'Quantum of Solace' Boosts German Box Office In Fourth Quarter

Quantum of Solace has helped contribute to a boost in the German box office this quarter, acccording to the Hollywood Reporter.

Daniel Craig’s latest James Bond film led the way to a 24% jump in theatrical revenue. The collective total from 4 October through 19 December was 175 million € (roughly $245 million), according to figures released earlier today by Nielsen EDI. Attendance also soared, jumping 18.4% to 27.5 million tickets sold.

To date, Quantum of Solace has grossed about $42 million in the country following a $14.8 million debut on 6 November.

Box office-wise, Germany ranks third overall behind the US and UK totals for the 22nd Bond film.

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Omega Launching James Bond 'Quantum of Solace' Exhibition In Geneva

Swiss watchmaker Omega, who has been featured in several of the most recent James Bond films, has launched a James Bond Quantum of Solace-themed exhibition in Geneva.

According to this Vialuxe News release, the exhibit will showcase costumes and memorabilia from the latest 007 film and will run through 15 January 2009:

Following upon the global success of the 22nd James Bond adventure Quantum of Solace, Swiss watchmaker Omega will hold a Geneva exhibition that showcases costumes and memorabilia from the film. The exhibition opened on December 17th, and will conclude on January 15, 2009.

The Omega Seamaster watch has been a prominent symbol of the modern James Bond, appearing in every movie since 1995’s GoldenEye. Bond’s current alter-ego, Daniel Craig, has kept the franchise strong, relying upon his Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Co-Axial Chronometer to coordinate his hazardous missions.

Visitors to Geneva’s Cite du Temps can also view the Tom Ford tuxedo which Daniel Craig wears while seeking out the bad guys during the scene at the Tosca opera performance. Olga Kurylenko’s black gown is featured with equal prominence, along with some distinctive jewelry pieces worn by the Ukrainian actress in her role as Bond girl Camille. A series of objects which are inseparable from the the imagery of Quantum of Solace join everything together, including an oil can and James Bond’s famous martini glass.

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Win Ian Fleming's 'Quantum of Solace' Posters

CommanderBond.net has teamed up with Penguin Books to give away copies of poster artwork that accompanied the recently released US Ian Fleming collection, Quantum of Solace: The Complete James Bond Short Stories.

Marking the centenary of James Bond creator Ian Fleming and featuring artwork used from the Quantum of Solace short story collection, the poster also features all the other Richie Fahey illustrated covers for the 007 novels.

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'Another Way To Die' Eligible For Best Song Oscar Nomination

Quantum of Solace title track ‘Another Way To Die’ is included in the newly released list of songs eligible for the Best Song Oscar nominations.

The Jack White-Alicia Keys duet is featured on the list along with 48 other tracks. Variety reports that members of the Academy Award’s music branch will vote on the final nominations at screening event scheduled to take place on Tuesday, 6 January 2009.

To be eligible, a song must contain original words and music written specifically for the film. In a change to the rules, only two songs from a single film may be nominated. Disney’s High School Musical 3: Senior Year leads this longlist with 11 eligible songs.

Click here for the full listing of eligible songs.

The 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, 22 February at the Kodak Theater. The event will be broadcast live on ABC.

In related award news, the Quantum title song took home the top prize at the International Press Academy’s Satellite Awards this past Sunday.

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'Another Way To Die' Scores Satellite Award

James Bond has triumphed again at the International Press Academy’s Satellite Awards, landing a win in the Original Song category with Jack White and Alicia Keys’ Quantum of Solace duet, “Another Way To Die”.

In 2006, Chris Cornell’s “You Know My Name” from Casino Royale also took home the award for Original Song.

Quantum of Solace scored five nominations at this year’s awards, including Original Score, Visual Effects and Film Editing.

Original Score

• David Arnold – Quantum of Solace
• Thomas Newman – WALL•E
• John Powell – Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!
• WINNER: A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
• David Hirschfelder – Australia
• Danny Elfman – Milk

Original Song

• WINNER: “Another Way to Die”/Jack White – Quantum of Solace
• “If the World”/Guns N’ Roses – Body of Lies
• “Down to Earth”/Peter Gabriel – WALL•E
• “By the Boab Tree”/Angela Little et al. – Australia
• “Jaiho”/ A.R. Rahman and Gulzar – Slumdog Millionaire
• “The Wrestler”/Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler

Visual Effects

• Quantum of Solace
• Iron Man
• The Dark Knight
• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• WINNER: Australia

Film Editing

• Quantum of Solace
• WINNER: Iron Man
• The Dark Knight
• Australia
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Frost/Nixon

Sound (Mixing & Editing)

• Quantum of Solace
• Iron Man
• WINNER: The Dark Knight
• Australia
• WALL•E
• The Day the Earth Stood Still

The winners were announced last night at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City.

“Another Way To Die” is also nominated for a Broadcast Film Critics Association award, while the music video has been nominated for a Grammy.

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'Quantum of Solace' Grabs $9 Million Over The Weekend

Quantum of Solace grossed roughly $9 million worldwide over this past weekend, reports AFP.

In its fifth weekend at the US box office, Daniel Craig’s second James Bond film finished sixth place overall (a drop of one spot from last week), falling 43% to $3.8 million. The film’s theatre count was heavily slashed by 788 screens from last weekend to 2,635.

Quantum‘s cumulative total stands at $157.6 million in the US, getting closer each day to the franchise record of $167.5 million, held by 2006’s Casino Royale.

Internationally, 007 continued to play strong on 4,200 screens in 70 markets. It grossed $5.2 million, bringing its international total to roughly $367 million.

The Bond film finished third overall, behind The Day the Earth Stood Still and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

These new weekend grosses brings the worldwide total for Quantum of Solace up to $526 million.

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'Quantum of Solace' Is Semifinalist For Visual Effects Oscar Nomination

Quantum of Solace has made the shortlist of films in contention to receive an Academy Award nomination in the Visual Effects category.

The 22nd James Bond film competes against 14 other films that also made this semifinal round. January will see the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee narrow this list down to seven films and the final nominations will be announced on Thursday, 22 January 2009. The ceremony for the 81st Academy Awards is scheduled for Sunday, 22 February 2009.

Kevin Tod Haug, who had worked with director Marc Forster several times in the past, was the credited visual effects designer on Quantum of Solace.

The full list of films and press release follows below:

15 in Running for
2008 Visual Effects Oscar®

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films were selected as semifinalists for Achievement in Visual Effects for the 81st Academy Awards®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

Australia

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Cloverfield

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Hancock

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

The Incredible Hulk

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Iron Man

Journey to the Center of the Earth

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Quantum of Solace

The Spiderwick Chronicles

In early January, the members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, who voted the semifinalists, will narrow the list to seven.

On Thursday, January 15, all members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate three films for final Oscar consideration.

The 81st Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2008 will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.

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'Quantum' Scoops Two Broadcast Film Critics Association Nominations

Variety reports that James Bond will do battle with Indiana Jones, Batman, Iron Man and, er, Angelina Jolie, at the 14th Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics Choice Awards. The latest James Bond pic is up for Best Action Movie – a new category for this year.

Jack White and Alicia Keys’ 007 duet, “Another Way To Die”, has also snagged a nomination for Best Song.

Action movie

• The Dark Knight
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Iron Man
• Quantum of Solace
• Wanted

Song

• “Another Way To Die,” Jack White and Alicia Keys/Jack White, Quantum of Solace
• “Down to Earth,” Peter Gabriel/Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, WALL•E
• “I Thought I Lost You,” Miley Cyrus and John Travolta/Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele, Bolt
• “Jaiho,” Sukhwinder Singh/A.R. Rahman and Gulzar, Slumdog Millionaire
• “The Wrestler,” Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler

The Broadcast Film Critics Association is North America’s largest film critics organisation. The group represents 199 television, radio and online critics.

Upon its release, Quantum of Solace received the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics Choice Seal and an approval rating of 81.

The winners will be revealed on 8 January, 2009.

Last week, it was announced that Quantum of Solace landed five Satellite Award nominations, while the “Another Way To Die” music video scored a Grammy nomination.

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'Crawl, End Crawl' Now Available On iTunes

Late last month, the CommanderBond.net Podcast exclusively revealed that “Crawl, End Crawl”, the David Arnold/Four Tet composition that closes Quantum of Solace, would become commercially available. That track is now available to purchase from Apple’s iTunes store.

The 3:22 song was not included on the soundtrack to the latest James Bond film due to its late inclusion to the pic.

Four Tet is the moniker of 28-year-old UK electronic musician Kieran Hebden. On his official website, Hebden describes “Crawl, End Crawl” as “kind of remix of stuff from the score of the film.”

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'Quantum of Solace' Passes $500 Million Mark Worldwide

Quantum of Solace broke the $500 million barrier at the box office this weekend.

After dominating the international market for five straight weekends, Daniel Craig’s second James Bond film finally fell to second place after Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa rolled out around the world this weekend to great success

Quantum of Solace grossed a solid $10.8 million from 6,350 screens in 72 markets, bringing its international total to $357.8 million.

The sole new opening for the 007 film was in Venezuela, where it brought in $415,000 from 75 screens, hailed by Sony as 98% bigger than the comparable bow for Casino Royale. Notable market grosses to date include $77.4 million in the UK, $30.8 million in France and $37.1 million in Germany.

In the United States and Canada, Quantum grossed $6.6 million over the weekend, falling down one spot to fifth overall. Its cumulative total stands at $151.4 millon, which Reuters points out is about $12 million ahead (inflation unadjusted) of where Casino Royale was at the same point in its run in 2006.

Two more worldwide openings remain on the schedule for Bond: Uruguay on 26 December and Japan on 24 January.

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