--- title: Angry Birds Maker Rovio Sees Profits Fall 73% in 2014 description: The Finnish maker of Angry Birds said Thursday that profits were down last year as new games overtook its mainstay in popularity. canonical: https://time.com/3750618/angry-birds-rovio-profits/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-19T12:25:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:04:41.770Z article:section: Business og:title: Angry Birds Maker Rovio Sees Profits Fall 73% in 2014 og:description: The Finnish maker of Angry Birds said Thursday that profits were down last year as new games overtook its mainstay in popularity. og:url: https://time.com/3750618/angry-birds-rovio-profits/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d97d40a27cc1ca0/6987844f5f570f1ec9b15d17/138971597.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Angry Birds" merchandise displayed in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2012. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Angry Birds Maker Rovio Sees Profits Fall 73% in 2014 twitter:description: The Finnish maker of Angry Birds said Thursday that profits were down last year as new games overtook its mainstay in popularity. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d97d40a27cc1ca0/6987844f5f570f1ec9b15d17/138971597.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Angry Birds Maker Rovio Sees Profits Fall 73% in 2014  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Mar 19, 2015 12:25 PM CUT  "Angry Birds" merchandise displayed in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2012. "Angry Birds" merchandise displayed in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2012.Romeo Gacad—AFP/Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Mar 19, 2015 12:25 PM CUT The maker of the Angry Birds franchise said Thursday that [profits were down last year ](http://www.wsj.com/articles/angry-birds-makers-profit-falls-1426748805 "undefined")as new games overtook its mainstay in popularity. Finnish developer Rovio said its 2014 revenue dropped to 158.3 million euros ($169 million) from 173.5 million euros a year earlier and profits fell 73% to 10 million euros, the _Wall Street Journal_ reports. Merchandise sales plummeted to 41.4 million euros from 73.1 million euros. Angry Birds, launched in 2009 at the price of $0.99, has been surpassed in popularity by free-to-download alternatives. King Digital Entertainment, the maker of Candy Crush Saga, pulled in $2.26 billion last year. In an effort the help rejuvenate the company, Rovio is releasing an animated film, _Angry Birds_, in May 2016\. The 3D film is being developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks, and will star Jason Sudeikis, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph and Peter Dinklage. \[[Wall Street Journal](http://www.wsj.com/articles/angry-birds-makers-profit-falls-1426748805 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3750618/angry-birds-rovio-profits/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3750618/angry-birds-rovio-profits/"},"headline":"Angry Birds Maker Rovio Sees Profits Fall 73% in 2014","datePublished":"2015-03-19T12:25:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:41.770Z","description":"The maker of the game is hoping that the upcoming Angry Birds film will help bolster a plunge in revenue.","url":"https://time.com/3750618/angry-birds-rovio-profits/","keywords":["Technology","Tech","apps","Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d97d40a27cc1ca0/6987844f5f570f1ec9b15d17/138971597.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d97d40a27cc1ca0/6987844f5f570f1ec9b15d17/138971597.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Angry Birds\" merchandise displayed in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2012.","caption":"\"Angry Birds\" merchandise displayed in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2012.","creditText":"Romeo Gacad—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/technology/","name":"Technology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3750618/angry-birds-rovio-profits/","name":"Angry Birds Maker Rovio Sees Profits Fall 73% in 2014"}}]}] ```