JAMES BOND: NO TIME TO DIE starring Daniel Craig (2021) 2 2

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MGM/UAR’s No Time to Die is third in its third weekend with $3.6M today, -50%, a third weekend of $12.2M at 3,807 cinemas, -49% and a running total by end of Sunday of $120.3M.

may ultimately inch past $150MM (-25% vs Spectre)

[WolverineX]

On 10/22/2021 at 5:54 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

I can see why they did it. Things have to develop to survive, but if you stray too far from the guts of a thing, you run the risk that it's no longer that thing. See also Doctor Who - sixty years of history torn up by one clumsy pair of hands, one person who couldn't stay faithful to the original premise and had to deliver 'their take', their shocking twist. Once the dust settles on that shock though, all that is left is an enduring sense that something big was sacrificed for something small. A bit like Mallory's desk. And, as I've said, that shock leaves you - well, left me - with a deep sense of injustice. I can get that every day just by engaging with the real world. I didn't want it in a Bond film.

I am still pissed by it.  Similar to Jon Snow.  Sometimes just give us what we want.  I don't want to be surprised.

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On 10/23/2021 at 2:52 AM, Wolverinex said:

I am still pissed by it.  Similar to Jon Snow.  Sometimes just give us what we want.  I don't want to be surprised.

I don't mind surprises Wolvie. They can delight. I'd draw the distinction between clever surprises that delight and add something new to the mix, and just taking a dump on 60 years of precedent. 

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[WolverineX]

On 10/23/2021 at 6:02 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

I don't mind surprises Wolvie. They can delight. I'd draw the distinction between clever surprises that delight and add something new to the mix, and just taking a dump on 60 years of precedent. 

Just rewatched spectre tonight,  and honestly it's just depressing... that was a great ending... should have left it at that

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On 10/25/2021 at 5:52 AM, Wolverinex said:

Just rewatched spectre tonight,  and honestly it's just depressing... that was a great ending... should have left it at that

I had high hopes for SPECTRE, especially after that great opening. But it let me down like Quantum. Casino and Skyfall have been my go-to for a Bond fix. Have not watched the latest yet.

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On 10/25/2021 at 6:48 AM, Oddball said:

I had high hopes for SPECTRE, especially after that great opening. But it let me down like Quantum. Casino and Skyfall have been my go-to for a Bond fix. Have not watched the latest yet.

Go see it, Oddball, and tell us what you think. It'll be nice to have some more opinions to read here. Nice new avatar by the way 

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On 10/28/2021 at 7:52 AM, Bosco685 said:

 

I like Madeline swann (sp) the best.   Her French accent...

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On 10/10/2021 at 6:32 PM, paperheart said:

maybe another $180MM Int'l ex China + $80MM US + China- so depends on China

Now projected $80 million in China, so likely won’t pass F9. Solid #2, saved cinema while saving the world

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Theaters are saved!

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Eon Productions was wise not to sell off the film to Amazon for $200M. Even after revenue shares with theaters. But even with that, the repeat theater rescheduling killed any large-scale profits.

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On 10/31/2021 at 1:03 PM, Bosco685 said:

Eon Productions was wise not to sell off the film to Amazon for $200M. Even after revenue shares with theaters. But even with that, the repeat theater rescheduling killed any large-scale profits.

At $700M theatrical, this still won't be profitable, tho.

Had they sold directly to Amazon at that time, they may only have booked a loss of ~$50=$75M.

Now, they may lose more on the project - at least in the short term (depends on much the product placement defrayed production costs).

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On 10/31/2021 at 1:19 PM, Gatsby77 said:

At $700M theatrical, this still won't be profitable, tho.

Had they sold directly to Amazon at that time, they may only have booked a loss of ~$50=$75M.

Now, they may lose more on the project - at least in the short term (depends on much the product placement defrayed production costs).

What they couldn't account for is yet another China COVID flare-up.

DEADLINE: International Box Office (10/31/2021)

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The bulk of the weekend’s business came from China where 007 debuted to an estimated $28.2M, repping the third best start for a Hollywood title in the market this year. While this is slightly lower than projections coming into the weekend, a contributing factor has been the Covid escalation over the past several days. As previously noted, social scores are the best on this Bond of any prior film in the franchise, and we’ve seen that when a Hollywood movie in China has had a high rating and a decent competitive environment, it doesn’t immediately get played off (Free Guy is a recent example). Maoyan is now projecting an RMB 436.3M ($68.2M) full run for NTTD. How things go with the latest Covid outbreak will be a factor, however, as 14 provinces are affected and there have been cinema closures in Beijing.

For those that assumed theaters are 100% back with no interruptions again.

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No Time To Die looks destined to beat Avengers: Endgame in the U.K., taking the fifth spot in the list of biggest box office releases of all time from Marvel’s superhero blockbuster.

 

The 25th James Bond currently sits on £85.9 million ($117.3 million) exactly a month after its Nov. 1 release, just $3.8 million shy of Endgame‘s grand total of £88.7 million ($121.1 million). With $4.8 million amassed in its fifth weekend ending Oct. 31 — a drop of 25 percent — the position switch is expected to happen over the course of the next week, especially with U.K. cinemas not facing any COVID-19 related capacity restrictions.