‘Spectre’ Breaks Records, Racks Up $80.4M During Opening Week

James Bond never goes out of style. Yes, it has been proven time and again that the James Bond franchise's appeal span through the ages. The 24th James Bond movie, Spectre, has just proven that people never get tired of James Bond. Released last week in just six territories including the United Kingdom, Spectre has racked up $80.4 million in the box office, easily breaking the $77.7 million record that the previous bond movie has set in 2012. In the UK and ireland, Spectre has earned $63.8 million in the last seven days, making it the biggest seven-day opening ever on record. This is a preview of what more to come when the movie is released in theaters in the United States on November 6th.

Spectre has been into a not-so-good start with a lot of drama; when the shooting for it started the script was leaked (remember that Sony hack?) prompting the production to rewrite much of the script quickly. It is the first time that the James Bond planet is submerged in rumors of leaks and other bad publicity. But somehow all those publicity, bad or good, has helped the film reach this new height for the franchise.