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For some strange reason.
Thats 6 awesome films and i agree with you're list. Skyfall runs it close though.
Meanwhile, it looks like another $7 miilion in the US this weekend. At this rate, we'll earn more than Twilight. :D
2. Skyfall – 6 352 842 entrées
3. Thunderball – 5 735 000 entrées
4. From Russia with love - 5 633 000 entrées
5. Dr. No - 4 773 000 entrées
Maybe, but I think after 5 weeks in cinemas, it is more important to take into account this comparison. Take a look at it and shiver. 'Skyfall' is dominating 'Quantum Of Solace' and 'Casino Royale' together: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=daily&id=craigbonds.htm
I think another impressive thing is the number of screens. Whereas 'The Dark Knight Rises' opened with 4,000+ screens, 'Inception' back in 2010 with 3,700+ screens, 'Skyfall' had a surprisingly low number of screens when it opened: 3,526. Only about 50 to 70 screens higher then the debutes of 'Casino Royale' and 'Quantum Of Solace'.
One reason for that? Sony Pictures / EON themselves did not fully anticipate this success either. From now on, Amy Pascal will be bugging Babs and Michael much more. Because Sony = Bond now. Period :-). Expect Bond 24 to be much bigger. It will now surely open in more than 4,400 screens in 2014, on par with the last Dark Knight film.
Also Skyfall on Friday earn $1.85 mil good for 3 rd place behind TH and Lincoln should earn around $6 to $7 mil this weekend and fight with Lincoln for 2nd place. Skyfall is a day away from passing a $100 mil more then QOS in the US.
Mod edit: double post merged into one.
I know some think TDK is overrated and I agree as some have said it's the greatest fillm of all time which of course it isn't but it's seriously still for me the blockbuster of the last 2 decades, I didn't expect Rises to be better but they dropped the ball with that one.
1. TDK
2. Skyfall
3. Batman Begins
4. TDKR
5. QOS
1) Skyfall
2) Batman Begins
3) TDKR
4) TDK
5) CR
6) QOS
Sorry....I meant theatres off course! :-S . Still, an opening of 4,000 theatres for 'Skyfall' in November would have seen more logical afterwards. But then again....afterwards we talk about this :-).
Can someone explain this whole 'opening in 4000 cinemas' thing to me please.
Some people are saying SF only opened in 3500 cinemas but TDKR opened in 4000. Who are these 500 cinemas that in the middle of a recession choose not to show SF?
SF is the biggest film out there at the moment and in the week of its release (before Twighlight) there was no other competition. How are these 500 cinemas still in business? Just what films are they showing that they think will generate them more money than a billion dollar box office smash?
Surely if you own a cinema and you want to make money you show SF? Simples!
1. The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey (MGM/WB) NEW [Runs 4,045] PG13
Friday $37.5M, Saturday $28.1M, Weekend $84.8M
2. Skyfall (Eon/MGM/Sony) Week 6 [Runs 2,924] PG13
Friday $1.8M, Saturday $3.3M, Weekend $7.0M, Cume $272.4M
3. Rise Of The Guardian (DWA/Par) Week 4 [Runs 3,387] PG
Friday $1.5M, Saturday $3.3M, Weekend $7.0M, Cume $71.0M
4. Lincoln (DreamWorks/Fox/Disney) Week 6 [Runs 2,285] PG13
Friday $1.9M, Saturday $3.0M, Weekend $6.7M, Cume $107.7M
5. Life Of Pi (Fox) Week 4 [Runs 2,548] PG
Friday $1.4M, Saturday $2.4M, Weekend $5.4M, Cume $69.5M
Well Skyfall has been a breakout hit and no one predicted it would make around a billion dollars W.W also the 3500 cinemas is in the US only. Where it is not as bigger hit as TDKR also these 500 cinemas maybe be smaller cinema's with few screens so they saved there cinemas for the final twilight, the twilight films are a guaranteed hit in the US, a big cinema can of course show multiple films at once while a cinema in small town america can show very few so these one's must of chosen twilight. Another factor is TDKR was a summer film and they open wider at that time.During the summer you need a huge opening weekend to make a lot of money before a lot of other summer blockbuster come out. In November and December films open smaller but stick round for longer with better legs apart from twilight of course but twilight is a weird franchise at box office.
Ah so we're only talking cinemas with one screen in Hicksville then? In which case would these have made that much of an impact overall?
Also wasnt SF totally on its own for a week before Twilight? Or is it just not worth these tiny theaters getting hold of a print just for a week so they opted to go with Twilight and ditch SF. Mind you I'd be a bit pissed off if I had to drive hundreds of miles to a multiplex to see the film that was taking America by storm because the idiot running the local theater decided not to show it. The perils of living in the boondocks I suppose.
Anyway thanks for the clarification.
1. $1,037,291,060.32 - Thunderball
2. $951,066,000.00 - Skyfall
3. $932,346,267.74 - Goldfinger
4. $843,280,463.96 - Live And Let Die
5. $773,204,227.54 - You Only Live Twice
6. $707,967,950.50 - The Spy Who Loved Me
7. $687,348,781.40 - Casino Royale
8. $670,341,133.13 - Moonraker
9. $662,795,358.02 - Diamonds Are Forever
10. $629,928,504.77 - Quantum Of Solace
11. $596,667,068.63 - From Russia With Love
12. $555,648,360.42 - Die Another Day
13. $534,777,984.42 - GoldenEye
14. $517,040,163.49 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
15. $502,584,334.85 - The World Is Not Enough
16. $497,181,376.24 - For Your Eyes Only
17. $480,131,415.66 - Tomorrow Never Dies
18. $458,120,146.04 - The Man With The Golden Gun
19. $456,431,419.48 - Dr. No
20. $435,630,647.59 - Octopussy
21. $389,480,795.77 - The Living Daylights
22. $339,368,258.36 - A View To A Kill
23. $291,436,616.45 - Licence To Kill
Was there ever any doubt? Skyfall could be well on it's way to taking down The Dark Knight Rises.
By a bit. I assume, it will be force and back with Lincoln.
Nov 9–11 1 $88,364,714 - 3,505 - $25,211 $90,564,714 1
Nov 16–18 2 $41,104,513 -53.5% 3,505 - $11,727 $160,941,621 2
Nov 23–25 2 $35,502,973 -13.6% 3,526 +21 $10,069 $221,144,122 3
Nov 30–Dec 2 2 $16,555,894 -53.4% 3,463 -63 $4,781 $245,585,083 4
Dec 7–9 1 $10,780,201 -34.9% 3,401 -62 $3,170 $261,400,281 5
Dec 14–16 4 $7,000,000
(Estimate) -35.1% 2,924 -477 $2,394 $272,366,000
(Estimate)
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15.12.12
Domestic: $272,366,000 28.6%
+ Foreign: $678,700,000 71.4%
= Worldwide: $951,066,000
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The Imax numbers for "Skyfall" were sensational. It took in $3.5 million in 79 locations over 15 territories for a whopping $45,000 per-screen aveage. That's the best international non-summer/non-holiday opening in the company's history
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http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/james-bond-movie-skyfall-in-britain-smashes-opening-box-officerecords/#more-360936
SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Sony Pictures’ and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Skyfall, the 23rd film in the James Bond series, opened overseas in 25 markets and grossed a staggering $77.7 million, #1 everywhere. Setting the pace was of course the UK, which opened to an enormous estimated $32.4 million (£20.1M). Smashing the all-time Saturday attendance record Saturday, this is the biggest opening of 2012 and the 2nd biggest Friday-to-Sunday opening weekend in history there, behind just the 3D Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2. This launch was 76% bigger than Daniel Craig’s first turn as 007, Casino Royale, and 30% bigger than Quantum Of Solace. Of the $77.7M on Skyfall, IMAX is estimating a weekend gross of $3.5M in 79 locations in 15 territories which include the UK, France, Russia, Korea, Bulgaria, Middle East, Kazakhstan and Brazil.
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The U.K.'s fascination with James Bond has never been more intense, at least at the box office. "Skyfall," the latest entry in the super spy franchise, has set the record for that country's biggest Monday ever, taking in $6.8 million.
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Dating back to last Friday - two weeks out from release - Skyfall hit a massive 50,000 tweet mark in a single day. The momentum has carried ever since, having totaled 194,267 tweets between Friday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 30. Granted, the film's international debut is contributing to the high volume of discussion but its an impressive stat nonetheless. Perhaps an even better indicator of the strength of that buzz is the excellent 11.6 to 1 positive-to-negative ratio of the tweets.
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Latest Bond takes an extraordinary $59.8m (£37.2m) in its first week, the biggest seven day gross in UK box office history.
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'Skyfall' Continues To Rock International Box Office!Share
Sony Pictures’ and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s SKYFALL, the 23rd film in the James Bond series, grossed an extraordinary $156 million this weekend, bringing the overseas total to $287 million after just 10 days. Sony’s markets earned an estimated $139 million for the weekend and MGM’s licensees did and estimated $17 million. Simply a staggering result!
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'Skyfall' Sets U.K. Box Office Record for Second Weekend
The movie, which stars Daniel Craig as 007, becomes the fastest film in British history to reach $80 million.
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Skyfall leaves studios imagining they've drowned and dreamed this moment
So far, Skyfall has exceeded the wildest dreams of even Eon, MGM and Sony, with a stunning £53.44m in just 10 days. Only one film has taken more in 2012: The Dark Knight Rises, with £56.24m – and that's been on release for 16 weeks.
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Skyfall rakes it in to become biggest film at UK box office this year
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On Thursday, Skyfall became the UK’s all-time highest grossing 007 movie, taking £57M ($91.2)in just 12 days.
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FRIDAY: ‘Skyfall’ Soars To $37M For $88M Weekend In U.S. & Canada As Biggest Of All Bonds With $409M Record-Setting Global;
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this is absolutely the biggest-grossing 007 movie ever in the string of films since 1962 – not adjusted for inflation or higher ticket prices or IMAX premiums – especially now that it’s received a coveted ‘A’ CinemaScore from audiences. “Skyfall delivers.
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‘Skyfall’ Explodes With $515M Worldwide As Biggest Bond With $90M Domestic Opening;
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‘Skyfall’ Becomes No. 2 Movie Of All Time In The UK And Top 2D Film Ever
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If that estimate holds up, Skyfall is now within £4m of overtaking Avatar as the biggest grosser of all time in the UK
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RT:
92% Skyfall with 88% liked it
79% Killing Them Softly (new Brad Pitt) with 65% liked it
90% Lincoln with 88% liked it
88% Life of Pi with 90% liked it
90% Liver Linings Playbook with 87% liked it
only one better is
Argo 95% with 94% liked it
Metacritic:
81 Skyfall
64 Killing Them Softly
78 Life of Pi
86 Lincoln
81 Silver Linings Playbook
86 Argo
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'Skyfall' Tops 'The Bourne Ultimatum' As Biggest Spy Flick Ever In North America
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Skyfall shoots back to the top of the UK box office
In its sixth week, Skyfall has returned to number one at the UK box office, preventing the climactic Twilight from recording a hat-trick at the top of the charts.
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Skyfall overtakes Avatar to become the highest grossing UK release of all time
Skyfall becomes the most successful British film ever
In 40 days, the 23rd Bond film has taken more than Avatar did in 11 months and its 2D only.
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Skyfall back to no 1 spot in the US
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Skyfall's overseas total reached $656.1 million, which ranks fourth all-time among 2D-only movies behind Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.
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Adding in its domestic tally, Skyfall has so far earned $917.6 million, and it's looking more and more likely that it will reach $1 billion after opening in China next month.
China's release is January 20th, you said? I could see that happening. About a week or so ago, I was worried that SF wouldn't even be able to hit $950 before China, but now it's looking like a possibility that it will hit $1 billion before the release there. If so, hello #1 Bond film of all time.