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#7,441 All-time worldwide
#164 2001 releases

Movie profile

Birds of Passage

2001 · 115 min · Rsvp Film Studios

Drama Adventure Thriller Action Crime
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $11.0M
Budget $2.5M
Gross minus budget $8.5M
ROI 4.40x

Domestic gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$5.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$990,000

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Birds of Passage ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #7,441 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2001 releases #164 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2001. Primary genre #3,106 Drama of 5,859 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#7,438 [REC]³ Genesis 2012 · $11.0M #7,439 Gringo 2018 · $11.0M #7,440 The Super 1991 · $11.0M #7,483 Pollock 2000 · $11.0M #7,484 Justin Bieber's Believe 2013 · $11.0M #7,485 Friend Request 2016 · $11.0M

Quick answer

How did Birds of Passage (2001) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Birds of Passage (2001) earned a reported $11.0M worldwide against a reported $2.5M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $8.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 4.40x. In this database it currently ranks #7,441 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #164 among 2001 releases.

Worldwide gross
$11,000,000
Budget
$2,500,000
Gross minus budget
$8,500,000
ROI
4.40x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

A quest for freedom in the South China Sea. Victims of China’s “One-Child” policy, 100 orphans, all girls, are shepherded by a determined activist, Mrs. Brown (Charlotte De Turckheim) onto a tramp freighter for a harrowing escape from the Chinese authorities.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
May 27, 2001
Production
RSVP Film Studios, Adventure Film Productions, First Preferred Communications

Related indexes

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2001, Birds of Passage is positioned in this dataset as a Drama, Adventure, Thriller title from RSVP Film Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $11.0M, reported production budget is $2.5M, gross-minus-budget is $8.5M, ROI is 4.40x. For comparison, it currently sits #7,441 all-time in the current chart set and #164 among 2001 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.