James Pound completed another task perfectly.
The latest 007 series “Battle of Life and Death” (Chinese translation: No Time To Die) won the box office revenue of US$558.2 million on Sunday, becoming the highest international box office in the era of the CCP virus (new crown virus) pandemic. Hollywood movie.
“Life and Death” is the 25th work in the 007 legend series, directed by Cary Fukunaga and played by Daniel Craig for the last time. Although its release was postponed many times due to the COVID-19 crisis, the wait did not derail the film from the market.
Among other achievements, “Life and Death” surpassed the lifetime gross box office of “007: Skyfall” in 18 markets, and surpassed the lifetime of “007: Spectre” in 22 other markets. Total box office.
In the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland, “Life and Death” is the highest-paid film in Universal Pictures’ history.
Also in the United Kingdom, the hometown of EON, “Life and Death” became the fifth highest grossing movie ever after surpassing “Avengers: Endgame” (Avengers: Endgame).
This weekend, “Life and Death” opened in its last major market, Australia, and won an impressive box office of $8.2 million, which is by far the best result in a pandemic era.
In North America, this James Bond film broke the $150 million mark over the weekend. At the end of Sunday, the global box office reached 708.6 million U.S. dollars (entered advanced on-demand last week).
Sony’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (Venom: Let There Be Carnage) celebrated its milestone last weekend, and the US domestic box office exceeded $200 million. It is the second film to do this in the pandemic era, second only to “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” which earned $224.4 million in North America.
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