The World is Not Enough

1999

Wow. Has it really been ten years since this Bond film?

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Just for fun ...

Here is the current IMDb ranking for the official Bond films.

1. 8.0 Casino Royale (2006)
2. 7.9 Goldfinger (1964)
3. 7.5 From Russia with Love (1963)
4. 7.3 Dr. No (1962)
5. 7.1 GoldenEye (1995)
6. 7.1 The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
7. 7.0 Quantum of Solace (2008)
8. 7.0 You Only Live Twice (1967)
9. 7.0 Thunderball (1965)
10. 6.9 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
11. 6.8 For Your Eyes Only (1981)
12. 6.8 Live and Let Die (1973)
13. 6.7 The Living Daylights (1987)
14. 6.7 The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
15. 6.7 Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
16. 6.5 Licence to Kill (1989)
17. 6.5 Octopussy (1983)
18. 6.4 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
19. 6.3 The World Is Not Enough (1999)
20. 6.1 A View to a Kill (1985)
21. 6.1 Moonraker (1979)
22. 6.0 Die Another Day (2002)

Casino Royale has replaced Goldfinger in the top spot since the last time we created such a list. Since the last Brosnan effort is rated the lowest, there's no question that Craig and the producers managed to resurrect the franchise artistically. The box office is another story.

Here's the tale of the tape:

Title	Gross	Est # tickets (millions)	Star	Release date
Thunderball	$63,595,658	63	Connery	12/21/1965
Goldfinger	$51,081,062	55	Connery	12/22/1964
You Only Live Twice	$43,084,787	36	Connery	6/13/1967
Die Another Day	$160,942,139	28	Brosnan	11/22/2002
Tomorrow Never Dies	$125,304,276	28	Brosnan	12/19/1997
Moonraker	$70,308,099	28	Moore	6/29/1979
Diamonds Are Forever	$43,819,547	27	Connery	12/17/1971
From Russia, with Love	$24,796,765	27	Connery	4/8/1964
Casino Royale	$167,445,960	26	Craig	11/17/2006
The World Is Not Enough	$126,943,684	25	Brosnan	11/19/1999
GoldenEye	$106,429,941	24	Brosnan	11/17/1995
Quantum of Solace	$168,368,427	23	Craig	11/14/2008
Octopussy	$67,893,619	22	Moore	6/10/1983
The Spy Who Loved Me	$46,838,673	21	Moore	7/13/1977
For Your Eyes Only	$54,812,802	20	Moore	6/26/1981
Live and Let Die	$35,377,836	20	Moore	6/27/1973
Dr. No	$16,067,035	18	Connery	5/8/1963
On Her Majesty's Secret Service	$22,774,493	17	Lazenby	12/18/1969
A View to a Kill	$50,327,960	14	Moore	5/24/1985
The Living Daylights	$51,185,897	13	Dalton	7/31/1987
The Man with the Golden Gun	$20,972,000	11	Moore	12/18/1974
License to Kill	$34,667,015	9	Dalton	7/14/1989

 

Brosnan's last effort sold about 28 million tickets despite its low IMDb rating. It is about deadlocked with two other films for the honor of being the most popular non-Connery film! Craig has not yet managed to join that threesome, which includes two Brosnans and a Moore. In fact, Quantum of Solace, Craig's second film, sold fewer tickets than ANY of Brosnan's films. The numbers reflect that Brosnan was a popular Bond, and remained so throughout his run. Craig, however, is battling Brosnan for the #2 spot in popularity, as measured by the average ticket sales per picture, and could take that spot with one massive hit, because he's just a hair behind. I don't suppose anyone will ever challenge Connery for #1. In today's dollars, Thunderball grossed $450 million, a total exceeded in the past decade only by The Dark Knight.

Here are the estimated average tickets sold per film (millions). It's interesting that this chart reflects approximately how most people would rank the Bonds: Connery #1, Craig and Brosnan a toss-up for #2. Dalton and Lazenby on the bottom.

• Dalton 11
• Lazenby 17
• Moore 19
• Craig 25
• Brosnan 26
• Connery 38