00 Heaven! Skyfall hits $1 Billion!

It was announced today that SKYFALL, the 23rd James Bond adventure, has surpassed $1 billion at the worldwide box office. SKYFALL is the most successful Bond film of all time, the highest-grossing film of all time in the UK, the first film to pass £100 million at the UK box office and it is also the most successful film at the worldwide box office in Sony Pictures history.

Skyfall took in $4.6 million this weekend in North America for a cumulative to date of $289.6 million. Overseas, the film grossed $10.3 million for an international total to date of $710.6 million and a worldwide cumulative exceeding $1 billion and growing.

2012 proves that nobody does it better than James Bond. The 23rd film in the franchise has this hit the billion mark! Congratulations to Michael G Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Sam Mendes, Daniel Craig and everyone else involved for making ‘Skyfall’ one of the biggest James Bond films of all time.

Pierce Brosnan-The fans speak: Part 2

About a month ago I asked for readers to submit their thoughts and opinions on Pierce Brosnan, in order to celebrate the man on the tenth anniversary of his final film. First I cobbled together the thoughts from our forum members, now here’s all the people who e-mailed me in their thoughts as well:

Sean:

I remember back when I when I was 13 years old with family visiting my Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin down in Richmond, TX around winter holidays of 1997 and went to go to see Mouse Hunt in the theater. On the poster display, I saw the Tomorrow Never Dies poster and seeing Pierce and holding the gun in a certain fashion just drew my attention and wanted to see it bad. So around February 1998, TND still in theaters, I got my dad to take me and my brother in Dallas to see my first Bond movie, TND, and it was such an incredible experience. Immediately after I was hooked on it.  What I loved about Pierce Brosnan is style, the way he carries himself, his body language and way he spoke his dialog throughout the movies he did and for some reason the way he would run just seemed for awesome to me esp the action sequence in Hamburg Break Out half through the movie. I saw TND at least half a dozen times or more in theaters as well as the rest he did after TND. Pierce Brosnan was truly the best Bond because he had his own distinct style and take on the role and it’s a character I try to replicate day to day in the sense of his style and body language and spoken dialog style. After seeing TND I heard he did Goldeneye previously and watched that so many times I lost track and showed it to friends of mine. What I loved about the movies to is they always are released around my birthday on November 18 and gives me a chance to really enjoy those movies. But I love how each Bond movie Pierce did he had a slightly different approach on it but still stayed true to his sophistication. To this day I still am a huge fan of him and will be for very long down the road. I think he is a great role model to in a sense of his sophistication he brings and that I try to imitate on day to day life.

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John Glen live on Radio Christmas

‘Catching Bullets’ author Mark O’Connell today gave us a shout about an imminent live radio interview this evening on Radio Christmas with five-time 007 director John Glen:

It is to be broadcast on Radio Christmas in aid of the charity STREET KIDS DIRECT which helps orphans living rough in Guatamala and Honduras. The interviewer has some connection to the director as he is his son Andy Glen, and topics will naturally include the five Bond movies from FOR YOUR EYES ONLY to LICENCE TO KILL that John helmed plus of course his earlier second unit and editing work on previous 007 movies.

 

Other than the broadcast licence this station has no costs so all monies go to the charity.

 

The radio station is Radio Christmas which broadcasts on 87.7Mhz in South Bucks but worldwide over the internet or via the Radio Christmas App. for iPhone and Android. All details and the ‘listen live’ link are on the website http://www.radiochristmas.co.uk.

 

Please feel free to phone in, email or text a question to Mr Glen…. and of course spread the word to all fans.

 

Phone-in line… 01494 853797 or +44 (1494) 853797 from overseas.

 

Text to 85010 Start messages with KIDS BOND (message) (Texts cost £1 + standard network rate) Email on [email protected] in advance or [email protected] during the show.

 

Thursday 20th December – 1800-2000 GMT

‘Everything or Nothing’ gets a DVD release!

James Bond returned twice to cinema screens in 2012. ‘Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007’ complimented ‘Skyfall’ with great results. The feature length documentary, focusing on the production of the James Bond film series, will be, according to Amazon, hitting the shelves January 28th 2013. No special features have been confirmed as of yet, but for die hard Bond fans, the Documentary itself is a brilliant insight into the world of Britain’s most famous secret agent.

YouTube’s Top 10 Viewed Trailers of 2012 Includes 2 From Skyfall

Just an interesting fact: according to Google, 2 of Skyfall’s trailers were some of the most viewed trailers of 2012 on YouTube. Both the “Teaser” and the “Official Trailer” made the list at #9 and #4 respectively. The Dark Knight Rises was the only movie on the list to best 007. The top 2 spots went to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, as well as #8 and #10 (sheesh).

The list:
1. “Surprise” – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Live-Action Trailer
2. Reveal Trailer – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
3. The Dark Knight Rises – Official Trailer #3 [HD]
4. SKYFALL – Official Trailer
5. Ted – Trailer
6. The Hunger Games Theatrical Trailer #2
7. Revolution – Trailer
8. Multiplayer Reveal Trailer – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Video”
9. SKYFALL – Official Teaser Trailer
10. Launch Trailer – Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Video

London Critics´ Circle loves SKYFALL

In the annual award circus the London Critics´ Circle showed lots of love for SKYFALL by nominating it as Best British Picture and giving acting nominations to Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Javier Bardem.

Has there ever been a 007 picture that has gotten so much award attention?

See the whole list of nominations here: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/london-critics-circle-nominations

Javier Bardem wins Satellite Award for SKYFALL

Congrats to Javier Bardem whose memorable portrayal of Bond villain Raoul Silva earned him a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor.

See the list of winners here: http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/silver-linings-playbook-sweeps-satellite-awards-69546

Inflation Adjusted, Skyfall Passes Goldfinger

Adjusting for inflation is tricky, but using the US rate of inflation (consumer price index) Skyfall has managed to surpass Goldfinger ($931,983,650) to become the #2 James Bond film. Thunderball still sits at #1 with $1.036 billion by the same method, but its record could be threatened depending on how well Skyfall performs next month when it opens in China. This week Skyfall added another $12 million outside the United States to bring its overseas total to $678.7 million. That ranks 11th all-time or 3rd all-time among 2D-only films with only Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ahead of it. Combined with its US cume, Skyfall sits at $951 million worldwide and should reach at least $980 million before China adds to its total.

Despite The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey opening in the United States this weekend, Skyfall still managed to add $7 million to its US total. That brings Skyfall’s total to $272 million. Skyfall should end its run in the States somewhere over $290 million.

If you want to do a little saber rattling, The Hobbit’s record setting December opening of $84 million is less than Skyfall’s November opening of $88 million. Numbers are fun.

SKYFALL earns 3 nominations from Chicago Critics

Judi Dench, Roger Deakins and Stuart Baird were nominated by the Chicago Critics this year for their contributions to SKYFALL. Together with their Boston and their L.A. peers the Chicago Critics are the most influential local critics´ organization in the USA.

See the whole list of nominations here: http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/the-master-leads-with-10-chicago-critics-nods

Golden Globe nomination for Adele

The Golden Globes did not love SKYFALL as much as other critics´ organizations. Only Adele´s title song was nominated this year. Well, Judi Dench still got one for “The Best Marigold Hotel”.

See the whole list of nominations here: http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/