The Magnificent Seven
They were seven…and they fought like seven hundred!
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
- Director
- John Sturges
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $20M
Who's in it
Cast
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An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Magnificent Seven returned 9.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $20M
- Release date
- Oct 12, 1960
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
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