Follow? no. Be inspired by? Sure.
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The young whipper-snapper Bourne films have raised the bar on action/spy dramas. ![View Post](../../public/style_images/master/snapback.png)
Eon won't want to emulate Supremacy's gross which came in at $288 million world wide. That type of gross, given 'Royale's huge budget, will set the francise reeling. There will be a lot of finger pointing. Heads will roll.
Die Another Day grossed $425 million globally and, after costs, ended up making one of the smallest profits in the series.
I have a question for everyone here with a preamble:
Given that the gritty, stripped-down Bonds do materially less than the over-the-top Bonds at the box office, where do you people think CR can come in knowing that Supremacy grossed $288m and DAD grossed $425m?
If you're honest with yourselves, you will come to the conclusion that Casino Royale is a financial gamble that will not pay and Sony will not want to bank roll James Bond for quite a long time.
Ask yourselves this: Why are the gaps between Bonds widening from 2 to 3 to now 4 years? The answer is simple: They're becoming less and less profitable and in the end are going to become marketing tools to sell video games and the back catalogue of DVDs.
As for Bond emulating Bourne. I hope bloody not in anyway shape or form. The amnesia angle has played itself out and as soon as Matt Damon gets weary of the scripts, that will be the end. How many amnesia movies can he make? If it ends up being a pay check for him, then that too will be a spiritual end.
Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Batman, Superman, Indy Jones, Jurassic, Jaws, etc. basically fizzled out at 2-3 perhaps 4 movies with only Star Wars continuing on...with a 16 year gap and Star Trek hitting and missing along embarrassingly.
Bourne will inevitably lose its fizzle as well and then what? Bourne is the flavour...but for how long 'cause flavours change...they always do.
Let's all hope CR does a hell of a lot better (and I really mean significantly so) than Bourne Supremacy did at the box office so we can have Bond 22 greenlit for a 2008 or 2009 release. 2 movies in 1 decade will simply not be good enough.
Edited by Scorpion, 16 November 2005 - 05:58 PM.