Time Bandits
…they didn’t make history, they stole it!
Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night.Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras.
- Director
- Terry Gilliam
- Signature
- Wonder · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $42M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Time Bandits 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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Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Time Bandits appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Time Travel Movies Ranked #26
Placed at #26 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Time Bandits returned 8.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $42M
- Release date
- Jul 13, 1981
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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