First Blood
This time he's fighting for his life.
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $125M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
27 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How First Blood actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
First Blood appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #15
Placed at #15 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
First Blood returned 8.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $125M
- Release date
- Oct 22, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- Netherlands Antilles, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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