Life of Pi (film) the orangutan. Richard Parker emerges from under the tarpaulin, killing the hyena before retreating back to cover for several days. Pi fashions a small tethered raft from flotation vests which he retreats to for safety from Richard Parker. Despite his moral code against killing, he begins fishing, enabling him to sustain the tiger as well. When the tiger jumps into the sea to hunt for fish and then comes threateningly towards Pi, Pi considers letting him drown, but ultimately helps him back into the boat. One night, a humpback whale breaches near the boat, destroying the raft and its supplies.
Life of Pi (film) the film will earn back its production and marketing costs let alone turn a profit." Pomerantz attributed this to the fact that film was not led by a big name star and faced other winter blockbusters. John Horn and Ben Fritz of "The Los Angeles Times" compared the film to Martin Scorsese's "Hugo", a large-budget 3D film that opened during the 2011 Thanksgiving week. They said that "Life of Pi" could have ended up like "Hugo" by "failing to connect with moviegoers" and become a "financial failure." Similar speculation had been made by other news sources. Whether or not Hurricane