misses what might have been an absorbing statement." The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote that "the aerial dogfights are imaginative and lively" and James Mason "is in fine form," but "the film is padded out with tedious chunks of indoor chat between its set of largely unpleasant characters, filmed flatly in gloomy shades of grey and green for the most part." On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on reviews from 5 critics, with an average rating of 6.1/10. Filmink called it "a sports movie at heart." Box office The Blue Max was a financial success at the box office, earning $5 million in North American rentals in 1966. According to Fox records, the film needed to earn $14,200,000 in rentals to break even and made $16,850,000. By December 11, 1970 it made Fox a profit of $2,830,000. Legacy Director Peter Jackson lists the film as one of the top six World War I films. See also List of British films of 1966 References Notes Bibliography Farmer, James A. "Hollywood's World War One Aviation Films." Air Classics, Volume 24, no. 12, December 1988. Harwick, Jack and Ed Schnepf. "A Viewer's Guide to Aviation Movies". The Making of the Great Aviation Films, General Aviation Series, Volume 2, 1989. Mayo, Mike. VideoHound's War Movies: Classic Conflict on Film. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1999. . Mizrahi, Joe. "The Blue Max." Air Classics Volume 2, Issue 6, May 1966. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. . External links The Blue Max at Shot at Trinity (films shot at Trinity College Dublin) Making the Blue Max from the July 2015 issue of Aviation History magazine 1966 films 1966 war films 20th Century Fox films British aviation films British war films CinemaScope films Cultural depictions of Manfred von Richthofen Films about social class Films based on American novels Films directed by John Guillermin Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith Films shot in the Republic of Ireland Western Front (World War I) films World War I aviation films World War I films based on actual events 1960s English-language films 1960s British films