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Released
1981 · FILM

For Your Eyes Only

When a British research vessel carrying the world’s deadliest nuclear targeting code is sunk, MI6 agent James Bond must race against a ruthless KGB operative to retrieve the device, while the victim’s teenage daughter vows vengeance for her parents’ murder.

“No one comes close to James Bond, 007.”

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

Synopsis

A British spy ship has sunk, and a hi-tech encryption device was on board. James Bond is sent to recover the device, which contains British launching instructions, before the enemy Soviets can obtain it.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 56+ 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 John GroverShot by Alan HumeScored by Bill ContiDesigned by Peter Lamont

Box Office

1981 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 7.0× 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

$195.3M

Budget$28.0M
Worldwide gross$195.3M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $54.8M — 28% of worldwide · International: $140.5M (72%)

Opening weekend: $6.8M — 12% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $11.4M — 21% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 952 theaters

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Also known as

  • In tödlicher Missionde
  • James Bond 007 - In tödlicher Missionde
  • James Bond 007 - For Your Eyes Onlyen
  • Rien que pour vos yeuxfr
  • Agente 007 - Solo per i tuoi occhiit
  • Solo per i tuoi occhiit

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