Some sources said that this was the least commercially successful, or unsuccessful James Bond movie. This isn't true, as this movie made over $175 million against a $32 million production budget. They called it the least successful, as the profits made by this movie didn't reach the expectations of the producers or the studio. The producers wanted this movie to earn at least $210 million in order to become the highest-grossing Bond movie at that time. The producers also expected that this movie should have earned at least $65 million from the U.S. box-office market, due to the fact that most parts of this movie were filmed in the U.S., as all the Bond movies filmed in the U.S. made good profits in the U.S. box-office market, before the release of this movie. This didn't happen, due to other blockbusters in the U.S. box-office market, like Batman (1989), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), The Abyss (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (along with previous Bond actor Sir Sean Connery, and other actors appeared in Bond movies), and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989). But still, this movie managed to make decent profits at the U.S. box office, as the earnings of this movie was $40 million, making it successful, but the least one in the U.S. market. It made good profits in other North American countries, European, and Asian box-office markets. It made good profits from VHS sales in the U.S. and other countries. It also earned a PG-13 rating, and it was the most violent James Bond movie ever. Despite this, it was met with highly positive reviews from critics and audiences, and has developed a cult following among fans. Some sources also said that On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) was also the least commercially successful, or unsuccessful James Bond movie, but this isn't true either, as it also made good profits in its box-office run against its production budget of $8 million and has also developed a cult following amongst Bond fans. Actually, the least commercially successful James Bond movie is The Man With The Golden Gun (1974). No James Bond movie has been commercially unsuccessful in its box-office run to date.

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