<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $50 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $310.6 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Peter Rabbit is a 2018 live - action / computer - animated comedy film directed by Will Gluck from a screenplay by Rob Lieber and Gluck, based on the stories of Peter Rabbit created by Beatrix Potter . The film stars Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill, Daisy Ridley, Elizabeth Debicki, Margot Robbie, and James Corden . The film was released on February 9, 2018, received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed over $310 million worldwide, making it the seventh highest - grossing film of 2018 . </P> <P> In England's Lake District Peter Rabbit, his cousin Benjamin, and his triplet sisters (who can be distinguished by the colour of jackets they each wear) Flopsy (red), Mopsy (yellow), and Cottontail (teal), spend most of their days picking on Mr. Joe McGregor and stealing vegetables from his garden . They are friends with a local woman named Bea who spends her time painting pictures of the rabbits as well as the surrounding nature . Bea takes on a mother - like relationship with the rabbits due to the death of their mother and father . One day Peter accidentally leaves his jacket in McGregor's garden and goes back to retrieve it . McGregor spots and catches him, but suddenly dies of a heart attack . Enthralled, Peter invites all of the woodland critters, and then takes over McGregor's old house . </P>

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