In this week’s roundup of the global box-office scene:
• Strong dollar may prevent new Bond film from topping Skyfall
• The Peanuts Movie makes strong claim for new generation of Snoopy fans
• The Martian becomes Ridley Scott’s highest grosser
Spectre’s Skyfall-topping feats in the UK last week may have got everyone prematurely worked up. The US reviews for the 24th Bond film have been less forgiving – one obvious reason why, with a $73m (£48m) debut this weekend, it didn’t match its predecessor’s $88.3m series zenith. That said, $73m is still the second highest opening for the franchise. Skyfall, as detailed in last week’s column, came with a set of exceptional circumstances and performed accordingly; Spectre’s US opening places it back inside the steadier pattern of growth 007 has enjoyed since the start of the Brosnan era. (Though with inflation in play, 2008’s Quantum of Solace would have opened at $74.6m, not $67.5m.)
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