<Li> The Merry - Go - Round Broke Down (Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin) (: 16) </Li> <P> Looney Tunes: Back in Action was released on November 14, 2003, originally planned to open earlier that summer . The film grossed $68.5 million worldwide against a budget of $80 million . </P> <P> Warner Bros. was hoping to start a revitalized franchise of Looney Tunes media and products with the success of Back in Action . New animated shorts and a Duck Dodgers TV series were commissioned to tie - in with Back in Action . The film instead triggered Warner Bros. to release new TV projects in an effort to re-brand the Looney Tunes such as Loonatics Unleashed (2005--2007), The Looney Tunes Show (2011--2014), and Wabbit (2015--present). </P> <P> Critical response aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 57% based on 134 reviews . The site's critical consensus reads: "The plot is a nonsensical, hyperactive jumble and the gags are relatively uninspired compared to the classic Looney Tunes cartoons ." At Metacritic, the film scored a 64 / 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews" Chicago Sun - Times movie critics, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, gave the film "Two Thumbs Up"; Roeper called it a "cheerful and self - referential romp blending animation with live action in a non-stop quest for silly laughs," while Ebert called it "goofy fun ." </P>

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