‘Casino Royale’ highest Bond grosser
London –“Casino Royale” has become the highest earner of any James Bond movie.
Its box office collection exceeded the $300-million mark in overseas ticket sales, becoming the fourth film of the year to surpass that limit.
Starring Daniel Craig, the film earned an additional $14.5 million over the weekend, bringing its total foreign gross to $304.4 million and thereby joining “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”, “The Da Vinci Code” and “Ice Age: The Meltdown” as members of the $300-million club, reports contactmusic.com
With its North American gross of about $144 million, “Casino Royale” can claim a worldwide total of $448 million, making it the highest earner of any Bond movie.