Release
Thunderbolt was released on May 23, 1974. The film grossed $9 million on its initial theatrical release and eventually grossed $25 million overall. The film did respectable box office business, and the studio profited, but Clint Eastwood vowed never to work with the movie's distributor United Artists again due to what he felt was bad promotion of it. According to author Marc Eliot, Eastwood perceived himself as being upstaged by Bridges.
Given that for Eastwood this was an offbeat film, Franks Wells of Warner Brothers refused to back Malpaso in the production, leaving him to turn to United Artists and producer Bob Daley. Eastwood was unhappy with the way that United Artists had produced the film and swore "he would never work for United Artists again", and the scheduled two film deal between Malpaso and UA was cancelled.
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