Mad Max
The maximum force of the future.
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road.Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.
- Director
- George Miller
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $100M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Mad Max 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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In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 7 nominations
AACTA Award for Best Editing
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Editing
AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Original Music Score
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
AACTA Award for Best Cinematography
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Cinematography
AACTA Award for Best Costume Design
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Costume Design
AACTA Award for Best Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Film
AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Mad Max returned 285.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $350,000
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $100M
- Release date
- Apr 12, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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