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#6,755 All-time worldwide
#69 1985 releases

Movie profile

Follow That Bird

1985 · 88 min · Henson Associates

Family Comedy Adventure Music
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $14.0M
Budget —
Gross minus budget —
ROI —

Domestic gross

$6.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$8.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$1.8M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Follow That Bird 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 #6,755 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1985 releases #69 Release-year chart position of 184 titles Ranked against movies released in 1985. Studio / company #1 Henson Associates of 2 titles Position inside the mapped Henson Associates movie set. Primary genre #946 Family of 1,380 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.

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Quick answer

How did Follow That Bird (1985) perform at the box office?

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Follow That Bird (1985) has a reported worldwide box office gross of $14.0M. In this database it currently ranks #6,755 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #69 among 1985 releases.

Worldwide gross
$13,962,404
Budget
Not available
Gross minus budget
Not available
ROI
Not available
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

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Aug 2, 1985
Production
Henson Associates, Warner Bros. Pictures, Children's Television Workshop
Countries
US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyHenson Associates Release year chart1985 box office Genre chartFamily Genre chartComedy Genre chartAdventure Genre chartMusic

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 1985, Follow That Bird is positioned in this dataset as a Family, Comedy, Adventure title from Henson Associates. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $14.0M. For comparison, it currently sits #6,755 all-time in the current chart set and #69 among 1985 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.