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Bird Box(film)

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Bird Boxis a 2018 Americanpost-apocalyptichorror thriller filmdirected bySusanne Bierand written byEric Heisserer,based onthe 2014 novelbyJosh Malerman.The film follows the character Malorie Hayes, played bySandra Bullock,as she tries to protect herself and two children from entities which cause people who look at them tokill themselves.

Bird Box
Official release poster
Directed bySusanne Bier
Screenplay byEric Heisserer
Based onBird Box
byJosh Malerman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySalvatore Totino
Edited byBen Lester
Music by
Production
companies
  • Bluegrass Films
  • Chris Morgan Productions
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • November 12, 2018(2018-11-12)(AFI Fest)
  • December 14, 2018(2018-12-14)(United States)
Running time
124 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$19.8 million[2]

Bird Boxhad its world premiere at theAFI Feston November 12, 2018, and began alimited releaseon December 14, before streaming worldwide onNetflixon December 21, 2018. Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film becamethe most-watched film on Netflixat the time within 28 days of release, according to Netflix.

A spin-off sequel,Bird Box Barcelona,was released on Netflix on July 14, 2023.

Plot

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In a post-apocalyptic world, Malorie Hayes informs two young children that they are going down the river in arowboat.She sternly instructs them not to remove their blindfolds, or they will die.

Five years earlier, a pregnant Malorie is visited by her sister, Jessica. A news broadcast reports unexplained mass suicides spreading across Europe and Asia. After a prenatal checkup, Malorie witnesses a woman smashing her head repeatedly into the hospital window. Others start acting suicidal as well, causing panic and chaos.

Malorie and Jessica leave hurriedly. Driving away from the hospital, Jessica sees something inexplicable which drives her insane so she deliberately crashes the car. She then intentionally walks in front of a speeding truck.

As Malorie flees on foot, a woman offers her shelter. The woman then sees the entity, goes into a trance and sits inside a burning car. Passing by, Tom picks up Malorie from the street into the house, where six others – Douglas, Greg, Cheryl, Felix, Charlie, and Lucy – are taking shelter.

Charlie says that humanity has been judged, so the appearance of demonic entities is a sign of theend times.He mentions those spiritual beings have different names in various cultures, such asAka Manah,Surgat,Huli Jing,andPúca.

They cover all of the house's windows and blindfold themselves whenever going out. As new pregnant survivor Olympia arrives, Greg commits suicide after testing to see if it is safe to observe the entities indirectly throughsurveillance cameras.

Half of the group goes to the grocery store Charlie worked at for supplies. They drive there in a car with covered windows usingGPS navigation system.Malorie gets three live birds with their supplies, as the entities' presence agitates them.

Later, Charlie's coworker attacks the group, attempting to force them to look at the creatures. However, Charlie sacrifices himself to save them. They make it back to the house. Sometime later, Felix and Lucy steal the car.

Olympia lets stranger Gary into the house against Douglas's wishes. He explains he escaped from a group of unblindfolded survivors who, driven insane from seeing the entities, try to force others to look at them. When Douglas tries to force Gary to leave, Cheryl knocks Douglas out, and they lock him in the garage.

As Olympia and Malorie go into labor simultaneously, Gary draws the entities, revealing he has seen them and gone insane. He knocks Tom unconscious and opens the garage door, exposing Douglas to the entities. Gary goes upstairs and uncovers all the windows. Olympia fails to look away, and after witnessing the creature, dives out the window, killing herself.

Malorie hides with both newborns under a cover while Gary forces Cheryl to look at the entities, causing her to stab herself in the neck with a pair of scissors. Douglas escapes the garage and blindly attempts to kill Gary with a shotgun, wounding him in the process, but Gary kills him with the scissors. Tom begins to recuperate shortly after, fighting Gary over the gun. After Malorie hears gunshots, Tom lets her know everything is fine.

Five years later, Tom and Malorie live together with the children, "Boy" and "Girl". They receive transmissions from survivors informing them of a safe community hidden in the forest, accessible by boat along the river. As they leave their house, a group of unblindfolded survivors attacks them. Tom distracts them so Malorie and the children can flee. He uncovers his eyes and sees the entities, but manages to eliminate all attackers before killing himself.

Malorie and the children go blindfolded down the river on a boat, carrying the birds to warn them of the entities. They encounter several obstacles, including an unblindfolded survivor and riverrapids.Soon after the three reach shore, they are separated when Malorie accidentally slides down a hill. The entities nearly trick the kids into uncovering their eyes.

Regaining consciousness, Malorie tells the children she loves them and where to find her. They eventually reach the community, a formerschool for the blind.Malorie releases the birds and finally names the children Tom and Olympia, declaring that she is their mother. She also happily sees her obstetrician Dr. Lapham is among the survivors.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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The film rights toBird Boxwere optioned byUniversal Picturesin 2013, prior to the book's release.[4][5]Scott StuberandChris Morganwere set to produce the film, withAndy Muschiettiattached as director.[5]Eric Heissererwas in negotiations to write the script.[6]In July 2017, after Stuber became head of the feature film division ofNetflix,it was announced that Netflix had acquired the rights to the book and would develop the film, withSandra BullockandJohn Malkovichstarring.[7][8]Susanne Bierwas announced as the director.[7]

Casting

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In July 2017,Sandra BullockandJohn Malkovichwere cast in the film as Malorie Hayes and Douglas.[7][8]In October 2017,Danielle Macdonald,Trevante Rhodes,Jacki Weaver,Sarah Paulson,Rosa Salazar,Lil Rel Howery,andAmy Gumenickjoined the cast.[9][10]In November 2017,Machine Gun KellyandDavid Dastmalchianwere also added.[11][12]

Filming

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Principal photographybegan in California in October 2017.[13]Wilderness scenes were shot on theSmith Riverin the far northern part of the state.[14]The house exterior is from a place inMonrovia.[15]Filming partially took place inSanta Cruz,[16]and the final scene was shot atScripps CollegeinClaremont.[17][18][19][20]

The production used live birds during filming as much as possible, replacing them digitally for sequences when they became "agitated".[21]

The film uses footage of theLac-Mégantic rail disaster,which caused the death of 47 people in the town ofLac-Mégantic,Quebec,on July 6, 2013. The stock footage was purchased from a vendor and Netflix stated it would stay in the movie even after a request to remove it from survivors of the disaster.[22]Netflix later removed the footage and replaced with an outtake from a canceled U.S. TV series.[23]The same footage was also used in another Netflix production,Travelers,but has since been removed.[24]

Visual effects

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The visual effects were created byIndustrial Light & Magicand supervised by Marcus Taormina.[25]

Music

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Further information:Bird Box (soundtrack)

Trent ReznorandAtticus Ross(ofNine Inch Nails) were hired to score the film.[26]The soundtrack album itself was released about two weeks after the release of the film, on January 1, 2019. It was first released for sale only on Nine Inch Nails's website, and later oniTunes,Apple Music,Spotifyand other platforms. The released version consisted of ten tracks, totalling an hour and six minutes of music. In a statement on the Nine Inch Nails website, Reznor said:

Like all soundtrack records we release, we aim for these to play like albums that take you on a journey and can exist as companion pieces to the films and as their own separate works. We created a significant amount of music and conceptual sound forBird Box,a lot of which never made it to your ears in the final version of the film. We've decided to present you with this version of the soundtrack record that represents whatBird Boxis to us. We hope you enjoy. For those interested, we will be releasing a more expansive (read: more self-indulgent) physical-only offering this spring that will contain an additional hour of music and artwork that colors further outside the lines...[27]

The full version of the soundtrack was released on November 22, 2019, exclusively on a special edition vinyl box set (with a digital download at purchase).[28]The full version contains 13 more tracks and an extra hour of music, resulting in a two-hour (plus six minutes), 23-track album.

In December 2019, Reznor criticizedBird Boxproducers over their use of his and Ross's music, and the film editor over making an inadequately low mix of the music in the film, calling the experience a "fucking waste of time".[29][30]

Release

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The film had its world premiere at theAFI Feston November 12, 2018.[31]However, due to theWoolsey Firethat hit California and out of respect for the victims of theThousand Oaks shooting,Netflix cancelled AFI Fest's red carpet coverage scheduled for the premiere.[32]The film began a limited theatrical run on December 14, 2018, before streaming on Netflix on December 21, 2018.[33]

Reception

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Critical response

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Onreview aggregatorRotten Tomatoes,the film holds an approval rating of 64% based on 173 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Bird Boxnever quite reaches its intriguing potential, but strong acting and an effectively chilly mood offer intermittently creepy compensation. "[34]OnMetacritic,the film has a weighted average score of 51 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[35]

Brian Tallerico fromRogerEbert.comsaid, "Most of the problems withBird Boxcome back to a thin screenplay, one that too often gives its characters flat, expository dialogue and then writes itself into a corner with a climax that's just silly when it needs to be tense. "[36]Amy Nicholson, in a review for British newspaperThe Guardian,gave a negative appraisal, awarding the film two out of five stars and concluding that "as the film staggers on in its quest to give us entertainment satisfaction or death, we're tempted to identify with the movie's first victim, a woman in a tracksuit banging her head against the glass, ready to get this painful sight over with."[37]Writing forForbes,Sarah Aswell described the movie as one "that embraces everything about the (horror genre) formula, both good and bad—this movie has moments of true, delightful, fright, but it also has some of the corniness and shallowness that many horror movies can't shake."[38]Aisha Harris ofThe New York Timesfound the film occasionally riveting but overall disappointing.[39]

Audience viewership

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According toNielsen,Bird Boxwas watched by nearly 26 million viewers in its first seven days of release in the United States. It also revealed that a significant part of its audience were young – aged 18 to 34 (36%) – female (57%), and either African American (24%) or Latino (22%).[40]Netflix also released its own viewing figure that gave a worldwide audience of more than 45 million in seven days, with views defined by the company as the film streaming for over 70 percent of its time. The viewing figure was claimed to be the best ever for a Netflix film.[41][42]This audience figure released by Netflix was met with skepticism from some analysts, who cited a lack of independent verification of the view count.[43][44]In July 2020, Netflix revealed the film had in-fact been watched by 89 million households over its first four weeks of release, the second-most ever for one of their original films.[45]ABarclaysstudy deduced that, had the film received a traditional theatrical release, it would have grossed about $98 million worldwide.[46]Bird Boxbecame the most-watched film on Netflix within 28 days of its release, with 282.02 million hours being viewed. It retained this position until being displaced byRed Noticein 2021.[47][48]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref(s)
Visual Effects Society Awards February 5, 2019 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature Marcus Taormina, David Robinson, Mark Bakowski, Sophie Dawes andMike Meinardus Nominated [49]
Artios Awards January 30, 2020 Film – Non-Theatrical Release Mary Vernieu, Michelle Wade Byrd and Jina Jay Nominated [50]

Bird Boxchallenge

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TheBird Boxchallengewas aninternet challengethat gained popularity in late 2018 and early 2019 in which participants took part in tasks while blindfolded, based onBird Box.The challenge is similar to those of its time in internet culture, including theIce Bucket Challenge,Mannequin Challenge,[51]andTide Pod Challenge.[52]

In Australia, Netflix originally partnered with fourTwitchstreamers in November 2018, performing what they called aBird Boxchallenge, in which they would play some popular video games while blindfolded.[53]

Netflix
@netflix

Can’t believe I have to say this, but: PLEASE DO NOT HURT YOURSELVES WITH THIS BIRD BOX CHALLENGE. We don’t know how this started, and we appreciate the love, but Boy and Girl have just one wish for 2019 and it is that you not end up in the hospital due to memes.

January 2, 2019[54]

However, the challenge became widely mimicked on the Internet by individuals wearing blindfolds while trying to do ordinary activities, causing injuries to some.[44]One video posted on December 24 depicted a toddler running into a wall while doing the challenge with their family. YouTuber Morgan Adams gained 1.7 million views for her "24 Hour Bird Box Challenge" video,[55]posted on December 30.[56]On January 2, the Netflix account on Twitter posted a cautionary plea for internet users not to injure themselves while partaking in the challenge.[44][57]The New York Timesstated that there were no reports of serious injury at the time.[57]

On January 7, YouTuberJake Paulappeared to drive while blindfolded as part of his own 24-hourBird Boxchallenge video, directly violating YouTube's community guidelines which prohibited the promotion of dangerous activities, though did include a small "do not try this at home" caption at the bottom of his screen and a disclaimer in the description box of the video.[58]The same day,[59]a 17-year-old driver in Utah crashed into another car while taking part in the challenge[60]after driving into oncoming traffic;[61]there were no injuries.[60]Police Lieutenant Travis Luman responded that "it's just inexcusable to do something as dangerous as this, not only to yourself but everyone else on the road."[62]

On January 14,British Transport Policebegan an investigation into YouTuberBen Phillipsafter he uploaded a video on his channel which included his partner Elliot Giles standing blindfolded on arailway trackfor the challenge, which is a criminal act.[63][64]The Daily Telegraphreported on January 14 that the video had been watched almost 200,000 times since it was uploaded on the previous day; police warned of potentialcopycatincidents.[64]YouTube updated its policies the next day, stating that challenges “that [could] cause death and/or have caused death in some instances,” pranks “with a perceived danger of serious physical injury” and anything that caused “children severe emotional distress” were prohibited on the site. They did not specifically mention theBird Boxchallenge, instead citing the Tide Pod Challenge,[65]which had taken place the previous year.[66]

Sequel

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Main article:Bird Box Barcelona

In July 2020, it was announced that a sequel was in development.[67][68]In March 2021, it was revealed that the film would be receiving a Spanish-language spin-off film from writers Álex and David Pastor as "the first of multiple local-languageBird Boxspinoffs "set in the same universe.[69]Bird Box: Barcelonawas released on Netflix on July 14, 2023, withMario Casas,Diego CalvaandGeorgina Campbellin main roles.[70][71]

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