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Synopsis

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

Production and Technical Credits

Composer		David Arnold
Director		Martin Campbell

Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2006/11/17	2	$40,833,156		3,434	$11,891	$40,833,156	3
2006/11/24	2	$30,785,874	-25%	3,443	$8,942	$94,053,658	10
2006/12/01	2	$15,112,870	-51%	3,386	$4,463	$115,876,024	17
2006/12/08	4	$8,926,207	-41%	3,161	$2,824	$129,020,082	24
2006/12/15	8	$5,627,644	-37%	2,437	$2,309	$137,501,384	31
2006/12/22	11	$3,143,720	-44%	1,588	$1,980	$143,713,120	38
2006/12/29	12	$4,601,492	+46%	1,543	$2,982	$153,531,944	45
2007/01/05	16	$3,002,507	-35%	1,266	$2,372	$159,837,718	52
2007/01/12	20	$1,736,448	-42%	819	$2,120	$162,486,715	59
2007/01/19	23	$1,192,435	-31%	661	$1,804	$164,341,331	66
2007/01/26	29	$609,192	-49%	364	$1,674	$165,320,608	73
2007/02/02	30	$360,708	-41%	248	$1,454	$165,875,807	80
2007/02/09	30	$298,639	-17%	187	$1,597	$166,275,268	87
2007/02/16	29	$318,670	+7%	318	$1,002	$166,665,339	94
2007/02/23	34	$210,077	-34%	267	$787	$167,007,184	101
2007/03/02	35	$138,853	-34%	226	$614	$167,220,102	108

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2006/11/17	1	$14,741,135		3,434	$4,293	$14,741,135	1
2006/11/18	2	$15,414,153	+5%	3,434	$4,489	$30,155,288	2
2006/11/19	2	$10,677,868	-31%	3,434	$3,109	$40,833,156	3
2006/11/20	1	$3,836,772	-64%	3,434	$1,117	$44,669,928	4
2006/11/21	1	$4,502,582	+17%	3,434	$1,311	$49,172,510	5
2006/11/22	2	$6,556,349	+46%	3,443	$1,904	$55,728,859	6
2006/11/23	1	$7,538,925	+15%	3,443	$2,190	$63,267,784	7
2006/11/24	2	$12,934,978	+72%	3,443	$3,757	$76,202,762	8
2006/11/25	2	$11,687,563	-10%	3,443	$3,395	$87,890,325	9
2006/11/26	2	$6,163,333	-47%	3,443	$1,790	$94,053,658	10
2006/11/27	1	$1,733,036	-72%	3,443	$503	$95,786,694	11
2006/11/28	1	$1,770,492	+2%	3,434	$516	$97,557,186	12
2006/11/29	1	$1,625,000	-8%	3,434	$473	$99,182,000	13
2006/11/30	1	$1,581,000	-3%	3,434	$460	$100,763,154	14
2006/12/01	1	$4,632,565	+193%	3,386	$1,368	$105,395,719	15
2006/12/02	2	$6,824,841	+47%	3,386	$2,016	$112,220,560	16
2006/12/03	2	$3,655,464	-46%	3,386	$1,080	$115,876,024	17
2006/12/04	1	$1,036,657	-72%	3,386	$306	$116,912,681	18
2006/12/05	1	$1,112,818	+7%	3,386	$329	$118,025,499	19
2006/12/06	1	$1,044,215	-6%	3,386	$308	$119,069,714	20
2006/12/07	1	$1,024,161	-2%	3,386	$302	$120,093,875	21
2006/12/08	5	$2,634,540	+157%	3,161	$833	$122,728,415	22
2006/12/09	4	$4,093,807	+55%	3,161	$1,295	$126,822,222	23
2006/12/10	5	$2,197,860	-46%	3,161	$695	$129,020,082	24
2006/12/11	5	$670,308	-70%	3,161	$212	$129,690,390	25
2006/12/12	5	$728,683	+9%	3,161	$231	$130,419,073	26
2006/12/13	5	$736,891	+1%	3,161	$233	$131,155,964	27
2006/12/14	5	$717,776	-3%	3,161	$227	$131,873,740	28
2006/12/15	8	$1,603,922	+123%	2,437	$658	$133,477,662	29
2006/12/16	8	$2,478,377	+55%	2,437	$1,017	$135,956,039	30
2006/12/17	9	$1,545,345	-38%	2,437	$634	$137,501,384	31
2006/12/18	9	$690,009	-55%	2,437	$283	$138,191,393	32
2006/12/19	9	$758,665	+10%	2,437	$311	$138,950,058	33
2006/12/20	10	$754,817	-1%	2,437	$310	$139,704,875	34
2006/12/21	10	$864,525	+15%	2,437	$355	$140,569,400	35
2006/12/25	15	$1,206,986		1,588	$760	$144,920,106	39
2006/12/29	13	$1,200,000		1,543	$778	$150,100,000	43
2007/01/15	22	$273,789		819	$334	$162,760,504	60
2007/01/19	22	$270,000		661	$408	$163,420,000	64
2007/02/19	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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