Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
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Directed by | Will Gluck |
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Based on | The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter |
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Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
Edited by | Matt Villa |
Music by | Dominic Lewis |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 93 minutes[2] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $45 million[3][4] |
Box office | $154 million[4][5] |
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (also known simply as Peter Rabbit 2) is a 2021 adventure comedy film directed and produced by Will Gluck, who co-wrote the screenplay with Patrick Burleigh. The film is a sequel to 2018's Peter Rabbit produced by Sony Pictures Animation, and is based on the stories of Peter Rabbit created by Beatrix Potter. James Corden reprises his role as the title character, alongside Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, and David Oyelowo in live-action roles, and the voices of Elizabeth Debicki, Lennie James, and Margot Robbie.
After facing numerous delays from its original February 2020 release date due to the
Plot
Sometime after the events of
Dismayed, Peter walks away from the group and goes into town where he meets an older rabbit named Barnabas, who claims to be an old friend of his father. They are snared by
Thomas and Bea meet with Nigel again to go over the designs for the rabbits, but after already having them dressed up in contemporary clothes, Nigel makes more suggestions for the next book. Thomas starts to realise that Nigel's idea are not in the best interests of Bea's work. The animals arrive at the market and get away with the dried fruits, but all of Peter's friends, including Benjamin and the sisters, are captured by the animal catchers when they sneak into a petting zoo. Barnabas reveals he was intending to keep the dried fruit for himself, while explaining that he intentionally met Peter in town after reading about him in his book, never even knowing his father.
Feeling guilty, Peter leaves Barnabas and enlists Thomas to help rescue his friends. After hitting a snag with their truck, they go to Bea for help while she is in a meeting with Nigel who wants to put Peter and his friends in a ludicrous space adventure as well as a dangerously unpredictable rescue mission as a way to end the story. Bea pulls her stories from Nigel's company and helps Thomas and Peter rescue their friends while going on over-the-top missions to find them. Peter, Benjamin, and the sisters then go to Barnabas's hideout where they turn the tables by tying Barnabas and his crew to ropes so that they can get pulled away when the nearby tailor shop owner leaves in his truck, leading them to get taken to the pound. The rabbits return the dried fruit to the
Cast
Live-action cast
- Rose Byrne as Bea, the wife of Thomas McGregor.
- Domhnall Gleeson as Thomas McGregor, the former villain and husband of Bea.
- David Oyelowo as Nigel Basil-Jones
Voice cast
- James Corden as Peter Rabbit, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail's brother and Benjamin's cousin.
- Margot Robbie as Flopsy Rabbit / The Narrator
- Elizabeth Debicki as Mopsy Rabbit
- Aimee Horne as Cottontail Rabbit[a]
- Colin Moody as Benjamin Bunny
- Lennie James as Barnabas
- Tom Kitten
- Mittens
- Samuel Whiskers / Little Pig Robinson / Trainer Von Stauffenmouse / Kennedy St. Squirrel[9]
- Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
- Sam Neill as Tommy Brock
- Pigling Bland
- Johnny Town-Mouse
- Will Reichelt as JW Rooster II
- Christian Gazal as Felix D'eer
- Tim Minchin as Busker K. Bushy, Esq.
- Stewart Alves as Mr. Tod
- Faizan Munawar Varya as Ray Rabbit
Production
In May 2018, it was announced that
Unlike the first film, the sequel was not released under the Sony Pictures Animation label, though Columbia Pictures did return for distribution.
Filming
Principal photography began in January 2019 in Centennial Parklands, Australia.[13][14] Filming took place in the Lake District at Ambleside and Haverthwaite, around Hill Street and Richmond Bridge in London, Gloucester Docks, a replica of the House of the Tailor of Gloucester, and in Camden, New South Wales.[15]
Release
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway was theatrically released in Australia on March 25, 2021,[16] in the United Kingdom on May 17, and in the United States on June 11.
It was initially set to be released in the United States on February 7, 2020,[10] before being moved back to April 3, 2020, earlier in Australia on March 19, and in the United Kingdom on March 27.[17] The film was delayed again to August 7, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[18] It was then further delayed to January 15, 2021, in the United States,[19] then to April 2,[20] and again to June 11.[21] The date was then moved up to May 14 before moving back again to July 2,[22] then moving up once more to June 18,[23] and then once again back to June 11, following the film's box office success outside of the United States.[24]
Home media
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway was released as a purchase on VOD on July 27, 2021, and was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray on August 24, 2021, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Reception
Box office
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway grossed $40.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $113.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $154 million.[4][5]
In the United States and Canada, Peter Rabbit 2 was released alongside In the Heights and The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 and was projected to gross $16–20 million from 3,346 theaters in its opening weekend, with Sony predicting a more modest $8–10 million debut.[25] The film made $4 million on its first day, including $900,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $10.1 million, finishing fourth behind A Quiet Place Part II, In the Heights, and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.[26] The film fell 39.8% in its second weekend, grossing $6.1 million and finishing in third.[27] In its third weekend, the film fell 21.5% and grossed $4.8 million, finishing in fourth.[28]
In Australia, the film debuted to $2.1 million.[29] By its third weekend in the country (where it made $2.5 million), the film had a running total of $9.2 million.[30] In the UK, the film topped the charts in the first three days of cinemas reopening, making $6.4 million.[31][3]
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 67% based on 78 reviews and an average rating of 6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "An enjoyably silly and self-aware sequel, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway should leave fans of the original feeling fairly hoppy."[7] On Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 43 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[8] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported 74% of audience members gave it a positive score, with 45% saying they would definitely recommend it.[26]
Courtney Howard of Variety called it a "superior sequel" and said the film "serves as both a meta-commentary on his humbling past antics and a pivotal point for the eponymous protagonist."[32] Brian Penn of UK Film Review called it a "great popcorn movie" and said the "voicing actors are undoubtedly the stars even though the humans on screen are perfectly fine."[33]
Ian Freer of
Accolades
At the
Future
In May 2021, Will Gluck said he had nearly completed the script for an untitled third Peter Rabbit movie.[39]
Notes
- ^ Previously voiced by Daisy Ridley in the first film.
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