SPECTRE Outstripping Record-Breaking Skyfall With £10 Million Haul
Things are looking very good indeed for the ‘SPECTRE’ box office, with a sturdy haul of over £10 million taken at UK cinemas so far.
The latest Bond movie, starring Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007, was previewed on Monday, then released across 647 screens in the UK on Tuesday.
Despite being opened on fewer screens on Monday, it still made £4.1 million, and then an additional £6.3 million on Tuesday.
All eyes are now on the film to see if it can beat the record-breaking stature of its predecessor, 'Skyfall’, which became the biggest Bond movie of all time.
It’s already beaten 'Skyfall’s £6.2 million opening night takings from October, 2012.
And so far, 'SPECTRE’ is said to be doing better business than 'Skyfall’ in many venues, and at least equal to it in others.
The figure to beat this weekend is £21.1 million – the amount that 'Skyfall’ made in its first proper opening weekend.
It made it the second biggest British opening weekend of all time, just behind 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two’.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Vue cinemas are already seeing demand for 'SPECTRE’ tickets outstrip that of 'Skyfall’, with the movie breaking a company record of 81,500 tickets sold in a single day, and 310,000 sold so far.
A rep for the company said: “People are booking breakfast with Bond before the boardroom, with 6 a.m. screenings filling up.”
Pretty decent reviews for the 24th Bond movie should bolster what is expected to be a very large turnout this weekend.
Though the multi-location movie has a lot to do in order to make its money back.
Its budget is said to be $300 million (£196 million), tying it with 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’ as the second most expensive film ever made ('POTC: On Stranger Tides’ has that dubious honour).
But the movie has yet to open outside the UK, with the US release happening on November 6.
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