Guess what the highest grossing James Bond movie of all time is?
Give up? It’s “Quantum of Solace,” the latest Bond adventure. The film has earned $167.1 million so far in North America, pushing it past “Casino Royale” for the top Bond B.O. slot.
How disheartening.
It reminds me of the “Indy 4″ phenomena – when a highly anticipated sequel ends up making a fortune even though audiences found the product wanting.
Sequels have quite a pull on our psyche. My brother recently rented “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and then dialed me up in a fury to ask why I hadn’t warned him away from the film.
I bet even if I had he would have rented it anyway. We’re a curious lot, and even when word leaks that the latest sequel is a pale imitation of the original we have to see it for ourselves.
So we have only ourselves to blame if the next Bond adventure underwhelms as “Solace” did.
(Photo: Daniel Craig aims for box office glory, if not a great story, in “Quantum of Solace.”)
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I presume that you are accounting for inflation?
No, I’m not. Always find those projections a bit tricky. Mrs. WWTW is the accountant, not me. The news is still a measure of both its current success and the fact that it made more coin than “Casino Royale,” an infinitely superior film.