<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> $247.8 million </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> $247.8 million </Li> </Ul> <P> Marley & Me is a 2008 American comedy - drama film about the titular dog, Marley . It was directed by David Frankel and the screenplay by Scott Frank and Don Roos is based on the memoir of the same name by John Grogan . The film stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston as Marley's owners . Marley & Me was released in the United States and Canada on December 25, 2008, and set a record for the largest Christmas Day box office ever with $14.75 million in ticket sales . The film was followed by a 2011 direct - to - video prequel, Marley & Me: The Puppy Years . </P> <P> Soon after their wedding, John and Jenny Grogan (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston) escape the brutal Michigan winters and relocate to a cottage in South Florida, where they are hired as reporters for competing newspapers . At The Palm Beach Post, Jenny immediately receives prominent front - page assignments, while at the South Florida Sun - Sentinel, John finds himself writing obituaries and two - paragraph articles about mundane news like a fire at the local garbage dump . </P>

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