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Doing the Bond Numbers: How High Can 'Skyfall' Go? Bond Conquers World Before North American Release

Box Office

With a 12-day worldwide gross of around $320 million through Tuesday, "Skyfall" enters the US/Canada market Friday as one of the biggest hits of the year. While it's already a huge success with critics and audiences, the latest James Bond entry isn't likely to be the biggest grosser of the year. But that's a minor downside.

By Tom Brueggemann
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November 9, 2012 4:23 PM
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Immersed in Movies: Mendes Talks Bond Resurrection in 'Skyfall'

Features

Why all the swooning over "Skyfall?" Because, oddly enough, after 50 years we've only just begun exploring James Bond's troubled psyche, and because director Sam Mendes has brilliantly made up for lost time by engineering the best possible conceit: an existential crisis for our iconic superspy...

By Bill Desowitz
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November 8, 2012 4:27 PM
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Oscar Talk: from 'Skyfall' to AFI FEST's 'Hitchcock'

Awards

In this week's Oscar Talk, Kris Tapley and I review the new Bond film, "Skyfall," which could yield a few technical nominations, as well as Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock," which opened the AFI FEST Thurday night. We preview what's coming up at the fall fest, including the foreign films.

By Anne Thompson
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November 2, 2012 6:16 PM
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James Bond 23, 'Skyfall,' Opens Big in UK and 24 Markets: Seven Things We Know About Bond

Box Office

We know that with rave reviews, Sony and MGM's "Skyfall" could exceed the global gross on any other Bond. (Bond 22 gross/review rankings here.) The first international grosses are in from 25 markets and James Bond 23 is off to a rip-roaring start, opening everywhere at #1 and grossing $77.7 million. (It opens stateside on November 9.)

By Anne Thompson
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October 28, 2012 6:33 PM
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Ranking 22 Bond Films on Popularity and Critics' Cred: Hits, Misses

News

We all have our favorite James Bond and 007 films. ("From Russia with Love" and Sean Connery are mine; I see "Skyfall" next week.) But what's the consensus? Time Magazine (behind its annoying pay wall) has compiled a ranking of five decades of Bond hits and misses based on critical acclaim (via Rotten Tomatoes) and global box office.

By Anne Thompson
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October 25, 2012 1:30 PM
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Vintage 'Bond' Posters, Most Comprehensive Collection to Be Auctioned Off in Los Angeles

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Joe Maddalena's Profiles in History will be auctioning the most comprehensive collection of vintage James Bond movie posters ever to reach the market at L.A.'s Hollywood Auction on December 15 and 16. Included in the mouth-watering collection are...

By Beth Hanna
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October 24, 2012 1:16 PM
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Sam Mendes' Return to England with Bond and 'Skyfall' (via The Guardian)

News

Brit theater director Sam Mendes, having directed five incisive films about American culture including Oscar-winner "American Beauty," "Revolutionary Road," and "Jarhead," turned his sights to Britain's iconic James Bond franchise with "Skyfall." The Guardian looks at what Mendes brought to 007, which has been getting raves, with contributions from "Skyfall" stars Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris--and, for good measure, "Road to Perdition" star Jude Law.

By Maggie Lange
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October 22, 2012 1:26 PM
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Immersed in Movies: 'Skyfall' Is Both Homecoming and Breakthrough

Reviews

James Bond has always been about looking forward and back at the same time, but never more so than in "Skyfall," which is both a homecoming and a breakthrough for the 50th anniversary. In fact, it's all about exploring the old and the new. That's the central metaphor; it's embedded in every ambiguous moment. It was worth the extra year taken to craft the script, do the prep, and hone every delicious detail into an organic whole.

By Bill Desowitz
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October 19, 2012 4:29 PM
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'60 Minutes' Showcases 007, Anderson Cooper Plays Bond [Video]

Video

On "60 Minutes" last Sunday, Anderson Cooper interviewed the guardians of the Bond franchise, the daughter and stepson of "Cubby" Broccoli -- Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson -- about the task they inherited and their most recent Bond: "Skyfall."On "60 Minutes" last Sunday, Anderson Cooper interviewed the guardians of the Bond franchise, the daughter and stepson of "Cubby" Broccoli - Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson - about the task they inherited and their most recent Bond rendition: "Skyfall."

By Maggie Lange
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October 17, 2012 6:38 PM
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Judi Dench Talks Feeling "drunk with power" as M, Intimidated by Clint Eastwood

News

With "Skyfall" earning rave early reviews, and this year's global indie blockbuster "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," it's understandable that Judi Dench, 77, recently told the Guardian that she "never wants to stop working." The most recent Bond installment is the seventh 007 outing for Dench, and features a particularly hard-hitting storyline for her dry, steely-nerved M.