The Big Year
“Everyone is searching for something.”
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.
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Cast
58 people
Steve Martin
Stu Preissler
Known for
Only Murders in the Building
Cheaper by the Dozen
Jack Black
Brad Harris
Known for
Kung Fu Panda
The School of Rock
Owen Wilson
Kenny Bostick
Known for
Loki
Cars
Brian Dennehy
Raymond Harris
Known for
Ratatouille
First Blood
Anjelica Huston
Annie Auklet
Known for
Addams Family Values
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rashida Jones
Ellie
Known for
Parks and Recreation
The Grinch
Rosamund Pike
Jessica
Known for
Gone Girl
The Wheel of Time
Michael Williams
Unit production manager (as J. Michael Williams)
Dianne Wiest
Brenda Harris
Known for
Edward Scissorhands
The Mule
JoBeth Williams
Edith
Known for
Poltergeist
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Anthony Anderson
Bill Clemont
Known for
The Departed
Scary Movie 3
Corbin Bernsen
Gil Gordon
Known for
Psych
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
David Frankel Director · Howard Franklin Screenplay Mark Obmascik Author
Worldwide gross $8.2M · Budget $41M · United States release October 14, 2011
Box office
Budget
$41,000,000
Worldwide gross
$8,200,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Ingenious Media
Production
Fox 2000 Pictures
Production
Deuce Three Productions
Production
Sunswept Entertainment
Production
Dune Entertainment
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Red Hour
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Brazil · October 13, 2011
Theatrical
United States · October 14, 2011
Theatrical
Australia
March 1, 2012 · Theatrical
Canada
October 14, 2011 · Theatrical
France
September 18, 2012 · Theatrical
March 6, 2013 · Physical
September 26, 2016 · Digital · VOD
April 2, 2021 · Digital · DIsney+
Germany
June 13, 2012 · Theatrical
Hungary
September 12, 2012 · Digital
Ireland
December 2, 2011 · Theatrical
Italy
July 27, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
June 30, 2012 · Digital
Poland
June 22, 2012 · Digital
Portugal
March 8, 2012 · Theatrical
Romania
March 23, 2012 · Digital
Spain
June 8, 2012 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 2, 2011 · Theatrical
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