‘No Time to Die’ envisions $ 100million opening at domestic box office

“No Time to Die” is about to do something that no other major blockbuster has been able to accomplish since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic – the $ 100 million in ticket sales over its opening weekend.

The latest James Bond film, which topped international box office expectations over the weekend, is set to make a solid debut that could not only break pandemic era records, but also those established by previous Bond films.

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

Movie theater operators told CNBC that “No Time to Die” outperformed advanced ticket sales expectations and, in many cases, matched pre-sales for “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.”

Notably, the sequel to “Venom” overtook its predecessor’s first hit from 2018.

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

While the Bond franchise has generally been geared towards an older audience, box office analysts expect an array of generations to hit theaters this weekend to see the fifth and final round for a long time. delayed from Daniel Craig in 007.

“The box office cap for Bond’s latest adventure could be higher than it has ever been before the pandemic,” Robbins said.

Currently, 2012’s “Skyfall” holds the record for the highest-grossing opening for a Bond film with $ 88 million in domestic ticket sales, according to data from Comscore. The film is also the only Bond film to exceed $ 1 billion at the global box office.

“For die-hard aficionados, ‘No Time to Die’ represents a major milestone and a true cinematic event not to be missed. Rise of Skywalker ‘opened at the end of December 2019, “said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore.

Disclosure: Comcast owns NBCUniversal and CNBC. Universal releases “No Time To Die” internationally while Amazonbelonging to MGM manages the national release