five years earlier . His only friend is his cousin Kyle, a champion swimmer who hopes to compete in the Olympics . Kyle leaves to spend time in the army . </P>

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