Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family

Synopsis

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck team up with an aspiring stuntman and a studio executive in order to rescue the stuntman's missing father and locate a mythical diamond before the head of a major conglomerate uses it for his own wicked deeds.

Scores

Overall Score
74.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
75.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
85.1%
Review Aggregate
54.8

Critic Consensus

56.6% Fresh • 122 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 57% of 122 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, family-friendly, lighthearted. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

funnyfamily-friendlylightheartedsatiricalvisually strikingemotionalupliftingchristmascoming of agestylized

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Brendan Fraser2003$9,300,000 source$15,855,488reported
Jenna Elfman2003$3,853,000$6,569,000(est)
Steve Martin2003$2,901,000$4,946,000(est)
Timothy Dalton2003$2,372,000$4,044,000(est)
Joan Cusack2003$2,029,000$3,459,000(est)
Heather Locklear2003$1,786,000$3,045,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score57.0
RT critic review count134
Rotten Tomatoes audience score50.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating5.8
IMDb votes42,275

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2003$20,991,364$35,787,990
International2003$47,523,480$81,022,359
Worldwide2003$68,514,850$116,810,360

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2003$29,505,074$50,302,939
Digital Rentals ?2003$88,000$150,030
Digital Purchases ?2003N/AN/A
Physical Rentals ?2003$17,437,000$29,728,187
Physical Purchases ?2003$31,812,000$54,235,997
TV & Streaming Revenue2003$5,037,927$8,589,118
Total Revenues2003$83,880,001$143,006,270
Expenses
Budget ?2003$80,000,000$136,391,290
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2003$23,120,000 (est)$39,417,083 (est)
Participations2003$1,678,000$2,860,807
Residuals ?2003$3,881,000$6,616,682
Interest & Overhead2003$12,000,000$20,458,694
Total Expenses2003$120,679,000$205,744,557
Movie Net Profit or Loss2003$-36,798,999$-62,738,286

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