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Article: 'Royale' flush as top U.K. grosser for '06.(World News)('Casino Royale' tops box office)(Brief article)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- January 16, 2007
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Sony's "Casino Royale" has become the U.K.'s top-grossing pie released in 2006 thanks to another solid weekend holdover.
Last weekend, the Bond pie dipped just 20% to take 917,000 [pounds sterling] ($1.8 million). Daniel Craig starrer has now scooped just over $104 million in nine frames, nudging it past the $103 million taken by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," which opened July 7.
Launching in late November, "Casino Royale" got off to a fast start, banking $21.6 million in its first three days--the third-biggest bow in U.K. box office history. Fueled by strong word of mouth, "Casino Royale" did impressive biz over the holiday period. The ...