Connery appeared in the first Bond movie, Dr No (UK 1962) and Moore made his debut in Live and Let Die (UK 1973).īased on box-office figures adjusted for inflation, the most popular James Bond is Sean Connery (UK), grossing an average of $618.04 million per movie at current prices. ) have both starred as British secret agent '007' seven times. Between 19, John Gardner (UK) wrote 14 Bond novels and two screenplay adaptations, surpassing Fleming's output of 12 novels and two short-story collections. Perhaps surprisingly, Ian Fleming, the original creator of Bond, was not the most prolific write of 007 novels. Highest box office gross for a Bond film (adjusted for inflation)Ī phenomenal success even by the standards of a franchise whose films have always been smash hits, Skyfall (2013) amassed a total worldwide gross of $1,108 million (£730.6 million) beating both Thunderball (1965) and Goldfinger (1964), which would have grossed approximately $1,047 million (£645 million) and $1,005 million (£619 million) respectively when adjusted for 2012 inflation. Previously, two Bond themes had peaked at No.2 in the UK: Duran Duran's "A View to a Kill" - the only US No.1 Bond theme to date - in 1985 and Adele's "Skyfall" in 2012.Ģ. The British star has just set an impressive Guinness World Records title with his single "Writing's on the Wall", taken from the 24th James Bond movie, which became the first Bond theme to top the UK's Official Singles Chart when it debuted at No.1 on 10 October 2015. First Bond theme to reach No.1 in the UK charts To mark its release, here we list 50 of our favourite Bond-related records starting with a new entry from global singing sensation Sam Smith.ġ. Spectre - the 24th James Bond movie - is in cinemas from Monday 26th and stars Daniel Craig for the fourth time. No in 1962 and, thanks to the original vision of producers Harry Saltzman and Cubby Broccoli, the 007 franchise has grown to become worth an estimated £1bn over the past 53 years. Fictional spy James Bond first hit the big screen with the release of Dr.
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