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November 01, 2008
Bond Busts Out In UK
LONDON: 1st November, 2008
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
SHATTERS BOX OFFICE RECORDS
WITH £4.94 MILLION OPENING
QUANTUM OF SOLACE, the 22nd James Bond adventure, has made Box Office history on its opening day in the UK, taking a staggering £4.94m and making it the biggest Friday opening of all time. This shatters the previous record held by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which took £4.025m.
QUANTUM OF SOLACE, the latest installment from the longest running franchise in film history, has also beaten the opening day figure for the last Bond movie, Casino Royale,
which took £2.9m on its opening day.
QUANTUM OF SOLACE opened in 542 cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Friday 31st October and will release in the US on November 14th.
Produced for EON Productions by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, QUANTUM OF SOLACE is directed by Marc Forster and stars Daniel Craig as the legendary secret agent, James Bond. With a screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Oscar® winner Paul Haggis, the film picks up the storyline just one hour after the end of CASINO ROYALE, marking the first direct sequel produced by EON Productions.
Posted by dpoland at November 1, 2008 12:14 PM
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That's almost 10,000 pounds a screen. $14 695.13 per screen, to be precise. That's Miley Cyrus territory.
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at November 1, 2008 05:38 PM
Honestly, up until now, I've been noticing my non-film nerd friends talk a lot more about this Bond than any in the past. I know that this doesn't mean anything in regards to box office necessarily, but after this, I have a suspicion that QOS might have an absolutely massive weekend. I know Bond is much more popular in the UK, so I don't think it'll be Dark Knight big, but maybe Bourne big?
Or not.
Posted by: a_loco at November 1, 2008 06:55 PM
Well it's going to be 100m big. It's going to be stupid huge. The following weekend might be even stupider huge, but Bond should be gangbusters. It SHOULD be.
Posted by: IOIOIOI at November 1, 2008 07:28 PM
The big theater in DC is going to have it. I don't recall it having a Bond flick before; certainly not the last two.
Posted by: Blackcloud at November 1, 2008 09:56 PM
james bond should be, like, ninety years old by now. what's up with that.
Posted by: leahnz at November 1, 2008 11:34 PM
But will it outgross Mamma Mia!???
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at November 2, 2008 01:48 AM
$200 million US domestic, minimum.
The film will be huge.
Posted by: Spacesheik at November 2, 2008 05:43 AM
How soon before we get those stupid Fandango stories?
Posted by: Blackcloud at November 2, 2008 08:44 AM
That's a large sum. Cant wait until its out here in the States.
Posted by: NickF at November 4, 2008 12:21 AM
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