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In the UK Spidey is doing insane I believe it will become the 7th highest grossing film ever in the UK. This gives an idea of how big this event is. It’s way bigger than Infinity War.
This is a box office thread and spider man is a box office behemoth.
Well he bested Bond....and his demographic succeeded where Bond's stalled.
Who seriously cares. I like Spiderman but this is a James Bond website. Bond has been around before Spiderman and will be around long after.
They’re both old properties.
10: Licorice Pizza
9: Petite Maman
8: Raya and the Last Dragon
7: Titane
6: King Richard
5: Drive My Car
4: Malcolm & Marie
3: No Time to Die
2: The Souvenir Part II
1: Dune
Sidenote: NTTD would have been my #1 film in almost ANY other year.
Literally no one saw the film crossing the $600M mark overseas and in some EU countries its run has been outstanding, without mentioning the UK where, frankly, its performance has been jaw dropping.
I'm glad to hear that, I have not followed as closely as I normally do because of covid, but that said cinema in the US has been wishy washy at best for a number of years in my opinion, I think they are trying to hard to market to newer generations that are not really fans versus keeping an even and steady pace.
With Bond 26, I suspect there'll be a concerted effort to give younger and new fans 'a Bond of their own' - someone that younger generations can identify with, project onto, aspire to, grow with, etc. It worked beyond all expectations with Craig, after all. Obviously, the juggling act will be to do that successfully while keeping enough existing fans happy. The difference this time is that they don't have the killer combination of Daniel Craig, Eva Green and Casino Royale. Still, it's going to be fascinating to see how this all plays out.
I think as long as they keep continuity of character in place they will do just fine...selecting a marginally younger actor would be okay as long as he isn't too young, and I think with filming logistics and time lines it might be a good idea to write several scripts for approved upcoming films and film them back to back even if they stagger the release dates, that way the actor can certainly grow with the films and the audience.
It's also highly likely that the new Bond, unlike Craig, will have an established and active social media presence, which may play well to younger audiences.
Presumably potential candidates will be going over their socials with a fine tooth comb, and cleaning up everything that might be considered even slightly offensive.
Freedom of speech would be the least of my worries with a new Bond actor. Unless they are making statements that are completely off the rails I think it is lame how much people focus on that nonsense these days...take the case of Gina Carano from The Mandalorian, no reasonable person would take issue with the post she made comparing situations today with those from WWII. I'd view some comments made by other cast members a little more harsh than hers and people blew up at her so bad and demanded her removal as if it were some sort of elected position...to be honest I'd rather not see any social media content from an actor, I'd much rather enjoy their works on screen.
01. Spider-Man: No Way Home
02. No Time to Die
03. F9: The Fast Saga
04. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
05. Godzilla vs. Kong
06. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings
07. Eternals
08. Dune
09. Black Widow
10. Free Guy
Top 10 Films of 2021 - USA Box-Office
01. Spider-Man: No Way Home
02. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings
03. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
04. Black Widow
05. F9: The Fast Saga
06. Eternals
07. No Time to Die
08. A Quiet Place Part II
09. Free Guy
10. Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Not to say I don't really enjoy Marvel films, or fast food. ;)
My thinking exactly @Ryan.
Yep.Who knows,the film might actually break even and make a small profit some day!
No kidding. When I want to the theater a few weeks ago to see Matrix, there was a MASSIVE line for Spider-Man.
Yeah I bet it will need another 60 years to achieve that..!
That's just £6.3 million shy of SF's record breaking 2012 gross. Insane.
Just for the record, SF played for 28 weeks while SP played for 20. Times are changed, with all those earlier PVOD options.
Even that wouldn’t be a reliable indicator, because film distribution has changed in the past 60 years. Then there’s the fact that the human population more than doubled since 1962.
Population density doesn't correlate to film interests, I doubt people go to films just because there are too many people. I also somehow doubt people are forced to go...but when it cost $3 for a movie 40 years ago and the same movie cost $15 to watch in theater today, having the studios brag about the dollar amount made in box offices seems irrelevant.
Adjusting for inflation, NTTD would probably be among lower part of the top ten along with DAF, MR, and CR. The film that remains #1 adjusted is SF.
Yes NTTD will end up 11th pretty close to DAF ($786M) and MR ($795M), adjusting for September 2021 inflation.
In the end Craig's last film will gross almost the same as Connery's last Bond EoN film, 50 years later.