James Bond's latest outing has taken £53.44m in 10 days, a figure beyond the wildest dreams of even Eon, MGM and Sony
The winner
Summer 2012 may have disappointed at the box office and, yes, admissions are 5.9% down on 2011 levels for the first nine months of the year. But glass-half-full commentators have kept repeating the mantra: "Just wait for Q4!" While the summer saw distributors giving a wide berth to both Euro 2012 football and the Olympics, the final quarter of the year offered surefire winners such as Skyfall, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part Two and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
So far, Skyfall has exceeded the wildest dreams of even Eon, MGM and Sony, with a stunning £53.44m in just 10 days. Only one film has taken more in 2012: The Dark Knight Rises, with £56.24m – and that's been on release for 16 weeks. Skyfall is already the 13th biggest hit of all...
The winner
Summer 2012 may have disappointed at the box office and, yes, admissions are 5.9% down on 2011 levels for the first nine months of the year. But glass-half-full commentators have kept repeating the mantra: "Just wait for Q4!" While the summer saw distributors giving a wide berth to both Euro 2012 football and the Olympics, the final quarter of the year offered surefire winners such as Skyfall, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part Two and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
So far, Skyfall has exceeded the wildest dreams of even Eon, MGM and Sony, with a stunning £53.44m in just 10 days. Only one film has taken more in 2012: The Dark Knight Rises, with £56.24m – and that's been on release for 16 weeks. Skyfall is already the 13th biggest hit of all...
- 11/6/2012
- by Charles Gant
- The Guardian - Film News
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