Spectre amassed $73 million in the U.S. in its first weekend at the box office, only behind James Bond’s previous offering of Skyfall which opened at $90 million (including Thursday preview) in 2012.
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Josh Greenstein, president, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Sony Pictures, said, “We are thrilled by the staggering numbers coming in from all corners of the globe, and we are very proud to be able to bring this legendary franchise to new heights”. The competition was different, the weekend was different.
“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.
Overseas, Spectre dominated, grossing $117.8-M from 76 markets for a global weekend take of $190.8-M and early worldwide total of $300-M so far.
Super spy James Bond killed Charlie Brown at the box office this weekend.
The film’s getting a lot of praise for its opening scene, for great directing, for fun action sequences and all the usual Bond stuff. All 4 films star Daniel Craig as Agent 007.
Goosebumps, the feature film adaptation of the popular children’s horror book series by acclaimed youth author R.L. Stine, came in fourth place bringing in just under $7 million. Overall, this week’s box office receipts totaled an estimated $164.5 million, a jump of 122 percent from last weekend’s crater.
The Bond thriller had opened last weekend in the United Kingdom, and it was on track to be the second-highest Bond movie ever, in terms of opening records.
The Peanuts Movie provided a family-friendly alternative to James Bond’s guns and martinis and took second place with a strong $45m (£30m). The Open Road film starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams averaged $60,455 on five screens, the best per-screen number of the week. Kicking things off with $85 million in 2013 along with an “A-” CinemaScore, The Dark World just barely eked out a $206.3 million domestic run.
“I never thought in a million years that something would be created that would beat Skyfall at the box office and break the opening week record”.
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“The performance of “Spectre” is truly astonishing when you consider that the first James Bond film hit theaters over 50 years ago”, said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Rentrak.
