Biographical musical drama starring Hugh Jackman as American showman P.T. Barnum. After being dismissed from his place of work due to the company´s bankruptcy, Barnum struggles to make ends meet and give his family the life they deserve. When a moment of genius strikes while entertaining his two daughters with a homemade light ornament, he decides to construct the very meaning of show business itself. Procuring a ѕelection of performers, all with unique talents, abilities and individual characteristics, Barnum launches a popular touring circus, ´The Barnum & Bailey Circus´ and changes what we now know as the show business forever.