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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?

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Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$424K

Limited · 4 theaters

Domestic Total

$42.3M

Final

Worldwide Total

$102.5M

$60.2M international

Domestic Legs17.1x

Budget$18.0M

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Cast & Crew

Full Iñárritu filmography

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Alejandro G. Iñárritu Director

Michael Keaton Starring

Emma Stone Starring

Edward Norton Starring

Zach Galifianakis

Zach Galifianakis Starring

Naomi Watts Starring

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 StudioFox Searchlight Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 17-19 20 $424.4K — 4 $106,099 $424.4K

2 Oct 24-26 15 $1.4M +225.1% 50 $27,593 $2.0M

3 Oct 31-Nov 2 12 $2.4M +73.3% 231 $10,348 $4.9M

4 Nov 7-9 11 $2.3M −3.3% 460 $5,026 $8.1M

5 Nov 14-16 10 $2.5M +6.9% 857 $2,884 $11.6M

6 Nov 21-23 9 $1.9M −25.0% 862 $2,150 $14.4M

7 Nov 28-30 9 $1.9M +1.1% 710 $2,640 $17.2M

8 Dec 5-7 10 $1.2M −38.6% 738 $1,559 $18.9M

9 Dec 12-14 11 $1.3M +13.9% 606 $2,161 $20.8M

10 Dec 19-21 15 $865.3K −33.9% 452 $1,914 $22.2M

11 Dec 26-28 21 $802.2K −7.3% 292 $2,747 $23.7M

12 Jan 2-4 21 $860.6K +7.3% 282 $3,052 $25.4M

13 Jan 9-11 20 $589.9K −31.5% 228 $2,587 $26.3M

14 Jan 16-18 15 $1.5M +161.7% 471 $3,277 $28.3M

15 Jan 23-25 13 $1.9M +25.5% 833 $2,327 $30.9M

16 Jan 30-Feb 1 14 $1.5M −23.7% 976 $1,516 $33.2M

17 Feb 6-8 14 $1.3M −12.0% 666 $1,955 $35.1M

18 Feb 13-15 18 $857.1K −34.2% 481 $1,782 $36.5M

19 Feb 20-22 15 $877.6K +2.4% 407 $2,156 $37.8M

20 Feb 27-Mar 1 12 $1.9M +119.2% 1,213 $1,586 $40.2M

21 Mar 6-8 17 $718.2K −62.7% 777 $924 $41.5M

22 Mar 13-15 24 $221.9K −69.1% 239 $928 $42.0M

23 Mar 20-22 35 $86.6K −61.0% 108 $802 $42.2M

24 Mar 27-29 46 $39.7K −54.2% 46 $862 $42.3M

25 Apr 3-5 54 $21.4K −46.1% 39 $548 $42.3M

26 Apr 10-12 65 $11.5K −46.3% 20 $574 $42.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 17 — $135.6K — $135.6K 4 $33,901 1

Sat Oct 18 — $158.2K +16.7% $293.8K 4 $39,557 2

Sun Oct 19 — $130.6K −17.5% $424.4K 4 $32,642 3

Mon Oct 20 — $54.3K −58.4% $478.7K 4 $13,586 4

Tue Oct 21 — $51.7K −4.9% $530.4K 4 $12,916 5

Wed Oct 22 — $53.2K +2.9% $583.6K 4 $13,291 6

Thu Oct 23 — $46.9K −11.8% $630.4K 4 $11,719 7

Fri Oct 24 #15 $432.6K +822.9% +219.0% $1.1M 50 $8,652 8

Sat Oct 25 #15 $580.4K +34.2% +266.8% $1.6M 50 $11,609 9

Sun Oct 26 #14 $366.6K −36.8% +180.8% $2.0M 50 $7,332 10

Mon Oct 27 #14 $126.8K −65.4% +133.4% $2.1M 50 $2,537 11

Tue Oct 28 #15 $121.9K −3.9% +136.0% $2.3M 50 $2,438 12

Wed Oct 29 #14 $118.2K −3.1% +122.3% $2.4M 50 $2,364 13

Thu Oct 30 #14 $117.3K −0.8% +150.2% $2.5M 50 $2,345 14

Fri Oct 31 #14 $504.6K +330.3% +16.6% $3.0M 231 $2,184 15

Sat Nov 1 #13 $1.2M +141.1% +109.6% $4.2M 231 $5,266 16

Sun Nov 2 #12 $669.2K −45.0% +82.6% $4.9M 231 $2,897 17

Mon Nov 3 #12 $222.1K −66.8% +75.1% $5.1M 231 $961 18

Tue Nov 4 #14 $237.5K +6.9% +94.8% $5.3M 231 $1,028 19

Wed Nov 5 #12 $227.3K −4.3% +92.4% $5.6M 231 $984 20

Thu Nov 6 #12 $214.7K −5.6% +83.1% $5.8M 231 $929 21

Fri Nov 7 #10 $675.3K +214.6% +33.8% $6.5M 460 $1,468 22

Sat Nov 8 #11 $1.0M +51.3% −16.0% $7.5M 460 $2,221 23

Sun Nov 9 #11 $614.8K −39.8% −8.1% $8.1M 460 $1,337 24

Mon Nov 10 #11 $240.9K −60.8% +8.5% $8.3M 460 $524 25

Tue Nov 11 #11 $344.6K +43.1% +45.1% $8.7M 460 $749 26

Wed Nov 12 #9 $224.3K −34.9% −1.3% $8.9M 460 $488 27

Thu Nov 13 #9 $217.5K −3.0% +1.3% $9.1M 460 $473 28

Fri Nov 14 #10 $700.3K +221.9% +3.7% $9.8M 857 $817 29

Sat Nov 15 #10 $1.1M +60.2% +9.8% $10.9M 857 $1,309 30

Sun Nov 16 #9 $649.2K −42.1% +5.6% $11.6M 857 $758 31

Mon Nov 17 #9 $227.7K −64.9% −5.5% $11.8M 857 $266 32

Tue Nov 18 #9 $281.7K +23.7% −18.2% $12.1M 857 $329 33

Wed Nov 19 #9 $234.3K −16.8% +4.5% $12.3M 857 $273 34

Thu Nov 20 #8 $211.6K −9.7% −2.7% $12.6M 857 $247 35

Fri Nov 21 #9 $505.8K +139.1% −27.8% $13.1M 862 $587 36

Sat Nov 22 #8 $855.5K +69.1% −23.8% $13.9M 862 $992 37

Sun Nov 23 #9 $492.4K −42.4% −24.2% $14.4M 862 $571 38

Mon Nov 24 #9 $184.0K −62.6% −19.2% $14.6M 862 $213 39

Tue Nov 25 #9 $236.6K +28.6% −16.0% $14.8M 862 $275 40

Wed Nov 26 — $251.2K +6.2% +7.2% $15.1M 705 $356 41

Thu Nov 27 — $268.4K +6.8% +26.9% $15.3M 705 $381 42

Fri Nov 28 #9 $741.8K +176.3% +46.7% $16.1M 710 $1,045 43

Sat Nov 29 #9 $749.3K +1.0% −12.4% $16.8M 710 $1,055 44

Sun Nov 30 #9 $383.3K −48.8% −22.2% $17.2M 710 $540 45

Mon Dec 1 #9 $123.5K −67.8% −32.9% $17.3M 710 $174 46

Tue Dec 2 #9 $155.4K +25.9% −34.3% $17.5M 710 $219 47

Wed Dec 3 #9 $139.4K −10.3% −44.5% $17.6M 710 $196 48

Thu Dec 4 #9 $130.9K −6.1% −51.3% $17.8M 710 $184 49

Fri Dec 5 #10 $311.9K +138.4% −57.9% $18.1M 738 $423 50

Sat Dec 6 #10 $541.9K +73.7% −27.7% $18.6M 738 $734 51

Sun Dec 7 #10 $296.5K −45.3% −22.7% $18.9M 738 $402 52

Mon Dec 8 #10 $112.7K −62.0% −8.7% $19.0M 738 $153 53

Tue Dec 9 #10 $134.1K +19.0% −13.7% $19.2M 738 $182 54

Wed Dec 10 #9 $124.3K −7.3% −10.8% $19.3M 738 $168 55

Thu Dec 11 #8 $178.3K +43.4% +36.2% $19.5M 738 $242 56

Fri Dec 12 #11 $378.3K +112.2% +21.3% $19.8M 606 $624 57

Sat Dec 13 #11 $596.7K +57.7% +10.1% $20.4M 606 $985 58

Sun Dec 14 #11 $334.8K −43.9% +12.9% $20.8M 606 $552 59

Mon Dec 15 #11 $135.8K −59.4% +20.5% $20.9M 606 $224 60

Tue Dec 16 #11 $158.1K +16.4% +17.9% $21.1M 606 $261 61

Wed Dec 17 #12 $137.0K −13.3% +10.3% $21.2M 606 $226 62

Thu Dec 18 #12 $129.1K −5.8% −27.6% $21.3M 541 $239 63

Fri Dec 19 #14 $226.2K +75.1% −40.2% $21.6M 452 $500 64

Sat Dec 20 #14 $373.9K +65.3% −37.3% $21.9M 452 $827 65

Sun Dec 21 #15 $265.2K −29.1% −20.8% $22.2M 452 $587 66

Mon Dec 22 #14 $152.8K −42.4% +12.5% $22.4M 452 $338 67

Tue Dec 23 #14 $170.4K +11.5% +7.8% $22.5M 452 $377 68

Wed Dec 24 — $146.5K −14.0% +6.9% $22.7M 452 $324 69

Thu Dec 25 — $267.3K +82.4% +107.0% $22.9M 292 $915 70

Fri Dec 26 #19 $273.6K +2.4% +21.0% $23.2M 292 $937 71

Sat Dec 27 #19 $296.6K +8.4% −20.7% $23.5M 292 $1,016 72

Sun Dec 28 — $232.0K −21.8% −12.5% $23.7M 292 $794 73

Mon Dec 29 #19 $170.2K −26.6% +11.4% $23.9M 292 $583 74

Tue Dec 30 #19 $171.0K +0.4% +0.4% $24.1M 292 $586 75

Wed Dec 31 — $188.2K +10.1% +28.4% $24.3M 292 $645 76

Thu Jan 1 — $290.9K +54.6% +8.8% $24.6M 292 $996 77

Fri Jan 2 — $319.5K +9.8% +16.8% $24.9M 282 $1,133 78

Sat Jan 3 — $335.9K +5.1% +13.2% $25.2M 282 $1,191 79

Sun Jan 4 — $205.2K −38.9% −11.5% $25.4M 282 $728 80

Mon Jan 5 — $74.8K −63.6% −56.1% $25.5M 282 $265 81

Tue Jan 6 — $83.5K +11.7% −51.2% $25.6M 282 $296 82

Wed Jan 7 — $84.8K +1.6% −54.9% $25.7M 282 $301 83

Thu Jan 8 — $80.0K −5.7% −72.5% $25.7M 282 $284 84

Fri Jan 9 — $159.6K +99.4% −50.1% $25.9M 228 $700 85

Sat Jan 10 — $271.5K +70.2% −19.1% $26.2M 228 $1,191 86

Sun Jan 11 — $158.8K −41.5% −22.6% $26.3M 228 $696 87

Mon Jan 12 — $74.9K −52.8% +0.1% $26.4M 228 $328 88

Tue Jan 13 — $94.7K +26.5% +13.3% $26.5M 228 $415 89

Wed Jan 14 — $94.4K −0.3% +11.2% $26.6M 228 $414 90

Thu Jan 15 #15 $124.5K +32.0% +55.6% $26.7M 228 $546 91

Fri Jan 16 #14 $406.0K +226.0% +154.5% $27.1M 471 $862 92

Sat Jan 17 #14 $713.6K +75.8% +162.8% $27.8M 471 $1,515 93

Sun Jan 18 — $424.0K −40.6% +167.1% $28.3M 471 $900 94

Mon Jan 19 #15 $326.8K −22.9% +336.6% $28.6M 471 $694 95

Tue Jan 20 #14 $141.8K −56.6% +49.8% $28.7M 471 $301 96

Wed Jan 21 #13 $123.0K −13.3% +30.4% $28.9M 471 $261 97

Thu Jan 22 #13 $136.8K +11.2% +9.8% $29.0M 471 $290 98

Fri Jan 23 #13 $490.9K +258.9% +20.9% $29.5M 833 $589 99

Sat Jan 24 #13 $917.4K +86.9% +28.6% $30.4M 833 $1,101 100

Sun Jan 25 #12 $529.7K −42.3% +24.9% $30.9M 833 $636 101

Mon Jan 26 #12 $173.5K −67.2% −46.9% $31.1M 833 $208 102

Tue Jan 27 #12 $240.5K +38.7% +69.6% $31.4M 833 $289 103

Wed Jan 28 #12 $194.5K −19.2% +58.1% $31.5M 833 $233 104

Thu Jan 29 #12 $177.4K −8.8% +29.7% $31.7M 833 $213 105

Fri Jan 30 #15 $459.0K +158.7% −6.5% $32.2M 976 $470 106

Sat Jan 31 #13 $792.9K +72.8% −13.6% $33.0M 976 $812 107

Sun Feb 1 #15 $227.8K −71.3% −57.0% $33.2M 976 $233 108

Mon Feb 2 #13 $136.9K −39.9% −21.1% $33.3M 976 $140 109

Tue Feb 3 #13 $179.4K +31.0% −25.4% $33.5M 976 $184 110

Wed Feb 4 #12 $152.0K −15.2% −21.8% $33.7M 976 $156 111

Thu Feb 5 #11 $163.4K +7.5% −7.9% $33.8M 976 $167 112

Fri Feb 6 #14 $326.0K +99.5% −29.0% $34.2M 666 $490 113

Sat Feb 7 #14 $635.8K +95.0% −19.8% $34.8M 666 $955 114

Sun Feb 8 #14 $340.0K −46.5% +49.3% $35.1M 666 $511 115

Mon Feb 9 #14 $114.2K −66.4% −16.6% $35.2M 666 $171 116

Tue Feb 10 #14 $130.8K +14.5% −27.1% $35.4M 666 $196 117

Wed Feb 11 #14 $113.6K −13.1% −25.3% $35.5M 666 $171 118

Thu Feb 12 #13 $106.9K −6.0% −34.6% $35.6M 666 $160 119

Fri Feb 13 — $202.8K +89.8% −37.8% $35.8M 481 $422 120

Sat Feb 14 — $395.4K +95.0% −37.8% $36.2M 481 $822 121

Sun Feb 15 #15 $258.9K −34.5% −23.8% $36.5M 481 $538 122

Mon Feb 16 #14 $172.9K −33.2% +51.4% $36.6M 481 $360 123

Tue Feb 17 #14 $90.1K −47.9% −31.1% $36.7M 481 $187 124

Wed Feb 18 #14 $84.1K −6.7% −26.0% $36.8M 481 $175 125

Thu Feb 19 #14 $98.3K +16.8% −8.0% $36.9M 481 $204 126

Fri Feb 20 #14 $247.4K +151.7% +22.0% $37.2M 407 $608 127

Sat Feb 21 #14 $405.4K +63.8% +2.5% $37.6M 407 $996 128

Sun Feb 22 #14 $224.8K −44.5% −13.2% $37.8M 407 $552 129

Mon Feb 23 #10 $141.5K −37.1% −18.2% $37.9M 407 $348 130

Tue Feb 24 #11 $148.5K +4.9% +64.8% $38.1M 407 $365 131

Wed Feb 25 #11 $117.1K −21.1% +39.2% $38.2M 407 $288 132

Thu Feb 26 #12 $116.1K −0.8% +18.2% $38.3M 407 $285 133

Fri Feb 27 #12 $526.2K +353.1% +112.7% $38.8M 1,213 $434 134

Sat Feb 28 #11 $922.3K +75.3% +127.5% $39.8M 1,213 $760 135

Sun Mar 1 #12 $475.0K −48.5% +111.3% $40.2M 1,213 $392 136

Mon Mar 2 #11 $152.0K −68.0% +7.4% $40.4M 1,213 $125 137

Tue Mar 3 #11 $172.4K +13.4% +16.1% $40.6M 1,213 $142 138

Wed Mar 4 #11 $137.1K −20.5% +17.1% $40.7M 1,213 $113 139

Thu Mar 5 #13 $127.7K −6.9% +10.0% $40.8M 1,213 $105 140

Fri Mar 6 — $192.7K +50.9% −63.4% $41.0M 777 $248 141

Sat Mar 7 #15 $347.9K +80.5% −62.3% $41.4M 777 $448 142

Sun Mar 8 — $177.6K −48.9% −62.6% $41.5M 777 $229 143

Mon Mar 9 — $60.3K −66.1% −60.3% $41.6M 777 $78 144

Tue Mar 10 — $76.7K +27.3% −55.5% $41.7M 777 $99 145

Wed Mar 11 #15 $68.3K −11.0% −50.2% $41.7M 777 $88 146

Thu Mar 12 #15 $63.1K −7.6% −50.6% $41.8M 777 $81 147

Fri Mar 13 — $57.1K −9.6% −70.4% $41.9M 239 $239 148

Sat Mar 14 — $107.0K +87.5% −69.2% $42.0M 239 $448 149

Sun Mar 15 — $57.8K −46.0% −67.5% $42.0M 239 $242 150

Mon Mar 16 — $18.5K −67.9% −69.2% $42.0M 239 $78 151

Tue Mar 17 — $20.7K +11.8% −73.0% $42.1M 239 $87 152

Wed Mar 18 — $20.8K +0.3% −69.6% $42.1M 239 $87 153

Thu Mar 19 — $18.8K −9.5% −70.2% $42.1M 239 $79 154

Fri Mar 20 — $22.1K +17.5% −61.3% $42.1M 108 $205 155

Sat Mar 21 — $41.8K +89.2% −60.9% $42.2M 108 $387 156

Sun Mar 22 — $22.7K −45.8% −60.8% $42.2M 108 $210 157

Mon Mar 23 — $11.0K −51.2% −40.4% $42.2M 108 $102 158

Tue Mar 24 — $11.5K +3.9% −44.7% $42.2M 108 $106 159

Wed Mar 25 — $11.2K −2.8% −46.4% $42.2M 108 $103 160

Thu Mar 26 — $9.0K −18.9% −51.9% $42.2M 108 $84 161

Fri Mar 27 — $11.3K +25.3% −48.7% $42.2M 46 $246 162

Sat Mar 28 — $19.4K +70.9% −53.7% $42.3M 46 $421 163

Sun Mar 29 — $9.0K −53.7% −60.4% $42.3M 46 $195 164

Mon Mar 30 — $3.3K −63.2% −70.1% $42.3M 46 $72 165

Tue Mar 31 — $4.7K +43.4% −58.7% $42.3M 46 $103 166

Wed Apr 1 — $4.5K −5.1% −59.7% $42.3M 46 $98 167

Thu Apr 2 — $5.5K +21.4% −39.7% $42.3M 46 $119 168

Fri Apr 3 — $7.1K +30.3% −37.3% $42.3M 39 $182 169

Sat Apr 4 — $8.2K +14.7% −57.9% $42.3M 39 $209 170

Sun Apr 5 — $6.1K −25.3% −31.9% $42.3M 39 $156 171

Mon Apr 6 — $2.7K −55.6% −18.0% $42.3M 39 $69 172

Tue Apr 7 — $3.4K +25.8% −28.0% $42.3M 39 $87 173

Wed Apr 8 — $2.8K −18.1% −37.9% $42.3M 39 $71 174

Thu Apr 9 — $2.8K +1.3% −48.2% $42.3M 39 $72 175

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$22.9M

Oct 17Nov 3Nov 21Dec 8Dec 25

Weekend grossWk 10 · $865.3K

$424.4K

$1.4M

$2.4M

$2.3M

$2.5M

$1.9M

$1.9M

$1.2M

$1.3M

$865.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 862 → 292 −66.1%

4 open292 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −33.9%

+225.1%

W1→2

+73.3%

W2→3

−3.3%

W3→4

+6.9%

W4→5

−25.0%

W5→6

+1.1%

W6→7

−38.6%

W7→8

+13.9%

W8→9

−33.9%

W9→10

Steepest −38.6%Biggest gain +225.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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