James Bond:Quantum of Solace is ruling the theatres in USA

The latest movie of the James Bond series, Quantum of Solace, enjoyed a great opening weekend around the world including USA. The twenty second movie of the Bond movie series, Quantum of Solace is the second movie of English actor, Daniel Craig as James Bond. The movie has become a hit in theatres across USA and analysts are predicting that its gross income is going to exceed Casino Royale, Daniel Craig’s first Bond movie.

James Bond: Quantum of Solace first released in UK on October 29, 2008. In the opening weekend, the movie grossed a record breaking $25 million. Till now, it collected more than $160 million around the world. Critics also liked the movie very much. Quantum of Solace received 76% positive rating from the famous movie critic website, rottentomatoes.com. In its opening weekend, Casion Royale collected $40.8 million in US and Canada from ticket sales. Overall, Casino Royale collected $167 million in the U.S. and Canda and $594 worldwide. It is the highest grossing Bond movie ever in USA. Reuters reports:

"This is arguably the most anticipated movie of the holiday season and therefore expectations are quite high," said Paul Dergarabedian of box office watcher Media by Numbers. "I think we are going to see tremendous numbers."

Dergarabedian noted U.S. box offices have been on a roll lately with five of the past six weekends beating year ago comparisons. Last weekend family film "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" opened to an eye-popping $63 million.

James Bond: Bond Quantum of Solace cost $200 million to make. It was jointly produced by Eon Productions and MGM. The movie is distributed by Columbia pictures, subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Quantum of Solace takes off where Casino Royale finished. In his pursuit to find out the killer of his beloved, James Bond faces Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of the Quantum organization, posing as an environmentalist. The movie is now at the top charts in Europe and other countries where it released so far.

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