North American weekend box office: "007: No Time to Die" premiered and won the global box office of more than $300 million

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10 (China News Service) -- "No Time to Die," which was released in North America after a year-and-a-half delay, topped the North American weekend box office this week with $56 million in revenue, and its global box office topped $300 million.

According to the North American box office statistics website boxofficemojo.com, this weekend, "007: No Time to Die", which was scheduled to be released in April 2020, received $56 million from 4407 theaters in North America at the premiere weekend box office. Released a week earlier in markets outside Of North America, the film has grossed $257.3 million. At present, "007: No Time to Die" with a production budget of $250 million has reached a global box office of $313.3 million. As one of its largest overseas markets, China Cinema Line is scheduled to release "007: No Time to Die" on October 29.

The U.S. Consumer News and Business Channel reported that the $56 million premiere weekend box office ranked fourth in the nearly 60-year history of the James Bond film series. In 2012, "007: Skyfall" grossed $88.4 million at its premiere weekend. Three years later, Spectre grossed $70.4 million in its premiere weekend. "Quantum of Solitaire" grossed more than $67.5 million in 2008 at the premiere weekend.

The $56 million, despite being one of the highest North American premiere weekends in 2021, still fell short of expectations. Previously, the industry predicted that "007: No Time to Die" would earn between $60 million and $70 million in the opening weekend box office.

Us media analysis said that the reasons for the film's box office failure to meet expectations are manifold. The James Bond film series is nearly 60 years old, and its audience is relatively old. Nearly 60 percent of the ticket buyers who went to the theater this weekend to watch the film were over the age of 35 and 36 percent were over the age of 45. Older audiences have been more cautious about returning to cinema during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has had a direct impact on the box office performance of more popular films at higher age groups. According to MGM, about 25 percent of the ticket buyers who walked into theaters this weekend to watch "007: No Time to Die" said it was their first time in 18 months. According to CNN, the film's 163-minute screening time also limits the number of times it can be screened per day.

It is worth mentioning that in "007: No Time to Die", Daniel Craig played James Bond for the last time. As of the evening of the 10th, "007: No Time to Die" had 297 film critic reviews on the review website "Rotten Tomatoes", which received 84% ratings, and more than 2500 viewers gave 89% ratings. On the review site CinemaScore, the film received an "A-" rating.

Last weekend, the Marvel superhero movie Venom: Let There Be Carnage set a record for the highest weekend box office in North America during the pandemic for $90.1 million. This week, the film was released in 4,225 theaters in North America, falling 64.5 percent at the box office to top the charts at $32 million. In the two weeks since its release, the film has grossed nearly $141.7 million in North America and $185.6 million worldwide.

At number three on the North American weekend box office charts is the animated sequel The Addams Family 2. This week, the film grossed $10 million from 4,207 theaters in North America, down 42.2 percent from the weekend. In its two weeks of release, the film has grossed $31.1 million in North America and grossed $35.7 million worldwide. On video-on-demand platforms, viewers pay $19.99 to watch Adams The Family 2. In 2019, "The Adams" grossed $100.7 million in North America.

Next week, the horror film Moonlight Panic: Killing, directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, will be released in North America. (End)

Source: China News Network