Casino Royale Passes $390 Million Worldwide

Variety reports that Casino Royale is getting closer and closer each day to beating the previous box office record held by 2002’s Die Another Day.

The 21st official James Bond film, which has taken in over $258 million overseas and $390 million in total is expected to very soon break the current record held by Die Another Day (which had a final gross of $431 million.

Daniel Craig’s debut film as 007 has remained #1 internationally for four straight weekends on over 7,000 screens.

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Casino Royale Remains #1 Internationally Once Again

Variety reports that James Bond and Casino Royale is still going strong at the international box office.

Taking in more than $35.6 million at 36 territories, Daniel Craig’s first 007 film remained at the #1 spot once again, beating Happy Feet.

Casino Royale‘s international box office now exceeds $266 million and it comes closer each day to breaking the overall box office record held by Die Another Day.

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Casino Royale In Consideration For Visual Effects Oscar

Coming Soon reports that Casino Royale is among the list of films in consideration for a Visual Effects Oscar nomination.

The newest James Bond film will be included with the following films vying for the nominations: Eragon, Night at the Museum,
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,
Poseidon,
Superman Returns, and
X-Men: The Last Stand.

On 17 January, the Academy’s Visual Effects Award nominating committee will view 15-minute film excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for Oscar consideration. The nominations will be announced on 23 January at 5:30am PST in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

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Chris Cornell Discusses The Casino Royale World Premiere

Chris Cornell, who performed the main title song for Casino Royale, ‘You Know My Name,’ has spoke about attending the royal world premiere for the film, which took place on 14 November.

As reported on the Examiner, Cornell received his invitation to the James Bond premiere from producer Barbara Broccoli. Hearing his own title theme over Casino Royale‘s main title sequence ‘somehow seemed strange. And because it was the choice of a new actor, where they’re reinventing Bond all over again in Britain, you really got this fever pitch that this was not a normal opening of a movie–it was a really big deal.’

‘[The Royal premiere] means that the core of the people that are associated with making the film go stand in a room with their significant others, and a guy comes around and gives you a Tic-Tac,’ he says, laughing. ‘So you don’t offend the Queen, I suppose, with your bad breath.’

Commenting on how Her Majesty The Queen made conversation with almost everyone in the line, including himself, Cornell said ‘She’s the Queen of England. She doesn’t have to say anything. But to work that hard at her age and just to be that polite to everybody I thought was amazing. It was the first time it kind of made sense to me–the monarchy in England still existing.’

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Casino Royale Finally Knocked From #1 Spot In UK

After spending week after week at the #1 spot for the UK box office, the opening of Happy Feet has finally knocked Casino Royale into second place–reports the BBC.

The penguins took in roughly £2.77 million, while Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film came in as a close second with £2.74 million.

As previously reported on CBn, Casino Royalehas grossed over $80 million in total at the UK box office alone, smashing the record previously held by Die Another Day, which grossed roughly $59 million in its entire UK box office run.

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Casino Royale Is #1 At Foreign Box Office For Fourth Straight Weekend

Box Office Mojo reports that Casino Royale has maintained the #1 spot at the foreign box office for the fourth straight weekend.

Taking in $35.5 million from 64 territories brought the international total for Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film up to $246.5 million. Contributing to this total were openings in 10 new markets, where Casino Royale set franchise records in every single one.

Australia and New Zealand were the two strongest new openings for Casino Royale, where it took in $5.41 million and $836,778 respectively. Other openings included Mexico with $1.5 million, Argentina with $314,002 and Colombia with $320,589.

However, it was in the UK where Casino Royale had its highest-grossing weekend, taking in $5.43 million. With over $80 million in total at the UK box office alone, Casino Royale smashed the record previously held by Die Another Day, which grossed roughly $59 million in its entire UK box office run.

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Casino Royale – Seoul Press Conference Details

The Korea Times reports that stars from Casino Royale made an appearance Sunday, 10 December for a press conference at Shilla Hotel in Seoul, South Korea.

Daniel Craig, Caterina Murino, and director Martin Campbell attended the event as part of the film’s world promotional tour.

‘He (James Bond) falls in love, makes mistakes and gets hurt. He is a little bit more human,’ said Craig at the event when asked what made his 007 different from the others in the series.

‘I think I admire all the Bonds, but my personal favorite is Sean Connery,’ he said. ‘I think what he did was fine. But when we film, it’s not my job to compare, that’s your job. I don’t make comparisons.’

Craig chose From Russia With Love has his favourite Bond film and 2003’s Old Boy and 2006’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance as his favourite Korean films.

Keeping Casino Royale as realistic as possible, Campbell said: ‘We also added a tremendous amount of action, which is also an integral part of all James Bond movies. We certainly kept the humor.’

‘A lot of what Bond fans expect, but hopefully a lot of material that they don’t expect,’ he said.

Casino Royale opens for general release in South Korea on 21 December.

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Chris Cornell's 'You Know My Name' Enters UK Charts At #12

Chris Cornell’s ‘You Know My Name,’ the title theme for Casino Royale, has entered the UK singles and downloads charts.

‘You Know My Name’ entered the UK singles chart today at #12, reports the BBC.

Additionally, the song is currently #4 on the Top 40 Downloads chart.

The CD single of ‘You Know My Name’ is also released today and can be ordered here from amazon.co.uk for £3.99. The single is released in the US tomorrow.

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Daniel Craig's James Bond Tuxedo Raises Over 12,000

CBn previously reported that the tuxedo that Daniel Craig wore as James Bond in Casino Royale would be auctioned off for charity.

The BBC now reports that the tuxedo has raised over £12,000 for children’s charity ChildLine.

In total, an estimated £150,000 was raised from the online auction, and had ‘surpassed [the] wildest dreams’ of TV presenter Esther Rantzen, ChildLine’s founder and president.

ChildLine is a free, confidential helpline that operates 24 hours a day for children and young people with problems.

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Casino Royale Meets With Lois Maxwell's Approval

The Age reports that Casino Royale has met with the approval of Lois Maxwell, who appeared as Miss Moneypenny in the first 14 films of the series.

Calling the film ‘fabulous,’ Maxwell said she was impressed with Daniel Craig’s performance as the new James Bond. ‘He is very interesting. He looks dangerous. He has a very good voice and, like my late husband, a very chewable lower lip.’

While she called the stuntwork of the film ‘unbelivable,’ there were a few quibbles she had with the film, the music for one. ‘And I thought the opening sequence, with the swimming girls and the cars, was way too long: it was kind of boring.’

Despite those aspects, Casino Royale seemed to be a winner for the Bond veteran. ‘I think they’ll be as popular as ever.’

‘Every man wants to be Bond, and every woman wants to be like the women in the films. But in Casino Royale, I did like how there’s more of a story, the women have more dialogue, and Bond isn’t jumping into bed all the time.’

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