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Released
2001 · FILM

Winged Migration

A breathtaking cinematic journey follows migratory birds as they traverse continents and oceans in a perilous quest for survival, navigating by the stars and facing nature's greatest challenges in an awe-inspiring testament to the resilience of the animal kingdom.

“The amazing odysseys of traveling birds”

Directed by
Jacques Perrin
Written by
Jacques Perrin, Stephane Durand
Runtime
89 min
Language
FR
Documentary

Synopsis

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of miles and navigating by the stars. These arduous treks are crucial for survival, as the birds seek hospitable climates and food sources. Along the way, they face numerous challenges, including crossing oceans and evading predators, illness, and injury. Although the migrations are undertaken as a community, the birds disperse into family units once they reach their destinations. Every continent is affected by these migrations, as they host migratory bird species at least part of the year.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 12

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 Marie Josephe YoyotteShot by Olli BarbeScored by Bruno CoulaisDesigned by Regis Nicolino

Box Office

2001 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.6× 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

$20.2M

Budget$35.9M
Worldwide gross$20.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $925K — 5% of worldwide · International: $19.3M (95%)

Re-release box office

2003202 theaters
$17.0M($30.5M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Also known as

  • Nomaden der Lüftede
  • Nomaden der Lüfte – Das Geheimnis der Zugvögelde
  • Winged Migrationen
  • Nómadas del vientoes
  • Il popolo migratoreit

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