Skyfall opens with sky-high box office, second after Harry Potter
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Director Sam Mendes, left, poses with actors Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris and Daniel Craig, during a photo call for the new James Bond film Skyfall in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Oct 29, 2012. James Bond rules the box office - though he has failed to dethrone Harry Potter. --PHOTO: AP
LONDON (AP) - James Bond rules the box office - though he has failed to dethrone Harry Potter.
Producers say the new Bond adventure, Skyfall, has had the second-biggest opening weekend in British movie history, taking 20.1 million pounds (S$39.5 million) at the UK box office.
That is the biggest opening weekend for any of the 23 Bond films, and ranks just behind last year's final Potter movie, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which took 23 million pounds in its first weekend in Britain.
Skyfall opened this weekend in 25 global markets, taking in a total of US$77.7 million (S$94.8 million) between Friday and Sunday.
