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  • htall90htall90
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    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    htall90 wrote:
    JWESTBROOK wrote:
    It's worth noting that this is the first week since the US release that Skyfall hasn't grossed 100 million+ since the previous weekend.

    How much did it made this week $85 mil?

    78.9 Million from my number last weekend. Check the original post for a list of the weekends.

    Cool i got $85 mil from trying to work it out roughly in my head.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Another $52 million means we now have the slowish climb towards Goldfinger:

    1. $1,037,291,060.32 - Thunderball
    2. $932,346,267.74 - Goldfinger
    3. $869,029,000.00 - Skyfall
    4. $843,280,463.96 - Live And Let Die
    5. $773,204,227.54 - You Only Live Twice
    6. $707,967,950.50 - The Spy Who Loved Me
    7. $687,348,781.40 - Casino Royale
    8. $670,341,133.13 - Moonraker
    9. $662,795,358.02 - Diamonds Are Forever
    10. $629,928,504.77 - Quantum Of Solace
    11. $596,667,068.63 - From Russia With Love
    12. $555,648,360.42 - Die Another Day
    13. $534,777,984.42 - GoldenEye
    14. $517,040,163.49 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    15. $502,584,334.85 - The World Is Not Enough
    16. $497,181,376.24 - For Your Eyes Only
    17. $480,131,415.66 - Tomorrow Never Dies
    18. $458,120,146.04 - The Man With The Golden Gun
    19. $456,431,419.48 - Dr. No
    20. $435,630,647.59 - Octopussy
    21. $389,480,795.77 - The Living Daylights
    22. $339,368,258.36 - A View To A Kill
    23. $291,436,616.45 - Licence To Kill
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
    Posts: 3,327
    I feel SF could still beat TB at this stage. I predicted this anyway a while back.....
  • htall90htall90
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    Will pass $900 mil by next Sunday.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    BOM say at least $950 million before China, so it could well still beat Thunderball or the bigger achievement of The Dark Knight Rises and be the third highest grossing film of 2012.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    This is insane; I didn't expect these numbers to jump so quickly. At this point, I don't see why it couldn't beat TB.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    Bond films have a new standard now. He can play with the big boys of cinema at last.
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
    Posts: 3,327
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Bond films have a new standard now. He can play with the big boys of cinema at last.

    Didn't you say a while ago that there was no way this could top TB...? ;)
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    jetsetwilly wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Bond films have a new standard now. He can play with the big boys of cinema at last.

    Didn't you say a while ago that there was no way this could top TB...? ;)

    To be fair it really, really seemed unlikely before all the praise started pouring in.
  • bondtheorybondtheory
    Posts: 96
    jetsetwilly wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Bond films have a new standard now. He can play with the big boys of cinema at last.

    Didn't you say a while ago that there was no way this could top TB...? ;)

    Many of us felt that. These figures are "Shocking. Positively shocking."

  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    jetsetwilly wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Bond films have a new standard now. He can play with the big boys of cinema at last.

    Didn't you say a while ago that there was no way this could top TB...? ;)

    Have a look back and you tell me. A while ago it become evident this film could go places. I'm sure everyone else thought that way too. Even G_G said $900 million.
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
    Posts: 3,327
    thelivingroyale wrote:
    jetsetwilly wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Bond films have a new standard now. He can play with the big boys of cinema at last.

    Didn't you say a while ago that there was no way this could top TB...? ;)

    To be fair it really, really seemed unlikely before all the praise started pouring in.

    I predicted this a long time ago. I must be a genius...... 8->
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited December 2012 Posts: 13,355
    Before the release? If so, you should have posted in G_G's thread. $599M vs $1B is quite the leap.
  • bondbat007bondbat007
    Posts: 1,407
    This is just great. Bond getting the respect he deserves at the box office. Now he just needs respect at awards season and this will truly be a magical year for Bond fans
  • jetsetwillyjetsetwilly
    edited December 2012 Posts: 3,327
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Before the release? If so, you should have posted in G_G's thread. $599M vs $1B is quite the leap.
    I know. I wasn't really posting much on this forum a while ago, but I was predicting this could beat TB on the DCINB forum (much to their displeasure)....... ;)

    I was factoring in the `Big 4' run of events leading up to it - Olympics scene, Bond 50, positive reviews and Adele's song.

    These were the deciding factors for me. If all 4 came off properly, I knew we had a winner on our hands, and one by one my Big 4 was getting ticked off.

    People thought I was crazy a few months ago, now I'm being proved right. Oscar nominations would be the icing on the cake.
  • htall90htall90
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    Skyfall may need $80 mil in China to pass thunderball will be hard due to proximity of film to the Hobbit's Chinese release and it will be available on pirate copies in China which could have an effect.
  • Tobester95Tobester95
    Posts: 117
    Skyfall is just under $10million away from The Dark Knight Rises foreign gross.
    It's weird how they use the term 'foreign' when Bond (besides release and funding by MGM and Sony) is a British film.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited December 2012 Posts: 13,355
    jetsetwilly wrote:
    Samuel001 wrote:
    Before the release? If so, you should have posted in G_G's thread. $599M vs $1B is quite the leap.
    I know. I wasn't really posting much on this forum a while ago, but I was predicting this could beat TB on the DCINB forum (much to their displeasure)....... ;)

    I was factoring in the `Big 4' run of events leading up to it - Olympics scene, Bond 50, positive reviews and Adele's song.

    These were the deciding factors for me. If all 4 came off properly, I knew we had a winner on our hands, and one by one my Big 4 was getting ticked off.

    People thought I was crazy a few months ago, now I'm being proved right. Oscar nominations would be the icing on the cake.

    Well, it seems you were the most optimistic @jetsetwilly and look to have been right all along. An Oscar nod or two would be a perfect end to the year.

    I'd love to know what the DCINB crowd think of this film's success, now.
  • htall90htall90
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    Tobester95 wrote:
    Skyfall is just under $10million away from The Dark Knight Rises foreign gross.
    It's weird how they use the term 'foreign' when Bond (besides release and funding by MGM and Sony) is a British film.

    TDKR was such a disappointment overseas considering the hype Superhero films are not as popular overseas as it is in America, Olympics also effected it i feel. Of courser there going to call it foreign as Hollywood is American and bond in film is owned by a hollywood studio owned by Sony.

  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
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    Will certainly beat GoldFinger now, Thunderball? Think it is too hard to say at the minute? But hell its having a damn good go! =D>
  • St_GeorgeSt_George Shuttling Drax's lovelies to the space doughnut - happy 40th, MR!
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    bondbat007 wrote:
    This is just great. Bond getting the respect he deserves at the box office. Now he just needs respect at awards season and this will truly be a magical year for Bond fans

    Personally, I couldn't care less about Bond winning awards, in fact I'd prefer it if SF wasn't caught up in the Oscar palooza - it's all just industry back-slapping with nary the most deserving (i.e. the year's actual best) being rewarded in the major categories.

    Bond is (and has always been) about the audience and giving it what it wants and SF does that in spades and the audience is responding in a very big way - mind you, I'd argue it has less quality competition than it had back in the '80s and '90s right now, but that's a whole different discussion... ;)
  • TheWizardOfIceTheWizardOfIce 'One of the Internet's more toxic individuals'
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    RogueAgent wrote:
    Will certainly beat GoldFinger now, Thunderball? Think it is too hard to say at the minute? But hell its having a damn good go! =D>

    Unless China is a disaster then 1 billion has to he guaranteed doesn't it? And once we pass that it's not far to go to overtake TB. And if you deduct TBs re-releases/double bills and take the initial release only SF has probably already done it.

    To capitalise on this the way TDKRs did on the back of TDK they to start work now and either make Mendes an offer he can't refuse or give it to Nolan to perhaps do a Blofeld trilogy.
  • htall90htall90
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    TheWizardOfIce wrote:
    RogueAgent wrote:
    Will certainly beat GoldFinger now, Thunderball? Think it is too hard to say at the minute? But hell its having a damn good go! =D>

    Unless China is a disaster then 1 billion has to he guaranteed doesn't it? And once we pass that it's not far to go to overtake TB. And if you deduct TBs re-releases/double bills and take the initial release only SF has probably already done it.

    To capitalise on this the way TDKRs did on the back of TDK they to start work now and either make Mendes an offer he can't refuse or give it to Nolan to perhaps do a Blofeld trilogy.

    A Billion seems virtually guranteed i'd say minimum now is $990 mil if current markets go on to $950 mil and China makes a poor $40 mil for bond i'd say at the moment bond is heading for $1.020 billion W.W with $60 mil to $ 70 mil from China.

  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    BOM say $290 in the US is possible. I'd be gutted if we passed $1b but not Thunderball.
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    I think if it manages to pass a billion beating TB is more or less a lock.
  • danielcraigbonddanielcraigbond Suspended
    edited December 2012 Posts: 39
    htall90 wrote:
    OwenDavian wrote:
    What a financial failure...
    what?

    called sarcasm numnuts

    Mod edit: please refrain from insults.
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
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    Does this include the totals from Japan, the film opened there this weekend?
  • KanangaKananga
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    Pierce2Daniel wrote:
    Does this include the totals from Japan, the film opened there this weekend?


    I don't think so, lets wait until Monday and see what else pops up.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
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    Pierce2Daniel wrote:
    Does this include the totals from Japan, the film opened there this weekend?

    As fas as I know, yes.
  • KanangaKananga
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    Samuel001 wrote:
    Pierce2Daniel wrote:
    Does this include the totals from Japan, the film opened there this weekend?

    As fas as I know, yes.


    Ahh, so it does, thanks for the info.

    If SF can take in $950 million before the China release then maybe it can out do TB?
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