The Birds
...and remember, the next scream you hear may be your own!
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $12M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
23 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Birds actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Birds appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #29
Placed at #29 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Horror Movies Ranked #30
Placed at #30 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Birds returned 4.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $12M
- Release date
- Mar 28, 1963
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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