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https://princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharlesCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=17896573
Note: Weekend takings only (Fri-Sun), films are screening in the week.
Source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/weekend-box-office-figures
Dr No
Position: 29th
Total: £8,349
Screens: 89
Average: £94
From Russia With Love
Position: 26th
Total: £8,806
Screens: 104
Average: £85
Goldfinger
Position: 22nd
Total: £13,960
Screens: 118
Average: £118
Thunderball
Position: 23rd
Total: £7,909
Screens: 98
Average: £81
You Only Live Twice
Position: 30th
Total: £8,030
Screens: 96
Average: £84
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Position: 29th
Total: £11,114
Screens: 110
Average: £101
Diamonds Are Forever
Position: 34th
Total: £6,638
Screens: 99
Average: £67
Live and Let Die
Position: 28th
Total: £10,767
Screens: 114
Average: £94
The Man with the Golden Gun
Position: 23rd
Total: £8,001
Screens: 102
Average: £78
The Spy Who Loved Me
Position: 14th
Total: £12,845
Screens: 101
Average: £127
Moonraker
Position: 18th
Total: £8,494
Screens: 102
Average: £83
For Your Eyes Only
Position: 24th
Total: £7,631
Screens: 104
Average: £73
Octopussy
Position: 20th
Total: £6,449
Screens: 99
Average: £66
A View to a Kill
Position: 21st
Total: £8,065
Screens: 98
Average: £82
A strong showing for AVTAK, especially as it was on ITV1 over the same weekend, and the UK was very very hot. Maybe audiences decided to cool off with May Day and co.
https://www.tickmarq.com/sites/esquireimax/films/#coming-soon
Finally
Went to see Daltons fabulous debut last night. Excellent print, ( though low turnout!) this one never disappoints. Great story, superb Bond, thrilling action ( best pts in the series, full stop!) John Barrys wonderful last score, hard to believe this is 35 yrs old, still top notch viewing! Roll on LTK, then I'll be giving it a break for a few weeks when Ol' Brossa does his schtick!
Note: Weekend takings only (Fri-Sun), films are screening in the week.
Source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/weekend-box-office-figures
Dr No
Position: 29th
Total: £8,349
Screens: 89
Average: £94
From Russia With Love
Position: 26th
Total: £8,806
Screens: 104
Average: £85
Goldfinger
Position: 22nd
Total: £13,960
Screens: 118
Average: £118
Thunderball
Position: 23rd
Total: £7,909
Screens: 98
Average: £81
You Only Live Twice
Position: 30th
Total: £8,030
Screens: 96
Average: £84
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Position: 29th
Total: £11,114
Screens: 110
Average: £101
Diamonds Are Forever
Position: 34th
Total: £6,638
Screens: 99
Average: £67
Live and Let Die
Position: 28th
Total: £10,767
Screens: 114
Average: £94
The Man with the Golden Gun
Position: 23rd
Total: £8,001
Screens: 102
Average: £78
The Spy Who Loved Me
Position: 14th
Total: £12,845
Screens: 101
Average: £127
Moonraker
Position: 18th
Total: £8,494
Screens: 102
Average: £83
For Your Eyes Only
Position: 24th
Total: £7,631
Screens: 104
Average: £73
Octopussy
Position: 20th
Total: £6,449
Screens: 99
Average: £66
A View to a Kill
Position: 21st
Total: £8,065
Screens: 98
Average: £82
The Living Daylights
Position: 24th
Total: £10,707
Screens: 100
Average: £107
Clearly the Dalton fans out in force this week, giving TLD a clear boost over the more recent Moore outings, and giving the fifth best total so far.
Will be interesting to see what LTK does given its 15 rating.
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=jamesbondat60
I just got back from a Saturday afternoon screening of FRWL here in New York and was pleased to see a really good turnout. Of course, this was a one-off and part of a larger retrospective of films released during 1962-1964 and we are not getting the full Bond 60th treatment.
Thanks.
MGM has apparently partnered with movie chain UGC on a few other events. For instance, UGC has a weekly thing where they do some classic title in something like 40 movie theaters for a special screening.
It was the case for Goldfinger last week, and for The Spy Who Loved Me next week, and they also plan to do Die Another Day (don't ask me why) and Skyfall by October to cover all four major actors.
Goldfinger was fine, but due to a change in the schedule for this particular theater, I was able to see TSWLM on Sunday in UGC Normandie, a very large theater at the Champs-Élysées that's also equipped for 70mm, and it was stunning, even if the transfer wasn't fresh.
The Les Halles retrospective plays a little differently. It's a major complex with something like 20 theaters, and they've commissioned two of them during three weeks to show the complete series, with the titles paired.
It starts with Dr. No and From Russia with Love, getting each five screenings today. They move up to TMWTGG/TSWLM on August 7, then they have another day for all these early films from August 8 to 12, once again chronologically.
I guess that Moonraker -> DAD will come next, with the same repeats, but the precise schedule is yet to be announced.
Great showing last night for Daltons 2nd. Very humid evening, reminded me of its debut in'89, which was a really hot Summer. Really good turnout for this showing too, biggest since GF. So I guess our Tim is more popular than is perceived?
Anyway, still a cracking Bond movie, good story, excellent cast, and some of the best action sequences of the series! And Dalton still brilliant, oh what a tragedy he never got to do more!
So I be taking a break now, looking forward to seeing CR in September!
Although I believe there was a writer's strike at the time, and the script couldn't be polished, this story was really tight with some very dark humour (Davi delivering some lovely ones, but Dalton's, "let's make this a proper family reunion. Give me your gun" was icy cool, put a smile on my face).
LTK’s script issues due to the strike is not reflected in the final film, unlike QoS, for example. If you didnt know there were issues, you wouldnt suspect it watching the finished film.
Yes, Richard Maibaum was unable to finish the script, and it was left to Michael Wilson to complete it. Considering this I still rate LTK as one of the tightest of screenplays, it has a beginning, middle and end, and the story builds with good twists, gaining momentum to the thrilling finale, not the case with most Bond scripts. And agree, Dalton and Davi are electric together, and I adore Carey Lowell, utterly gorgeous and great chemistry with Timothy!
That's a big difference between the two movies. Dalton could be something of an introvert. With Maryam D'Abo, who was supposed to be a "normal" woman caught in these events, à la Tatiana Romanova, their romance is subtle and convincing but quite lowkey as a result. While with Lowell, who has more "moxie", he leaves his comfort zone and gets more assertive as a result, closer to what's expected from a screen Bond in the process.
They played the Romanova card again with Goldeneye, and Brosnan was definitely a better match to Izabella Scorupco than Dalton would have been. And I say this as somebody who definitely prefers Dalton to Brosnan otherwise.
As far as I remember, Maryam was playing Tatiana in the screentests for TLD, and so impressed the Producers that they offered her the main role!
I disagree what you say about Dalton, think he could have played against any leading lady, he seemed to have a natural chemistry with other actors. Brossa, on the other hand..well........!!
And I'll be there on friday, at 15.30, to see the only Bond movie I was never zable to see in a theater, namely OHMSS. Those snow covered mountains alone deserve to be ssen on a big screen.
Biggest audience laugh: Pam responding "BULLSHIT" to Q's line about Bond shagging lots of women in the line of duty.
Thing I hadn't noticed before: Sanchez kissing Lupe, then saying "You want one too?" to his iguana and giving it a little peck. (Improvised? I recall reading that Davi carried the iggy around on set and got very fond of it.)
Wow, that line of Pams got a big laugh at my screening too! A surprising no reaction was what I thought the best line in it, Sanchezs "Launder it!"
Not a titter!?
Agree LTK works really well on the big screen, really enjoyed it!
Note: Weekend takings only (Fri-Sun), films are screening in the week.
Source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/weekend-box-office-figures
Dr No
Position: 29th
Total: £8,349
Screens: 89
Average: £94
From Russia With Love
Position: 26th
Total: £8,806
Screens: 104
Average: £85
Goldfinger
Position: 22nd
Total: £13,960
Screens: 118
Average: £118
Thunderball
Position: 23rd
Total: £7,909
Screens: 98
Average: £81
You Only Live Twice
Position: 30th
Total: £8,030
Screens: 96
Average: £84
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Position: 29th
Total: £11,114
Screens: 110
Average: £101
Diamonds Are Forever
Position: 34th
Total: £6,638
Screens: 99
Average: £67
Live and Let Die
Position: 28th
Total: £10,767
Screens: 114
Average: £94
The Man with the Golden Gun
Position: 23rd
Total: £8,001
Screens: 102
Average: £78
The Spy Who Loved Me
Position: 14th
Total: £12,845
Screens: 101
Average: £127
Moonraker
Position: 18th
Total: £8,494
Screens: 102
Average: £83
For Your Eyes Only
Position: 24th
Total: £7,631
Screens: 104
Average: £73
Octopussy
Position: 20th
Total: £6,449
Screens: 99
Average: £66
A View to a Kill
Position: 21st
Total: £8,065
Screens: 98
Average: £82
The Living Daylights
Position: 24th
Total: £10,707
Screens: 100
Average: £107
Licence to Kill
Position: 27th
Total: £9,667
Screens: 99
Average: £98
Nice to see Licence to Kill get a strong welcome at the box office, only down slightly on TLD, impressive given its more restrictive 15 rating, and the fact it was on UK tv over the weekend.
Into the Brosnan era now.
Note: Weekend takings only (Fri-Sun), films are screening in the week.
Source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/industry-data-insights/weekend-box-office-figures
Dr No
Position: 29th
Total: £8,349
Screens: 89
Average: £94
From Russia With Love
Position: 26th
Total: £8,806
Screens: 104
Average: £85
Goldfinger
Position: 22nd
Total: £13,960
Screens: 118
Average: £118
Thunderball
Position: 23rd
Total: £7,909
Screens: 98
Average: £81
You Only Live Twice
Position: 30th
Total: £8,030
Screens: 96
Average: £84
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Position: 29th
Total: £11,114
Screens: 110
Average: £101
Diamonds Are Forever
Position: 34th
Total: £6,638
Screens: 99
Average: £67
Live and Let Die
Position: 28th
Total: £10,767
Screens: 114
Average: £94
The Man with the Golden Gun
Position: 23rd
Total: £8,001
Screens: 102
Average: £78
The Spy Who Loved Me
Position: 14th
Total: £12,845
Screens: 101
Average: £127
Moonraker
Position: 18th
Total: £8,494
Screens: 102
Average: £83
For Your Eyes Only
Position: 24th
Total: £7,631
Screens: 104
Average: £73
Octopussy
Position: 20th
Total: £6,449
Screens: 99
Average: £66
A View to a Kill
Position: 21st
Total: £8,065
Screens: 98
Average: £82
The Living Daylights
Position: 24th
Total: £10,707
Screens: 100
Average: £107
Licence to Kill
Position: 27th
Total: £9,667
Screens: 99
Average: £98
Goldeneye
Position: 22nd
Total: £16,800 (£17,864 culm)
Screens: 137
Average: £123
Goldeneye explodes into cinemas with the highest takings so far, easily beating former first place TSWLM. Aided by more screens (137 is also the highest to date), but a lower average per screen that TSWLM. The Bros-aissance is on!
FWIW I saw Goldeneye on Friday night (8pm) in the largest screen my local Odeon has, and it was a total blast. Excellent 4k picture and the sound cranked up to 11. Ridiculously enjoyable.
Curiously, both Casino Royale and Skyfall also appears in this week's charts, taking a grand total of £217 and £55 respectively (not sure where this is, maybe The Prince Charles Cinema as part of their separate 007 season, but all the others haven't featured to date).
It had a bigger audience than the screening of Bullet Train I went to last Friday night.
The crowd really seemed to have a blast with the film. I’ve been to every movie thus far with the 60th anniversary re-releases and the jokes in Goldeneye got great loud laughs throughout. It was a hit!