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Released
2005 · FILM

Valiant

A plucky pigeon named Valiant dreams of heroic glory and enlists in the Royal Homing Pigeon Service, but must outfly enemy fire and prove his worth on a perilous wartime mission that could decide the fate of the Allied front.

“Featherweight Heroes.”

Directed by
Gary Chapman
Written by
George Webster, Jordan Katz
Rated
MPA · G
Runtime
76 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Disney+

Synopsis

Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who aspires to become a great hero. Upon learning that the Royal Homing Pigeon Service is recruiting, he travels to London. During his journey he encounters a smelly but friendly pigeon named Bugsy, who joins him primarily to escape clients he cheated in a game of find‑the‑pebble, and assists Valiant in enlisting for the war.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 31

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Jim StewartShot by John FennerScored by George FentonDesigned by John Byrne

Box Office

2005 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.8× 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

$61.7M

Budget$35.0M
Worldwide gross$61.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $19.5M — 32% of worldwide · International: $42.3M (68%)

Opening weekend: $5.9M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $8.2M — 42% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,014 theaters

Also known as

  • Vaillant, pigeon de combat !fr

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