SPECTRE, the 24th James Bond flick ever made, will be opening in Australia, China, Korea, and France this week, so it is expected to maintain its hold on first place at the box office, internationally, at any rate, according to Deadline.
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“Spectre”, which stars Daniel Craig as the debonair, martini-drinking spy for the fourth time, grossed an estimated $73 million in the United States and Canada during its opening weekend.
“Two pictures this size opening provided juice to the entire marketplace, ” said Rory Bruer, president of distribution for Sony Corp.’s Sony Pictures Entertainment, which released “Spectre”.
“Spectre” also went up against some stiff competition at the box office and from one of the few franchises that’s even older than Bond. He’s delivered more-or-less reliable box office returns, but nothing approaching the astronomic heights of those early Bond movies.
Opening in three, 972 theaters, the widest launch ever for a Bond film, Spectre fell wanting Skyfall’s $88.four million document from November 2012. It grossed almost $64 million in Britain in its first week of release, shattering the country’s record for the biggest opening.
The film earned an A- CinemaScore from audiences. It is reported to have cost $250 million to produce the movie. Adjusting for ticket price inflation, “Spectre” actually opened below 2008’s “Quantum of Solace”, ($78.1 million at 2015 prices), a movie that most Bond fans found disappointing.
Of course, this is no disaster: the film still came up top of the box office, with The Peanuts Movie coming in second with $45 million. To be able to untangle the web of Spectre, Bond secretly enlists Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) and Q (Ben Whishaw) to look for Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) who is Mr. White’s (Jesper Christensen) daughter.
Saoirse Ronan’s 1950s-set immigrant story Brooklyn made $181,000 (£120,200), while Bryan Cranston biopic Trumbo took $77,229 (£51,300). Goosebumps and Bridge of Spies rounded out the top five, with $7 million and $6.1 million, respectively.
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Matt Damon and The Martian continued to excel with $9.3 million and third place in the movie’s sixth weekend. Unlike the similar “Truth”, which bombed, “Spotlight” reeled in audiences to the five locations showing it. With an impressive $60,455 per-screen average, it opened to $302,276.
