Bird
“"There are no second acts in American lives."”
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Genres
Drama, Music
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Bird performed
Budget
$9.0M
Worldwide Gross
$2.0M
Gross Profit
−$7.0M
Return
0.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$288K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Forest Whitaker
Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Chan Parker
Diane Venora
Chan Parker
Red Rodney
Michael Zelniker
Red Rodney
Dizzy Gillespie
Samuel E. Wright
Dizzy Gillespie
Buster Franklin
Keith David
Buster Franklin
Brewster
Michael McGuire
Brewster
Esteves
James Handy
Esteves
Young Bird
Damon Whitaker
Young Bird
Kim
Morgan Nagler
Kim
Dr. Heath
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath
Moscowitz
Sam Robards
Moscowitz
Alcoholic Patient
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient
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