SPECTRE: It grossed $880 Million Worldwide (..and 2015 was the biggest box office year so far)

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  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    We should find out the global box office numbers tonight?
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    the Gun Barrel if Christopher Nolan directs a James Bond film :)

    If SPECTRE had been done Memento-style, would it have ended with the best third act of any Bond movie ? :)

    It would have had the gunbarrel at the end.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    the Gun Barrel if Christopher Nolan directs a James Bond film :)

    If SPECTRE had been done Memento-style, would it have ended with the best third act of any Bond movie ? :)

    It would have had the gunbarrel at the end.

    Oh Heavens no lol... the gunbarrel is exactly where it should be and where it should have been the SF.
  • SPECTRE has $73M opening in US-Canada, The Hollywood Reporter says

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-spectre-opens-73m-837618?utm_source=twitter
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    So they were correct in their estimates. I was wrong in my hopeful predictions for more.

    It will probably just clear $200m if lucky now if that.
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    So we need 800 Mio. $ outside US to reach 1 Billion
  • I think 800+ million seems more realistic. In China we trust.
  • "Globally, 'Spectre' took in nearly $200 million for the weekend for an early worldwide cume north of $300 million"

    http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-spectre-opens-73m-837618
  • SKYFALL debuted with $88M ($25k per), SPECTRE debuted with $73M ($18k per).

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    SKYFALL debuted with $88M ($25k per), SPECTRE debuted with $73M ($18k per).


    SF had absolutely no competition in it's opening weekend though where as SP does. Therefore, $73M is still a very strong performance.

    The US Box Office is no longer the be all and end all for blockbusters to rake in huge amounts of money. The International markets are stronger now than they have ever been (Terminator Genisys is a prime example of this).
  • edited November 2015 Posts: 1,092
    When it opens in China it will absolutely destroy. They have added a ton of theaters in that country in recent years and the BO for SP will blow up like crazy. I have a feeling they will really like a more gonzo type of Bond film also.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    Yes, but the narrative is still shaped in the US. That's not changing any time soon.

    Terminator Genisys is a perfect example of this actually.
  • Only time will tell

    Top 5 Domestic 007 Debuts: #1 SKYFALL ($88M) #2 SPECTRE ($73M) #3 QUANTUM OF SOLACE ($67M) #4 DIE ANOTHER DAY ($47M) #5 CASINO ROYALE ($40M)

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    bondjames wrote: »
    Yes, but the narrative is still shaped in the US. That's not changing any time soon.

    Terminator Genisys is a perfect example of this actually.

    It's RT score is way higher than TG, it opened way higher at the BO, plus SP is coming off the massive goodwill from SF. I don't see many parallels with the Terminator franchise, which people have hated for a long time.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    The_Reaper wrote: »
    bondjames wrote: »
    Yes, but the narrative is still shaped in the US. That's not changing any time soon.

    Terminator Genisys is a perfect example of this actually.

    It's RT score is way higher than TG, it opened way higher at the BO, plus SP is coming off the massive goodwill from SF. I don't see many parallels with the Terminator franchise, which people have hated for a long time.

    I'm not referring to RT in this instance, but rather, the comment about US box office not mattering when shaping the overall lasting narrative about a film being remembered as a success or failure. The US box office is still as important as ever in shaping that lasting narrative.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    @bondjames

    I'm not sure what shaping the narrative means to be honest, but if you look at most of the big BO movies of the last 5 years, many of them still would be on top of the lists when deducting the BO result of the US.
    In many cases the BO outside the US is up to 80% of the total.

    The US results in 10 years time will be short of peanuts for the studios and not matter anymore.
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    Have in mind that Skyfall only took in 27.5% of its BO from North America, and according to the press SPECTRE is doing quite good in other places so it might top it
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    I still think 1 billion is more than likely because mainly of China and mexico.

    SPECTRE will make 100 million for certain in China and is breaking records in other markets.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I think $1 billion is slightly possible, but at this rate, I don't see it besting SF's box office amount.
  • Mendes4LyfeMendes4Lyfe The long road ahead
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    I think $1 billion is slightly possible, but at this rate, I don't see it besting SF's box office amount.

    No, nor do I. Not with this result for NA. But remember, SP can make 100 million less than SF and still cross the 1B mark.
  • edited November 2015 Posts: 1,098
    The point is if the film does make somewhere in the region of $1B, that is very good for us as well, as it will mean we get to see more Bond films made in the future...doesn't it?

    btw: Do members here think maybe it would of been better for the film studio if they had opened SP a week earlier in North America, where there was very little competition?
  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
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    Week 3 in the US should be a very telling tale of SP's staying power. Skyfall in the US managed to rank 1,2,2,2,1 in it's first 5 weeks. In the first week the main competition was Wreck It Ralph in its second week. The following four weeks would see it competing with Twilight (obviously different fan markets there).

    It wasn't until Mid-December when The Hobbit and late December when Jack Reacher, Django, and Les Mis took over.

    With SPECTRE, you had Peanuts in week 1 (different market like Wreck It Ralph). SP gets a free week with no new competition; however, in two weeks we have Hunger Games which will have more of a crossover than Twilight. Skyfall still managed an impressive 35m in the US during week 3. If SP can get close to that and stay in the 20's, I think it has a shot at 1b. But if we see it sink into the teens, it could have significantly less staying power than SF.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    @mepal1, that could've helped. It also would've been the first Bond film to open stateside earlier than November since LTK's summer opening.
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    I don't get the pessimism here, really. Sure, it was 15 million less in the US this opening weekend compared to SF but I keep hearing it's shattering records all over the place in other markets where it's opening, including doubling the Thursday/Midnight showing in the UK compared to SF. Global markets are huge now, way more important the domestic numbers, even when compared to just 3 years ago. Seriously, things have changed so much in this regard. I think the naysayers should check out BoxofficeMojo and look at the recent BO numbers for the big summer movies. They all list a huge percentage of their totals from other territories now compared to just a year or so ago.
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    The_Reaper wrote: »
    I don't get the pessimism here, really. Sure, it was 15 million less in the US this opening weekend compared to SF but I keep hearing it's shattering records all over the place in other markets where it's opening, including doubling the Thursday/Midnight showing in the UK compared to SF. Global markets are huge now, way more important the domestic numbers, even when compared to just 3 years ago. Seriously, things have changed so much in this regard. I think the naysayers should check out BoxofficeMojo and look at the recent BO numbers for the big summer movies. They all list a huge percentage of their totals from other territories now compared to just a year or so ago.

    Exactly..........in terms of BO revenue.......a few decades ago the North American market, would account for between 40-50% of a worlds BO............but not in today's world, where films are playing truly worldwide.

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    The_Reaper wrote: »
    I don't get the pessimism here, really. Sure, it was 15 million less in the US this opening weekend compared to SF but I keep hearing it's shattering records all over the place in other markets where it's opening, including doubling the Thursday/Midnight showing in the UK compared to SF. Global markets are huge now, way more important the domestic numbers, even when compared to just 3 years ago. Seriously, things have changed so much in this regard. I think the naysayers should check out BoxofficeMojo and look at the recent BO numbers for the big summer movies. They all list a huge percentage of their totals from other territories now compared to just a year or so ago.

    You're 100% right. The US market is less and less important. SF made a huge 800 billion outside of the US. The extra 100 million it made in the US was icing on the cake. But unless China and the other far eastern countries uptick, SP may not get to $1 billion, but hopefully if it does near $900m it will still be viewed as successful. It will have out grossed MI5, the Martian, Kingsman, Mad Max, Spy and of course Uncle which flopped. The budget was, however, allowed to get too big and I am sure Bond 25's budget will be cut back to previous levels. I never expected SP to top SF. SF had too many advantages. No spy film competition, 50th anniv., Adele's big hit, the Queen/Bond Olympic video. SF had none of those advantages.
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    BO mojo............has the worldwide total for Spectre as of this moment at an estimated

    $291,000,000.............North America $73,000,000..........Int $218,000,000

    Should get the actual International breakdown of countries very soon!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    SP will make $1 billion (or around there) and we'll have 'Bond 25' in a couple of years. Bond always makes a hefty profit and always warrants sequels. There's no need to worry, and we couldn't honestly believe that after SF, each Bond film would now gross $1.2 billion or more, could we? It's not going to happen, but Hollywood is in such a bad state with lots of flops this year that a $1 billion box office total will look even more amazing than it already does.
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    I doubt SP will make billion. It should be lucky to make more than 900m. I think it will close with around 820/830m worlwide
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Don't be fooled, any BO that SP makes less in the US will be compensated more than enough in Europe and the rest of the world.

    I know the owner of two cinema complexes in my region (went to school with him), he told me this morning that both locations made record revenue on Thursday, Friday and Saturday including sales of beverages, food etc. In both complexes Spectre was the only movie showed on all three days except The Martian getting one screening on Saturday and The Last Witch Hunter one screening on Friday at Midnight.
    Even the screenings at 11 in the morning were more than half full on Saturday.

    At least in Switzerland, it looks, that SP will shatter Skyfall's records.
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