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Skyfall
The poster shows James Bond wearing a tuxedo and holding a gun, standing in front of an image that looks like it was taken from the inside of a gun barrel, with the London skyline visible behind him. Text at the bottom of the poster reveals the film title and credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySam Mendes
Written by
Based onJames Bond
byIan Fleming
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited by
Music byThomas Newman
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing[1]
Release dates
  • 23 October 2012(2012-10-23)(London)
  • 26 October 2012(2012-10-26)(United Kingdom)
  • 9 November 2012(2012-11-09)(United States)
Running time
143 minutes[3]
Countries
  • United Kingdom[4]
  • United States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150–200 million
Box office$1.109 billion[5]

Skyfallis a 2012spy filmand the twenty-third in theJames Bondseriesproduced byEon Productions.The film is the third to starDaniel Craigas fictionalMI6agentJames Bondand featuresJavier BardemasRaoul Silva,thevillain,withJudi Denchreturning asM.Directed bySam Mendesand written byNeal Purvis, Robert Wade,andJohn Logan,the film has Bond investigating a series of targeted data leaks and co-ordinated attacks on MI6 led by Silva. It sees the return of two recurring characters,Miss Moneypenny(played byNaomie Harris) andQ(played byBen Whishaw), after an absence of two films.Ralph Fiennes,Bérénice Marlohe,andAlbert Finneyare among the supporting cast.

Mendes was approached to direct after the release ofQuantum of Solacein 2008. Development of the film was suspended throughout 2010 afterMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM) filed forChapter 11 bankruptcy,which caused screenwriterPeter Morganto leave the project. Production resumed in December 2010 after Purvis, Wade, and Logan were hired and a November 2012 release date was announced in January 2011.[6]Principal photographybegan that November after the film's title was revealed and lasted until March 2012, with filming locations includingLondon,Shanghai,Istanbul,andScotland.

Skyfallpremiered at theRoyal Albert Hallon 23 October 2012, and was released theatrically in conventional andIMAXformats in the United Kingdom three days later and in the United States on 9 November, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the firstJames BondfilmDr. No(1962).Skyfallreceived positive reviews, with praise for Mendes's direction, cast performances, action sequences, cinematography, and musical score. The film was nominated for five awards at the85th Academy Awards,winning two, and receivednumerous other accolades.Skyfallgrossed $1 billion worldwide, the fourteenth film to do so, and became the then-seventh-highest-grossing film of all time,the highest-grossingJames Bondfilm of all time, thesecond-highest-grossing film of 2012,the then-highest-grossing film released by Sony, and the highest-grossing film released by MGM. The next film in the series,Spectre,was released in 2015.

Plot

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InIstanbul,MI6agentsJames BondandEve Moneypennypursue mercenary Patrice, who has stolen a hard drive containing details of undercover agents. As Bond and Patrice fight atop a moving train,Morders Moneypenny to shoot Patrice, despite not having a clear shot; Moneypenny inadvertently hits Bond, who falls into a river. Bond is presumed dead and Patrice escapes with the hard drive.

Three months later, due to apublic inquiryinto M's handling of the stolen hard drive, she is pressured to retire by Gareth Mallory, the chairman of theIntelligence and Security Committee of Parliamentand a formerSASofficer. Although she says she is still useful, MI6's servers are hacked, and M receives a taunting computer message moments before theMI6 buildingexplodes. Bond, who used his presumed death to retire, learns of the attack and returns to service in London. He fails a series of physical, medical, and psychological examinations, but M approves his return to the field, ordering him to identify Patrice's employer, recover the hard drive, and kill Patrice. He meetsQ,MI6's newquartermaster,who gives him aradio beaconand aWalther PPKpistol.

InShanghai,Bond follows Patrice and witnesses him killing a target. The two fight and Patrice falls to his death before Bond can learn his employer's identity. Moneypenny joins Bond in his investigation on Mallory's orders. Bond finds acasino tokenPatrice intended to cash in for the assassination, leading him to a casino inMacau.There, Bond is approached bySévérine,Patrice's accomplice. Recognising her tattoo, he concludes she was a sex slave "rescued" by a criminal who now employs her, a man Bond wishes to meet. She warns him he is targeted by her bodyguards, but promises to help if Bond kills her employer. Bond thwarts the attack and joins Sévérine on her yacht, theChimera.They travel to an abandoned island off the coast of Macau, where the crew captures and delivers them to Sévérine's employer,Raoul Silva.Silva, a former MI6 agent, turned tocyberterrorismand orchestrated the attack on MI6. Silva kills Sévérine. Bond uses Q's radio beacon to alert MI6 reinforcements, who capture Silva forrenditionto Britain.

At MI6's new underground headquarters, Q attempts to decrypt Silva's laptop, but inadvertently gives it access to the MI6 servers, allowing Silva to escape. Q concludes Silva wanted to be captured as part of a plan to kill M, whom he hates fordisavowingand betraying him to theChinese governmentduring thehandover of Hong Kongin 1997, leaving him to be tortured and disfigured by a suicide attempt by cyanide pill. Silva escapes his cell and Bond chases him through theLondon Undergroundand thwarts Silva's attack at aParliamentinquiry where M is present.

Instructing Q andBill Tannerto leave an electronic trail for Silva to follow, Bond uses hisAston Martin DB5to take M to Skyfall, his childhood home in theScottish Highlands.They meet Skyfall'sgamekeeperKincade, and the trio rigs the house withbooby traps.When Silva's men arrive, Bond, M, and Kincade kill most of them, but M is wounded. Silva arrives by helicopter with more men and heavy weapons, so Bond sends M and Kincade through apriest holeto hide in a nearby chapel, and rigs propane tanks to explode. As the house and the helicopter are destroyed, Bond escapes down the same tunnel.

Silva survives the destruction of the house, following Kincade and M to the chapel. Confronting M, Silva forces his gun into her hand and presses histempleto hers, begging her to kill them both. Bond arrives and kills Silva by throwing a knife into his back. M then succumbs to her wounds and dies in Bond's arms.

Following M's funeral, Moneypenny formally introduces herself to Bond and tells him she is retiring from fieldwork to become secretary for Mallory, the newly appointed M. Bond meets Mallory, and tells him he is ready to get back to work.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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Development ofBond 23began in 2009 but was suspended throughout 2010 because ofMGM's financial troubles.[9]Preproduction resumed followingMGM's exit frombankruptcyon 21 December 2010, and in January 2011, the film was officially given a release date of 9 November 2012 by MGM and the Broccoli family, with production scheduled to start in late 2011. Subsequently, MGM andSony Picturesannounced that the UK release date would be brought forward to 26 October 2012, two weeks ahead of the US release date, which remained scheduled for 9 November 2012.[10]The film's budget is estimated to have been between US$150 million[11][12]and $200 million,[5]compared to the $200 million spent onQuantum of Solace.[13]Skyfallwas part of year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the first Bond film,Dr. No.

Pre-production

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After the release ofQuantum of Solacein 2008, producerBarbara Broccolicommented thatSkyfall,untitled at the time, may continue the plot of theQuantumorganisation, introduced inCasino Royaleand continued inQuantum of Solace.[14]

In August 2011, the Serbian newspaperBlicstated thatBond 23would be titledCarte Blancheand would be an adaptation of therecent continuation novelbyJeffery Deaver.[15]On 30 August, Eon Productions officially denied any link betweenBond 23andCarte Blanche,stating that "the new film is not going to be calledCarte Blancheand will have nothing to do with the Jeffery Deaver book ".[16]On 3 October 2011, fifteen domain names includingjamesbond-skyfallandskyfallthefilmwere reported to have been registered on behalf of MGM and Sony Pictures by Internet brand-protection serviceMarkMonitor.Skyfallwas confirmed as the title at a press conference on 3 November 2011, during which co-producer Barbara Broccoli said that the title "has some emotional context which will be revealed in the film".[17]The title refers to the name of Bond's childhood home, "Skyfall", and the setting for the film's finale.[18]

Casting

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The main cast was announced at a press conference held at theCorinthia Hotelin London on 3 November 2011,[19]fifty years afterSean Conneryhad been announced as James Bond in the filmDr. No.[20]Daniel Craigreturned as James Bond for the third time,[21]saying he felt lucky to have the chance.[22]Mendes described Bond as experiencing a "combination of lassitude, boredom, depression [and] difficulty with what he's chosen to do for a living".[23]Judi Denchreturned as M for her seventh and final time.[24]Over the course of the film, M's ability to run MI6 is called into question, culminating in a public inquiry into her running of the service.

Javier Bardemwas cast as the principal villain, Raoul Silva, acyberterroristseeking revenge against those he holds responsible for betraying him.[25][26]Bardem described Silva as "more than a villain", while Craig stated that Bond has a "very important relationship" to Silva.[27]Mendes admitted that he had lobbied hard for Bardem to accept the part, and saw potential for the character to be recognised as one of the most memorable in the series. He wanted to create "something [the audience] may consider to have been absent from the Bond movies for a long time",[28]and felt that Bardem was one of the few actors able to become "colourless" and exist as more than just a function of the plot.[29]In preparing for the role, Bardem had the script translated into his native Spanish, which Mendes cited as a sign of his commitment.[30]Bardem dyed his hair blond for the role, after brainstorming ideas for a distinct visual look with Mendes,[31]which led some commentators to suggest a resemblance toJulian Assange.[32][33][34]Bérénice Marlohewas cast as Séverine, saved from the Macau sex trade by Silva and now working as his representative.[35][36]Marlohe described her character as being "glamorous and Enigma tic",[21]and that she drew inspiration fromGoldenEyevillainXenia Onatopp(played byFamke Janssen).[37]

Ralph Fienneswas cast as Gareth Mallory,[38]a formerlieutenant colonelin theBritish Armyand now Chairman of theIntelligence and Security Committee,[39]which regulates MI6.[40]At the end of the film, Mallory becomes the head of MI6, assuming the title of 'M'. During production, Fiennes stated that he could not say anything specific about the role other than that it was a "really interesting part which is really quite fun".[41]Fiennes had previously been considered to play Bond during the casting ofGoldenEye.[42][43]Naomie Harriswas cast as the returning character of Miss Moneypenny.[34]Harris's role was initially presented as that of Eve, an MI6 field agent who works closely with Bond. Despite media speculation that Harris had been cast as Miss Moneypenny,[44][45]this was not confirmed by anyone involved in production, with Harris herself dismissing claims that Eve was in fact Moneypenny.[46]According to Harris, Eve "[believes] she is Bond's equal, but she is really his junior".[47]Another returning character was Q, played byBen Whishaw.[48]Mendes had initially declined to confirm which part Whishaw would play,[21]and later said the idea of the re-introduction was his, saying, "I offered ideas about Moneypenny, Q and a flamboyant villain and they said yes". To play the part of Kincade, Mendes castAlbert Finney.[49]The producers briefly considered approaching Sean Connery to play the role in a nod to the 50th anniversary of the series, but decided not to as they felt Connery's presence would have been seen asstunt castingand might disengage the audience.[50]

Crew

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DirectorSam Mendesat the film's premiere in Paris, October 2012

Mendes first signed on to direct the project shortly afterQuantum of Solacewas released, and remained as a consultant during the uncertainty surrounding MGM's financial situation. Mendes, who had previously worked with Craig onRoad to Perdition,was approached after seeing Craig inA Steady Rain,meeting after a performance, where Craig broached the subject of directing aBondfilm for the first time.[51]He was at first hesitant, as the job had little appeal to him, but he did not reject the offer immediately because of Craig's involvement and enthusiasm; Mendes described Craig's casting and performance inCasino Royaleas being what he felt theBondfranchise needed. He agreed to direct after meeting producers Michael G. Wilson andBarbara Broccoli,and seeing the early direction the film was going to take.[51]Media speculation was that Mendes had commissioned rewrites of the script to "[remove] action scenes in favour of 'characterful performances'" with the hope of securing anAcademy Award.[52]Mendes denied this, saying that the action scenes were an important part of the film.[20]

Roger Deakinssigned on as cinematographer, having previously worked with Mendes onJarheadandRevolutionary Road.[53]Dennis Gassnerreturned as production designer, the costume designer wasJany Temime,Alexander Wittwas director of thesecond unit,the stunt co-ordinator was Gary Powell andChris Corbouldsupervised the special effects, while the visual effects supervisor was Steve Begg. All had worked on previousBondfilms.[6]Daniel Kleinmanreturned to design thetitle sequenceafter stepping aside to allow graphic design studioMK12to create theQuantum of Solacesequence.[54]

Writing

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Peter Morganwas originally commissioned to write a script, but left the project when MGM filed for bankruptcy and production of the film stalled; despite his departure, Morgan later stated that the final script was based on his original idea, retaining what he described as its "big hook".[55]Mendes denied this as "just not true", insisting that Morgan's approach had been discarded once he had agreed to direct.[56]Robert Wade later said that "Neal and I were pretty steeped inFleming.I think Peter was more interested inLe Carré.It just didn't work. "[57]Morgan cowrote the treatmentOnce Upon a SpywithNeal Purvis and Robert Wade,which had M being blackmailed by aRussian oligarch,who would be a formerKGBagent she had an affair with while stationed inWest Berlinduring theCold War.The script would have ended with Bond being forced to kill M.[58][59][43]Mendes disliked most of the script but asked to keep the ending with M's death.[58]

Purvis and Wade then wrote a new script drawing fromYou Only Live Twice(1964) andThe Man with the Golden Gun(1965), in which Bond is presumed dead after an accident and travels back to London to an uncertain MI6. The original screenplay would have more closely followed the literary series' story arc with Bond becoming anamnesiacand unknowingly impregnating his lover Lily in Turkey, who would have tracked him down to London after he returned to MI6. It would have featured Bond tracking down aFrancisco Scaramanga-esque villain into theAndes Mountains,and would have had a "Heart of Darknessfeel. "[60]The screenplay was delayed because of MGM's financial problems. At the end of 2010, Purvis and Wade completed a draft titledNothing is Foreverin which a villain called Raoul Sousa kills M with a bombing aboard theBarcelona Metroand leaves a bureaucrat named Mallender as the new M. They still disliked the third act, and so later revised it to include the ending in Scotland.[61]The final script was rewritten byJohn Logan,who kept most of Purvis and Wade's basic story.[62]Logan recounted being brought into the project by his long-time friend Mendes, describing the process between Mendes and the writers as "very collaborative", and that writingSkyfallwas one of the best experiences he had had in scripting.[63]British playwrightJez Butterworthalso provided uncredited contributions.[64]

Location scouting

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In April 2011, Mendes and Broccoli travelled to South Africa forlocation scouting.[65]With the film moving into pre-production in August, reports emerged that shooting would take place in India,[66]with scenes to be shot in theSarojini Nagardistrict of New Delhi[67]and on railway lines betweenGoaandAhmedabad.[68]The production crew faced complications in securing permission to close sections of theKonkan Railway.[69]Similar problems in obtaining filming permits were encountered by production crews forThe Dark Knight RisesandMission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.[70]Permission was eventually granted to the Bond production crew; the production ultimately did not shoot in India.[71]

Filming

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TheAston Martin DB5featured in the film
TheMI6 Buildingin London

Principal photographywas scheduled to take up to 133 days,[72]although actually took 128.[73]It began on 7 November 2011 in London,[20][74]with Deakins usingArri Alexadigital cameras to shoot the entire film. It was the first Bond film to be shot digitally.[75]Scenes were shot inLondon Undergroundstations,[76]Smithfield car park in West Smithfield,[77]theNational Gallery,Southwark,[78]Whitehall,Parliament Square,[79]Charing Cross station,[80]theOld Royal Naval CollegeinGreenwich,[81]Cadogan Square[77]andTower Hill.[82]St Bartholomew's Hospital[78]was used for the scene in which Bond enters MI6's underground headquarters, whilethe Old Vic Tunnelsunderneath Waterloo Station served as the MI6 training grounds. The meeting between Q and Bond was filmed when the National Gallery was closed at night.

TheDepartment of Energy and Climate Change officeswere used for the scene near the end, when Bond stands on the roof.[77][83]Vauxhall Bridgeand Millbank were closed to traffic for filming the explosion at theMI6 headquartersatVauxhall Cross.[83]Unlike forThe World Is Not Enough,which featured an explosion at the building filmed at a large-scale replica, this explosion was added digitally during post-production.[84]The finale was planned forDuntrune CastleinArgyll,[85]but shortly after filming began[86]the location was changed toGlencoe.[83]Although supposedly in Scotland, Bond's family home was constructed onHankley Commonin Surrey[87]using a plywood and plaster full-scale model of the building.[88]

TheVarda Viaductwas used for the scene in which Bond is shot.

Production moved to Turkey in March 2012, with filming continuing until 6 May.[89][90]Adanastands in for the outskirts ofIstanbul.[91]Some Turkish teenagers infiltrated a closed set in railway sidings in Adana, during film rehearsals of the fight on top of a train, before they were caught by security.[92]The train scene depicted in trailers showed theVarda Viaductoutside Adana, during which Bond stunt double Andy Lister dived backwards off the 300-foot (91 m) drop, with a crane on a train carriage holding a safety line.[83]Parts of Istanbul—including theSpice Bazaar,Yeni Camii,theGrand Post Office,Sultanahmet Squareand theGrand Bazaar—were closed for filming in April.[89]Affected store owners were reportedly allowed to open their shops, but not allowed to conduct business, instead being paidTRY₺750 ($418) per day as compensation.[89]Production was criticised for allegedly damaging buildings while filming a motorcycle chase across rooftops. Wilson denied this, pointing out that the crew had removed sections of rooftop before filming, and replaced them with temporary replicas.[93]The production team negotiated with 613 part-owners of Calis Beach inFethiyeto film along the coastline.[83]

Mendes confirmed that China would feature in the film, with shooting scheduled for Shanghai and "other parts" of the country.[20]Logan asserted that they deliberately sought locations that were "in opposition" to London, with an exotic quality as "places for Bond to be uncomfortable".[83]Scenes with the principal actors were not filmed on location in Shanghai, but in the UK. TheVirgin Activepool in London'sCanary Wharfacted as Bond's hotel pool,[78][83]Ascot Racecoursestood in forShanghai Pudong International Airport,[94][95]and London'sBroadgate Towerwas used as the entrance and lobby of the Shanghai office building. The Golden Dragon casino in Macau was constructed on a sound stage atPinewood Studios,with 300 floating lanterns and two 30-foot-high dragon heads lighting the set.[83]The production received permission to shoot second unit aerial footage of Shanghai from a helicopter loaned by theChinese government.[83]The first official image from the film was released on 1 February 2012, showing Craig on set at Pinewood within a recreation of a Shanghai skyscraper.[96]

The lair of villain Silva was inspired byHashima,anabandoned islandoff the coast ofNagasaki,Japan.[97][98]In the film, the fictionalised island is located nearMacau.Mendes explained that the sequence was created with a combination of large sets of the city streets and computer-generated establishing shots.[99]The Hashima setting was included after Craig met with Swedish film-maker Thomas Nordanstad while shootingThe Girl with the Dragon TattooinStockholm.Nordanstad, who produced a short 2002 documentary on the island entitledHashima,recalled Craig taking extensive notes during the meeting, but was unaware of his interest in it untilSkyfallwas released.[100]

The film was later converted into the IMAX format for projection in IMAX cinemas. Deakins was unaware that the film was to be released on IMAX until after he had made the decision to shoot the film with theArri Alexacameras, and was unhappy with the IMAX tests made from his footage as the colours "didn't look great".[75]After exploring the IMAX system further and discovering that the IMAX Corporation was using theirproprietary re-mastering process,Deakins had further tests made without the process and found that "the images looked spectacular on the big IMAX screen", quelling his doubts about the format.[75]

Music

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Thomas Newmancomposed the film's score.
Main article:Skyfall (soundtrack)

Thomas Newman,who had previously worked with Mendes as composer forAmerican Beauty,Road to Perdition,JarheadandRevolutionary Road,replacedDavid Arnoldas composer,[101]becoming the ninth composer in the series' history. When asked about the circumstances surrounding his departure from the role, David Arnold commented that Newman had been selected by Mendes because of their work together, rather than because of Arnold's commitment to working with directorDanny Boyleas composer for the Opening Ceremony of the2012 Summer Olympics.[102][non-primary source needed]The soundtrack album was released on 29 October 2012 in the United Kingdom and on 6 November 2012 in the United States.[103]

In October 2012, British singer-songwriterAdeleconfirmed that she had written and recordedthe film's theme songwith her regular songwriter,Paul Epworth.[104][105]She later posted the cover for the "Skyfall"sheet musicon Twitter, crediting the songwriting to herself and Epworth, with arrangements to both Epworth and orchestratorJ. A. C. Redford.[106][non-primary source needed]The song was released online at 0:07 amBSTon 5 October 2012, a day dubbed "James Bond Day" by the producers as it marked 50 years to the day of the release ofDr. No.[107]

The song was nominated for and won theAcademy Award for Best Original Song.It was the first time a Bond song had won, and the fourth time one had been nominated.[108][109][a]"Skyfall" also won theBrit Awardfor Best British Single at the2013 BRIT Awards.[110]

The film also featuresCharles Trenet's 1938 song "Boum!"during scenes in which Silva shows Bond around his abandoned island, andThe Animals' 1964 cover ofJohn Lee Hooker's song, "Boom Boom"when Silva assaults Skyfall in the film's finale.[111]

Release and reception

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The premiere ofSkyfallwas on 23 October 2012 at theRoyal Albert Hallin London. The event was attended byCharles, Prince of Wales,and his wifeCamilla, Duchess of Cornwall.[112]Charles asked that money raised at the premiere be donated to charities that served former or serving members of the British intelligence agencies.[113]The film was released in the UK three days later on 26 October and into US cinemas on 8 November.[114]Skyfallwas the first Bond film to be screened in IMAX venues[115]and was released into IMAX cinemas in North America a day earlier than the conventional cinema release.[116]

Skyfallattracted some criticism from theUS Sexual Violence Resource Centerwhich, without having screened the film, expressed concern that Bond "abuses his power and authority" in a scene that suggests Bond initiates sexual intercourse with Sévérine, a former victim ofsex trafficking.[117]

Box office

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Skyfallearned $1.109 billion worldwide,[5]and at the time of its release was the highest-grossing film worldwide for Sony Pictures and thesecond-highest-grossing film of 2012.[118][119]On its opening weekend, it earned $80.6 million from 25 markets.[120]In the UK the film grossed £20.1 million on its opening weekend, making it the second-highest Friday-to-Sunday debut ever behindHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.[121]It also achieved the second-highest IMAX debut ever behindThe Dark Knight Rises.[120]The film set a record for the highest seven-day gross with £37.2 million, surpassing previous record holderDeathly Hallows – Part 2(£35.7 million).[122]By 9 November 2012 the film had earned over £57 million to surpassThe Dark Knight Risesas the highest-grossing film of 2012, and the highest-grossing James Bond film of all time in the UK.[123]After 40 days of release the total UK gross stood at £94.28 million, makingSkyfallthehighest-grossing film in the UK,surpassing the £94.03 million ofAvatar.[124]By 30 December 2012, it had become the first film to gross more than £100 million ($161.6 million) in the UK. That same day, the film also crossed the $1 billion milestone worldwide, making it only the fourteenth film and first Bond film to do so.[125]It was also the seventh-highest-grossing film ever made at the time, pushing it past the inflation-adjusted amount of $1.047 billion earned byThunderball.[126][127]

Daniel Craig,Javier BardemandBérénice Marlohein Paris at the film's French premiere, October 2012

Skyfallset an opening weekend record in Switzerland ($5.3 million) and recorded the second-largest opening weekend of the year for a Hollywood film in India afterThe Amazing Spider-Man($5.1 million), as well as grossing $14.3 million on its opening weekend in France.[128]In Austria, it achieved the second-highest opening weekend ever ($3.4 million) behindThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,while in Finland, it scored the largest opening weekend when excluding previews ($1.47 million).[129]

In North America, the film opened in 3,505 cinemas, the widest opening for a Bond film.[130]The film earned $2.4 million from midnight showings on its opening day and a further $2.2 million from IMAX and large-format cinemas.[130]Skyfallwent on to gross $30.8 million on its opening day in the US and Canada,[131]and $88.4 million in its opening weekend, the biggest debut yet for a Bond film.[132]By the end of its theatrical run, the film earned $304.4 million in the United States and Canada, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2012 in these regions.[5][133]

Critical response

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Skyfallreceived "generally positive reviews from critics and fans", according to theGlobalPost.[134]Onreview aggregatorwebsiteRotten Tomatoes,the film received anapproval ratingof 92% based on 384 reviews, with an average rating of 8.20/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Sam Mendes brings Bond surging back with a smart, sexy, riveting action thriller that qualifies as one of the best 007 films to date."[135]OnMetacritic,the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 based on 49 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[136]CinemaScorepolls reported that the average grade filmgoers gave the film was an "A" on an A+ to F scale.[137]

A number of critics, includingKate Muir,reviewing forThe Times,Philip French,writing inThe Observer,IGN's Daniel Krupa and the reviewers for theIrish Independentand theDaily Record,all asked whetherSkyfallwas the best Bond film.[138]The Daily Telegraph's film reviewer,Robbie Collin,consideredSkyfallto be "often dazzling, always audacious",[32]with excellent action sequences in a film that contained humour and emotion.[32]Todd McCarthyofThe Hollywood Reporterthought thatSkyfallwas "dramatically gripping while still brandishing a droll undercurrent of humor",[2]going on to say that it was a film that had "some weight and complexity to it".[2]Variety'sPeter DeBruge suggested that the film's greatest strength lay in its willingness to put as much focus on characterisation as it did action set-pieces, allowing the two to co-exist rather than compete for the audience's attention,[139]whileManohla Dargis,reviewing forThe New York Times,consideredSkyfallto be "a superior follow-up toCasino Royale"[140]which is "opulent rather than outlandish and insistently, progressively low-key".[140]

Kim Newman,reviewing the film forEmpire,concluded, "Skyfallis pretty much all you could want from a 21st Century Bond: cool but not camp, respectful of tradition but up to the moment, serious in its thrills and relatively complex in its characters but with the sense of fun that hasn't always been evident lately ".[141]Roger Ebertof theChicago Sun-Timesgave the film 4 out of 4 stars, describing it as "a full-blooded, joyous, intelligent celebration of a beloved cultural icon".[142]Reviewing for theNew Statesman,Ryan Gilbey saw that "nostalgia permeates the movie",[143]going on to say that "sometimes the old ways are the best".[143]

A number of reviewers praised Daniel Craig's lead performance. Roger Ebert believed that inSkyfall,"Daniel Craig [takes] full possession of a role he earlier played well in 'Casino Royale,' not so well in 'Quantum'";[142]Philip French commented that "Craig manages to get out of the shadow of[Sean] Connery";[144]while Daniel Krupa thought Craig's Bond was a "defining performance" for "a great actor".[145]Edward Porter, writing inThe Sunday Times,considered that "Craig has developed an authoritative Bond persona, dry and intelligent".[146]Ryan Gilbey thought Craig had "relaxed into Bond without losing any steeliness".[143]

The supporting cast also received praise. Roger Ebert reflected thatSkyfall"at last provides a role worthy of Judi Dench, one of the best actors of her generation. She is all but the co-star of the film, with a lot of screen time, poignant dialogue, and a character who is far more complex and sympathetic than we expect in this series".[142]Jenny McCartney, writing inThe Sunday Telegraph,agreed, describing Dench as "compellingly luminous" in the film, and the one that "the camera caresses most meaningfully and often".[147]McCartney thought Javier Bardem played Silva "with worrisome élan",[147]while Henry K Miller considered his character "the most authentically Bondian Bond villain in decades".[148]A number of critics noted the strength of the supporting cast; Kim Newman found the "warmth and gravitas" of Finney's performance noteworthy,[141]while other reviewers, including Edward Porter, Daniel Krupa andThe Playlist's Oliver Lyttelton, singled out Ralph Fiennes as Mallory and Ben Whishaw as Q.[149]

Ann Hornaday, writing forThe Washington Post,thought Sam Mendes had reinvigorated the series, withSkyfallbeing "sleek, crisp, classy... exhibiting just the right proportion of respect for legacy and embrace of novelty".[150]Henry K. Miller ofSight & Soundagreed, and praised Mendes, who he thought was worthy of directing more Bond films.[148]Kim Newman also praised Mendes's direction of the action sequences.[141]The work of cinematographer Roger Deakins also received praise: Newman commented that he "delivers the most impressive visuals this series has had since the 1960s",[141]and Miller described the film as "dazzlingly photographed".[148]

The film did not escape criticism, with reviews pointing to its two and a half-hour running time, and the final third of the film being "protracted", and not matching the first two thirds in its momentum as the underlying flaws in the film.[151][152]Xan Brooks ofThe Guardian,in an otherwise positive review, criticised the "touchy-feely indulgence" of "the bold decision to open Bond up – to probe at the character's back-story and raise a toast to his relationship with M".[153]Daniel Krupa also singled outNaomie Harrisas "awkward" and having "virtually non-existent chemistry" with Craig.[145]Similarly Philip French inThe Observertempered his praise for the film by highlighting "some lazy repetition" and argued, "the badinage is often perfunctory and Bond is as usual captured too easily and too easily escapes".[144]Edward Porter, writing inThe Sunday Times,considered that while aspects of the film were "achieved with wit and panache",[146]he found that the climax to the film was slightly disappointing, although the "weaknesses in the final stages are not serious, however, and the film's brief epilogue is wonderful".[146]

Home media

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The UK DVD release ofSkyfallwas advertised by a train covered in 007 vinyls.[154]

Skyfallwas released onDVD,Blu-ray,and digital HD in the US and Canada on 12 February 2013,[155]and in the UK on 18 February 2013.[156]

It was later released onUltra HD Blu-rayon 22 October 2019 along with the other three Daniel Craig Bond movies in a 4K boxset, with this release itself being released standalone 25 February 2020 by20th Century Studios Home Entertainment.

Accolades

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Main article:List of accolades received bySkyfall

At the85th Academy Awards,Skyfallreceived nominations forBest Cinematography,Best Original Score,andBest Sound Mi xing;and wonBest Original Song(the first Bond theme to be so honoured) andBest Sound Editing.[157]The film's other nominations include eightBritish Academy Film Awards(winning two),[158]sevenCritics' Choice Movie Awards(winning three),[159][160]and aGolden Globe Award(which it won).[161][162]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^The other three were "For Your Eyes Only"(1981),"Nobody Does It Better"(1977), and"Live and Let Die"(1973).[108][109]

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