Spectre has broken box office records in almost every market in which it has been released.
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“We set the record for smashing up cars on Spectre”, Gary Powell, the film’s chief stunt coordinator, told the Mail on Sunday.
Sony reportedly offered Daniel Craig US$5 million (S$7 million) to use a Sony Xperia Z4 in Spectre.
Leading actor Daniel Craig waxed poetic about the apocalyptic opening scenes in the James Bond flick “Spectre”, as the film prepared its regional premiere in Mexico City where a few of those parts were shot.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was the existing record holder, having amassed around £17 million ($26 million) in its first week.
Surely those figures might be enough to tempt Daniel Craig back for another go?
Skyfall, the previous chapter in the never ending series, was the highest-grossing 007 chapter in history, almost doubling Casino Royale’s $599 million worldwide haul. This record-breaking form also extended across other locations across Europe, with Spectre setting new milestones in Norway, the Netherlands, Finland and Denmark respectively.
It’s not all that hard picture the world’s most famous secret agent answering (and hanging up on) M’s phone calls on an Android, but we Americans will just have to wait until the movie comes out later this week to see for ourselves.
Peter Taylor, managing director of Sony Pictures United Kingdom, added: “James are delighted that audiences in Britain and Ireland continue to adopt these stories about among our largest and greatest cultural icons”.
The box office king this week is the new James Bond movie, “Spectre”, which is hardly a surprise because both fans and critics are raving about the movie.
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Besides Craig, Ralph Fiennes (M), Naomie Harris (Moneypenny) and Ben Whishaw (Q) revisit the franchise, while newcomers include Monica Bellucci, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista and double Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz, who plays villain Franz Oberhauser.
