 When the studio approved the films production budget it was $6  million, quite a large budget in 1966. However, during filming the  project ran into several problems and the shoot ran months over  schedule, with the costs also running well over. When the film was  finally completed it had run twice over its original $6 million  production budget. The final production budget of $12 million made  it one of the most expensive films that had been made to that point.  The previous official Bond movie, _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv), had a  $9 million