Craig's 007 Debut Currently #9 Overall At US Box Office

As previously reported on CBn, Casino Royale had entered the US Top 10 list at the box office for 2006 in mid-December.

Now, thanks to its continued success week after week, Daniel Craig’s debut 007 film has moved up to the #9 spot, and looks to move onto the #8 spot as well. It’s current US box office of $154,944,794 is roughly $75,000 away from the next highest film on the list, Over The Hedge.

1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies was the most recent Bond film to place in the US top 10. The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day are ranked #14 and #12 respectively.

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Casino Royale Approaches $500 Million Mark At Box Office

Breaking box office records in the James Bond series is nothing new for Casino Royale, and Variety reports that the film is about to smash through yet another…

Taking in $15.4 million over the weekend, (which brought the foreign total to $337.5 million and worldwide total to $490 million+) Daniel Craig’s first 007 film is set to break the $500 million barrier and become the first film of the series to do so.

Casino Royale has already surpassed the records held by Pierce Brosnan’s Die Another Day to become the most highest grossing Bond film internationally. The film is also set to become the highest grossing Bond film in the US in January ’07.

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'James Bond: The Authorised Biography Of 007' Coming In October '07

First UK paperback edition

Back in summer 2006, CBn alerted James Bond fans to an upcoming reprint of James Bond: The Authorised Biography Of 007, by John Pearson. According to its amazon.co.uk release date, the book was set to ship in October 2006, but CBn now reports that fans are going to have to wait a little while longer…

Delayed a full year, James Bond: The Authorised Biography Of 007 is set to ship on 4 October 2007 and can be pre-ordered from amazon.co.uk for a discounted price of £12.91.

The novel is a “true” biography (of sorts) of agent James Bond, covering the events of his life from his childhood up to the many adventures described in Ian Fleming’s 007 adventures. It was last printed in 1986 (by Grafton in the UK and Grove Press in the US), making it one of the most difficult titles to come by. This new edition will be published by Century. Bond fans should jump on this opportunity and pre-order soon.

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Casino Royale Breaks $150 Million Barrier In US

According to estimates for Friday, 29 December, Casino Royale has broken the $150 million barrier in the US.

Casino Royale is roughly $11 million away from breaking the US box office record of $160.9 million, which is held by 2002’s Die Another Day.

According to data on Box Office Mojo, Daniel Craig’s first James Bond 007 film took in an estimated $1,585,000 to bring its US grand total to $150,510,000.

Many Bond fans are predicting Casino Royale will surpass the US box office record sometime in January 2007.

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Casino Royale Voted #1 On 'Film 2006 with Jonathan Ross'

According to RTE, Casino Royale has been voted #1 by BBC One viewers on ‘Film 2006 with Jonathan Ross.’

Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film took the top spot against competition from the other top five contenders which included: The Wind that Shakes the Barley, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, ‘Children of Men, and Clerks II.

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Casino Royale DVD Release Planned For March 2007

While Casino Royale, Daniel Craig’s first James Bond 007 film, is currently playing in theatres around the world, details are coming on its eventual DVD release.

According to The Digital Bits, Sony are reportedly looking at a 13 March 2007 release date for Casino Royale on DVD and Blu-ray DVD.

The listing for this DVD is currently on amazon.co.uk, where the release date is listed as 27 March (although these listings are constantly subject to changes).

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Individual James Bond 'Ultimate Edition' DVDs In US On 6 February

As previously reported on CBn, the ‘Ultimate Edition’ James Bond DVDs were set to be released individually in February 2007 in the US. They will presumably be in normal DVD case packaging, and not the slimcases contained in the current boxed sets.

The Digital Bits now reports that this first wave of Bond DVDs is set specifically for release on 6 February.

There is, however, one catch: The individual releases will only be single-disc editions. The second disc, filled with new and old special features will not be included. Thus, the only extras available will be the audio commentaries for each film.

Each DVD will retail for $14.98 and the first set of releases (yes, keep rolling your eyes, you didn’t honestly think the US would get all the Bond films released at once, did you?!) include: Goldfinger, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only, Licence To Kill, and GoldenEye on 6 February.

No details have been released in regards to whether or not the individual releases will use the same cover artwork.

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Chris Cornell's 'You Know My Name' Falls To #10 On Singles Charts

As previously reported on CBn, Chris Cornell’s ‘You Know My Name,’ the title song for Casino Royale, peaked last week at #7 on the UK singles charts.

Now in week three, the single has fallen to the #10 spot on the charts. On the Top 40 Downloads chart, ‘You Know My Name’ maintained its position at #8, which it held last week as well.

In comparison to other recent James Bond title themes, Madonna’s ‘Die Another Day’ charted at #3 in the UK and #8 in the US. ‘The World Is Not Enough’ by Garbage, Sheryl Crow’s ‘Tomorrow Never Dies,’ and Tina Turner’s ‘GoldenEye’ peaked at #11, #12, and #10, respectively, in the UK.

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More 'Top 10' Lists For Casino Royale

As previously reported by CBn, Casino Royale is making its way to several Top 10 lists of entertainment and news sites around the world. Since then, several other websites have added their lists…

Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film is ranked #5 overall on Clint’s Top 10 on Moviehole. ‘If you’re ever going to try and re-invent Bond, you get the guy that did GoldenEye, Martin Campbell,’ he says. ‘Campbell knows how to breathe life into a struggling franchise, and does it again here with flying colours. He’s inserted the exhilaration back into the series.

On the NY Daily News, Casino Royale is #7: ‘I haven’t enjoyed a James Bond movie this much since the earliest Sean Connery editions, before the franchise went all high-tech and started casting dandies like Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan … Daniel Craig is a real 007.’

Demetrios Matheou also placed Casino Royale in his Top 10 on the Sunday Herald, saying: ‘The bone-crunchingly realistic action scenes were accompanied by a pleasing fidelity to the card games and testicle-bashing of Fleming’s novel. Casino Royale ensured that, for the first time anyone can remember, at the end of a Bond film we’re actually looking forward to the next.

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Casino Royale Remains Solid At International Box Office

Casino Royale recently beat the box office record held by Die Another Day to become the highest grossing James Bond 007 film, and Variety reports that the film is continuing its successful performance at the international box office.

Taking in $15.4 million at over 6,300 playdates over the weekend and an additional $4 million on Christmas day to put the foreign total to $309.3 million.

New openings for Casino Royale included South Korea, with $3.8 million at 347, and in Hong Kong, with $1.3 million at 105.

The worldwide box office for Daniel Craig’s first Bond film now exceeds $450 million.

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