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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014 R 1h 59m Drama, Comedy Fox Searchlight Pictures

How did we end up here?

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Box Office

Opening Weekend
$2.5M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$42.3M
Final
Worldwide Total
$102.5M
$60.2M international
Domestic Legs17.1x
Budget$18.0M
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Oct 17-19 20 $424K $424K 4 $106.1K 1
Oct 24-26 15 $1.38M +225.1% $2.01M 50 $27.6K 2
Oct 31-Nov 2 12 $2.39M +73.3% $4.88M 231 $10.3K 3
Nov 7-9 11 $2.31M -3.3% $8.10M 460 $5.0K 4
Nov 14-16 10 $2.47M +6.9% $11.60M 857 $2.9K 5
Nov 21-23 9 $1.85M -25.0% $14.41M 862 $2.1K 6
Nov 28-30 9 $1.87M +1.1% $17.22M 710 $2.6K 7
Dec 5-7 10 $1.15M -38.6% $18.92M 738 $1.6K 8
Dec 12-14 11 $1.31M +13.9% $20.78M 606 $2.2K 9
Dec 19-21 15 $865K -33.9% $22.20M 452 $1.9K 10
Dec 26-28 21 $802K -7.3% $23.74M 292 $2.7K 11
Jan 2-4 21 $861K +7.3% $25.42M 282 $3.1K 12
Jan 9-11 20 $590K -31.5% $26.34M 228 $2.6K 13
Jan 16-18 15 $1.54M +161.7% $28.27M 471 $3.3K 14
Jan 23-25 13 $1.94M +25.5% $30.94M 833 $2.3K 15
Jan 30-Feb 1 14 $1.48M -23.7% $33.20M 976 $1.5K 16
Feb 6-8 14 $1.30M -12.0% $35.14M 666 $2.0K 17
Feb 13-15 18 $857K -34.2% $36.46M 481 $1.8K 18
Feb 20-22 15 $878K +2.4% $37.78M 407 $2.2K 19
Feb 27-Mar 1 12 $1.92M +119.2% $40.23M 1,213 $1.6K 20
Mar 6-8 17 $718K -62.7% $41.54M 777 $924 21
Mar 13-15 24 $222K -69.1% $42.03M 239 $928 22
Mar 20-22 35 $87K -61.0% $42.19M 108 $802 23
Mar 27-29 46 $40K -54.2% $42.27M 46 $862 24
Apr 3-5 54 $21K -46.1% $42.31M 39 $548 25
Apr 10-12 65 $11K -46.3% $42.34M 20 $574 26

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAlejandro G. Iñárritu
ScreenplayAlejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
Produced byAlejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole
CinematographyEmmanuel Lubezki
Music byAntonio Sánchez
StarringMichael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough
StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

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