UK Record for James Bond
James Bond has broken box office records to take £4.9 million (which is about $8 million) in ticket sales on its opening day.
Quantum of Solace beat the previous record for a Friday opening held by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which took £4.025 million ($6.5 million) and also smashes the 2.9 million pounds ($4.7 million) first-day total for last bond movie’s first day sales totals.
Hundreds gathered in London’s Leicester Square for the premiere on Thursday.
Some had waited all day, also hoping to spot Princes William and Harry at their first Royal premiere.
In this latest Bond film, Bond, played by Daniel Craig, travels across two continents to thwart the efforts of an eco-terrorist, and seeks to know why his love interest from Casino Royale betrayed him.
Friday’s British opening of Quantum of Solace in 542 theatres will be followed by a November 14 debut of the film in the United States and Canada.
Casino Royale was a huge box office success, bringing in $594 million worldwide.
My name is Bond, James Bond
Quantum of Solace continues the high octane adventures of James Bond. Daniel Craig-starring Bond film to come out on 14 November.
Looking back on Bond franchise now, it’s easy to see why we all enjoyed the Pierce Brosnan Bond films at the time.Pierce resurrected Bond in 1997 with a stunning performance in Goldeneye.He was certainly the best looking Bond of the modern age.
Timothy Dalton never really caught on as Bond and inadvertently caused the death of the franchise until 1997.Roger Moore first made his debut in the classic Live and Let Die in 1973 and was hailed as a an adequate successor to Connery’s Bond.Roger’s cheesy one-liners that everybody enjoyed over the previous couple of decades.
Sean Connery was and probably still is the guy who made all the girls go weak at the knees, Maybe it’s the accent that does it, but when he first appeared in Dr No. in 1962 and uttered the immortal line “My name’s Bond…James Bond”.
Now the Question is: Who is your favourite Bond?
