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The Animal

The Animal
2001
 84 minutes (1 hrs 24 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Starring

Rob Schneider · Colleen Haskell · John C. McGinley · Edward Asner · Michael Caton · Louis Lombardi

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 1st June 2001
Iceland release date Iceland release: 13th July 2001
Mexico release date Mexico release: 13th July 2001

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 2nd Nov '01
  • Debut position: 7
  • Highest position: 7
  • Debut gross: £345.7 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 3

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 1st Jun '01
  • Debut position: 3
  • Highest position: 3
  • Debut gross: $19.6 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 13

Chart position history

UK box office

2 Nov, 2001
7
9 Nov, 2001
10
16 Nov, 2001
13

US box office

1 Jun, 2001
3
8 Jun, 2001
5
15 Jun, 2001
7
22 Jun, 2001
10
29 Jun, 2001
15

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £780.3 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $57.7 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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After the global success of The Lego Movie in 2014 directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller bring the novel Project Hail Mary to the big screen which has been given a 12A age rating in the UK for moderate threat, rude humour, drug references, implied strong language

The movie stars Ryan Gosling who has previously been seen in The Fall Guy and The United States of Leland, the movie also stars Ken Leung wh0 has starred in Year of the Fish and The Squid and the Whale.

Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have also had success on the big screen with the adaptation of the TV show 21 Jump Street and its sequel 22 Jump Street.

Movie Synopsis

A girl hops her mind into a robotic beaver in order to communicate with the animal world and save their habitat from developers.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: Project Hail Mary
  • BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
  • Reason: moderate threat, rude humour, drug references, implied strong language
  • Release date: 20th March 2026
  • Runtime: 156 minutes (2 hours 36 minutes)
  • The movie is being released into movie theatres
  • Directed by:
    • Phil Lord
    • Chris Miller
  • Starring:
    • Ryan Gosling
    • Ken Leung
    • Milana Vayntrub

BBFC movie page

Disney and Pixar bring their latest computer generated animated movie to the bog screen in the shape of Hoppers which has been given a U age rating in the UK for very mild threat, violence, upsetting scenes, rude humour, language

The movie stars the voices of Jon Hamm who has previously been in A Single Man and Confess Fletch and Meryl Streep who has starred in The Magic 7 and Music of the Heart.

The movie is directed by Daniel Chong who previously directed We Bare Bears: The Movie.

Movie Synopsis

A girl hops her mind into a robotic beaver in order to communicate with the animal world and save their habitat from developers.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: Hoppers
  • BBFC age rating: U Certificate
  • Reason: very mild threat, violence, upsetting scenes, rude humour, language
  • Release date: 6th March 2026
  • Runtime: 104 minutes (1 hours 44 minutes)
  • The movie is being released into movie theatres
  • Directed by:
    • Daniel Chong
  • Starring:
    • Jon Hamm
    • Meryl Streep
    • Piper Curda

BBFC movie page

A new poster has been released for upcoming movie Hoppers which can be viewed in full if you scroll down this page.

Movie breakdown

  • The movie is due for release in the UK on 6th March 2026
  • It is due for release in North America on 6th March 2026
  • It stars among others Jon Hamm (Bad Times At the El Royale) and Bobby Moynihan (IF)
  • It is directed by Daniel Chong (Hoppers)
  • The movie also stars Piper Curda, and
  • Jon Hamm and Bobby Moynihan appeared together in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story
  • Daniel Chong directed Bobby Moynihan in We Bare Bears: The Movie

Synopsis for Hoppers

An animal lover uses technology that places her consciousness into a robotic beaver to uncover mysteries within the animal world beyond her imagination.

Check out the Salty Popcorn movie page for more information on this upcoming film.

The Bad Guys is an animated movie from Dreamworks studios and it has been given a U age rating from the BBFC.

The movie stars the voice talent of Sam Rockwell who recently lent his voice to Ivan in The One and Only Ivan and Awkwafina who was a one of the voice stars in Raya and the Last Dragon.

The movie is directed by Pierre Perifel who is making a feature film debut.

Movie Synopsis

After a lifetime of legendary heists, notorious criminals Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark and Ms. Tarantula are finally caught. To avoid a prison sentence, the animal outlaws must pull off their most challenging con yet -- becoming model citizens. Under the tutelage of their mentor, Professor Marmalade, the dubious gang sets out to fool the world that they're turning good.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

  • Title: The Bad Gys
  • BBFC age rating: U Certificate
  • Reason: mild threat, very mild bad language, comic violence, rude humour
  • Release date: 1st April 2022
  • Runtime: 100m (1 hour 40 minutes)
  • Director:
    • Pierre Perifel
  • Starring:
    • Sam Rockwell
    • Awkwafina
    • Anthony Ramos

BBFC movie page

Robert Downey Jr. returns to the bog screen in a new adaptation of the Dr. Dolittle story which has been given a PG rating in the UK.

After spending a long time as Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Robert Downey Jr. is now playing the man who can walk and talk with the animals in Dolittle.

Voicing the animals in the movie are the vocal talents of Rami Malek, Martin Sheen and Tom Holland.

The film has been given a PG age rating on the UK by the BBFC for mild threat, rude humour and it has a runtime of 101 minutes (1 hours 41 minutes) and the movie was passed uncut.

The movie is released on 7th February 2020.

BBFC film info page.