No Time To Die Earns $22M in Two Days

In Bond’s home market, the UK, "No Time To Die" grossed a confirmed $6.6 million on Thursday, accounting for 94% of all box office there. 

This is the third-highest opening day of the Bond franchise, 14% above "Spectre" (Monday opening), and just 30% behind "Skyfall" (Friday opening). 

The Daniel Craig-starrer launched with the widest theatrical release of all time in the UK and Ireland. It’s playing in 772 cinemas across 3,600 screens, and will have 9,000 daily shows over the weekend. 

According to Deadline on Friday, full numbers for Wednesday and Thursday show MGM/Eon/Universal’s James Bond pic No Time To Die at a cumulative $22 million through two days of release at the international box office. That includes $20 million from just Thursday in such markets as the UK, Brazil, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. 

Pundits are already anticipating the movie will ignite the international box office and generate at least $90 million over the weekend (Friday to Sunday). For “No Time to Die”, to achieve this would be impressive because it wouldn’t be far off from its latest franchise predecessors, 2015’s “Spectre” ($123 million debut internationally) and 2012’s “Skyfall” ($109 million debut internationally). 

I couldn’t believe I was rooting for Everton today!

But then again, it’s a no-brainer because (1) they were up against the Red Devils and (2) Rafa Benitez (right) is an ex-Liverpool manager! 

The match ended in a 1-1 draw though. Three Premier League games without a win for Manchester United. And a hard-earned and deserved point for Everton. A fair result, I reckon. 

Tomorrow, Liverpool must whip Manchester City!