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Released
1996 · FILM

The Birdcage

When flamboyant drag club owner Armand Goldman learns his newly returned son is marrying a conservative senator’s daughter, he must juggle family loyalty and his own world‑view to prevent a scandal that could shut down his beloved South Beach haven.

“Come as you are.”

Directed by
Mike Nichols, Mike Nichols Nm0001566
Written by
Jean Poiret, Francis Veber
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
117 min
Comedy

Synopsis

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner decide to present a false heterosexual image in order to allow their son to introduce them to his fiancée.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 232+ 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 Arthur SchmidtShot by Emmanuel LubezkiDesigned by Bo WelchSound by Ron BocharCostumes by Ann RothStunts by Jery Hewitt

Box Office

1996 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.0× 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

$185.3M

Budget$31.0M
Worldwide gross$185.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $124.1M — 67% of worldwide · International: $61.2M (33%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • The Birdcage – Ein Paradies für schrille Vögelde
  • Birdcagefr
  • Piume di struzzoit
  • (English)The Birdcage
  • (Bulgarian)Клетка за птици
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • United StatesMar 8, 1996
  • SpainApr 15, 1996
  • AustraliaApr 18, 1996
  • ArgentinaApr 25, 1996
  • United KingdomApr 26, 1996

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