In the UK, the new James Bond smashes box office records
"Dying Can Wait", the latest James Bond film played by Daniel Craig, filled British theaters like no other episode in the adventures of the British spy.
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Thirty million euros.
That's what the latest James Bond,
Dying Can Wait, reported
on ticket sales in the UK.
The film shattered UK box office records, doing better than any other James Bond.
After more than 50 years of existence, the “jamesbondmania” is relaunching cinema admissions.
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With our correspondent in London,
Marie Boëda
A giant poster of the British secret agent sits in a central London square.
There are also some on the red buses, taxis… everywhere in fact.
Josh was at the premiere and he just saw him again.
“
I'm an obsessive James Bond fan,” he
exclaims.
I have seen all the movies several times since I was little.
I think Daniel Craig is a very good actor: he brings a lot more to the role than a Roger Moore for example.
And it has depth.
I don't think they could have made this movie with any of the other Bonds.
They could not have given so much emotion.
"
Upon theatrical release, Christopher Lindner went to see the new adventures of 007. He wrote
The James Bond Phenomenon.
According to him, the arrival of Daniel Craig corresponds to more sophisticated intrigues.
He also made the hero more human.
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To read also: Cinema: release of the last James Bond, "Die can wait"
"
A vulnerable super spy
"
“
We see a version of Bond who continues to be the super spy who has incredible adventures, seduces women, kills people,”
explains the writer.
But we also see a vulnerable super spy, who has fears, who knows failure
.
"
In the United Kingdom, major cinemas are starting a new
No time to die screening
every hour.
Each of them is sold out.
No film has enjoyed such exposure in UK theaters so far.
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To listen: Very special mission for James Bond: save the cinema!
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