The Birds (film) Maurier's title and concept of unexplained bird attacks. In 2016, "The Birds" was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a young socialite, meets criminal defense attorney Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop. Mitch wants to purchase a pair of lovebirds for his sister's eleventh birthday, but the shop has none. He recognizes Melanie from a court appearance, but she does not know him; he plays a prank by pretending to mistake her for a saleswoman. Melanie
The Angry Birds Movie topped the home video sales chart for the week ending on August 21, 2016. "The Angry Birds Movie" grossed $107.5 million in North America and $244.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $352.3 million. Worldwide, it is the second highest-grossing video game film of all-time behind "Warcraft" ($433.5 million), and is the most successful Finnish-produced film of all time. "Deadline Hollywood" calculated the net profit of the film to be $72 million. In North America, the film opened on May 20, 2016 alongside "" and "The Nice Guys", and was projected to gross between $35–40 million or