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'Skyfall' Nears $90M in Bond's Biggest Box-Office Bow Ever - Yahoo! Movies
Cant wait to see this movie. Will catch it sometime next week.
Cant wait to see this movie. Will catch it sometime next week.
"Skyfall" shattered the record for the biggest U.S. 007 movie debut with its $87.8 million opening weekend, leaving no doubt that Daniel Craig is the most bankable Bond ever.
Last week's No. 1 film, Disney's animated family film "Wreck-It Ralph," was No. 2 with $33.1 million from 3,752 screens raising its overall gross to $93.6 million. Those two films drove the overall box office, which was running about 25 percent ahead of the comparable weekend last year, when "The Immortals" led the way with $32 million.
The huge haul for Sony's PG-13-rated "Skyfall" exceeded the projections of analysts and easily surpassed the debut weekend of "Quantum of Solace," which bowed to $67 million in November of 2008.
"Skyfall" gives Sony its ninth No. 1 film of 2012.
With the worldwide total for "Skyfall" now at more than $518 million -- it made $325 million in two weeks abroad before its U.S. debut and added $89 million overseas this weekend -- there's little doubt this will be be the biggest Bond movie ever at the box office. The next two biggest earners also starred Craig. "Quantum of Solace" grossed $586 million worldwide, while "Casino Royale" topped out at $594 million in 2006.
The 23rd film in the 50-year-old 007 franchise averaged $25,050 from each of the 3,505 theaters that it played on. Older males were the top demographic: 60% of the opening weekend audience was male and 75 percent was over 25 years old
It received an "A" CinemaScore from first-day moviegoers, and word of mouth seemed to help. It followed up its $30.8 million first day Friday with $33.8 million Saturday.
With the additional $2.2 million from special exclusive preview runs at 463 Imax and select locations on Thursday, the film has taken in a total of $90 million since opening in North America. Imax took in $13.1 million -- nearly 15 percent of the "Skyfall" gross -- at their theaters, most ever for a non-summer opening.
Pent-up demand for Bond -- it's been four years since the last 007 film -- and great reviews clearly motivated moviegoers. Director Sam Mendes has drawn critical raves, as has the supporting cast -- which includes Oscar winners Javier Bardem and Judi Dench -- and the script from Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and John Logan ("Gladiator").
Last week's No. 1 film, Disney's animated family film "Wreck-It Ralph," was No. 2 with $33.1 million from 3,752 screens raising its overall gross to $93.6 million. Those two films drove the overall box office, which was running about 25 percent ahead of the comparable weekend last year, when "The Immortals" led the way with $32 million.
The huge haul for Sony's PG-13-rated "Skyfall" exceeded the projections of analysts and easily surpassed the debut weekend of "Quantum of Solace," which bowed to $67 million in November of 2008.
"Skyfall" gives Sony its ninth No. 1 film of 2012.
With the worldwide total for "Skyfall" now at more than $518 million -- it made $325 million in two weeks abroad before its U.S. debut and added $89 million overseas this weekend -- there's little doubt this will be be the biggest Bond movie ever at the box office. The next two biggest earners also starred Craig. "Quantum of Solace" grossed $586 million worldwide, while "Casino Royale" topped out at $594 million in 2006.
The 23rd film in the 50-year-old 007 franchise averaged $25,050 from each of the 3,505 theaters that it played on. Older males were the top demographic: 60% of the opening weekend audience was male and 75 percent was over 25 years old
It received an "A" CinemaScore from first-day moviegoers, and word of mouth seemed to help. It followed up its $30.8 million first day Friday with $33.8 million Saturday.
With the additional $2.2 million from special exclusive preview runs at 463 Imax and select locations on Thursday, the film has taken in a total of $90 million since opening in North America. Imax took in $13.1 million -- nearly 15 percent of the "Skyfall" gross -- at their theaters, most ever for a non-summer opening.
Pent-up demand for Bond -- it's been four years since the last 007 film -- and great reviews clearly motivated moviegoers. Director Sam Mendes has drawn critical raves, as has the supporting cast -- which includes Oscar winners Javier Bardem and Judi Dench -- and the script from Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and John Logan ("Gladiator").
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