Birds of Passage

2019 | Crime, Drama, Foreign Language

Synopsis

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

Scores

Overall Score
70.9
Popularity Percentile (Year)
69.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
63.8%
Review Aggregate
87.2

Critic Consensus

96.4% Fresh • 165 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 96% of 165 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, tragic, family-friendly. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

visually strikingtragicfamily-friendlysurrealgrittyemotionalcharacter-drivenhistoricalpoliticalrealistic

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Carmiña Martínez2019$27,000$33,000(est)
José Acosta2019$16,000$20,000(est)
Natalia Reyes2019$12,000$15,000(est)
Jhon Narváez2019$10,000$12,000(est)
Greider Meza2019$9,000$11,000(est)
Jose Vicente Cotes2019$8,000$9,000(est)
Juan Bautista2019$7,000$8,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score96.0
RT critic review count165
Rotten Tomatoes audience score86.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating7.5
IMDb votes13,700

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2019$507,259$622,320
International2019$2,010,146$2,466,104
Worldwide2019$2,517,405$3,088,424

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2019$1,057,688$1,297,601
Digital Rentals ?2019$2,798,000$3,432,666
Digital Purchases ?2019$3,342,000$4,100,060
Physical Rentals ?2019$1,266,000$1,553,165
Physical Purchases ?2019$3,643,000$4,469,336
TV & Streaming Revenue2019$213,049$261,374
Total Revenues2019$12,319,737$15,114,202
Expenses
Budget ?2019$1,428,000 (est)$1,751,911 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2019$1,661,000 (est)$2,037,762 (est)
Participations2019$493,000$604,826
Residuals ?2019$547,000$671,075
Interest & Overhead2019$285,600$350,382
Total Expenses2019$4,414,600$5,415,956
Movie Net Profit or Loss2019$7,905,137$9,698,246

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