210 82 141 200,000,000 600,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,400,000,000 $1,800,000,000 Star Wars CONNERY MOORE LAZENBY DALTON BROSNAN CRAIG THE BUSINESS OF BOND Dr. No From Russia With Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live Twice Diamonds Are Forever On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Live and Let Die The Man with the Golden Gun The Spy Who Loved Me Moonraker For Your Eyes Only Octopussy A View to a Kill The Living Daylights License to Kill Goldeneye Tomorrow Never Dies The World is Not Enough Die Another Day Casino Royale Quantum of 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 $14 billion dollars in world-wide box-office. Not counting the unofficial reprise of Sean Connery in Never Say Never Again, Bond has had 22 outings with 5 different actors in the title role; Scotsman Sean Connery, Australian George Lazenby, Englishman Roger Moore, Welshman Timothy Dalton, Irishman Pierce Brosnan, and Englishman Daniel Craig. Critical Acclaim Billions in Box Office Inflation adjusted Box-Office (U.S.) Kills Kisses Ratio The most violent Bond, Brosnan mixed increasing box office revenue with declining critical opinion. For all other Bond’s, box office success aligned with critical favor. _587% _303% 60 110 _5415% profit _3945% _4163% _1569% _1611% _1175% _1025% _678% _698% _682% _509% _478% _372% _304% _268% _583% _255% _476% _2311% _1394% _1325% Budget ($millions) 102 230 200 Worldwide Revenue ($millions) 1,041 586 594 432 191 14 31 40 142 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 Database Rotten Tomatoes BoxOfficeMojo BondMovies.com Gavin McMahon | MakeaPowerfulPoint.com | @powerfulpoint Craig represents a return to the griier, 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. 18 51 / 3 6 / 20 51 / 4 11 / 12 76 / 4 25 /