The Living Daylights
The new James Bond...living on the edge.
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
- Director
- John Glen
- Signature
- Tension · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $191M
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After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.
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Box Office & Release
The Living Daylights returned 4.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $191M
- Release date
- Jun 29, 1987
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Arabic, Czech
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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