The numbers broke the previous Bond opening weekend record of $67.5 million by 2008's Quantum of Solace. (Creative Commons)

The numbers broke the previous Bond opening weekend record of $67.5 million by 2008's Quantum of Solace, according to the Daily Beast.

As Thanksgiving weekend approaches, some are predicting it will be the first Bond movie to surpass $200 million.

Entertainment Weekly reports:
 

After four years off of the silver screen, James Bond made his triumphant return this weekend in Skyfall — and the British spy’s appeal was bigger than ever.

The action thriller grossed a truly massive $87.8 million in its first three days (and an additional $2.2 million during Thursday night previews), making its debut the very best in the Bond series’ 23-film history — by a huge margin. Skyfall shattered the previous opening weekend record for a Bond film, which was set in 2008 when Quantum of Solace bowed with $67.5 million. With the lucrative Thanksgiving holiday on the horizon and a straight “A” CinemaScore grade, it’s likely that Skyfall will also become the first Bond movie to ever pass the $200 million mark at the domestic box office. (Of course, this is not accounting for inflation…)

Skyfall‘s debut marks the seventh-best November opening weekend of all time — behind two Twilight films and four Harry Potter titles — and the film, which Sony and MGM spent about $200 million to make, garnered an impressive $25,050 per theater average from 3,505 theaters. Skyfall‘s per theater average was even more impressive in IMAX locations, where the film found $13.1 million (15 percent of its weekend gross) from 320 screens, good for a $40,938 average.

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