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  • maxcraigmaxcraig
    edited November 2012 Posts: 229
    nobodydoesitbetter wrote:
    maxcraig wrote:
    4200.000 millions tickets sold for Skyfall in France in just 10 days.

    @maxcraig. According to premiere the film has sold 3 621 994 tickets. Where did you get the 4,200,000 from? 3,621,994 is still an amazing achievment in 10days!

    From here : http://www.cinemondial.com/visu_bofra.php They have their numbers from cbo-boxoffice.
    And sorry it's 4 067 620 million tickets sold. My bad.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2012 Posts: 13,355
    Sony's estimating a $67 million opening weekend in the US. They, like all studios, will be guessing lower than the film will actually do on purpose, to make the film's success look better come Sunday.

    A $75 million plus opening is more likely.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    Posts: 6,601
    I am thinking 850 Mill.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    Posts: 6,601
    James Bond is trending right now on Twitter for the US
  • Tobester95Tobester95
    Posts: 117
    Germanlady wrote:
    James Bond is trending right now on Twitter for the US
    That's actually a brilliant sign.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,976
    IMAX premiere last night, combined with the midnight premieres tonight and the US opening weekend in the next few days = much, much more money coming its way. SF will make much more than $67 million, I surmise.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Now the highest grossing UK film with £57M or $91.07M. It looks like Skyfall will go straight to number 2 but does it have enough to challenge Avatar for the top spot?

    Also:

    1. $1,037,291,060.32 - Thunderball
    2. $932,346,267.74 - Goldfinger
    3. $843,280,463.96 - Live And Let Die
    4. $773,204,227.54 - You Only Live Twice
    5. $707,967,950.50 - The Spy Who Loved Me
    6. $682,098,608.86 - Casino Royale
    7. $670,341,133.13 - Moonraker
    8. $662,795,358.02 - Diamonds Are Forever
    9. $629,928,504.77 - Quantum Of Solace
    10. $596,667,068.63 - From Russia With Love
    11. $555,648,360.42 - Die Another Day
    12. $534,777,984.42 - GoldenEye
    13. $517,040,163.49 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    14. $502,584,334.85 - The World Is Not Enough
    15. $497,181,376.24 - For Your Eyes Only
    16. $480,131,415.66 - Tomorrow Never Dies
    17. $458,120,146.04 - The Man With The Golden Gun
    18. $456,431,419.48 - Dr. No
    19. $435,630,647.59 - Octopussy
    20. $389,480,795.77 - The Living Daylights
    21. $339,368,258.36 - A View To A Kill
    22. $321,000,000.00 - Skyfall
    23. $291,436,616.45 - Licence To Kill
  • robboadamrobboadam
    Posts: 224
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Now the highest grossing UK film with £57M or $91.07M. It looks like Skyfall will go straight to number 2 but does it have enough to challenge Avatar for the top spot?

    Also:

    1. $1,037,291,060.32 - Thunderball
    2. $932,346,267.74 - Goldfinger
    3. $843,280,463.96 - Live And Let Die
    4. $773,204,227.54 - You Only Live Twice
    5. $707,967,950.50 - The Spy Who Loved Me
    6. $682,098,608.86 - Casino Royale
    7. $670,341,133.13 - Moonraker
    8. $662,795,358.02 - Diamonds Are Forever
    9. $629,928,504.77 - Quantum Of Solace
    10. $596,667,068.63 - From Russia With Love
    11. $555,648,360.42 - Die Another Day
    12. $534,777,984.42 - GoldenEye
    13. $517,040,163.49 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    14. $502,584,334.85 - The World Is Not Enough
    15. $497,181,376.24 - For Your Eyes Only
    16. $480,131,415.66 - Tomorrow Never Dies
    17. $458,120,146.04 - The Man With The Golden Gun
    18. $456,431,419.48 - Dr. No
    19. $435,630,647.59 - Octopussy
    20. $389,480,795.77 - The Living Daylights
    21. $339,368,258.36 - A View To A Kill
    22. $321,000,000.00 - Skyfall
    23. $291,436,616.45 - Licence To Kill

    It won't beat Avatar. I remember that was still selling out screenings in February (2 months after release). Plus you have the advantage of the crazy 3D prices, especially back then.
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
    Posts: 3,327
    In just 12 days, the new Bond movie has overtaken The Dark Knight Rises at the box office.

    Skyfall has already become Britain’s biggest film of 2012. In just 12 days, the new Bond movie has taken a whopping £57 million at the UK box office – more than The Dark Knight Rises (£56.2 million since July) and The Avengers (£51.6 million since April).

    That total is enough to make Skyfall the most successful Bond movie ever in the UK, overtaking the £55.6 million earned by 2006′s Casino Royale.


    http://www.filmnav.co.uk/2012/11/09/sky ... m-of-2012/
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    edited November 2012 Posts: 6,601
    http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/skyfall-opens-with-imax-midnights-as-321m-bond-movie-abroad-arrives-in-u-s-canada-spielbergs-lincoln-platforms/

    Also the audience for 0007 looks to have expanded: Fandango tells me that 26% of online ticket-buyers for Bond #23 said they only see a “handful (2 or 3)” of films each year so Skyfall isn’t just reaching frequent moviegoers. Going into today, Skyfall was accounting for 58.79% (41.74% for standard screens and 17.05% for IMAX) of all online ticket sales on MovieTickets, and 65% on Fandango.

  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Making nice progress! Lets hope our American cousins can keep up the good work! :D
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2012 Posts: 13,355
    These are some great stats that let us know what Americans are going:

    Fandango surveyed more than 1,000 Skyfall ticket-buyers and found that male moviegoers for the 007 film outnumber female 52%/48%, 54% said Adele’s new theme song increased their awareness of the movie, 78% said the grittier action increased their interest in seeing the movie, 39% (the majority) picked Daniel Craig as their favorite Bond while only 35% picked Sean Connery, 47% said it’s important for them to see the film in IMAX, 29% picked Goldfinger as their favorite Bond villain/henchman followed by Blofeld (14%) and Jaws (13%). When asked for their favorite elements of the Bond series, 77% of respondents picked the action and stunts, 64% the exotic destinations, 56% picked the cool cars, 54% picked the gadgetry, 52% picked the villains, and 37% picked ‘the Bond girls’.

    It'd be amazing if we could break $80 million this weekend. Hoping for the best.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Facinating stats there samuel. Looking forward to seeing the BO takings in the US over the weekend?
  • bondsumbondsum
    edited November 2012 Posts: 3,333
    Advance tickets for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which doesn’t open in theaters until Dec. 14, went on sale on Wednesday, and if we’re speaking plainly, they crushed it. Sales for the film on Fandango accounted for 33 percent of all tickets sold that day on the ticket website, dethroning Breaking Dawn — Part 2, which had held the top spot since Oct. 1. Skyfall, the latest in the 007 franchise, placed second, with 31 percent of the day’s sales. The Twilight crew came in third, with 28 percent of the day’s take.

    http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/09/the-hobbit-tops-skyfall/
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    bondsum wrote:
    Advance tickets for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which doesn’t open in theaters until Dec. 14, went on sale on Wednesday, and if we’re speaking plainly, they crushed it. Sales for the film on Fandango accounted for 33 percent of all tickets sold that day on the ticket website, dethroning Breaking Dawn — Part 2, which had held the top spot since Oct. 1. Skyfall, the latest in the 007 franchise, placed second, with 31 percent of the day’s sales. The Twilight crew came in third, with 28 percent of the day’s take.

    I think it's crazy putting the tickets on sale so early. I'm certainly going to see The Hobbit, I'm a fan of the book, but I don't intend to buy the tickets until a week of two before it is released.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    Sandy wrote:
    bondsum wrote:
    Advance tickets for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which doesn’t open in theaters until Dec. 14, went on sale on Wednesday, and if we’re speaking plainly, they crushed it. Sales for the film on Fandango accounted for 33 percent of all tickets sold that day on the ticket website, dethroning Breaking Dawn — Part 2, which had held the top spot since Oct. 1. Skyfall, the latest in the 007 franchise, placed second, with 31 percent of the day’s sales. The Twilight crew came in third, with 28 percent of the day’s take.

    I think it's crazy putting the tickets on sale so early. I'm certainly going to see The Hobbit, I'm a fan of the book, but I don't intend to buy the tickets until a week of two before it is released.

    Like I did with SF I call on the day itself for seats but then again I like to go on days where the cinema is filled with more adults than kids, sunday, monday or tueasday night.
    Generally that is where I tend to find free seats with new movies and a nicer audience.

  • MrBondMrBond Station S
    Posts: 2,044
    Hmm, interesting:
    http://www.hitfix.com/news/box-office-skyfall-on-track-for-100-million-opening
  • robboadamrobboadam
    Posts: 224
    MrBond wrote:
    Hmm, interesting:
    http://www.hitfix.com/news/box-office-skyfall-on-track-for-100-million-opening

    Not IMPOSSIBLE, but I feel unlikely. Like the guy put in the comments, Inception made about $4m in IMAX midnight sales, but only made $60m. And that was in the middle of the summer, with Nolan's first film after the uber-successful Dark Knight.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    Posts: 6,601
    FRIDAY: ‘Skyfall’ Soars To $37M For $88M Weekend In U.S. & Canada As Biggest Of All Bonds With $409M Record-Setting Global;

    FRIDAY 7:15 PM, 4TH UPDATE: Stay tuned right here for my continuous updates today and all weekend with domestic box office numbers. MGM/Sony Pictures is saying Skyfall is looking to open in North America with a $75M first weekend after doing record-setting business overseas of $321M through Wednesday. But rival studios think Sony is low-balling – and that today’s domestic debut for James Bond #23 is looking to open somewhere over $37M (including $4.6M from Thursday’s IMAX screenings and Friday midnights) and the weekend at around $88M.
    http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/skyfall-opens-with-imax-midnights-as-321m-bond-movie-abroad-arrives-in-u-s-canada-spielbergs-lincoln-platforms/
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,183
    Like all the Craigs before this one, SF gets some harsh words from those who fail to cope with the fact that it isn't a bland copy of GF or TB - although had it been, others would no doubt have complained about that in turn. No Bond film can satisfy all fans equally well but it looks like a majority of votes still turns to SF as the best or nearly the best of the Craig Bonds. With the income numbers, it seems a lot of people out there are convinced as well. The film works and collateral complaints or poor reviews are a constant to be reckoned with. Unanimous agreement is a fantasy anyway.

    I for one am glad with these numbers. I feel like they 'confirm' my own sentiments towards the film. Had it not been like this, it wouldn't have bothered me in the least though. I love SF, I find a lot of things in it that appeal to the type of Bond fan I am (for there are, indeed, many types). Whatever the numbers at the BO, it would have been the same to me. But I guess the numbers, as they are now, are a bonus. ;-)

    Some folks prefer the plastic Bond of DAD, others prefer the action Bond of TND, others still would like to return to the 60s and then some hope each and every successive Bond film to be a carbon copy of CR. I don't mind any of those (except the latter) - I merely like each Bond film to be slightly different than the one before it and the one that comes after it. That way I have a Bond film to fit any mood and mindset I may bring to an evening of film watching. For me, SF fills yet another gap and I have no trouble accepting that it isn't CR 2.0 - with Royale being one of my top Bonds of all times - because even CR 2.0 wouldn't be CR and might feel bland since we've already walked that path. Keep the elements of the mystical Bond formula there, but please shift and shake and move them around so that every new Bond film provides us with a fresh permutation instead of a rigid and thus annoyingly predictable self-parody.
  • LeChiffreLeChiffre
    Posts: 1,548
    Just heard a figure of $88 million at the US box office. Not sure if this is accurate as it's still only SAturday so it's surely too early to report the actual figure. Good if true though.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    Posts: 6,601
    LeChiffre wrote:
    Just heard a figure of $88 million at the US box office. Not sure if this is accurate as it's still only SAturday so it's surely too early to report the actual figure. Good if true though.

    Look two posts above. Its coming from deadline and they always do the maths in advane.
    Its just a guess, based on the numbers, they already have...
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2012 Posts: 13,355
    That's massive business. Well done EON. I'm so pleased. Get ready for "biggest Bond ever!" headlines.
  • GermanladyGermanlady
    Posts: 6,601
    SATURDAY 3:45 AM, 5TH UPDATE: Stay tuned right here for my continuous updates all weekend with domestic box office numbers for MGM/Sony Pictures’ R-rated Skyfall iand DreamWorks Studios/Fox/Disney’s Lincoln, both of which received great reviews going into Friday. Total moviegoing through Sunday thanks to Skyfall could be $155+M, up +20% from last year. James Bond #23 is looking to open in North America with a $32M Friday and $80+M first weekend. But rival studios think Sony is low-balling – and that Friday’s domestic debut for James Bond #23 is around $33M (including $4.6M from Thursday’s IMAX screenings and Friday midnights) and the weekend around $88M. No matter who’s right: 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. Blows away $67.5M on Quantum Of Solace by a lot,” a Sony exec gushes to me. “Quantum was -4% from Friday on Saturday. Hopefully, Skyfall will use its ‘A’ Cinemascore to fuel Saturday and push it up even further.” Skyfall‘s 3,505-run wide release in U.S. and Canada set a new record for the global franchise. I’m still waiting for an updated number from Sony for overseas plays after it opened first overseas October 26th. As of Wednesday, the Sam Mendes-directed, John Logan-scripted, Daniel Craig-starring actioner had taken in $321M internationally But Hollywood now is betting that the worldwide total will be a gargantuan $500+M through Sunday - shaken, not stirred.

    http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/skyfall-opens-with-imax-midnights-as-321m-bond-movie-abroad-arrives-in-u-s-canada-spielbergs-lincoln-platforms/
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,976
    SF was R-rated?...I don't think so.

    I've decided I'm dragging my girlfriend to see it for a second time today; she loved it, and is itching to get into the rest of the series, so I'm happy! Add another $16 to the pot.
  • nobodydoesitbetternobodydoesitbetter
    Posts: 1,021
    Great figures coming in from the US opening. I am really hoping that there will be a jump from the Fri - Sat gross and pushes the weekend over to $90m
    That would be very good. Anyway. Here in France SKYFALL has sold more tickets than any other Bond film since YOLT in 1967....
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    They would be astronomical figures! Lets hope so! :D
  • bondsumbondsum
    Posts: 3,333
    On Friday, Skyfall earned an estimated $30.8 million from its 3,503 locations, midnight screenings included. Add that to the $2.2 million 007 took in from his 463 IMAX premieres on Thursday and it looks like the secret agent could soar as high as $84 million by the end of the weekend. That would blow the previous Bond record of $67.8 million (set in 2008 by Quantum of Solace) out of the air. In fact, it’s possible that Skyfall could climb as high as $500 million worldwide by Monday.
    http://collider.com/friday-box-office-skyfall-takes-off-with-30-8-million-debut-spielbergs-lincoln-also-big-in-only-eleven-locations/210176/
  • ChampionAlonsoChampionAlonso
    Posts: 389
    I bet 80 million for the three day weekend
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited November 2012 Posts: 13,355
    Estimates are down to a more realistic $80 million for the weekend. Still an amazing result.

    MI6's article is a bit off. There's no way this 007 adventure will give Batman a run for his money, in any area bar the UK.
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