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Watership Down
1978
91 minutes (1 hrs 31 mins)
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Director and Cast Quickview
Directed by
Martin Rosen
Starring
John Hurt
· Richard Briers · Michael Graham Cox · John Bennett · Ralph Richardson · Simon Cadell
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
1st November 1978
Box Office Quickview
UK box office
Debut box office:
15th Dec '78
Debut position: 2
Highest position: 2
Debut gross: £354.6 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 18
Chart position history
UK box office
15 Dec,
1978
2
22 Dec,
1978
2
29 Dec,
1978
3
5 Jan,
1979
3
12 Jan,
1979
3
19 Jan,
1979
3
26 Jan,
1979
4
2 Feb,
1979
5
9 Feb,
1979
5
16 Feb,
1979
5
23 Feb,
1979
5
2 Mar,
1979
8
9 Mar,
1979
9
16 Mar,
1979
8
US box office
Global box office
Total grosses
UK total gross
£1.1 Million
US total gross
$0
Global total gross
$0
25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
Watership Down review – charming rabbit animation still has power to terrify | Movies
The Guardian
Wed, 23rd October 2024
Classic children's film that 'traumatised a generation' arrives on Amazon Prime
Metro.co.uk
Sun, 7th December 2025
30 Minutes On: "Watership Down"
Roger Ebert
Thu, 20th February 2025
The UK Ratings Blunder That Traumatized A Generation
SlashFilm
Tue, 21st July 2026
‘Watership Down’ Review: A Haunting, Beautiful Tale of Survival Upon Certain Doom
Cinema from the Spectrum
Sun, 17th November 2019
Watership Down given new PG rating with language and violence warnings
BBC
Fri, 21st July 2023