No Time To Die

James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

The just-turned-20 superstar is a successful phenomenon in her own right. The awards come as a confirmation of what we already know: This artist is headed for the stars with comet-like speed.

For the second year in a row, the Covid pandemic has strongly affected box office returns in Italy, where the emergency forced movie theaters to shut down for four months in 2021, from the beginning of January to the end of April. And in the last part of the year, due to the sudden increase in the number of infections, an extremely large number of people were quarantined in their homes, thus impacting the numbers for the holiday season.

Dune fended off competition from three new releases and current titles to stay on top on its second weekend. Despite several horror movies showing in time for the Halloween weekend, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune got the biggest treat with $15.

Daniel Craig’s final turn as 007 in No Time to Die is shaking and stirring both the domestic and international box office. Topping the North American market on its debut with $56 million and continuing its smashing overseas run, Cary Joji Fukunaga’s first crack at directing a Bond film easily crossed the $300 million global benchmark.

Venom and James Bond went on a rampage at the box office and set records domestically and internationally, respectively. Venom: Let There Be Carnage, actor Andy Serkis’ third directing feature, surpassed all expectations and raked in a whopping $90.