Casino Royale Currently On Par With Die Another Day's US Box Office

Box Office Mojo reports that Casino Royale has lost an additional 724 theatres in the US, playing at 2,437 during this fifth weekend of its release.

Comparing to 2002’s Die Another Day, Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film is currently on the same level in terms of box office performance. In the fourth week of release, Die Another Day had a total gross of $131,851,422 and Casino Royale‘s total is $129,020,082 in comparison.

In terms of worldwide success, Rory Bruer, head of distribution at Sony, previously said: ‘Casino Royale is on course to pass 2002’s Die Another Day (which took in $432 million worldwide) to become the top-grossing Bond flick.’

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Casino Royale Opens #1 in Argentina Over The Weekend

La nacion reports that Casino Royale opened #1 in Argentina this past weekend.

Taking in $314,002 at the box office, Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film set a franchise record in the country.

Other #1 openings for Casino Royale over the same weekend included Mexico with $1.5 million and Colombia with $320,589. The film set franchise records in both of these countries as well.

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Casino Royale's Bond Girl Dress Is A Bestseller

The coral silk, cowel necked sheath dress worn by Caterina Murino’s Solange in Casino Royale is quickly becoming a bestseller–reports MPD Click.

Designed by Jenny Packham, the dress has quickly become her bestselling style, thanks to its appeal to fans around the world. ‘There seems to be a bit of a global obsession with the dress as women from Los Angeles to Japan are contacting our headquarters to try and get hold of it,’ she said.’

‘Just like every man wants to be James Bond, clearly every woman wants to be a Bond girl!’

Packham previously designed the Swarovski diamond covered, blue dress seen in 2002’s Die Another Day.

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James Bond 007 Days Of Christmas Spike TV Marathon

Get ready for a new James Bond 007 marathon from Spike TV. Yahoo reports that Spike TV will feature James Bond movies from 23 through 29 December 2006 as part of their 007 Days Of Christmas marathon. All times are Eastern (ET). The full schedule includes:

• Saturday, 23 December
• 4 PM – The Spy Who Loved Me: Agent 007 must work with his female Soviet counterpart to find the answer to the disappearance of nuclear missile-carrying submarines. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Barbara Bach as Bond Girl Major Anya Amasova.
• 8 PM – Diamonds Are Forever: Agent 007 goes to Las Vegas to investigate the disappearance of diamonds in transit and discovers the involvement of his archenemy, Blofeld. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Jill St. John as Bond Girl Tiffany Case.

• Sunday, 24 December
• Midnight – Dr. No: In his first movie, British Agent 007, James Bond, is sent to Jamaica to investigate the murder of a fellow operative. Bond’s inquiries soon establish a connection between the death, a spate of recent failures in the US space program, and the mysterious Dr. No. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Ursula Andress as Bond Girl Honey Ryder.
• 2 PM – Dr. No: In his first movie, British Agent 007, James Bond, is sent to Jamaica to investigate the murder of a fellow operative. Bond’s inquiries soon establish a connection between the death, a spate of recent failures in the US space program, and the mysterious Dr. No. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Ursula Andress as Bond Girl Honey Ryder.
• 4 PM – For Your Eyes Only: Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Carole Bouquet as Bond Girl Melina Havelock.
• 8 PM – Die Another Day: Agent 007 attempts to avert a war of catastrophic proportions by pursuing a traitor of Her Majesty’s Secret Service from Korea to Hong Kong to Cuba to London–and back to Korea again. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, and Toby Stephens.

• Monday, 25 December
• Midnight – Licence To Kill: Bond gets revenge after a close friend from the intelligence sector is assassinated on his wedding day, and 007 goes undercover to link the murder to an international drug cartel. Starring Timothy Dalton.
• 10 AM – Never Say Never Again: SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld hold NATO ransom, forcing James Bond to recover the warheads and kill his arch-enemy. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Kim Basinger as Bond Girl Domino Petachi.
• 1 PM – A View To A Kill: Agent 007 faces off against a mad industrialist who plans on cornering the world microchip market by destroying Silicon Valley. Starring Roger Moore as James Bond, Christopher Walken as Max Zorin, and Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton.
• 4 PM – Die Another Day: Agent 007 attempts to avert a war of catastrophic proportions by pursuing a traitor of Her Majesty’s Secret Service from Korea to Hong Kong to Cuba to London–and back to Korea again. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, and Toby Stephens.
• 9 PM – Thunderball: Bond is called in when SPECTRE hatches its most audacious plot to date when its agents hijack a British Vulcan bomber armed with two atomic bombs and hold NATO to ransom for the sum of $100,000,000 in uncut diamonds. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Claudine Auger as Bond Girl Domino.

• Tuesday, 26 December
• 1 AM – From Russia With Love: Evil crime cartel SPECTRE seeks revenge for the death of its operative Dr. No and sets a trap to lure British agent James Bond to his death. The bait is a Soviet encryption machine called a Lektor, which the British Secret Service is desperate to get a hold of. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Daniela Bianchi as Bond Girl Tatiana Romanova.
• 10 AM – The Man With The Golden Gun: Bond is led to believe he is targeted by the world’s most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Britt Ekland as Bond Girl Mary Goodnight.
• 1 PM – Moonraker: James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Lois Chiles as Bond Girl Dr. Holly Goodhead.
• 4 PM – Thunderball: Bond is called in when SPECTRE hatches its most audacious plot to date when its agents hijack a British Vulcan bomber armed with two atomic bombs and hold NATO to ransom for the sum of $100,000,000 in uncut diamonds. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Claudine Auger as Bond Girl Domino.
• 9 PM – Octopussy: A Faberge Egg found with a murdered British agent puts Bond on the trail that leads to a plot to kill thousands to weaken NATO defenses in Europe. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Maud Adams as Bond Girl Octopussy.

• Wednesday, 27 December
• 1 AM – The Living Daylights: James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond battles against the evil Brad Whitaker and General Koskov. Starring Timothy Dalton as Bond and Maryam d’Abo as Bond Girl Kara Milovy.
• 10 AM – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Bond is approached by a crime boss to marry his daughter. In return, both father and daughter help 007 hunt for his archenemy, Ernst Blofeld. Starring George Lazenby and Diana Rigg as Tracy Vicenzo.
• 1:30 PM – Never Say Never Again: SPECTRE agents under the command of Ernst Blofeld hold NATO ransom, forcing James Bond to recover the warheads and kill his arch-enemy. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Kim Basinger as Bond Girl Domino Petachi.
• 4:30 PM – You Only Live Twice: Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space-jackings before nuclear war is provoked. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Mie Hama as Bond Girl Kissy Suzuki.
• 9 PM – For Your Eyes Only: Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Carole Bouquet as Bond Girl Melina Havelock.

• Thursday, 28 December
• 1 AM – A View To A Kill: Agent 007 faces off against a mad industrialist who plans on cornering the world microchip market by destroying Silicon Valley. Starring Roger Moore as James Bond, Christopher Walken as Max Zorin, and Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton.
• 10 AM – Licence To Kill: Bond gets revenge after a close friend from the intelligence sector is assassinated on his wedding day, and 007 goes undercover to link the murder to an international drug cartel. Starring Timothy Dalton.
• 1 PM – The Living Daylights: James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond battles against the evil Brad Whitaker and General Koskov. Starring Timothy Dalton as Bond and Maryam d’Abo as Bond Girl Kara Milovy.
• 4 PM – Diamonds Are Forever: Agent 007 goes to Las Vegas to investigate the disappearance of diamonds in transit and discovers the involvement of his archenemy, Blofeld. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Jill St. John as Bond Girl Tiffany Case.

• Friday, 29 December
• 10:30 AM – Live And Let Die: Agent 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroine magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Jane Seymour as Bond Girl Solitaire.
• 1:30 PM – Octopussy: A Faberge Egg found with a murdered British agent puts Bond on the trail that leads to a plot to kill thousands to weaken NATO defenses in Europe. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Maud Adams as Bond Girl Octopussy.
• 4:30 PM – Goldfinger: Investigating a gold magnate’s gold smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve. Starring Sean Connery as Bond and Honor Blackman as Bond Girl Pussy Galore.
• 9 PM – The Spy Who Loved Me: Agent 007 must work with his female Soviet counterpart to find the answer to the disappearance of nuclear missile-carrying submarines. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Barbara Bach as Bond Girl Major Anya Amasova.

• Saturday, 30 December
• 9 PM – The Man With The Golden Gun: Bond is led to believe he is targeted by the world’s most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him. Starring Roger Moore as Bond and Britt Ekland as Bond Girl Mary Goodnight.

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USA Network Wins Casino Royale TV Rights

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the USA has won the television rights to Casino Royale.

According to the report, USA won the heated bidding war, which included Spike TV, TNT and FX as well. The five-year deal for Daniel Craig’s first James Bond film was said to be around $20 million.

Expected to begin in June 2009, the package from Sony Pictures TV also gives the USA Network the ‘right to carve out an additional window on broadcast or cable.’

This news follows the report on CBn that BSkyB had secured the first run television rights to Casino Royale and future James Bond films starting in 2007.

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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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The Blades Library Book Club: Icebreaker

Welcome back to The Blades Library Book Club – the place for quality discussions of the books of James Bond!

Every two months a James Bond 007 novel is chosen for the club members to read. A thread is posted in the club forums listing locations on where you can find the novel. Discussions about the book will go on as the book is read and when it is finished. Another thread will be created so that club members can post their review and give a rating on the current book.

All fans of the Literary Bond are eligible for membership. All you need to do to sign up is register on the CBn Forums (it’s free and only takes a minute) and then post your name in the sign up thread.

The Book Club’s Eighteenth Book

Currently we are progressing though the James Bond 007 novels in chronological order, since quite a number of members are using the club as an opportunity to read the books for the very first time. The club has just finished all fourteen of the Ian Fleming novels as well as the one-time-only Bond novel by Kingsley Amis, Colonel Sun. Most recently, the club moved onto the John Gardner era, and now continues with his third novel: Icebreaker.

Obtaining The Book

Ordering online should be fairly easy. Icebreaker can be ordered online (although in used condition) from the following sources:

• Amazon.co.uk
• Amazon.com
• Bookfinder.com
• eBay

Discuss other places to buy Icebreaker or where you got your copy in this thread.

Discuss The Book While Reading

Want to talk about the book while reading it? Post a new thread in The Blades Library.

Review And Rate The Book

After you have finished reading Icebreaker, you can discuss it with other club members in The Blades Library, and give the book your personal rating out of five in this thread.

If you have any questions or suggestions just post them in a new thread. Happy reading.

*New* Archive Of All Past Read Books

Additionally, club members can review or comment on any of the past read books in the club any time they want. Click here for the full archive of the past read books in the club.

Previous Books Read

• For Special Services: October 2006 – November 2006
• Licence Renewed: August 2006 – September 2006
• Colonel Sun: June 2006 – July 2006
• Octopussy & The Living Daylights: April 2006 – May 2006
• The Man With The Golden Gun: February 2006 – March 2006
• You Only Live Twice: December 2005 – January 2006
• On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: October 2005 – November 2005
• The Spy Who Loved Me: August 2005 – September 2005
• Thunderball: June 2005 – July 2005
• For Your Eyes Only: April 2005 – May 2005
• Goldfinger: February 2005 – March 2005
• Doctor No: December 2004 – January 2005
• From Russia, With Love: September 2004 – November 2004
• Diamonds Are Forever: July 2004 – August 2004
• Moonraker: May 2004 – June 2004
• Live and Let Die: May 2003 – June 2003
• Casino Royale: March 2003 – April 2003

'Young Bond Book 3' Title Reveal Event Open To Public

As previously reported on CBn, the title of Charlie Higson’s third Young Bond novel would be decided by the fans.

The announcement of the chosen title is set to take place at Waterstone’s Piccadilly, Europe’s largest bookstore, on Wednesday, 3 January 2007 from 10:30 to 12:30. The Young Bond Dossier reports that according to the Waterstones website, tickets to the event can be obtained for free by visiting the store directly.

In addition to revealing the title from the list of choices, (Double Or Die, N.E.M.E.S.I.S or The Deadlock Cipher) Higson will be signing copies of the book for fans.

Pre-order the UK paperback edition of Young Bond Book 3 from Amazon.co.uk (4 January 2007)

Pre-order the UK audiobook edition of Young Bond Book 3 from Amazon.co.uk (4 January 2007)

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