‘No Time to Die’ Keeps Box Office Rolling With $60 Million Opening

MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die brought James Bond to China today, with an RMB 52M ($8.1M) No. 1 opening (including a smattering of Thursday midnights). This is the third biggest Hollywood opening day of 2021 in the market and is ahead of the launch days of the most recent comps Dune (+33%) and Free Guy (+53%). With a great social score, No Time To Die is now looking at a China bow in the $30M range.

It’s a positive sign for both Warner Bros. and the box office, as both have struggled during this rebuilding period to post opening weekends above $30 million.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterDirector Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” led the international box office, generating $47.4 million from 75 overseas territories over the weekend.The sci-fi epic, based on Frank Herbert’s seminal novel, had the biggest turnout in China, where the film opened to $22 million, a muted result in the world’s largest movie market.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“Dune,” an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic, opened to $40 million at the North American box office. It’s a respectable start given the ongoing pandemic and the fact that “Dune,” like all Warner Bros.

It’s a positive sign for both Warner Bros. and the box office, as both have struggled during this rebuilding period to post opening weekends above $30 million.

J. Kim Murphy administratorNorth American audiences are seeing the spice flow on the big screen.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Dune,” an ambitious adaptation of Frank Herbert’s famously unadaptable sci-fi epic, opened to a lordly $5.1 million in Thursday previews. The film will unspool across 4,100 theaters in the U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSony’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” loomed large at the international box office this weekend, sinking its prodigious chompers into $62.3 million. That pushes the superhero adventure’s global haul to a muscular $283.7 million.

When it was announced last month that the “Halloween” sequel was moving to day-and-date — a move Blumhouse CEO Jason Blum said was fueled by the poor box office performance of “Freaky” — studio sources told TheWrap that Universal felt confident that the film could boost interest in Peacock without sacrificing significant box office revenue as hardcore horror fans both love the “Halloween” series and put a high value on seeing scary films in a theater with other moviegoers.That confidence turned

J. Kim Murphy administratorMore than 40 years after the first “Halloween,” Michael Myers and Laurie Strode are still box office gold.

“Hallloween Kills” killed at the box office, slashing it’s way to $4.9 million in Thursday previews.The Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions horror movie is the latest movie in the long-running “Halloween” franchise.

Despite more optimistic hopesfrom analysts and theater owners that Daniel Craig’s final Bond film could perform similar to “Skyfall” ($88 million) or “Spectre” ($70 million), “No Time to Die” has still given cinemas plenty of reasons to celebrate.

Though more optimistic hopes from analysts and theater owners that Daniel Craig’s final Bond film could perform similar to “Skyfall” ($88M) or “Spectre” ($70M) weren’t realized, “No Time to Die” has still given the box office something that it hasn’t had since the pandemic began: Overall domestic grosses are set to exceed $100 million for the second straight weekend.

J. Kim Murphy administratorNorth American audiences are showing up for Daniel Craig’s final bow as James Bond.

Combined with the second weekend of Sony’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which is estimated at $32 million, overall grosses for the domestic box office is set to stay above $100 million for the second straight weekend, a welcome result for theaters looking for business to consistently reach pre-pandemic levels. Current industry estimates project a $115 million overall weekend, just 11% down from last weekend’s annual high of $129 million.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAudiences are showing up in force to send Daniel Craig off in style.MGM’s “No Time to Die,” which marks the actor’s last stint as James Bond, opened to $6.3 million in Thursday previews, the best for a Bond film.

Naman Ramachandran The long awaited and keenly anticipated James Bond film “No Time to Die” dominated the U.K. and Ireland box office with an opening weekend collection of £25.9 million ($35.3 million), according to numbers from Comscore.

“No Time to Die” starring Daniel Craig reeled in $119 million from 54 international markets, including the UK, Germany, Spain, Hong Kong and Japan. That makes “No Time to Die” the first title from Hollywood to crack $100 million without opening in China, which recently became the word’s largest movie market overtaking the US.

Following last year’s cancelation and this year’s postponements, the annual CineEurope convention kicks off today in Barcelona. And what better time for studios and overseas exhibition to come together and celebrate the theatrical experience as we come off of a banner international box office weekend led by MGM/Eon/Universal’s lively launch of No Time To Die.

Not only that, but it also exceeds the $80 million opening of the first “Venom” in 2018, putting it on course to join “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” as the second post-shutdown film to reach $200 million domestic. Premium formats like IMAX were also a major factor behind the new pandemic era record, as Premium Large Formats accounted for 23% of the weekend gross.