Casino Royale is the 6th biggest film ever in the UK.

[Captain Nash]

According to this report :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6587039.stm Casino Royale has broken many a record.
Including gaining a place on the all time top ten list in the UK.
Not bad for a debut.
Roll on the encore.

[Skywalker]

According to this report :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6587039.stm Casino Royale has broken many a record.
Including gaining a place on the all time top ten list in the UK.
Not bad for a debut.
Roll on the encore.

The problem with those lists is that they will change year on year as the costs involved in viewing movies goes up and up. Hence higher revenue. A far fairer top ten would be admissions.

[Captain Nash]

Well then maybe you should write a stern letter to the UK film council then Anakin.

[Skywalker]

Well then maybe you should write a stern letter to the UK film council then Anakin.

I don't dispute the list, but it's not a fair reflection of success, as films in the past may have had higher attendances.

[Kristatos]

Well then maybe you should write a stern letter to the UK film council then Anakin.

I don't dispute the list, but it's not a fair reflection of success, as films in the past may have had higher attendances.

Box Office Mojo used to have an inflation-adjusted list for the UK, but they took it down, for some reason.

[Skywalker]

Well then maybe you should write a stern letter to the UK film council then Anakin.

I don't dispute the list, but it's not a fair reflection of success, as films in the past may have had higher attendances.

Box Office Mojo used to have an inflation-adjusted list for the UK, but they took it down, for some reason.

When was the adjustment stopped?

[Kristatos]

When was the adjustment stopped?

Dunno. All I know is that there used to be one, now there isn't.

[Captain Nash]

You mean this?
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises ... justed.htm

Oh look CR isn't on it...but then it only has them up till DAD.

[PeterFranks]

According to this report :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6587039.stm Casino Royale has broken many a record.
Including gaining a place on the all time top ten list in the UK.
Not bad for a debut.
Roll on the encore.

Zounds! That's like being the 6th biggest film in California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Better call the New York Times and tell them to hold the frontpage for this!

[Kristatos]

You mean this?
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises ... justed.htm

Oh look CR isn't on it...but then it only has them up till DAD.

Try this link instead:

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/franchises ... esbond.htm

(scroll down for the adjusted chart).

But I was talking about an all-time UK chart, not just for Bond films.

[The Sweeney]

According to this report :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6587039.stm Casino Royale has broken many a record.
Including gaining a place on the all time top ten list in the UK.
Not bad for a debut.
Roll on the encore.

Zounds! That's like being the 6th biggest film in California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Better call the New York Times and tell them to hold the frontpage for this!

You are having a real problem with CR's success, aren't you.......

[Captain Nash]

According to this report :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6587039.stm Casino Royale has broken many a record.
Including gaining a place on the all time top ten list in the UK.
Not bad for a debut.
Roll on the encore.

Zounds! That's like being the 6th biggest film in California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Better call the New York Times and tell them to hold the frontpage for this!

You are having a real problem with CR's success, aren't you.......

The Sweeney come on now, you'll only cause a dummy spit.

[Kristatos]

You are having a real problem with CR's success, aren't you.......

I think it's more a case of the American insularity that believes anything happening outside US borders to be insignificant. Not all Americans are like that, but the ones that are all seem to congregate on internet forums.

[Skywalker]

http://www.klast.net/bond/boxoff.html

This is a nice little link.

[Kristatos]

http://www.klast.net/bond/boxoff.html

This is a nice little link.

Yes it is (and it has a more believable adjusted figure for LALD than the $607 million usually quoted), but the figure for CR appears to be out of date.

[Skywalker]

http://www.klast.net/bond/boxoff.html

This is a nice little link.

Yes it is (and it has a more believable adjusted figure for LALD than the $607 million usually quoted), but the figure for CR appears to be out of date.

Yeah the CR data is out of date, but at least it put's things into perspective.

[stockslivevan]

Kimberly Last hasn't updated anything on CR or Craig since early November with the excption of Happy Feet topping Bond articles. I would have thought the news with CR's success would have been newsworthy at least.

So why is the site lagging?

[PeterFranks]

According to this report :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6587039.stm Casino Royale has broken many a record.
Including gaining a place on the all time top ten list in the UK.
Not bad for a debut.
Roll on the encore.

Zounds! That's like being the 6th biggest film in California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Better call the New York Times and tell them to hold the frontpage for this!

You are having a real problem with CR's success, aren't you.......

As I pointed out in other threads, when you do a reasonable economic analysis to account for differences in currency values and inflation, CR was no more of a success than DAD, apart from its record business in the UK.

I really do respect that it was a success in the UK and recognize that Craig was the main reason. It very much mirrors the success of Brosnan and Moore as Bond in the USA due to the familiarity and likability these actors already had with American audiences.

Unfortunately, since I am an American Bond fan I saw no appeal in having Craig in the role. I suppose if the French can love Jerry Lewis than the Brits can love Craig as well, but the man does nothing for me.

The Bond films were tailored to American audiences for many years and like many American fans, I appreciated the humor they injected into the films. CR was just a downer and the whole Bond film feel and appeal I had enjoyed was missing. No fun at all.

[paco chaos]

where does it rank in overall box office in the USA? just curious. I know it's bigger in Britain. and I think it's funny when the USA is out of the loop on something, since we do tend to dominate the entertainment industry a bit too much most of the time
.

[stockslivevan]

where does it rank in overall box office in the USA? just curious. I know it's bigger in Britain. and I think it's funny when the USA is out of the loop on something, since we do tend to dominate the entertainment industry a bit too much most of the time
.

Quite right. In the USA, no Bond film is past the top 100. CR is the highest to date at 119.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/do ... e=2&p=.htm

Edit: Interesting to note, CR is the 6th highest grossing movie in the US to not make #1 at the box office.