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I expected it to be a big hit, if the reviews were positive........but it has been very successful.
Probably the best result considering past BO has been North America, where Bond has for the first time since the 60's had a really big impact!
True to a certain extent, though i do remember 'TB' had to put up with that film with that bleedin Von Trapp family which couldnt stop singing throughout the film.....now what was it. Oh yes......'The Sound of Music' biggest film ever at the time. Glad my parents didnt take me to see it though.............haha
Well in those days if you wanted to see a movie you either watched it on tv or had to go to the cinema...............No video or dvd around yet.
A very different media era.
I saw most 007 movies in cinema several times simply because there were NO video tapes around, It was a somewhat magical time.
Well, however that might be, but as you see, many here try - including you..
I've seen the error of my ways no point in it really.
:) Who would've thought it eh? SF came out of nowhere and blindsided everybody with it's success.
The massive simultaneous release now allow massive promotion at national scale, etc.. and in particular massive PR at the release when the first box office figures are estimated (I can tell you that even as late as in the 1990s for instance, talking about box office results in the first days would have made you sound like some autistic person !).
And Gustav Graves, please realize it's because you never apologize for some of your comments ("newcomer", ah !), that I more and more let you have the final word because it seems so important to you. But if you feel you impress me as a box office expert, well, sorry but it's a big NO. You weren't even able to understand the box office of your own country :)
They aren't in the top 50.
I think my respect for you started to grow here. Especially when you gave away your sources. I then understood we need to take into account other sources too. And I now frequently check the entgroup box office figures for China.
Also, I don't have any interest in becoming a box office expert here. If I come across as arrogant in here, then I am sorry for that. It has never been my intention. I am just incredibly happy about 'Skyfall', so sometimes I get a bit carried away.
I do think, that there is also a big difference in being a box office expert and a more general trendwatcher.
What I don't like about you is the fact that even after all this, even when some respect for you kicks in, you still get agitated and/or irritated by me. That's not necessary and that problem is entirely yours.
Yes...........they pigging are! (inflation adjusted)
;)
ps: 'SF' actually grossed $34.4 mil in first week in China....not too bad eh?...who here said film was a failure in China???????????????own up!
OK, fair enough but we all know about inflation...
No, The Hobbit will eek past $1 billion, that's all. And Skyfall is still 8th but not for long.
http://www.2oceansvibe.com/2013/01/28/skyfall-is-still-printing-cash-at-the-south-african-box-office/
In the US, GF and TB were not crushing the box office of their days as much as one thinks. For instance GF + TB added together only had one #1 weekly spot in the US (TB release week) ! (Note though that US weekly box office was not computed with $, but done with polls asking theater ownes to "judge" on a subjective scale the success of the movies). But the movies at that time were so much more than today, that even being a great but not mega success still means much more than today business wise.
Also for the reports one read about China :
Both 8000+ and 5500+ screens are still being reported. But I'm afraid those who quote the 8000+ figure are those who are reporting other data not very well, so I'll stick to my bet the correct figure is 5500+. On the other hand, the figures of 4.8M$ and 5.1Ms for the opening day are not contradictory : the second figure simply includes the 0.3M$ of the previews the week before.
According to who?............no one knows exactly!
How many times do we have to point this out to you?
One also has to remember, that it isnt till recent times that a film had a wide release, not so long ago when a film was released it would only open in cinemas in big cities initially, and then after a while would spread out across the country into smaller towns.
Therefore it would of been difficult to of had a weekly top film!
That's not what the main page of this site reads. Seems there are others that disagree with you, as well. Suck it up.
Skyfall Draws Record Crowds In China The James Bond movie Skyfall, which opened last Monday in China, took in $35 million during its first week, according to the website 21cn.com. It was a record for a 2D film, the website said, and was exceeded only by James Cameron's 3D Avatar, which opened in China with $46 million in its first week in 2010. With numerous scenes shot in Shanghai, the film has received positive notices from Chinese moviegoers. The state-owned website China.org.cn, quoted a 27-year-old media worker as saying, It is a rare thing for an international action movie to depict China in a fashionable way. But on a Twitter-like social media site called Sina Weibo, one blogger commented, It feels somewhat weird to see Bond in a Chinese setting. China.org.cn quoted Beijing filmmaker Chen Chuanlu as saying that the film shows that Hollywood has now broken the stereotype of [Chinese] being treacherous, backward and superstitious ... thanks to the growing importance of the domestic market and increasing understanding about the nation.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/skyfall_draws_record_crowds_in_china_3472979
Ok I'm bragging, but who reported here before anyone else that in China the first viewings at midnight of Skyfall were sold out or almost sold out ? :)
Does your tone really have to be so condescending?
At what point will you be 100% convinced that Skyfall has become the highest grossing Bond film?
Skyfall made more last week with the opening in China than the three weeks before that combined. o.0
And @Creasy47 and @JWESTBROOK, you are both classic gents and don't have the time for @mepal1's stubborn demeanor. My advice:
As to the Chinese reviews coming in, I don't think they would be so eager to call Skyfall a film that "has now broken the stereotype of [Chinese] being treacherous, backward and superstitious" if they would have gotten the cut of the film we saw.