Free Birds

2013 | Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi, 3D, CGI Animation, Thanksgiving, Time Travel

Synopsis

A pair of turkeys discover a time machine and decide to use it to travel to the first Thanksgiving, to take turkeys off the menu forever.

Scores

Overall Score
72.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
73.1%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
90.0%
Review Aggregate
38.2

Critic Consensus

20.2% Fresh • 89 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 20% of 89 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize family-friendly, funny, thin plot. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

family-friendlyfunnythin plotchristmashistoricalpoliticalvisually striking

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Owen Wilson2013$6,349,000$8,548,000(est)
Woody Harrelson2013$3,908,000$5,262,000(est)
Amy Poehler2013$2,943,000$3,962,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score20.0
RT critic review count89
Rotten Tomatoes audience score45.0
RT audience rating count25,000
IMDb rating5.8
IMDb votes27,602

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2013$55,750,480$75,059,764
International2013$54,636,592$73,560,079
Worldwide2013$110,387,070$148,619,840

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 Revenue2013$49,729,877$66,953,913
Digital Rentals ?2013$4,591,000$6,181,102
Digital Purchases ?2013$2,745,000$3,695,736
Physical Rentals ?2013$5,934,000$7,989,252
Physical Purchases ?2013$15,376,000$20,701,507
TV & Streaming Revenue2013$13,937,620$18,764,941
Total Revenues2013$92,313,497$124,286,451
Expenses
Budget ?2013$55,000,000$74,049,354
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2013$32,489,000 (est)$43,741,626 (est)
Participations2013$1,846,000$2,485,366
Residuals ?2013$2,497,000$3,361,841
Interest & Overhead2013$8,250,000$11,107,403
Total Expenses2013$100,082,000$134,745,590
Movie Net Profit or Loss2013$-7,768,503$-10,459,139

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