Run time of Casino Royale may be a factor
Been tracking the Casino Royale v Happy Feet debate on the other thread and was interesting in peoples' views on what constitutes "Success" and what constitutes "Failure."
Further, do the insulated Americans (the majority of those from that country on this site seem to have a much 'wider world view', i believe) really feel that only the "US Domestic" counts when it comes to Bond's box office success?
IMO, Casino Royale will be a world wide hit likely surpassing Die Another Days box office gross by at least 10 percent globally for a variety of reasons:
- Ticket price inflation
- The significant increase of theatre counts/prints in European (including new territories e.g. Eastern Europe) and Asia (such as India which will have double DAD's screen count)over four years ago.
- The cultivation of 4 years of gamer generation demographic.
- Four year absense and New Bond curiosity factor.
In the end Casino Royale will make a sizable profit for the shareholders of Danjaq and Sony/MGM/Columbia. No question about it.
CR will not be a failure.