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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)(2014)
Released
2014 · FILM

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

A faded actor, tormented by his past and the superhero persona he can't escape, battles his inner demons and external chaos as he fights to prove his artistic worth on the Broadway stage.

“How did we end up here?”

Directed by
Alejandro G Inarritu, Catherine Feeny
Written by
Alejandro G Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
119 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

A fading actor, best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero, attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his efforts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 355+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Douglas CriseShot by Emmanuel LubezkiScored by Antonio SanchezDesigned by Kevin ThompsonSound by Paul AulicinoCostumes by Albert WolskyVFX by Ivy Agregan

Box Office

2014 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$103.2M

Budget$18.0M
Worldwide gross$103.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $42.3M — 41% of worldwide · International: $60.9M (59%)

Opening weekend: $424K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $630K — 1% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Birdman - oder die unverhoffte Macht der Ahnungslosigkeitde
  • Birdmande
  • Birdman oderde
  • Birdman oren
  • Birdman oit
  • (Bulgarian)Бърдмен, или Неочакваната добродетел на невежеството
Release dates around the world3 countries · show
  • ItalyAug 27, 2014
  • United StatesAug 30, 2014
  • SwitzerlandSep 28, 2014

Companies

ProductionNew Regency Productions, M Productions, Le Grisbi Productions

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