Follow That Bird
“It's Big Adventure! It's Big Laughs! It's Big Bird on the Big Screen!”
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.
Genres
Family, Comedy, Adventure, Music
Studio
Henson Associates
Language
en
Status
Released
How Follow That Bird performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$14.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~42/58, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (28% of the domestic run, typical for Family) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
Jim Henson
Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Frank Oz
Cookie Monster / Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets (voice)
Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
Richard Hunt
Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
Feathered Friends Magistrate / Grouch Diner Patron / Little Girl / Additional Muppets (voice)
Kathryn Mullen
Feathered Friends Magistrate / Grouch Diner Patron / Little Girl / Additional Muppets (voice)
Count von Count / Herry Monster / Additional Muppets (voice)
Jerry Nelson
Count von Count / Herry Monster / Additional Muppets (voice)
Grouch Cook
Paul Bartel
Grouch Cook
Grouch Waitress
Sandra Bernhard
Grouch Waitress
Truck Driver
Waylon Jennings
Truck Driver
Mommy Dodo (voice)
Laraine Newman
Mommy Dodo (voice)
Donnie Dodo (voice)
Eddie Deezen
Donnie Dodo (voice)
Miss Finch (voice)
Sally Kellerman
Miss Finch (voice)
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