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Casino Royale Earns $40.8 Million In US Opening Weekend

Opened second to Happy Feet by $700,000

Written by Devin Zydel on 20 Nov, 2006

While speculation was non-stop over whether or not Casino Royale had bested Happy Feet for the #1 US box office spot over the weekend, the official numbers have been released today.

According to Box Office Mojo, Casino Royale earned $40,833,156 in its opening US weekend, placing it second by only $700,000 to Happy Feet, which took in $41,533,432. A ‘photo finish’ indeed.

According to Sony, Casino Royale’s opening audience audience was 55% male and 57% over the age of 25.

Impressive is the word many Bond fans are using to describe the box office details so far for the newest James Bond film. It was #1 in all 27 countries where it opened (with the US as the exception).

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Casino Royale is the 21st James Bond 007 film produced by franchise holders Eon Productions. The MGM/Columbia Pictures production began shooting in January and opened on 16 November 2006 in the UK and worldwide starting on 17 November. The world premiere of Casino Royale took place on 14 November in London. The film stars Daniel Craig as James Bond; locations include the Czech Republic, the Bahamas, Italy and the UK.