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BOND

Dr. No

FromRussiaWithLove

Goldfinger

Thunderball

YouOnly LiveTwice

DiamondsAre

Forever On HerMajesty’s Secret

Service

Live andLet Die

The Manwith theGolden Gun

The Spy Who

Loved Me

Moonraker

ForYourEyesOnly

Octopussy

A Viewto aKill

TheLiving

Daylights

LicensetoKill

Goldeneye

TomorrowNeverDies

The Worldis NotEnough

DieAnotherDay

CasinoRoyale

Quantumof

Solace

Skyfall

Thunderball and Goldfinger are the two highest grossing Bond movies in inflation adjusted dollars. Thunderball earning $1,158,300,986 at the U.S. Box Office

The original and best Bond, in terms of grosses, profit and critical acclaim, Connery took a break after You Only Live Twice, grown tired of repetitive plots, lack of character development and the role’s demands on his privacy.

1962-67, 1971

1969

1973-85

1987-89

The longest serving and least violent Bond, Moore’s outings hardly surpassed his predecessors in Box Office or critical aclaim. He was the oldest actor to play Bond, 58 at the release of A View to a Kill.

Hashed shading represents the top 10 grossing films of the year.

1995-2002

2006-

Though critically acclaimed, Dalton was the worst box-office Bond.

.86 Rotten Tomatoes Average

.82 Rotten Tomatoes

.59 Rotten Tomatoes

.72 Rotten Tomatoes

.61 Rotten Tomatoes

.84 Rotten Tomatoes

Bond, James Bond. Over 50 years, he has shot, punched, gambled and sipped martinis (shaken, not stirred) to $14 billion dollars in world-wide box-office. Not counting the unofficial reprise of Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again, Bond has had 22 outings with 5 different actors in the title role; Scotsman Sean Connery, Australian George Lazenby, Englishman Roger Moore, Welshman Timothy Dalton, Irishman Pierce Brosnan, and Englishman Daniel Craig.

Critical Acclaim

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The most violent Bond, Brosnan mixed increasing box office revenue with declining critical opinion. For all other Bond’s, box office success aligned with critical favor.

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Bond’s first outing, Dr. No, was made for $1.1 million. It took in worldwide revenues of just under $60 million, a stunning return on investment of 5415%

Declining Profits, Increasing Revenues

Sources: The Internet Movie DatabaseRotten TomatoesBoxO�ceMojoBondMovies.com

Gavin McMahon | MakeaPowerfulPoint .com | @powerfulpoint

Craig represents a return to the grittier, Connery-era bond, in box-office, public and critical acclaim. His latest outing, Skyfall has earned over $950 million, making it the highest grossing Bond of all time, and third highest in inflation adjusted dollars.

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