AMC watch: Bond makes strong but not Marvel-ous debut stateside

No Time To Die saw a US$54mln opening weekend at the US box office but for the likes of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc the big draw continued to be the latest comic book movie on the slate, Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

Venom banked around US$32.5mln in its second weekend, taking the US tally for its first ten days to around US$143mln,  according to Forbes, meanwhile Shang Chi, another Marvel Comics IP asset, has now reportedly passed the US$400mln marker for its cinema release (before its release for streaming on November 12).

No Time To Die’s US box office opening was described as being in the range of the last two Mission Impossible movies, and it was the fourth-best start among the Bond franchise (following Skyfall, Spectre, and Quantum of Solace – which banked US$88.3mln, US$70.4mln, and US$67.5mln respectively).

It appears unlikely that No Time To Die can put up Marvel movie level numbers, but, with a big marketing push Daniel Craig has made a strong start stateside.

Last week, No Time To Die broke UK box office records as it raked in more cinema takings on its opening weekend than any other film in the Bond franchise’s history.

Released jointly by Universal Pictures and MGM, the film has amassed gross box office takings of US$119mln (£88mln) across 54 international markets, including close to £26mln in the UK and Ireland.

That made it the top box office film of the year after only four days in cinemas.

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