'Skyfall' Lands Biggest Box-Office Opening In Bond-Movie History

MTV.COM ^ | 11/12/12 | Ryan J. Downey

[L.A.Justice]

"Skyfall" landed with the biggest opening for a Bond movie ever, shaking (but not stirring) up $87.8 million at the domestic box office. The third entry in the series to feature Daniel Craig as 007 had already earned close to $300 million overseas before it hit North American theaters, and with no other films daring to go against it in wide release, the success of "Skyfall" was as assured as James Bond's skills with weapons and women.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The movie breaks from the Bond tradition in that the opening chase scene is not just a standalone, but is part of the rest of the story.

[trotskylvalia]

I’m shocked, shocked, that people here admit to patronizing Hollyweird!

My idea of taking fight to the enemy is Not Giving Them a penny or a glass of water, ever.

Nothing. No HBO, Universal, NFL, NBA...Nothing.

Rediscover Life. Seems people here have hobbies, read and etc.

Why feed the beast? Starve the beast.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***There are however books never made into movies.***

There were quite a few books never made into movies. They merely used the title of a book as the basis for a script writer to write a modern script.

Dr NO and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE are about the only two movies based on the books.

Think of how STARSHIP TROOPERS (the movie) is different from Henlein’s book. The same with Ian Fleming’s BOND books.

Did anyone ever make a movie of the ISRAEL BOND spoof books of the 1960s?

[Vince Ferrer]

There are little bits tying him to the old bond plotlines, although I thought the vintage Aston Martin was a little over the top. Admittedly, they did work it into the plot in as believable a way as they probably could.

If you have seen Casino Royale, Bond won the car in a poker game in the Bahamas just a few years ago. It is a perfectly acceptable prop in the movie, although the gadgets added like the ejector seat et. al were from Goldfinger.

[chrisser]

Thanks. I had forgotten the role of the car in Casino Royale.

Makes sense to include it in Skyfall.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Bond wasn’t ambiguous in that scene. He was tied to a chair and unable to move. It was the bad guy - Raoul Silva who demonstrated overt bisexuality. Javier Bardem played Silva to a perfect level of creepiness.

[L.A.Justice]

Oh, and this is the final 'Q' fr Lady Dench.

At first, I wasn't sure what to make of Dench's casting as "M"...But, over the years, she has done a good job. Bernard Lee and Robert Brown...They had it easy as "M"...Dench played more active role than those two. Remember, in "World is Not Enough", "M" is captured by the female villain. In "Skyfall", "M" does play a big role.

[L.A.Justice]

First movie in the Bond series to not have a companion book.

Some of Bond films had paperbacks based on screenplays..."Licence to Kill", "Goldeneye", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "World is Not Enough", and "Die Another Day"...