After numerous delays, the latest James Bond film is going to be an absolute hit for the studio. As it's already racking up a huge global tally, Thursday night early screenings in the U.S. are showing that the box office is going to remain strong. We're not sure if anyone will be shocked.
This is the one we've been waiting for. And it just took in $6.3 million over Thursday night early preview screenings. This is the biggest preview tally for a Bond film ever. It's 19% over Spectre's $5.25 million Thursday opening. This also beat early showings of Skyfall and Quantum of Solace. However, it still fell quite a bit behind last week's early screenings of Venom:Let There Be Carnage which took in $11.6 million.
Most analysts are saying that No Time To Die will most likely take in $55-60 million for the entire weekend but may actually outperform early expectations. This would be a low estimate considering Skyfall took in $88 million in its opening frame. No matter what this shows that folks are still interested in James Bond and this franchise will undoubtedly have a clear future even with Daniel Craig stepping down from the role.
James Bond will return.
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