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Released
1985 · FILM

A View to a Kill

James Bond must race against a ruthless tech mogul and the KGB to prevent a stolen nuclear‑proof microchip from triggering a massive earthquake that would wipe out Silicon Valley.

“Has James Bond finally met his match?”

Directed by
John Glen
Written by
Richard Maibaum, Michael G Wilson
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
131 min
ActionAdventureThriller
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

A newly developed microchip, designed by Zorin Industries for the British government and capable of withstanding the electromagnetic radiation from a nuclear explosion, has fallen into the hands of the KGB. James Bond is tasked with uncovering how and why this has happened. His investigation leads him to suspect Max Zorin, a powerful industrialist who is orchestrating a plan to eliminate his only rival in Silicon Valley by causing a large-scale earthquake in the San Francisco Bay area.

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A crew of 47+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Peter DaviesShot by Alan HumeScored by John BarryDesigned by Peter Lamont

Box Office

1985 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.1× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$152.4M

Budget$30.0M
Worldwide gross$152.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $50.3M — 33% of worldwide · International: $102.1M (67%)

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Also known as

  • Im Angesicht des Todesde
  • James Bond 007 - Im Angesicht des Todesde
  • Dangereusement vôtrefr
  • 007 - Bersaglio mobileit
  • Agente 007 - Bersaglio mobileit

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