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Skyfall Becomes First James Bond Movie To Rake In Over $1bn by abubaka101: 9:10am On Jan 04, 2013 |
The 23rd James Bond adventure, ‘Skyfall’, has reached the symbolic threshold of one billion dollars in revenue worldwide. The film, directed by Sam Mendes – an Oscar winner in 2000 for ‘American Beauty’ – is the first in the saga of the MI6 spy to reach a ten-digit total. In 2012 ‘Skyfall’ finished in third place at the box office worldwide, behind ‘The Avengers’ (over $1.5 billion) and the last Batman instalment, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (around $1.1 billion). It also figures in 14th place in the history of cinema, a ranking that is topped by two James Cameron works, ‘Avatar’ ($2.7 billion) and ‘Titanic’ ($2.1 billion). In Europe, the story of 007, played for the third time by Daniel Craig, and a former British Secret Service spy played by Javier Bardem, broke the record for the number of cinema entries in the UK by dethroning ‘Avatar’. The French public also warmed to the film, with more than six million spectators flocking to cinemas in France to watch ‘Skyfall’. The film is still playing in many countries and this year it will hit some key markets, including China; business is still very much open for the latest in the Bond franchise. The most profitable legacy in film making With a budget estimated at $200 million, ‘Skyfall’ has reported, for the moment, five times the original investment. The first James Bond film, ‘Dr. No’, produced in 1962, remains the most profitable of the series in terms of cost/profit ratio: the film grossed nearly 60 times the budget of just one million dollars. Highest grossing films of all time 1. Avatar - $2,782,275,172 2. Titanic – $2,185,372,302 3. The Avengers – $1,511,757,910 4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1,328,111,219 5. Transformers: Dark of the Moon – $1,123,746,996 6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – $1,119,929,521 7. The Dark Knight Rises – $1,081,041,287 8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest – $1,066,179,725 9. Toy Story 3 – $1,063,171,911 10. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – $1,043,871,802 11. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – $1,027,044,677 12. Alice in Wonderland – $1,024,299,904 13. The Dark Knight – $1,004,558,444 14. Skyfall – $1,000,200,000 15. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – $974,755,371 Highest grossing films adjusted for inflation 1. Gone with the Wind (1939) $3,301,400,000 2. Avatar (2009) $2,782,300,000 3. Star Wars (1977) $2,710,800,000 4. Titanic (1997) $2,413,800,000 5. The Sound of Music (1965) $2,269,800,000 6. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) $2,216,800,000 7. The Ten Commandments (1956) $2,098,600,000 8. Doctor Zhivago (1965) $1,988,600,000 9. Jaws (1975) $1,945,100,000 10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) $1,746,100,000 http://abubaka./2013/01/04/skyfall-becomes-first-james-bond-movie-to-rake-in-over-1bn/ |
Re: Skyfall Becomes First James Bond Movie To Rake In Over $1bn by JameyMaxwell(m): 9:32am On Jan 04, 2013 |
The film no swiit like dat abeg• 1 Like |
Re: Skyfall Becomes First James Bond Movie To Rake In Over $1bn by abubaka101: 12:22pm On Jan 04, 2013 |
Jamey Maxwell: The film no swiit like dat abeg•it's b'coz it is a James Bond movie that's why it's making so much money. I've watched some thrillers and would love to watch the movie when I hav the time. |
Re: Skyfall Becomes First James Bond Movie To Rake In Over $1bn by rodeo0070(m): 11:16pm On Jan 05, 2013 |
@ Poster: What about BEN-HUR and CLEOPATRA? What's their position?... |
Re: Skyfall Becomes First James Bond Movie To Rake In Over $1bn by newuc2come(m): 10:59pm On Jan 06, 2013 |
wuts d fuss abt skyfall anyways.e no sweet jare.no fancy gadget on display..eg.explodin pen |
Re: Skyfall Becomes First James Bond Movie To Rake In Over $1bn by omar22(m): 4:09pm On Jan 08, 2013 |
Is this one Genevieve was meant to be the Bond Lady? |
Re: Skyfall Becomes First James Bond Movie To Rake In Over $1bn by Bawss1(m): 4:32pm On Jan 11, 2013 |
I nearly fell asleep watching Skyfall. I don't know what all the rave reviews and noise were about because it was, IMO, one of the worst Bond movies I ever saw. They made over a billion dollars at the box office? Good for them now, they can pay me back the money I wasted buying a ticket. |
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