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Bond's box office haul
Pierce Brosnan's Bond is a box office hit |
The latest James Bond Film, The World Is Not Enough, has rocketed to the top of the UK box office after taking £6.2m over the weekend.
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Initial receipts for the movie are 72% up on the last Bond film, 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies, which was the previous highest-grossing 007 film - taking £3.6m in its opening weekend.
The World Is Not Enough also broke box office records in the US last week.
It netted an estimated $37m (£23.25m) at the US box office over the weekend of 19 November - the best ever opening for a Bond film in the States.
It was also the largest ever three-day weekend opening in studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 75-year history.
The World Is Not Enough slipped to number two in the US this week, but it has still stirred up a massive $76.3m (£47.7m) of business in less than two weeks.
The Star Wars franchise is catching up fast |
When The World Is Not Enough opened in Malaysia and Singapore, it beat the opening weekend haul for Star Wars:The Phantom Menace set earlier this year.
Perhaps more significantly, the success of the latest film will see the total box office revenue for the 37-year-old James Bond franchise pass the $3bn mark.
However, it is believed that Star Wars - the other mega money-spinning film franchise - is catching up - and George Lucas' series is only 22 years old.
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