dr. dolittle is a comedy movie released in 1998 by davis entertainment/20th century fox. it stars eddie murphy who plays dr. dolittle. he is a doctor who lives in san francisco. he discovers that he has the ability to talk to (and understand) animals. it was marketed as a family movie and earned $294,456,605. it had 1 sequel of the same format and 3 direct-to-video sequels. there was and is a video game based on the movie which was and is simulation game "dr. dolittle" by blast! entertainment ltd/aqua pacific which was released in 2006.