Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (April 3rd, 2020)

[Himmel]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWBcqCz7l_c

[Himmel]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=euGHcnyUo84

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Sony has pushed Peter Rabbit 2 to August 7 over Coronavirus fears.

With the coronavirus crisis continuing to escalate across Europe, Sony has decided to push the release of its Peter Rabbit sequel back by five months, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, making the film the second major studio release to be impacted by the epidemic after No Time to Die.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, the follow-up to 2018's hugely successful live-action/CGI hybrid Peter Rabbit with James Corden again voicing the famed bunny, was due to launch in the U.K. and other European territories on March 27, rolling out internationally the following week, hitting the U.S. on April 3.

But in light of ongoing events, Sony Pictures Releasing has now opted to shift the international release to Aug. 7 in Europe with the rest of the world to follow suit. Currently, the film – also starring the voices of Margot Robbie and Elizabeth Debicki, and with Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, and David Oyelowo in live-action roles, is also expected to launch in the U.S. on Aug 7.

The postponement comes amid major theatrical market disruptions across European territories. On Monday, as part of a newly installed nationwide quarantine, Italy announced that all its cinemas were to be closed, with others shutting in countries including France and Slovakia. Cinemas across China have been closed for several weeks.

THR understands that Sony made the decision in light of Peter Rabbit 2 being an internationally-driven title, with the first film making $236 million of its $351 million box office outside the U.S., and chose to also adjust the U.S. release due to piracy concerns and with Trolls having shifted its dates to the Easter holiday.

Although the decision was not taken lightly, it is one that will no doubt dampen the spirits of exhibitors hoping for an Easter box office bump with the return of one of the most successful family films of recent years. In the U.K., for example, Peter Rabbit became the biggest family title of 2018, overtaking Pixar's Coco, with $56.3 million. Other strong markets included China ($26.5 million), Australia ($20.2 million), France ($12.3 million) and Germany ($12.1 million).

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/am...-fears-1283449

[Creed]

Wow!

[Chaotic]

Oh dear

[Monterey Jack]

Pushing an obviously Easter-themed movie to the ass-end of August is gonna kill it at the box office. And I was looking forward to it, too.

[Le Grande Blu]

Every cloud...

[StarWarsIsAwesome123]

I wonder who's next?

[DarkEco910]

So, Trolls moving up another week then? Or better box office numbers for The New Mutants?

[DanTheMan]

Sucks. Actually didn’t mind the first film and planned to see this for Easter. Did it really need to be a 4 month delay though?

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Pushing an obviously Easter-themed movie to the ass-end of August is gonna kill it at the box office. And I was looking forward to it, too.

Yeah, makes no sense. Either keep the original date, or push it to Easter 2021.

[Chaotic]

The first one opened in February.

Besides the bunnies, is this really Easter themed?

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

The first one opened in February.

I forgot about that.

Still, though, why all the way in August?

[Chaotic]

Guessing to give the virus craze more time to calm down or something

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Guessing to give the virus craze more time to calm down or something

That's the main reason.

[MikeScott]

I know the first was released in February but I still feel like this is better releasing around Easter than in August. August would definitely hurt it. Especially being a family movie sequel which are already prone to disappointing at the box office. They kind of needed the Easter holiday for this to help it from dropping too terribly much from the first. They should just push it to the following Easter.

[Mikezilla3k]

As one who grew up with the original stories by Beatrix Potter, part of me died a little when I saw the trailer for this before Sonic.

[MazeRunner]

They need to pull TV promos because I just saw one on Lifetime that still says Easter.

[Himmel]

Bumped To April 2nd, 2021

[prkprkprk]

Delayed to June 11