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Big Movie is a 2003 American animated musical comedy from DisneyToon Studios in which Piglet runs away and Pooh and friends find him with his scrapbook of memories.", "snippet": "Piglet's Big Movie is a 2003 American animated musical comedy from DisneyToon Studios in which Piglet runs away and Pooh and friends find him with his scrapbook of memories.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.animated-family-franchise-entries.musical-and-fantasy-entries", "markdown": "# Piglet's Big Movie\n\n**Piglet's Big Movie** is a 2003 American animated musical comedy film from DisneyToon Studios in which Piglet, feeling too small to be useful to his [Hundred Acre Wood](https://www.edgepedia.org/hundred-acre-wood) friends, runs away, and Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, and the others use his scrapbook of memories to find him. Directed by Francis Glebas and written by Brian Hohlfeld, it was released in the United States by [Walt Disney Pictures](https://www.edgepedia.org/walt-disney-pictures) on March 21, 2003, and features new songs written and performed by [Carly Simon](https://www.edgepedia.org/carly-simon).[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) • [2](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0323642/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Release | Premiered March 16, 2003 at the El Capitan Theatre, Los Angeles; United States release March 21, 2003[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) |\n| Runtime and rating | 75 minutes, rated G[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) |\n| Production | DisneyToon Studios; pre-production in Burbank, animation primarily by Walt Disney Animation Japan[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) |\n| Voice cast | John Fiedler (Piglet), Jim Cummings (Winnie the Pooh and Tigger), Ken Sansom (Rabbit), Peter Cullen (Eeyore), Kath Soucie (Kanga), Nikita Hopkins (Roo), André Stojka (Owl), Tom Wheatley (Christopher Robin)[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) |\n| Music | New songs written and performed by Carly Simon, including \"If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)\", \"Mother's Intuition\", and \"With a Few Good Friends\"[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) |\n| Box office | $62,870,546 worldwide, of which $23,103,423 was domestic[2](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0323642/) |\n| Critical scores | 71% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer (75 reviews); Metascore 62 from 23 reviews; 6.2/10 on IMDb[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piglets_big_movie) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/criticreviews/) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/ratings/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nThe film opens with Pooh, Rabbit, Tigger, and Eeyore planning to get honey from a beehive. Piglet is excluded from the scheme because he is too small, even though he turns out to have played the decisive part in the honey harvest, and no one realizes this as they celebrate.[6](https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2003-03-27-export25560-story.html) • [7](https://pooh.fandom.com/wiki/Piglet%27s_Big_Movie) Feeling that nothing he does matters or is appreciated, Piglet disappears into the Hundred Acre Wood.[6](https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2003-03-27-export25560-story.html)\n\nWhen his friends discover he is gone, the only clue they have is the scrapbook he left behind. They use it as a map, and its pages lead them through retellings of earlier adventures in which Piglet played a much larger role than they had acknowledged, including the building of Eeyore's house, the arrival of Kanga and Roo in the forest, and an expedition to the [North Pole](https://www.edgepedia.org/north-pole).[8](https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-547d3955-64ac-4864-8ead-6cc731fd843e) • [9](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/piglets-big-movie) The three embedded stories are drawn from A.A. Milne's original [Winnie-the-Pooh](https://www.edgepedia.org/winnie-the-pooh) books.[9](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/piglets-big-movie) After an eventful search and a dramatic climax, Piglet demonstrates how large an influence he has had on his pals, and the film's message is that being small in stature does not mean being unimportant.[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) • [10](https://kids-in-mind.com/p/pigletsbigmovie.htm)\n\n## Production\n\n**Studio and animation.** The film was a production of DisneyToon Studios, a division of Walt Disney Feature Animation, with pre-production work done in Burbank and the animation done primarily by Walt Disney Animation Japan, where Takeshi Atomura served as animation director.[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) • [11](https://www.awn.com/news/piglets-big-movie-bows-dvd) The stated emphasis was on recreating the classic watercolor art direction of the Pooh franchise, with small amounts of computer animation used for effects such as the bubbles of Piglet's bath, a waterfall, and rain and snow.[11](https://www.awn.com/news/piglets-big-movie-bows-dvd) Production designer Fred Warter and editor Ivan Bilancio were among the crew.[12](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/62868)\n\n**Casting.** [John Fiedler](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-fiedler) voiced Piglet in what the trade press described as his 35th year performing the cherished role.[11](https://www.awn.com/news/piglets-big-movie-bows-dvd) [Jim Cummings](https://www.edgepedia.org/jim-cummings) provided the voices of both Winnie the Pooh and Tigger.[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/)\n\n## Music\n\nCarly Simon wrote and performed several new songs for the film, including \"If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)\", \"Mother's Intuition\", and \"With a Few Good Friends\"; Disney's 2003 annual report credited the film's songs to Simon.[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) • [13](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2015/10/2003-Annual-Report.pdf) The end-title sequence features \"Comforting to Know\", performed by Simon with Ben Taylor and a guest vocal by [Renée Fleming](https://www.edgepedia.org/renee-fleming), with the score composed by Carl Johnson.[14](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Piglet%27s_Big_Movie/Credits)\n\n## Release and box office\n\nAfter the March 21, 2003 wide release in the United States, the film opened in 2,084 theaters with a first weekend of $6,097,758, which was 26.4 percent of its eventual $23,103,423 domestic gross.[15](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Piglets-Big-Movie) International releases followed through 2003, including the United Kingdom on June 27, France on October 22, and Germany on July 3; the international total of $39,767,123 gave the film a worldwide gross of $62,870,546, with the domestic share at 36.7 percent.[2](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0323642/) The film was the eighth in DisneyToon Studios' series of theatrically released animated features, following [The Tigger Movie](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-tigger-movie) (2000) among the Pooh titles.[16](https://d23.com/a-to-z/animated-features-other/)\n\nBuena Vista Home Entertainment released the film on DVD on July 29, 2003 at a list price of $29.99, with extras including \"Piglet's Big Book of Memories\" and \"The World According to Piglet\".[11](https://www.awn.com/news/piglets-big-movie-bows-dvd) The film later became available on Disney+, where it streams as of the mid-2020s.[8](https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-547d3955-64ac-4864-8ead-6cc731fd843e)\n\n## Reception\n\n**Critical response.** The film holds a 71 percent Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes from 75 reviews, with the site's critics consensus calling it \"wholesome and charming entertainment for young children\", and an audience Popcornmeter score of 64 percent from more than 5,000 ratings.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piglets_big_movie) Its Metacritic average was 62 from 23 reviews.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/criticreviews/) Stephen Holden of The New York Times scored it 80 and called it \"an oasis of gentleness and wit\" in the world of animated movies, while Claudia Puig of USA Today, at 50, felt it played like a slightly longer episode of the old Winnie the Pooh television series.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/criticreviews/) J.R. Jones of the Chicago Reader judged that the screenplay incorporated three of the original Pooh stories but captured none of the charm of Milne's droll voice.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piglets_big_movie) Reviewers repeatedly identified the film as aimed at young children rather than families generally; Daniel M. Kimmel of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette called it second-rank Disney animation that nonetheless works for kids.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piglets_big_movie)\n\n**Awards.** The film received one Annie Award nomination, for Outstanding Effects Animation, for Madoka Yasue, at the 2004 ceremony.[17](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/awards/)\n\n**Audience ratings.** IMDb users have given the film a weighted 6.2/10 from about 9,700 ratings, with an unweighted mean of 6.4.[5](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/ratings/)\n\n## Place in the Winnie the Pooh franchise\n\nThe film is based on the characters from A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books and was the third theatrically released Winnie the Pooh feature, following [The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-many-adventures-of-winnie-the-pooh) (1977) and The Tigger Movie (2000).[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/) DisneyToon Studios followed it with Pooh's Heffalump Movie in 2005.[16](https://d23.com/a-to-z/animated-features-other/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Piglet's Big Movie (film), Disney D23](https://d23.com/a-to-z/piglets-big-movie-film/)\n2. [Piglet's Big Movie (2003), Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0323642/)\n3. [Piglet's Big Movie, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/piglets_big_movie)\n4. [Piglet's Big Movie (2003) Metacritic reviews, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/criticreviews/)\n5. [Piglet's Big Movie (2003) Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323642/ratings/)\n6. ['Piglet's Big Movie' sends a message of friendship, Los Angeles Times / Daily Pilot (2003)](https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-xpm-2003-03-27-export25560-story.html)\n7. [Piglet's Big Movie, Winniepedia](https://pooh.fandom.com/wiki/Piglet%27s_Big_Movie)\n8. [Piglet's Big Movie, Disney+](https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-547d3955-64ac-4864-8ead-6cc731fd843e)\n9. [Piglet's Big Movie parents' guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/piglets-big-movie)\n10. [Piglet's Big Movie parents' guide, Kids-In-Mind](https://kids-in-mind.com/p/pigletsbigmovie.htm)\n11. [Piglet's Big Movie Bows on DVD, Animation World Network (2003)](https://www.awn.com/news/piglets-big-movie-bows-dvd)\n12. [Piglet's Big Movie (2003), AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/62868)\n13. [The Walt Disney Company 2003 Annual Report](https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2015/10/2003-Annual-Report.pdf)\n14. [Piglet's Big Movie/Credits, Moviepedia](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Piglet%27s_Big_Movie/Credits)\n15. [Piglet's Big Movie (2003), The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Piglets-Big-Movie)\n16. [Animated features, other, Disney D23](https://d23.com/a-to-z/animated-features-other/)\n17. 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