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Thunderball: At a glance

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Facts

1965 · Adventure, Action · English16× its budget · Long for adventure movies

Critics vs audiences

Critics a little warmer than audiences (+7)

Critics 75Audiences 68GoodWatch 71

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Tomatometer85%

  • Metacritic

    Metascore64

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Audience score73%

  • IMDb

    IMDb6.9

  • Metacritic

    User score6.7

  • Letterboxd

    Letterboxd · 136 K ratings3.2/5

Box office

16×its budget

Budget
$9 M
Worldwide
$141 M

Worldwide it earned $132 M more than it cost.

Running time

2 h 10 min

Longer than most adventure movies, +27 min on the typical 103

Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.

Reach

Streams in 11 countries, rent or buy in 122 more

+1

Released

1965

December 11, 1965

61 years ago

Genres

AdventureActionThriller

Language

English

Original language

Also spoken

French

Made in

  • United Kingdom

Awards

Oscar winnerWins and nominations by award

Academy Awards1966

  • Visual Effects1966Won

Content

PG · Violence, sexual content +1Yes

Rated

  • PGUnited States

Yes: it's rated PG in the United States for violence, sexual content, and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.

What's in it

  • ViolenceModerate
  • Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
  • Frightening scenesMild
  • Sex, nudityModerate
  • Dark themesLittle or none
  • Strong languageNamed in the advisories

In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.

Viewing guide

AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchPure Escapism

Not listed for kids.

Starring

StarringSean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi

36 people

Made by

Directed by Terence Young, written with Richard Maibaum, John HopkinsTed Moore (camera), John Barry (music), Peter R. Hunt (editing)·43 people in 9 departments

Directing · 4

Writing · 5

Production · 7

Camera · 5

Editing · 2

Sound · 5

Art · 6

Costume & Make-Up · 6

Other crew · 3