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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: Unstated, but likely no more than $10 million or so.[[note]]There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". Given that ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise, it's probably close to the same--with a little more for having a higher number of human actors.[[/note]] Box office, $13.9 million. While it opened to glowing reviews from critics, it was buried by a mountain of competitors that summer. The failure to perform hurt the Children's Television Workshop financially and led to no other Sesame Street movies being made until 1999's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: Unstated, but likely no more than $10 million or so.[[note]]There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". Given that ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise, it's probably close to the same--with maybe a little more for having a higher number of human actors.actors, but also with some cost savings from filming in Canada.[[/note]] Box office, $13.9 million. While it opened to glowing reviews from critics, it was buried by a mountain of competitors that summer. The failure to perform hurt the Children's Television Workshop financially and led to no other Sesame Street movies being made until 1999's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie made a little less than $14 million, with only $2.4 million total its opening weekend. While the budget has never been stated, it was declared "shoestring" at one point. The failure to perform hurt the Children's Television Workshop financially and led to no other Sesame Street movies being made until 1999's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie made a little less Budget: Unstated, but likely no more than $14 million, with only $2.4 $10 million total its opening weekend. While or so.[[note]]There's no good documentation on what the budget has never been stated, was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". Given that ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise, it's probably close to the same--with a little more for having a higher number of human actors.[[/note]] Box office, $13.9 million. While it opened to glowing reviews from critics, it was declared "shoestring" at one point.buried by a mountain of competitors that summer. The failure to perform hurt the Children's Television Workshop financially and led to no other Sesame Street movies being made until 1999's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and re-releases of ''Film/Gremlins1984'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and re-releases of ''Film/Gremlins1984'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.Creator/{{HBO}}, leading to it being VindicatedByCable.
* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie made a little less than $14 million, with only $2.4 million total its opening weekend. While the budget has never been stated, it was declared "shoestring" at one point. The failure to perform hurt the Children's Television Workshop financially and led to no other Sesame Street movies being made until 1999's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''.
* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie made a little less than $14 million, with only $2.4 million total its opening weekend. While the budget has never been stated, it was declared "shoestring" at one point. The failure to perform hurt the Children's Television Workshop financially and led to no other Sesame Street movies being made until 1999's ''Film/TheAdventuresOfElmoInGrouchland''.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and re-releases of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and re-releases of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/Gremlins1984'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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** Initially, the entire Feathered Friends' Board of Birds was meant to arrive at climax of the film, and after Maria gives her speech about how Big Bird is happy on Sesame Street, the entire board decides to let Big Bird stay, with Miss Finch begrudgingly being the last one to agree.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and re-releases of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and re-releases of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/JimHenson and Creator/FrankOz really were on an airplane mid-flight performing as Bert and Ernie during close ups[[note]] for wide shots of the plane, they had the pilots dressed up in costumes of Bert and Ernie[[/note]]. [[DyeingForYourArt Frank Oz was genuinely freaked out]] the whole time, though Jim didn't mind it at all.
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Creator/JimHenson and Creator/FrankOz really were on an airplane mid-flight performing as Bert and Ernie during close ups[[note]] close-ups[[note]] for wide shots of the plane, they had the pilots dressed up in costumes of Bert and Ernie[[/note]]. [[DyeingForYourArt Frank Oz was genuinely freaked out]] the whole time, though Jim didn't mind it at all.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and reissues of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and reissues re-releases of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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* DuelingWorks: In some ways with ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', a fellow Creator/WarnerBros presentation in theaters at the same time, that also marked the big screen debut of a familiar television figure (Pee Wee Herman having had success via cable specials and talk show appearances). While Pee Wee was obviously aimed more at adults, both films had cross-generational appeal, and they both took the form of a quirky comedic RoadMovie filled with unexpected allusions to highbrow cinema.
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* DuelingWorks: In some ways with ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', a fellow Creator/WarnerBros presentation in theaters at the same time, that also marked the big screen debut of a familiar television figure (Pee Wee (Pee-wee Herman having had success via cable specials and talk show appearances). While Pee Wee Pee-wee was obviously aimed more at adults, both films had cross-generational appeal, and they both took the form of a quirky comedic RoadMovie filled with unexpected allusions to highbrow cinema.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and reissues of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Despite near-universal acclaim, it was only the 62nd highest grossing film of 1985.[[note]]It made about $14 million. There's no good documentation on what the budget was, but director Ken Kwapis described it as "shoestring". ''Film/TheMuppetsTakeManhattan'' cost around $8 million, and ''Follow That Bird'' looks about on-par with that film budgetwise. If so, that means it made enough to turn a profit but not much more than that.[[/note]] Even ''[[Film/{{Porkys}} Porky's Revenge]]'' and ''Film/BabySecretOfTheLostLegend'' made more money. This was thanks in no small part to premiering on the same day as ''Film/FrightNight1985'' and ''Film/WeirdScience'', as well as dealing with heavy competition with ''Film/BackToTheFuture'', ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'', and reissues of ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'', and ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''. On the plus side, [[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/how-follow-that-bird-the-first-sesame-street-film-became-a-beloved-classic-after-nose-diving-at-the-box-office-59690/ it did garner a lot of success on home video, as director Ken Kwapis stated in an interview.]] It also reached an audience through frequent showings on cable TV, particularly the always-Muppet-friendly Creator/{{HBO}}.
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* KidsMealToy: Wendy's released a set of five promo cups featuring Big Bird, Super Grover, Bert and Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, and Cookie Monster.
