Craig, who might be in his previous year of playing James Bond on film, and Spectre director Sam Mendez were apparently not too keen on using an Xperia smartphone this time because the film hero only uses “the best” technology.
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The film cost £200m (€280m) to make including a budget of £25m (€35m) just for cars but it is expected to finally gross more than Skyfall’s £710m (€997m). What’s most impressive, though, is the box office records that the spy thriller has broken past. It’s up to $3.9 million.
Unfortunately for Sony and Samsung, the two companies would miss the exposure since “Spectre” made its United Kingdom debut on Monday night two weeks ahead of its domestic opening on Thursday night, earning $6.4 million.
Box office analysts are predicting an opening weekend in the region of $80 million in the U.S., and there’s a sporting chance that Spectre may overtake the colossal $1.1 billion box office take of Skyfall. In Sweden, it has 24.95 million krone ($2.97 million USD), which is 30% higher than Skyfall’s opening.
Explaining that “making a James Bond film is tough”, Barbara shared: “The logistics are a grind but Sam Mendes was directing for a second time, and Léa Seydoux is absolutely mesmerizing as [Bond’s love interest] Dr. Madeline Swann”. It also set records in nearly every territory it opened in, including Finland, Norway, and Denmark, and Spectre also became the first film to ever cross $100,000 in per-theater averages at IMAX locations.
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In “Spectre”, James Bond is reprised by English actor Daniel Craig. The website taxanalysts.com, citing leaked Sony emails, had reported that the changes included that an global leader should be assassinated instead of Mexico City’s mayor, and that James Bond’s nemesis should not be Mexican. We can’t wait for the rest of the world to see Spectre, said Gary Barber, MGM Chairman and CEO.
