Hop (film)

Hop
A bunny standing on top of an egg with the word "HOP" written with the letters colored blue green and orange
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTim Hill
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Cinco Paul
  • Ken Daurio
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Lyons Collister
Edited by
  • Peter S. Elliot
  • Gregory Perler
Music byChristopher Lennertz
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures[1]
Release dates
Running time
95 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$63 million[3]
Box office$183.9 million[3]

Hop is a 2011 American live-action/animated Easter fantasy comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film was directed by Tim Hill and produced by Chris Meledandri and Michele Imperato Stabile, from a screenplay written by Brian Lynch and the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the latter two of whom also conceived the film's story. It stars James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, Hank Azaria, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, David Hasselhoff, Chelsea Handler, and Hugh Laurie, with Tiffany Espensen, Dustin Ybarra, and Hugh Hefner in supporting roles. The film follows a young rabbit who would rather drum in a band than succeed his father as the Easter Bunny, and befriends a human slacker seeking a job.

Hop premiered at Universal Studios Hollywood on March 27, 2011, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 1. It received generally negative reviews from critics. During its theatrical run, the film earned $184 million at the box office, against a budget of $63 million. To date, it is the only Illumination film that combines live-action photography with animation.

  1. ^ a b "Hop". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Hop (U)". British Board of Film Classification. March 15, 2011. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Hop". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 1, 2021.