10. Octopussy/Donkey Kong Breaks the Bombing Party/Octopus Woman/1983
007 Octopus is an action film co-produced by MGM and United States, directed by John Gran and co-starring Roger Moore and Maude Adams. It was released in the UNITED Kingdom on 6 June 1983. The film tells the story of a Soviet general who attempts to provoke a war and plans to blow up American bases in Europe with a nuclear bomb, and 007 is ordered to investigate and foil the other side's plot.
The film grossed $67,893,619 at the final box office, was released in 1,339 theaters and grossed $8,902,564 on its opening weekend. However, it ranked sixth on the blockbuster list that year, with Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi topping the list with $247,371,242 at the box office.
9. Moonraker/Donkey Kong Breaks The Space City/Space City/1979
Space City 007 is an action film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Roger Moore, Lois Chillis, and Michael Lonsdale. The film tells the story of the british spaceship transported from the United States to lose its tracks, which attracted the attention of the United States and Britain, so the British military sent 007 Bond (Roger Moore) to track it down. After investigation, 007 discovered another conspiracy hidden behind this incident. An organization in the world is creating a nerve paralysis gas that is extracted from an extremely rare nigra orchid; when Bond investigates the origin of the orchid in detail, a grand conspiracy large enough to shock the world surfaces. It turned out that the organization had built a space city in space, and in order to dominate the world, they were ready to launch 50 self-developed gas bombs from the space city to attack 50 large cities on Earth. After Bond discovers their plot, prepare to fly into space organizing their crazy plan!
The film's final box office received a $70,308,099 prize money. The premiere weekend grossed $7,108,344, making it the ninth highest-grossing film of the year.
8. GoldenEye/ Golden Eye of the New Iron King Kong / GoldenEye / 1995
007's GoldenEye is an action film directed by Martin Campbell and starring Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bin, Isabella Skrupko, Famick Jensen, and Judy Dench. The film tells the story of Bond who must search for the Golden Eye that was stolen in the Soviet Union, a weapon with electromagnetic waves that was stolen by a rebellious Soviet general. Behind this mission, the most complicated thing is that Bond discovers that the gangster who created the conspiracy is one of his old acquaintances and colleagues, a British Agent 006, who plans to use this weapon to cause the collapse of global finance and increase wealth. Meanwhile, Bond meets the beautiful girl Xena Onato, a perverted gangster who does everything he can to deal with 007. Another new Bond girl is Natalia, who assists Bond in defeating 006. Eventually regain the stolen GoldenEye.
It was the first film in the 007 series to earn more than $100 million, with 2,667 theaters earning $106429941. It again won ninth place, and Batman Forever became the box office champion that year. The film grossed a total of $184,031,112 in 2893 theaters.
Tomorrow Never Dies/ Empire of Tomorrow/ Empire of Tomorrow/ 1997
Empire of Tomorrow 007 is an action film directed by Roger Spoty Wood and starring Pierce Brosnan, Yang Ziqiong, Terry Haichel, Jonathan Pres, and Ricky Jay. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 12 December 1997. The film mainly tells the story of the British Navy's warship HMS Devonshire, which was sunk by an unknown torpedo attack in Chinese territorial waters. In order to find out the situation, the British Navy decided to use force and sent warships to the accident area to counterattack. However, he is stopped by the head of secret intelligence M (Judy Dench) and sends james Bond (Pierce Brosnan), an intelligence agent code-named 007, to find out the real reason and avoid a hair-trigger war between the two countries. In the midst of an in-depth investigation, media mogul Carver (Jonathan Pres) enters Bond's sights. And at a dinner party held by Carver, Bond meets his ex-girlfriend, Paris (Terry Hatcher), now Mrs. Carver. With Paris' help, Bond used GPS to divert the Departed British warships off course to buy valuable time for his investigation. On the equipment stolen from Carver, Bond discovers the exact location of the sunken warship, but is captured by Carver along with the Chinese female agent Lin Hui (Yang Ziqiong) at the wreck. It turned out that Carver wanted to gain a monopoly position in the global media by causing war. After escaping, 007 decides to go deep into the Demon Cave with Lin Hui to sabotage Carver's plot to eliminate the shadow of war.
The film grossed $125,304,276 that year, but failed to make it into the top 10 highest grossing films. Jurassic Park: the Lost World followed.
The World Is Not Enough/ The Black Sun Crisis / Black Day Crisis / 1999
007 Black Day Crisis is an action drama film directed by Michael Apt and starring Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, robert Carlisle and others. The film was released in the United States on November 8, 1999. The film focuses on 007 (Pierce Brosnan) whose opponent is the notorious international terrorist Raynard (Robert Carlyle). In order to monopolize the supply of oil, Renard killed the oil tycoon Sir Rob, and of course he would not spare Sir Rob's heir, the beautiful Elektra (Sophie Marceau), who even threatened to cause a nuclear explosion in Turkey's huge oil pipeline. So 007 must take a high-speed speedboat from the neve bank of Fort Biel in Spain to the Thames River in London, and then cross the Highlands of Scotland, risking almost impossible survival to protect the only heir of Sir Rob and crush Renard's plot. A series of battles are on the verge of breaking out!
I have to say that the 90s were a wonderful time for Bond fans. Black Sun Crisis was the third and final film in the series to be released in that era, and the most profitable film— grossing $126,943,684. The film grossed $35519007 in its first weekend and was released in 3,163 theaters. But that wasn't the most popular movie of the year, when Star Wars Prequel I: The Phantom Menace grossed $430,281,928, more than $100 million more than Sixth Sense.
5. Die Another Day/ New Iron King Kong' Day of Death/ Death by Day / 2002
Die Another Day is an action film directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Pierce Brosnan, Harley Berry, Toby Stephens and others. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2002. The film tells the story of Bond's journey from North Korea to Cuba to track down MIS rebels and stop a disastrous plot by North Korean careerists
Although the film's script and plot were unsatisfactory, it grossed $160942139, ranking fifth on the list. The reviews weren't good, though — Rotten Tomatoes had a 41 percent viewer rating.
4. Casino Royale/New Iron King Kong Hacked Casino Royale/Casino Royale/2006
Casino Royale is an action thriller directed by Martin Campbell, based on the first Bond novel published in 1953 by Ian Fleming, the godfather of 007, and is daniel Craig's first film since the sixth 007, with other stars such as Eva Green and Max Mickelson. The film tells the story of James Bond, who had just become a British agent. Although a fledgling, Bond is already highly capable of intelligence, and after completing two competent assassination operations in a row, he is also promoted to "007" intelligence officer. The film was the first film in the 007 series to be introduced Chinese mainland theaters and was released on January 30, 2007 in Chinese mainland.
The film's popularity is evident, with gross revenues of $167,445,960 and a whopping $40,833,156 on its premiere weekend. From the moment Craig took on Bond, he seemed popular because it wasn't the only movie starring Bond, 52.
3. Quantum of Solace/007 Breaking Quantum Crisis/Quantum Of Crisis/2008
007: Quantum of Solitaire is a 2008 mgM action film directed by Mark Foster and co-starring Daniel Craig, Olga Coryranco, Matthew Amalik and Judy Dench. The film was first released in the UK on 31 October 2008. The film tells the story of Bond's first mission after being betrayed by the woman he loves. After interrogation of a man named White (Gaspar Christensen), Bond and his boss, Ms. M (played by Judy Dench), get intelligence into a criminal organization that has blackmailed Wesper, which is so sophisticated and harmful than anyone could have imagined. Bond then embarks on a life-and-death battle to expose the truth and destroy the "quantum".
The film grossed $200 million.
Spectre/007 Big Break Ghost Party/Ghost Party/2015
007: Ghost Party is the 24th film in the 007 series, an action thriller produced by Columbia Pictures, directed by Sam Mendes and co-starring Daniel Craig, Christopher Waltz, and Leia Saidu. The film tells the story of bonding, who gradually unveils the mystery of an evil organization because of an encrypted message from the past. In order to keep the security apparatus functioning properly, Bond's boss M engages in a battle with the political forces, while the horrors hidden behind the Ghost Party finally emerge as Bond sets aside layers of lies.
007: Ghost Party performed well, grossing $200,074,609 in its first weekend, of which $70,403,148 came from the premiere weekend.
1. Skyfall/007 Skyfall/Skyfall/2012
Directed by Sam Mendes and co-starring Daniel Craig, Javier Baden, Ralph Fiennes, Naomi Harris, Benanis Marlowe, Albert Finney, Judy Dench, and produced by Sony Columbia Pictures, it was the first IMAX film in 007's history. The film was released in the United States on November 9, 2012. The film tells the story of James Bond's failure on a mission, and the loss of a hard drive documenting information about agents lurking inside the terrorist organization. The main person in charge of the operation, Mrs. M, was dismissed from the top as a result. The surviving Bond carries out Mrs. M's orders and, with the assistance of Dr. Q, rushes to Shanghai to track down the real culprit, and the mysterious figure Silva attracts his attention.
It was bond's only film with a total box office of more than $300 million, earning $304360277 after being released in 3,526 theaters. It is popular not only among movie fans, but also among critics.