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Craig’s final Bond takes $56 million at domestic box office
Oct 10, 2021 1 min, 25 secs
The final James Bond film of the Daniel Craig era grossed $56 million from 4,407 North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday, to easily take the first-place spot.

In fact, the best Bond opening ever didn’t even crack $100 million.

“It’s been a long time coming to get this movie on the big screen,” said Erik Lomis, the head of distribution for United Artists Releasing.

Unlike many films released during the pandemic, a streaming or hybrid release was never even a consideration for “No Time to Die.” In addition to being the longest Bond film ever at two hours and 43 minutes, it was also an expensive one with a reported production budget of around $250 million.

And that doesn’t include marketing costs, which reportedly exceeded $100 million.

According to North American distributor United Artists Releasing, 25% of moviegoers returned to theaters for the first time in 18 months this weekend, suggesting that the film will have legs.

“No Time to Die” launched abroad last weekend, with Universal handling some territories and MGM others, and as of Sunday global grosses were estimated to be over $313.3 million.

“This movie became bigger than life because it was really the first high profile movie to move off of its release date when the pandemic began,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst.

1 film “ Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which fell 64% from its record $90 million launch, earning $32 million in its second weekend.

The Sony sequel, which is also playing exclusively in movie theaters, has earned $185.6 million globally to date.

Other newcomers included A24’s haunting Icelandic film “Lamb,” which earned $1 million from only 583 theaters and Bleecker Street’s “Mass,” which opened on four screens to $14,457.

“No Time to Die,” $56 million.

“Lamb,” $1 million.

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