It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
Are you going to inflation adjust the TB production budget too?
Maybe 'Thunderball' is not at reach, but I firmly believe 'Skyfall' can beat the inflation adjusted figures of 'Live And Let Die', 'You Only Live Twice' and even 'Goldfinger'.
I'll keep my eye on where SF will rank compared to CR and QOS. ;-)
Do you have a link to that figure? ( So I can update the 1st post :) )
That would be amazing! (It would also be bad new for Bond 24 ;-) )
Exactly Darth... also - films back then stayed in the theaters much longer than they do now - and those BO totals also reflect re-releases of said films as well - so all that needs to be taken into account.... today, the average film only has a lifespan of about 2.5 - 3 months (if it's even that lucky) in cinemas before i reaches the home video market..
CR had roughly 4 months at cinemas in 2006 (US domestic total).. and just 2 years later, QOS only had 2 months (again, US domestic)... films just don't stick around as long anymore..... a movie like TB back in the day might have had close to 6 or 7 months - maybe even close to a year in theater...
that could/will be the only major road block for Bond getting to 1 billion with SF.... but... Bond will be out for nearly a month before The Hobbit opens, so one hopes that SF does the majority of it's big box office business by then, and can maintain decent numbers afterwards...
i predict a $90 - $100 million opening weekend here in the states..
DarthDimi is right off course. Very true. But one thing hasn't changed in today's fast product life cycles of capitalism: Money. And movies, no matter how short they stay in cinema, they keep being money machines. What 'Thunderball' was in the 1960's, the true start of modern day blockbusters in cinema, is perhaps 'Lord Of The Rings', 'Harry Potter', 'Avatar', 'Batman', 'Star Wars' now. Even when you take in account the inflation correction, the shorter life cycles, the shorter timespan of movies being shown in cinema, compared to let's say the 1960's, still doesn't seem to slow down box office results. On the contrary, in a shorter time frame these franchises could do more than a movie in the 1960's.
And I believe, with the James Bond franchise still staying strong, and still creating so much buzz and media attention, one should be astonished about the endurance of the franchise. Especially since the key factors of its success are not that much different compared to the time when 'Thunderball' premiered.
Industry mag Screen International have up dated $77.7m to $80.6 now the actuals are in.
[url]http://www.screendaily.com/box-office/bond-is-back-with-a-vengeance-skyfall-opens-on-806m/5048277.article
[/url]
Well it made at least £15 that day from me and my brother. We both really enjoyed it and think it's probably one of the top 3 films in the franchise.
SKYFALL £4.3m
HPDH2 £3.2m
TDKR £2.3m
HPDH1 £1.7m
QoS £1.8m
Most blockbusters would be very happy with that for opening day, but Monday!!!
Told ya guys :-). 'Skyfall' will be our own 'Thunderball' money-wise :-). And let's be honest, 'Skyfall' has got real 'thunderballs' no :-)?
the Hurricane (or now Superstorm) will be over in a couple days... it might effect it a little, maybe only a few million (between $5-10 million at the most) - but not a lot, and i doubt it will effect it that much....... the film opens next week anyway.... this hurricane isn't as bad as Katrina - things will be back to normal fairly quickly
Uhm, it's a little bit bigger than that friend: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/30/us/tropical-weather-sandy/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
umm..... i'm living in it right now friend....
is Sandy a big historic storm? yes... but is it going to cause more destruction, or damage than the typical hurricane? no.... so far, it seems par for the course - the only difference is, is that a storm like this hasn't hit this far north in a very long time..... i've been watching TWC, and they are saying this storm will be over with by thursday - which is what i have been saying (a couple days)...... wind speeds have already started slowly decreasing, yesterday was it's peak...
by this time next week - the flood waters will have rescinded, power will be back, clean up will already have been well underway - things will slowly be getting back to normal... the real problem, will be in NYC and cleaning out the salt water from the subway and electrical tunnels before it starts eating through the lines - that, will take a very long while...
not sure where you're from, but Hurricanes/Tropical Storms are pretty common here in the states.
Yes, of course.
Figures adjusted for inflation (budget included)...
Thunderball (1965)
Profitability 1569%
Casino Royale (2006)
Profitability 583%
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Profitability 255%
http://007.lucklaboratories.com/
And TB benefits from reissues and double bills, something that just doesn’t happen today. Nowadays, they use pay-per-view, DVD and Blu-ray etc to make-up profitability.
Also, one could argue that there's more people on the planet since 1965 so the modern Bonds have the distinct advantage of having a slice of a far bigger audience.
As a Bond fan, how can you have so little faith in the box office potential of this movie? :(