The other day, the two studios were ecstatic and expected that the new James Bond movie is set to take $70.4 million. But a day after making that pronouncement, the two studios lowered their expectations and said that the ‘Quantum of Solace’ opening number will be $67.5 million. This is around $4 million lower than the original projection. Well even though the figures for the new James Bond were revised, this was still a record opening in US and Canada for the franchise that stars the British spy.

The figures submitted by the new Bond movie with Daniel Craig easily beat the ‘Die Another Day’ movie that starred Pierce Brosnan. This movie with Pierce Brosnan earned $47.1 million on its first week of debut in November 2002. The new Bond movie that opened last week also topped the first Bond movie that starred Daniel Craig. ‘Casino Royale’ which is the first Bond movie for Craig took in $40.8 million. The lowered expectation for the new James Bond movie this well exceeded the expectations of pundits and observers’ forecast of a debut or around $60 million. The figures released for the US and the Canadian markets are just a topping for the studios since the movie is a big hit internationally. The movie banked around $250 million about two weeks of showing in major international markets. The movie is billed as a partnership between Columbia Pictures, which is a division of Sony Corp’s Sony Entertainment and closely held Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Columbia studios oversaw the production of the movie, its marketing and its distribution in the US. The MGM on the other hand has ancillary rights like the DVD distribution of the movie. It is expected that the movie will continue to earn more in the market in the coming weeks.

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