The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du
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