Quantum of Solace Sets New Box Office Record

We already mentioned how Bond had his biggest opening day on Friday when Quantum of Solace opened wide in the U.S., and now 007 has set a new record with a $70.4 million opening weekend, the best ever for a Bond film.

Solace also grossed an additional $56.1 million overseas (where it bowed as early as October 31 in some territories), bringing its foreign total to $251.6 million and worldwide total to a whopping $322 million - over half of what Casino Royale made in its entire theatrical run.

Meanwhile, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa continued its strong run with a $36.1 million haul and brought its total north of the $100 million mark to $118 million. Universal's sleeper comedy Role Models continues to perform well with a $11.7 million take in its second weekend and $38.1 million total overall.

Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire opened strongly, grossing $350,000 across 10 screens for an impressive per-theater average of $35,000. IFC's A Christmas Tale, the other film starring Mathieu Amalric that opened this weekend, bowed with $65,400 across 7 screens, or $9,343 per theater.

Overall the news was good for Hollywood, with domestic totals up 50% from the same weekend last year.

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