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Casino Royale introduces JAMES BOND before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar where he is to spy on a terrorist, MOLLAKA (Sebastien Foucan). Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters DIMITRIOS (Simon Abkarian) and his girlfriend, SOLANGE (Caterina Murino). He learns that Dimitrios is involved with LE CHIFFRE (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world's terrorist organizations.

Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that is Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organisation.

M (Judi Dench) places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling VESPER LUND (Eva Green). At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre.

In Montenegro, Bond allies himself with MATHIS (Giancarlo Giannini) MI6's local field agent, and FELIX LEITER (Jeffrey Wright) who is representing the interests of the CIA. The marathon game proceeds with dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax.

The Numbers' Movie Spotlight - Casino Royale

Bond, James Bond.

Those three words are arguably the most famous ever uttered on film, and along with the iconic theme song are all that are needed to convince millions of people worldwide to go to the movies. However, this time around there are some issues that complicate matters, the most important being a new actor taking over the role.

Daniel Craig's first outing as the super spy will be obsessively followed by the franchise's legion of fans. We'll take a look at the box office performance of the "James Bond Transition Movies," and review the history of actors playing the world's most famous secret agent.

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Cast

Daniel Craig		James Bond
Eva Green		Vesper Lynd
Mads Mikkelsen		Le Chiffre
Judi Dench		M
Jeffrey Wright		Felix Leiter
Giancarlo Giannini		Mathis
Caterina Murino		Solange
Simon Abkarian		Alex Dimitrios
Ivana Milicevic		Valenka
Martin Campbell		Airport Worker

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Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
11/17/2006	2		$40,833,156		3,434	$11,891	$40,833,156	3
11/24/2006	2		$30,785,874	-24.61%	3,443	$8,942	$94,053,658	10
12/1/2006	2		$15,112,870	-50.91%	3,386	$4,463	$115,876,024	17
12/8/2006	4		$8,926,207	-40.94%	3,161	$2,824	$129,020,082	24
12/15/2006	8		$5,627,644	-36.95%	2,437	$2,309	$137,501,384	31
12/22/2006	11		$3,143,720	-44.14%	1,588	$1,980	$143,713,120	38
12/29/2006	12		$4,601,492	+46.37%	1,543	$2,982	$153,531,944	45
1/5/2007	16		$3,002,507	-34.75%	1,266	$2,372	$159,837,718	52
1/12/2007	20		$1,736,448	-42.17%	819	$2,120	$162,486,715	59
1/19/2007	23		$1,192,435	-31.33%	661	$1,804	$164,341,331	66
1/26/2007	29		$609,192	-48.91%	364	$1,674	$165,320,608	73
2/2/2007	30		$360,708	-40.79%	248	$1,454	$165,875,807	80
2/9/2007	30		$298,639	-17.21%	187	$1,597	$166,275,268	87
2/16/2007	29		$318,670	+6.71%	318	$1,002	$166,665,339	94
2/23/2007	34		$210,077	-34.08%	267	$787	$167,007,184	101
3/2/2007	35		$138,853	-33.90%	226	$614	$167,220,102	108

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
11/17/2006	1		$14,741,135		3,434	$4,293	$14,741,135	1
11/18/2006	2		$15,414,153	+4.57%	3,434	$4,489	$30,155,288	2
11/19/2006	2		$10,677,868	-30.73%	3,434	$3,109	$40,833,156	3
11/20/2006	1		$3,836,772	-64.07%	3,434	$1,117	$44,669,928	4
11/21/2006	1		$4,502,582	+17.35%	3,434	$1,311	$49,172,510	5
11/22/2006	2		$6,556,349	+45.61%	3,443	$1,904	$55,728,859	6
11/23/2006	1		$7,538,925	+14.99%	3,443	$2,190	$63,267,784	7
11/24/2006	2		$12,934,978	+71.58%	3,443	$3,757	$76,202,762	8
11/25/2006	2		$11,687,563	-9.64%	3,443	$3,395	$87,890,325	9
11/26/2006	2		$6,163,333	-47.27%	3,443	$1,790	$94,053,658	10
11/27/2006	1		$1,733,036	-71.88%	3,443	$503	$95,786,694	11
11/28/2006	1		$1,770,492	+2.16%	3,434	$516	$97,557,186	12
11/29/2006	1		$1,625,000	-8.22%	3,434	$473	$99,182,000	13
11/30/2006	1		$1,581,000	-2.71%	3,434	$460	$100,763,154	14
12/1/2006	1		$4,632,565	+193.01%	3,386	$1,368	$105,395,719	15
12/2/2006	2		$6,824,841	+47.32%	3,386	$2,016	$112,220,560	16
12/3/2006	2		$3,655,464	-46.44%	3,386	$1,080	$115,876,024	17
12/4/2006	1		$1,036,657	-71.64%	3,386	$306	$116,912,681	18
12/5/2006	1		$1,112,818	+7.35%	3,386	$329	$118,025,499	19
12/6/2006	1		$1,044,215	-6.16%	3,386	$308	$119,069,714	20
12/7/2006	1		$1,024,161	-1.92%	3,386	$302	$120,093,875	21
12/8/2006	5		$2,634,540	+157.24%	3,161	$833	$122,728,415	22
12/9/2006	4		$4,093,807	+55.39%	3,161	$1,295	$126,822,222	23
12/10/2006	5		$2,197,860	-46.31%	3,161	$695	$129,020,082	24
12/11/2006	5		$670,308	-69.50%	3,161	$212	$129,690,390	25
12/12/2006	5		$728,683	+8.71%	3,161	$231	$130,419,073	26
12/13/2006	5		$736,891	+1.13%	3,161	$233	$131,155,964	27
12/14/2006	5		$717,776	-2.59%	3,161	$227	$131,873,740	28
12/15/2006	8		$1,603,922	+123.46%	2,437	$658	$133,477,662	29
12/16/2006	8		$2,478,377	+54.52%	2,437	$1,017	$135,956,039	30
12/17/2006	9		$1,545,345	-37.65%	2,437	$634	$137,501,384	31
12/18/2006	9		$690,009	-55.35%	2,437	$283	$138,191,393	32
12/19/2006	9		$758,665	+9.95%	2,437	$311	$138,950,058	33
12/20/2006	10		$754,817	-0.51%	2,437	$310	$139,704,875	34
12/21/2006	10		$864,525	+14.53%	2,437	$355	$140,569,400	35
12/25/2006	15		$1,206,986		1,588	$760	$144,920,106	39
12/29/2006	13		$1,200,000		1,543	$778	$150,100,000	43
1/15/2007	22		$273,789		819	$334	$162,760,504	60
1/19/2007	22		$270,000		661	$408	$163,420,000	64
2/19/2007	33		$55,455		318	$174	$166,720,794	95

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2006-11-16	18		$4,157,312				$4,157,312
2006-11-23	1		$122,238,300	+2,840.32%	6,404	$19,088	$126,395,612
2006-11-30	1		$125,288,987	+2.50%	9,903	$12,652	$251,684,599
2006-12-07	1		$79,377,997	-36.64%	10,114	$7,848	$331,062,596
2006-12-14	1		$60,133,729	-24.24%	7,849	$7,661	$391,196,325
2006-12-21	2		$39,373,993	-34.52%	9,290	$4,238	$430,570,318
2006-12-28	5		$40,003,487	+1.60%	7,245	$5,522	$470,573,805
2007-01-04	4		$40,209,824	+0.52%	6,549	$6,140	$510,783,629
2007-01-11	2		$29,352,817	-27.00%	6,336	$4,633	$540,136,446
2007-01-18	6		$16,675,291	-43.19%	4,940	$3,376	$556,811,737
2007-01-25	8		$10,075,960	-39.58%	3,695	$2,727	$566,887,697
2007-02-01	12		$9,588,499	-4.84%	2,379	$4,030	$576,476,196
2007-02-08	11		$7,714,527	-19.54%	2,009	$3,840	$584,190,723
2007-02-15	22		$4,490,317	-41.79%	1,472	$3,050	$588,681,040
2007-02-22	39		$1,748,267	-61.07%	1,278	$1,368	$590,429,307

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