When James Bond goes out on a mission, the accounting department of MI6 holds its collective breath. Moviedom’s favorite superspy apparently has a license to kill his per diem, given the number of cars he destroys, planes he crashes, city blocks he blows up and tuxedos he ruffles.
Good thing his movies make so much money.
Spectre, Daniel Craig’s latest (and last) outing as agent 007, spooked up an estimated $73 million in its North American opening—a few bucks shy of a franchise record (Skyfall earned $88.4 million out of the gate in 2012), but certainly enough to buy another Aston Martin prototype or two. Add the $223.1 million the flick has already made overseas, and Spectre is just a white-cat whisker shy of $300 million. That’s a lot of money, Penny.
But while Spectre’s success was enough to shake, not stir, most of the box office, it wasn’t enough to yank the economic football away from Charlie Brown. The Peanuts Movie didn’t have Bond-size numbers, but it did collect a solid $45 million—enough cash to visit psychiatrist Lucy Van Pelt 900 million times.
Collectively, Spectre and Peanuts pushed The Martian—a four-time box-office champion—down to third. It earned another $9.3 million, bringing its total to about $197.1 mil. Goosebumps finished fourth with a touch under $7 million, and Bridge of Spies closed out the Top Five with $6.1 million.
And on one final note, let’s bid a fond farewell to War Room, which according to (Box Office Mojo) officially left theaters this weekend. In its 10-week run, the latest Christian film from Sherwood Pictures earned $66.8 million—not too shabby, considering it only took an estimated $3 million to make it. With that kind of money, maybe the Kendrick Brothers will decide to include an Aston Martin in their next movie.
Final figures update: 1. Spectre, $70.4 million; 2. The Peanuts Movie, $44.2 million; 3. The Martian, $9.1 million; 4. Goosebumps, $6.8 million; 5. Bridge of Spies, $5.8 million.
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