Synopsis
Wallace and Gromit have launched a new business venture just in time for a major gardening competition in their neighborhood of West Wallaby. “Anti-Pesto” is a humane pest-relocation service in which Wallace and Gromit capture rabbits and other critters who have been eating the produce from local gardens and give them new homes somewhere else. Business has been going well, and when the woman hosting the garden show, Lady Tottington, discovers a massive tribe of rabbits has been making a mess of her garden, she calls in Wallace and Gromit to move the bunnies elsewhere. Wallace is quite taken with Lady Tottington, but he’s not the only one—Victor Quartermaine is a slick but arrogant upper-class type who wants to win Lady Tottington’s hand (and fortune) and is convinced he can do a better job capturing the rabbits than Wallace. However, Wallace’s attempts to brainwash the rabbits away from veggies using his latest invention has disastrous results, and soon Wallace has to deal with a beastly bunny as well as a heavily-armed Quartermaine.
Metrics
| Opening Weekend: | $16,025,987 (28.6% of total gross) |
| Legs: | 3.50 (domestic box office/biggest weekend) |
| Domestic Share: | 28.4% (domestic box office/worldwide) |
| Production Budget: | $30,000,000 (worldwide box office is 6.6 times production budget) |
| Theater counts: | 3,645 opening theaters/3,656 max. theaters, 5.2 weeks average run per theater |
| Infl. Adj. Dom. BO | $98,927,190 |
Latest Ranking on Cumulative Box Office Lists
| Record | Rank | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800) | 1,702 | $56,068,547 |
| All Time International Box Office (Rank 701-800) | 798 | $141,524,605 |
| All Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 901-1,000) | 985 | $197,593,152 |
See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | October 5th, 2005 (Limited) by Dreamworks SKG October 7th, 2005 (Expands Wide) by Dreamworks SKG |
| International Releases: | September 15th, 2005 (Wide) (New Zealand)
September 5th, 2014 (Wide), released as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (Re: 2014) (United Kingdom) July 29th, 2022 (Limited), released as Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (Re: 2022) (United Kingdom) June 29th, 2023 (Limited) (New Zealand) April 17th, 2025 (Limited) (New Zealand) ... Show all releases |
| Video Release: | October 5th, 2005 by Dreamworks Video |
| MPAA Rating: | G |
| Running Time: | 85 minutes |
| Franchise: | Wallace and Gromit |
| Comparisons: | vs. Chicken Run Create your own comparison chart… |
| Keywords: | Family Movie, Monster, Kids Horror, Werewolf, Surprise Twist, Animal Lead, Inventor, Romance |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Production Method: | Stop-Motion Animation |
| Creative Type: | Kids Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Aardman Animations, DreamWorks Animation |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |
Ranking on other Records and Milestones
| Record | Rank | Amount | Chart Date | Days In Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halloween (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) | 215 | $7,859,611 | Oct 28, 2005 | 26 |
| Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day) | 36 | $16,025,987 | Oct 7, 2005 | 5 |
| Columbus Day (All Movies, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) | 39 | $29,276,803 | Oct 7, 2005 | 5 |
| Columbus Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) | 36 | $18,741,841 | Oct 7, 2005 | 5 |
| Columbus Day (All Movies, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) | 30 | $34,238,213 | Oct 7, 2005 | 5 |
| Columbus Day (Opening, 3-Day) | 23 | $16,025,987 | Oct 7, 2005 | 5 |
| Columbus Day (Opening, 3-Day, Inflation Adjusted) | 25 | $29,276,803 | Oct 7, 2005 | 5 |
| Columbus Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon) | 23 | $18,741,841 | Oct 7, 2005 | 5 |
| Columbus Day (Opening, 4-Day, Fri-Mon, Inflation Adjusted) | 19 | $34,238,213 | Oct 7, 2005 | 5 |