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#8,353 All-time worldwide
#239 2011 releases

Movie profile

The Big Year

2011 · 102 min · Ingenious Media

Comedy
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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $8.2M
Budget $41.0M
Gross minus budget -$32.8M
ROI 0.20x

Domestic gross

$3.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$4.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$918,400

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Big Year 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 #8,353 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #239 Release-year chart position of 248 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Studio / company #6 Ingenious Media of 7 titles Position inside the mapped Ingenious Media movie set. Primary genre #3,256 Comedy of 4,840 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.

#8,350 Senna 2010 · $8.2M #8,351 Black Robe 1991 · $8.2M #8,352 The Machinist 2004 · $8.2M #8,364 The Castle of Cagliostro 1979 · $8.2M #8,365 Otto's Eleven 2010 · $8.2M #8,366 Behind the Blue Eyes 2023 · $8.2M

Quick answer

How did The Big Year (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Big Year (2011) earned a reported $8.2M worldwide against a reported $41.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about -$32.8M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 0.20x. In this database it currently ranks #8,353 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #239 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross
$8,200,000
Budget
$41,000,000
Gross minus budget
-$32,800,000
ROI
0.20x
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

Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 13, 2011
Production
Ingenious Media, Fox 2000 Pictures, Deuce Three Productions
Countries
US, GB

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Studio / production companyIngenious Media Release year chart2011 box office Genre chartComedy

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, The Big Year is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy title from Ingenious Media. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $8.2M, reported production budget is $41.0M, gross-minus-budget is -$32.8M, ROI is 0.20x. For comparison, it currently sits #8,353 all-time in the current chart set and #239 among 2011 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.