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The Living Daylights

1987 • PG • 2h 10m • Action, Adventure, Thriller • MGM/UA

The new James Bond...living on the edge.

🍅 75% 66% MC 59 LB 3.35 IMDb 6.7

The Living Daylights Box Office

Opening Weekend
$11.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$51.2M
Final
Worldwide Total
$191.2M
$140.0M international
Domestic Legs4.6x
Budget$40M
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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Glen
ScreenplayRichard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson
Based onthe short story by Ian Fleming
Produced byAlbert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
CinematographyAlec Mills
Music byJohn Barry
Edited byJohn Grover, Peter Davies
StarringTimothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker, Art Malik, John Rhys-Davies, Jeroen Krabbé
StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
SeriesJames Bond

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