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Sorry, almost! Hehe, updated by me. Sorry :-).
I see where you're coming from. I still think it's pretty incredible to be where it is though, 50 years and 23 films down the line.
Not quite. I said it over and over again: Compare 'Skyfall' with similar franchises.
--> Batman is done now. Finished. Period. Unless Christopher Nolan wants to do a Robin-movie.
--> The Bourne movies? It shows us one thing. It was succesful, but the latest film 'The Bourne Legacy' is quite a failure compared to 'Skyfall'.
--> Mission: Impossible? Hmm, the last one was certainly a huge hit. I expect this franchise to compete slightly with Bond.
Pirates? Lord Of The Rings? Avengers? Avatar? 3D? The Hobbit? Those movies needs to have even bigger production budgets and are dependent on CGI much more than Bond. Considering the fact that from these franchises, the Bond films in essence are the most realistic movies to date. And that fact alone makes Bond a unique moneymaker.
Lol unlikely to beat HP 8 that made $1.3 billion so almost no chance of that.
True, but that doesn't mean I should do that either. I mean, really, considering the quality of the movie 'Skyfall', apart from being a Bond film, it's truly amazing what it can do.
Don't apologize. 'The Bourne Legacy' was trash.
No, I was talking more about the franchises. I can't remember whether we have regained the top spot again?
Anyway, my point was that Bond should be in first place over an attention-seeking, book-trashing, cool-kid, 5 min wonder anyday.
Still got a long way to go before overtaking Harry Potter, Bond's overtaken Star Wars though. That being said if Episode VII's any good the new trilogy may change that.
And don't knock Harry Potter, major part of my childhood there ;) (although movies 5 and 6 are the weakest for me)
Yup, I fully agree. The Bond franchise has updated itself with 'Skyfall' from a 'good assured moneymaker' to a 'extremely big soaring moneymaker'. I bet Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli want to keep it that way.
As I stated before, several aspects make 'Skyfall' unique from the previous six Bond films that Babs and Michael produced. They know it.
Perhaps if you look at it this way it might seem a bit more special.
Only 13 films have ever made over a billion dollars, and the vast majority of that 13 have benefited highly form 3D ticket prices. Skyfall may end up in a very, very small group – a 50 year old franchise entry, in good old 2D, making it to a billion. A monumental achievement, in my opinion.
Yup, an almost CGI-less, 2D movie. I fully agree.
So I would say overall Bond is miles ahead of HP in terms of a franchise.
Are there any other forummembers here who were certain of a +$900 million figure? I am curious....
I was merely comparing grosses, not longevity.
If you would look at overall grosses too, Bond has made more money in the long run obviously....having been going for 50 years.
Definitely if we're using inflation adjusted numbers, but unadjusted the top three are Harry Potter ($7 billion), Bond ($5 billion) and Star Wars ($4 billion)
You can test this by adding up all the totals from the individual countries. It will be way short of the International total given by the studio as they lag behind publishing.
The exception to this is MGM's distributors, which are only a fraction of Sony's for SKYFALL, who can sometimes be late in reporting figures back to HQ.
it will even it falls slightly short hopefully they release it again to push it over a billion like they did with TDK. I don't think there is any denying that HP is a worldwide Phenomenon one of the most popular film franchises of all time adjusted and unadjusted. Although i think the ending to Harry potter is dire really bad in my opinion like most big entertainment franchises it did not really no how to end well.
There are more Avatar films coming soon too. Still, we're getting closer.