New James Bond Film ‘No Time to Die’ Could Hit $100M at Domestic Opening

According to box office analysts, the new James Bond flick “No Time to Die” could potentially pull in a staggering $100 million at its domestic opening.

The film, which stars Daniel Craig, is poised to become a big blockbuster this coming weekend. So far no movie since the pandemic started has topped $100 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend.

“Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which debuted over the weekend, holds the pandemic-era record so far for highest box-office opening with $90.1 million.

Movie theater operators told CNBC that “No Time to Die” is overperforming advanced ticket sales expectations and, in many cases, is matching the presales for “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.”

″‘No Time to Die’ is perfectly positioned to build on that momentum,” said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at Boxoffice.com.

Box-office analysts predict that a range of generations are expected to hit the theaters this weekend to see the latest film in the James Bond franchise.

“The box office ceiling for Bond’s latest adventure could be higher than it may have ever been before the pandemic,” Robbins added.

Currently, 2012′s “Skyfall” holds the record for highest-grossing opening for a Bond film with $88 million in domestic ticket sales, says Comscore data.

The movie was the only Bond film to top $1 billion at the global box office.

“For the hard-core aficionados ‘No Time to Die’ represents a major milestone and a true not to be missed cinematic event and thus the potential is there for 9-digit opening weekend numbers the likes of which have not been seen since ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ opened to in late December of 2019,” remarked Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore.