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Released
1983 · FILM

Octopussy

James Bond must track a stolen Fabergé egg across Europe to expose an international smuggling ring and stop a rogue Russian general from igniting a global conflict.

“James Bond’s all time high!”

Directed by
John Glen
Written by
George Macdonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
131 min
ActionAdventureThriller

Synopsis

James Bond is dispatched to investigate after another “00” agent is discovered dead alongside a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. While pursuing the case, Bond uncovers a smuggling operation and learns of a Russian general who intends to incite a new world war.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 79+ 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

1983 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 6.8× 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

$187.5M

Budget$27.5M
Worldwide gross$187.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $67.9M — 36% of worldwide · International: $119.6M (64%)

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Also known as

  • James Bond - Octopussyde
  • James Bond 007 - Octopussyde
  • Octopussy - Operazione piovrait

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