After breaking all the records in the UK and Europe, Skyfall opened across the US and Canada yesterday and received a impressive $33 million at the box office.
Predictions that the film will have made $80+ million by the end of the weekend are not pie-in-the-sky.
It is understood that the film cost around $200m to make – although an official figure was never released – and so taking into account its UK and European successes, Sony Pictures are already in the black, with several weeks of box office earning (not to mention DVD sales!) to go.
About Skyfall – James Bond 23 (2012)
The new Bond movie will star Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney and Judi Dench, produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The 007 screenplay will be written by regular James Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, working with John Logan (Gladiator & The Last Samurai). Director of American Beauty and Road To Perdition, Sam Mendes will be directing the new James Bond movie. MGM and Sony Pictures Entertainment in a joint statement on 2nd June 2011 announced that “Bond 23″ will go on release in the UK on Friday, 26th October, 2012 and in the USA on 9th November 2012. The first major announcement from EON Productions and Sony Pictures came on 3rd November 2011 in London when the principle cast was announced, along with a rough plot line. In Skyfall, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
#1 by Agent 7F on 11 November 2012 - 1:59 am
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That Excellent & Shaken including a stir.
#2 by IRuinMovies on 15 November 2012 - 9:03 am
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I thought Skyfall had great a villain and some fun action, but the plot just wasn’t believable at many points. The first example comes at the very beginning where Bond is picked up by Moneypenny the second he walks out of the office, and already the first car in front of them is the terrorists car. Its just too convenient. There were a ton of examples like that. Check out http://www.iruinmovies.com for more.