Skyfall News

Skyfall‘s opening weekend in the US saw it take $87.8 million in regular theatres, and with another $2.2 million from IMAX, was estimated to have ended the weekend reaching $90 million. This is a new record for the series and more than double the take of Casino Royale‘s debut in 2006. Skyfall has now reached $518.6 million […]

The official 007 website has announced that Skyfall has become the biggest film at the UK box office this year after beating The Dark Knight Rises. In 12 days Skyfall has taken £57 million, beating the £55.6 million taken by Casino Royale and is now the biggest Bond movie ever in terms of the unadjusted box office take. […]

In this feature used to promote Skyfall on IMAX Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson discuss the film, with Broccoli saying that the 50th anniversary created pressure to make the best Bond film ever and that she believes Javier Bardem’s character is one of the most interesting Bond villains ever. Sam Mendes speaks about wanting some great one on one dialogue scenes, Daniel Craig says they wanted to make something special and Javier Bardem discusses his experiences.

Warning: slight spoiler Empire Online has published a video interview with Sam Mendes in which he talks about the gunbarrel and how he had originally planned to start Skyfall. However, he says that when he put it there it “looked ridiculous” because of the opening shot, which is reminiscent of the gunbarrel. He also says the the […]

“Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style” has arrived in Toronto coinciding with the release of Skyfall in North America. Dawn.com has covered the exhibition, which was originally shown in London earlier this year. For some reason the London exhibition finished before the Skyfall premiere, which surely would have attarcted many more visitors. Skyfall opens […]

Skyfall continues to be the number one film worldwide according to box office figures published by Rentrak Corporation. The company, which specialises estimating box office returns for movies, reported that Skyfall took $156 million worldwide in its second week, making a total of $287 million so far. That is not a bad figure considering the […]

Daniel Craig has spoken about how he would like Sam Mendes to return for Bond 24, according to a report by the Express. The article quotes an unnamed MGM source as saying that Craig and Mendes have a lot of ideas left for another Bond film, which contradicts what Mendes said in a recent interview. He […]

While the new James Bond movie “Skyfall” smashed box office records when it was released across Europe at the end of October, US audiences have to wait until November 8. To help celebrate the eagerly awaited US release of “Skyfall”, the second edition of “The Complete Guide to the Drinks of James Bond” by David […]

According to Deadline Hollywood Skyfall will imminently break the $100 million figure at the box office in all territories it’s been released to so far. Separately, the official 007 twitter feed has announced that Skyfall broke the UK record for the best opening week. With the budget on the film lower than both Casino Royale […]

A new video blog has been released by Honda, who supplied the bikes used in Skyfall’s pre-title sequence. The video goes behind the scenes to look at how the stunt team prepared for the chase in Istanbul. Stunt coordinator Gary Powell explains how they practiced prior to heading for Istanbul, while second unit director Alexander Witt and some of the stunt team discuss some of the challenges faced in filming the rooftop sequence.