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Skyfall: Billion Dollar Bond

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  • X3MSonicXX3MSonicX https://www.behance.net/gallery/86760163/Fa-Posteres-de-007-No-Time-To-Die
    edited December 2012 Posts: 2,635
    Spetacular!! Congratulations Skyfall!

    I regret of not having been positive about it.
  • VirageVirage
    Posts: 1,856
    Well done! So dose this make SF the most successful bond of all time? Either way what an amazing result.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,959
    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    Ironically, we hit a Billion on the 50th page of this thread, in the 50th year of Bond. :)

    And even more ironically, this post is on the 51st page.

    Very cool ;)

    Virage wrote:
    Well done! So dose this make SF the most successful bond of all time? Either way what an amazing result.

    It's $37 million away from beating TB and becoming the highest grossing Bond film of all time, and it's $81 million away from beating 'The Dark Knight Rises' - something I never would have thought possible - and becoming the second highest grossing film of 2012.
  • bondbat007bondbat007
    Posts: 1,407
    Wow just an incredible accomplishment for a series that has had so many roadblocks along the way to get here. This almost assures Bond will return for at least another 50. Congrats 007!
  • BondMortenBondMorten
    Posts: 18
    Amazing! Congratulations Skyfall!
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    Posts: 6,601
    Even more amazing, it took the DK 33 weeks and SF onl 8.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited December 2012 Posts: 40,959
    Germanlady wrote:
    Even more amazing, it took the DK 33 weeks and SF onl 8.

    Wow, really? I hadn't even noticed that. It took less than 1/4 the time for SF to reach that, then. That is insane.

    On another note, this is what Jeff Blake (Sony vice chairman) said:

    “To see a film connect with audiences is always gratifying but the success of this film is nothing short of extraordinary. After 50 years of entertaining audiences all over the world, Skyfall is the most successful James Bond film of all time.”

    But, it's still $37 million behind TB. I suppose he's not speaking in inflated gross.
  • AgentJamesBond007AgentJamesBond007 Vesper’s grave
    edited December 2012 Posts: 2,632
    Great work! Skyfall going through the billion mark for the New Year!
  • ggl007ggl007 www.archivo007.com Spain, España
    Posts: 2,541
    Nearly last day of its 50th Anniversary, Bond gives us the biggest present of them all.

    ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I look the boxoffice chart and I still can´t believe it.

    Congratulations and thanks to all Bond fans worldwide. I´m thinking now in Saltzman and Cubby and can´t find words for them...

    Not a single penny of that BILLION is for me, but today I´m happier than yesterday...
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,959
    I'm happy to know I contributed almost $100 of that - a very small amount, but it still feels wonderful. I'm going to celebrate and see this for a sixth time in a few days! I was going to decide against it and wait for blu-ray, but why not?
  • TuuliaTuulia
    Posts: 2,081
    Amazing. For some time now it's been just a matter of time, really, but I'm happy it got there before the end of the year. Fantastic news. Can't wait to get home from my hols so that I can go watch it again to celebrate (my 6th time, too). Congratulations to everyone involved, especially to Barbara, Michael, Daniel and Sam - and obviously all the fans of Skyfall.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    With three weeks until release in China, we stand a chance of beating Thunderball before the 21st, if not we'll be damn close.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,959
    Samuel001 wrote:
    With three weeks until release in China, we stand a chance of beating Thunderball before the 21st, if not we'll be damn close.

    I wonder if this $1 billion landmark for SF will inject some more funds and moviegoers into more viewings of the film, or if it will just stay the same. I would enjoy seeing an increase.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    The DVD/BD release can now be advertised on TV as a 'Billion Dollar Bond' with a line at the end indicating it's still showing.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    edited December 2012 Posts: 12,837
    Brilliant news :D I don't think any of us saw this coming when the film was coming out. Who would've thought it'd do this well?

    Now lets beat Batman.
    maxcraig wrote:
    And people like Blond Bond and Craignotbond are really in minority. Sure they can make a lot of noise, but they are really small groups. :)) Now they must be eating their hat.

    That was proven ages ago after CR came out. Honestly I didn't even think those groups were still around, I only ever hear them mentioned by people who actually like Craig.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited December 2012 Posts: 13,355
    Skyfall has also crossed £100 million this weekend in the UK, becoming the first film to do so.
  • Goldeneye95Goldeneye95
    Posts: 546
    Well deserved! Skyfall was a great Bond film.
  • grunthergrunther
    Posts: 158
    Billion dollar Bond!
    I might still prefer Casino Royale over Skyfall but i never thought i'd see this.
    Incrediable!
  • thelordflasheartthelordflasheart
    Posts: 1,370
    Yes, this is incredible. I thought we'd be crawling towards a billion dollars now because of the drastically reduced number of screens in North America.

    As for the CraigNotBond crowd, they seemed to shut up quite a bit (at least outside of their own site) once CR surpassed DAD. I can't even imagine the bitterness they must feel about SF hitting a billion dollars. Of course, they might use it to justify how they have "superior tastes" to the masses and how this puts them in the small, elite group of "true" Bond fans (in their own minds, of course).
  • LeChiffreLeChiffre
    Posts: 1,548
    And we don't even have to rely on Red China to get to the Billion!
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
    edited December 2012 Posts: 28,694
    Good show, Bond. THAT'S MY BOOOOOOOOOOOOY! >:D<
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited December 2012 Posts: 12,480
    Bond. Skyfall.
    Nobody does it better! =D>
  • mnhettiamnhettia
    edited December 2012 Posts: 203
    Billion Dollar Bond!!!. Amazing! I hope it beats TDKR ... SF was much much better quality wise! Craig should make three billion dollar bonds in a row and go out on a high note!
  • WillardWhyteWillardWhyte Midnight Society #ProjectMoon
    Posts: 784
    So grateful to be a fan of such a historic franchise and to be able to be a part of the film that hit a Billion.
  • dragonskydragonsky
    Posts: 2,491
    Congratulations SF !!!!! <:-P <:-P <:-P

    I'll celebrate it by watching the movie one more time :)
  • myworldisenoughmyworldisenough
    Posts: 1,143
    Fantastic news! The highest grossing ever. Bond is the hottest thing going right now. The future is incredibly secure. The crown jewel of the movie world.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    Now listen this song. Volume up loud!
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  • myworldisenoughmyworldisenough
    Posts: 1,143
    Gustav_Graves wrote:
    Now listen this song. Volume up loud!
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    Oh yes! And I heard it on the radio today. Had it on loud and sang along :)
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    Gustav_Graves wrote:
    Now listen this song. Volume up loud!
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    No tah. Like I said in the Adele thread, it's as if it's been following me around. I'm sick of it now.
  • X3MSonicXX3MSonicX https://www.behance.net/gallery/86760163/Fa-Posteres-de-007-No-Time-To-Die
    edited December 2012 Posts: 2,635
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    Gustav_Graves wrote:
    Now listen this song. Volume up loud!

    No tah. Like I said in the Adele thread, it's as if it's been following me around. I'm sick of it now.

    :O Not possible. You can't get sick of a Bond song. :P

    just joking. I know that many songs out there (not Skyfall, for me) are very sickable after a long time.
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