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===Box office=== The film was a big success at the box office. Gavin said it was "a very successful money maker" that made "a fortune" for its investors.<ref name="gav"/> A writer for ''The Newsletter'' called it "a boon unprecedented in the annals of local picture showdom."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102801062 |title=Australian Enterprise. |newspaper=[[The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People]] |location=Sydney |date=24 December 1910 |access-date=3 October 2013 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Another article in the same publication said the film was "proving a big draw wherever exhibited, in fact a perfect money spinner, and the firm is troubled to supply the demand the demand made upon their film department."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102798828 |title=Theatrical Gossip. |newspaper=[[The Newsletter: An Australian Paper for Australian People]] |volume=14 |issue=12 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 December 1910 |accessdate=1 July 2024 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''Thunderbolt'' was so popular, Forsyth indicated he wanted to make further bushranger movies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102798828 |title=Theatrical Gossip. |newspaper=[[The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People]] |location=Sydney |date=3 December 1910 |access-date=30 March 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The ''Sunday Sun'' declared, "Forsyth has a mine of suitable matter right under his hand, and he has already, demonstrated that the "Southern Cross Enterprise" is capable of producing films of a merit, which renders it unnecessary for showmen to seek their cinematographic repertoire abroad."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226876484 |title=MUSIC AND DRAMA. |newspaper=[[The Sunday Sun (Sydney)|The Sunday Sun]] |issue=400 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 November 1910 |accessdate=1 July 2024 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Gavin and Forsyth subsequently went on to [[Moonlite (film)|make a film]] about [[Captain Moonlite]]. Then the two went their separate ways and Gavin made movies on [[Ben Hall (bushranger)|Ben Hall]] and [[Frank Gardiner]].<ref name="evening"/> In advertising Forsyth would claim he was the "original creator" of the films on Thunderbolt and Moonlite, not mentioning Gavin at all.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120788232 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sydney)|The Sunday Times]] |location=Sydney |date=8 January 1911 |access-date=30 March 2015 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''Thunderbolt'' was still screening in theatres as late as 1916.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91164786 |title=J.B. PICTURES. |newspaper=[[Port Melbourne Standard]] |location=Vic. |date=25 November 1916 |access-date=3 October 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Gavin wanted to re-release the film in 1922 but was unable to do so due to [[bushranger ban|the ban on bushranging films introduced in 1912]].<ref>{{Citation | title=No title | journal=Everyones. | date=1 November 1922 | location=Sydney | publisher=Everyones Ltd | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-560828758 | id=nla.obj-560828758 | access-date=1 July 2024 | via=Trove }}</ref>
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