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| Directed by | Darrell Van Citters |
| Produced by | Kathleen Helppie-Shipley |
| Written by | Charles Carney |
| Starring | Jeff Bergman |
| Music by | Hummie Mann |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | January 3, 1990 |
| Country | USA |
Box–Office Bunny, released in 1990, is a 4-minute Looney Tunes short starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd. It was shown in theaters with The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. This was Warner Brother's first Bugs Bunny theatrical release since 1964. It was issued to commemorate Bugs' 50th anniversary. It is included as a special feature on the DVD for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.
Jeff Bergman voiced the three main characters, thus becoming the first person besides Mel Blanc, who had died a year before the cartoon was released, to have the honor of providing Bugs' and Daffy's voices.
The short was directed by Darrell Van Citters, who went on to direct the first two "Hare Jordan" Bugs Bunny/Michael Jordan commercials for Nike.
The action takes place in a massive movie theater built over Bugs' rabbit hole. Bugs decides to see what's inside. There he meets usher Elmer Fudd, and Daffy Duck as a freeloading movie goer, employing a library card to sneak in the back door. To many, the highlight is a techno parody with bubble gum and a parody of Friday the 13th (whose international distribution was handled by Warners). At the end, the Looney Tunes "That's All Folks!" sequence is interrupted by Daffy and Elmer, then Bugs, also doing this at the end of Baseball Bugs and Hare Tonic, comes in and delivers the closing line, "That's All Folks!" Bugs also did this at the end of Space Jam before Porky Pig and Daffy Duck came in.