Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock had intended to film "Marnie" first, and in March 1962 it was announced that Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco since 1956, would come out of retirement to star in it. When Kelly asked Hitchcock to postpone "Marnie" until 1963 or 1964, he recruited Evan Hunter, author of "The Blackboard Jungle" (1954), to develop a screenplay based on a Daphne du Maurier short story, "The Birds" (1952), which Hitchcock had republished in his "My Favorites in Suspense" (1959). He hired Tippi Hedren to play the lead role. It was her first role; she had been a model in New
The Angry Birds Movie for a video game adaptation, behind the $47 million debut of "". It dropped 51% in its second weekend, against "" and "Alice Through the Looking Glass", grossing $18.7 million. Internationally, "The Angry Birds Movie" was released in the Philippines on May 11 and in 74 other markets (63% of its total marketplace) on May 13, at least one week ahead of its US release. It finished first in 37 territories and second overall at the international box office behind "". Benefiting from the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, it grossed $43 million. In its second weekend, it added 9 additional