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MOVIE
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
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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
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Total views:
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First viewed:
12th Apr 2026
Last viewed:
8th Jun 2026
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Sun, 7th December 2025
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Fri, 17th October 2025
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Sat, 1st November 2025
Watership Down now rated PG after 45 years of terrifying children
The Guardian
Fri, 21st July 2023
This Fantastic 1970s Animated Movie Has Been Traumatizing Kids For Decades
IMDb
Wed, 15th April 2026
Watership Down author Richard Adams has died
Digital Journal
Wed, 3rd June 2026