Weekend Commencing 7th November (Week 2)
"Quantum" pulled in an amazing $107.1 million from 9,870 screens in 58 markets, lifting the Sony-MGM entry to a two-weekend cume of $161 million following last week’s kickoffs in the U.K., France and Sweden. The overseas action augurs well for Friday’s domestic blastoff. With the exception of Turkey, where it was edged by a local film, "Solace" easily took the No. 1 spot in all the markets it played, setting all kinds of new records along the way. It represented the second-biggest international opening of 2008, coming in behind the $146.5 million registered by Warner Bros.’ "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." All films currently reporting international grosses are earning about 15%-20% less — depending on the territories now playing — because of the strengthening of the dollar against local currencies. It’s estimated, for example, that "Solace’s" weekend take might have reached $118 million under the weaker dollar of several weeks ago. Over the weekend, Germany was Bond’s biggest fan, grossing $14.9 million from 1,109 screens. China grossed $9.6 million from 1,251 screens, hailed as the second biggest non-Chinese opening ever behind Sony’s own "The Da Vinci Code." India grossed $3.5 million from 570 screens for the country’s biggest non-India opening ever, according to Sony International. And Switzerland grossed $3.9 million from 172 screens for the biggest opening weekend in the market’s history.

Weekend Commencing 14th November (Week 3)
James Bond remained ruler of the foreign box office, as "Quantum of Solace" again dominated the weekend, gunning down $56.1 million at 10,460 playdates in 67 markets. Underlining the international appetite for Bond, "Quantum of Solace" has cumed a dazzling $251.6 million overseas, with Australia, Japan and Spain still to open. Mark Zucker, president of Sony’s international distribution arm, pointed to impressive holdover numbers and predicted "Solace" will pass the $430 million foreign total for "Casino Royale" to become the top Bondpic internationally. Sony-MGM’s "Solace" declined 47% from the previous frame, when it posted the 11th highest international weekend, with $107 million. It led in all but six territories, with nearly all of its coin from holdover markets, and already has topped the final totals for "Casino Royale" in 13 markets. The U.K. led the "Solace" parade, with $8.6 million — just a 41% decline in its third weekend– for a $64.1 million cume, followed by Germany with a 37% decrease to $8.3 million in its second weekend and China, off 41% to $4 million in its second frame. Russia slid 62% in its soph sesh to $3.6 million, and the third French frame declined 52% to $3 million for a $26.7 million cume. "Solace" showed impressive traction in Switzerland, off only 20% to $2.4 million in its second weekend after setting a record opening. Several other markets showed similar second-frame holding power, with South Korea off 39% to $2.1 million, Holland down 30% to $1.6 million and Brazil declining 36% to $1.4 million. The Bondpic also scored solidly in its Mexican launch with $2.4 million, 80% higher than "Casino Royale." It launches next weekend in Australia — where it held its 10th foreign premiere Saturday in Sydney — along with South Africa and Spain. The overseas run ends Jan. 24 in Japan.

Weekend Commencing 21st November (Week 4)
James Bond stayed dominant at the international box office for the fourth consecutive weekend as “Quantum of Solace” gunned down $40.6 million at 10,400 playdates in 72 markets.  "Solace” has already become the year’s sixth highest overseas grosser, with $309 million, ranking No. 56 on the all-time list. Among Bond movies, it trails only “Casino Royale” (2006), which grossed $430 million internationally. “Solace” scored its top figures with a $7.9 million launch in Australia, 44% higher than “Casino Royale”; and in its Spanish opening with $5.1 million, 36% above “Casino.” Its fourth British frame stayed sturdy with $4.4 million, off 44%, for a U.K. cume of $71.4 million. “Solace” continued showing solid traction elsewhere with its third German weekend off 47% to $4.3 million for a $32.3 million total. France declined 45% in its fourth frame to $1.7 million, lifting the French cume to $28.8 million. China saw “Solace” skid 63% to $1.3 million while South Korea declined 47% to $1.1 million and Switzerland fell 49% to 1 million. The Swiss cume has hit $8.1 million, making it the highest-grossing film this year in that market. "Solace,” which opened most of its markets two weeks ago, will launch in New Zealand this weekend. Its final markets will be Venezuela and Uruguay in December and Japan in January. 

Weekend Commencing 28th November (Week 5)
James Bond stayed strong at the international box office as "Quantum of Solace" racked up its fifth straight weekend victory with $20.1 million at 8,755 playdates in 73 markets. "Solace" managed to win easily even though it took a 50% hit as rivals began going head to head with 007 — notably in Australia, where its second Australian frame slid 64% to $2.8 million to finish well behind a solid $5 million launch for Baz Luhrmann’s epic "Australia." "Solace" also finished second in the U.K., off 47% in its fifth weekend to $2.4 million, while domestic winner "Four Christmases" easily topped the chart with $3.5 million. "Solace," which has kept Hollywood studios on pace to match 2007’s record of $9.5 billion in overseas grosses, posted the lowest first-place figure since "Eagle Eye" led with $11 million five weeks ago. Outside the U.S. "Solace" has totaled $340.1 million — more than 70% of its worldwide cume of $482 million. It’s shown longer legs overseas than domestically and joins "Mamma Mia!" as the only titles to win five international weekends this year. "Solace" also scored $2.3 million in its fourth German frame and took in $2.1 million in its second Spanish session, declining 60%. Foreign cume has hit $340.1 million, led by $75.5 million in the U.K., $35.3 million in Germany and $30.1 million in France. "Quantum of Solace" remained on top of the box office in Asia by virtue of its wide release, ahead of "Red Cliff," currently showing only in Japan. 007 collected $5.56 million in its fourth frame for some territories and was showing mid-chart fatigue in most. Pic was on top in only Taiwan and Indonesia. In New Zealand where the film opened for its debut weekend, Bond shot straight to number 1 in the national chart with a cool $1.5m. Only three territories remain: Venezuela, Uruguay and Japan.

Weekend Commencing 5th December (Week 6)
“Madagascar 2” ended the five-weekend winning streak at the foreign box office for Sony-MGM’s “Quantum of Solace,” which gunned down solid $10.8 million from 6,350 screens in 72 markets greeted "Quantum of Solace" as it slid to second place during its seventh week of international release. The film’s sole new opening saw Venezuela bring in $415,000 from 75 screens, hailed by Sony as 98% bigger than the comparable bow for 2006’s "Casino Royale." "Quantum’s" international cume stands at $357.8 million. Market grosses include $77.4 million in the U.K., $30.8 million in France and $37.1 million in Germany. The 22nd James Bond pic has totaled $357.8 million outside the United States and, with $151 million domestically, it’s become the 61st title to take in half a billion dollars worldwide.

Weekend Commencing 12th December (Week 7)
Bond still remained a force at the international box office, with "Quantum of Solace" raising its overseas total to $367 million after a weekend take of $5.2 million from 70 markets. The film placed #3 internationally despite the lack of any major openings. The only fresh territory this week was the Dominican Republic, which opened with a weekend total of $70,262. Japan and Uruguay remain. The former could be worth around $18m for 007 in the New Year.

Weekend Commencing 19th December (Week 8)
Quantum Of Solace boosted its tally with $2.9m from 2,730 screens in 68 markets to put it on $372.5m internationally. The film slipped out of the top five worldwide for the first time in about six weeks. Latest figures put the UK on $79,1m after eight weeks, Germany on $38.9m after seven and Australia on $17.6m and Spain on $11.7m, both after five. Holland has taken $7.8m after eight, Denmark $7.1m after the same amount of time, Norway $6.3m after seven, New Zealand $2.5m after four and Venezuela $1m after three.

UK cinema admissions soared 40% in November as James Bond film Quantum of Solace and High School Musical 3 attracted people of all ages to the silver screen. In Germany, Bond helped give the nation’s boxoffice a 24% jump in theatrical revenue in the fourth quarter.

Weekend Commencing 26th December (Week 9)
"Quantum of Solace" boosted its cume to $376.6 million by pulling in $2.2 million from 2,225 screens in 61 markets. The film finished 7th in the 2008 worldwide box-office with a haul of $527m. Uruguay debuts "Quantum" on Boxing Day. Japan is the last major territory to open for "Quantum" in January 2009.

7th January – James Bond has beaten Batman at the Swedish box-office during 2008. "Quantum of Solace", the 22nd adventure for 007, smashed "The Dark Knight" down in to third place with 702,426 ticks – an extra 170,000 ticket sales compared to the caped crusader. Unsurprisingly, "Mamma Mia!" – based on the ABBA musical – was the most watched film in the band’s native country. Approximately 1 in 5 people in Sweden saw the film with 1,872,000 tickets sold.

9th January – 2008 ended with a 3.5% year on year increase in box-office takings and a year on year increase of 1.57% admissions in German cinemas, according to figures collated by Nielsen EDI. They generated box-office takings of $ 1.03bn (Euros 770m), an increase of 3.5% on the previous year’s performance of $ 1bn (Euros 743.8m). Sony’s latest James Bond extravaganza Quantum Of Solace was the year’s top earner at the box office with $ 42.5m (Euros 31.5m). However UPI’s Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, which was only released on December 4, attracted the most admissions with 4.7m to December 31.

Weekend Commencing 23rd January 2009
"Quantum of Solace" opened nationwide in Japan this weekend, the last international territory for the 22nd James Bond film, and smashed box office records. According to Variety, "Quantum" raked in $6.5m in Japan in its opening weekend. That is the biggest opening for any 007 adventure and smashes the $3.25m bar Daniel Craig set with his previous film "Casino Royale" (2006). "Quantum" also earned $3m at sneak preview screenings in Tokyo on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th January.

Weekend Commencing 30th January 2009
In its second weekend in Japan, "Quantum of Solace", the 22nd picture in the James Bond saga, grossed $2.6m from 346 screens. The action packed adventure is sitting strong at #2 on the Japanese Box office with $12.7m in the kitty. In its international box-office battle, "Quantum of Solace" added $2.7m from 455 in 21 markets, bringing its ‘international’ (non-US) total to almost $398m. Taking into account these new figures, the total gross box-office of "Quantum of Solace" is stacking up at approximately $566m.

Weekend Commencing 6th February 2009
In its third weekend on release in the country, "Quantum of Solace" has scooped a further $1.3m from the Japanese box-office. The 22nd James Bond film played on 346 screens. Currently, the overseas total (not including USA & Canada) stands at $401.6m – $30.5m shy of the overseas box-office record for a 007 title set by 2006’s "Casino Royale."

By The Numbers – "Quantum of Solace" Opening Weekends

Country	Released	Opening Weekend	Box-Office Total	Opening Screens
Argentina	12/11/08	$381,903	$1,285,546
Aruba	11/12/08	Unknown	$56,115
Australia	11/19/08	$7,954,179	$20,645,336	476
Austria	11/7/08	$1,958,033	$4,745,206
Bahrain	11/5/08	$51,604	$197,567
Belgium and Luxembourg	11/5/08	$1,663,017	$4,752,556
Bolivia	11/6/08	$52,664	$176,672
Brazil	11/7/08	$2,177,002	$7,483,199
Bulgaria	11/7/08	$120,949	$364,191
Central America †	11/7/08	$365,600	$1,074,896
Chile	11/6/08	$259,998	$949,223
China	11/5/08	$9,622,134	$20,337,500	1,251
Colombia	11/7/08	$361,271	$1,176,309
Croatia	11/6/08	$174,539	$472,114
Curacao	11/13/08	$16,239	$50,592
Czech Republic	11/6/08	$522,787	$1,397,782
Denmark	11/7/08	$2,865,403	$7,385,654
Dominican Republic	12/11/08	$70,262	$209,190
East Africa †	11/7/08	$85,356	$240,746
Ecuador	11/7/08	$160,003	$494,860
Egypt	11/5/08	$104,838	$328,382
Estonia	11/7/08	$113,585	$328,382
Ethiopia	11/7/08	$6,242	$14,388
Finland	11/7/08	$1,700,560	$5,222,494
France †	10/31/08	$10,885,635	$31,430,430	824
Germany	11/6/08	$14,884,633	$40,739,699	1,109
Ghana	12/5/08	N/A	$30,819
Greece and Cyprus	11/6/08	$1,476,078	$4,153,926
Hong Kong	11/6/08	$1,178,629	$2,550,839
Hungary	11/13/08	$412,663	$1,006,519
Iceland	11/7/08	$125,540	$415,259
India	11/7/08	$3,485,792	$9,127,201	570
Indonesia	11/5/08	$1,134,444	$2,518,434
Israel	11/6/08	$406,384	$1,380,991
Italy	11/7/08	$3,978,050	$9,174,615
Jamaica	11/12/08	$70,997	$197,969
Japan	01/24/09	$6,452,284	$21,544,693
Jordan	11/5/08	$85,219	$186,734
Kuwait	11/6/08	$246,734	$518,516
Latvia	11/7/08	$129,633	$389,506
Lebanon	11/6/08	$141,274	$377,512
Lesser Antilles	11/12/08	$108,782	$268,079
Lithuania	11/7/08	$121,081	$$272,082
Malaysia	11/6/08	$1,480,734	$3,294,649
Mexico	11/7/08	$2,300,082	$6,049,052
Netherlands	11/6/08	$2,249,196	$8,856,996
New Zealand and Fiji	11/27/08	$1,033,923	$3,015,992
Nigeria	11/7/08	$82,270	$283,462
Norway	11/7/08	$2,241,408	$6,665,823
Oman	11/5/08	$33,247	$85,745
Pakistan	N/A	N/A	$280,580
Peru	12/18/08	$254,538	$539,450
Philippines	11/5/08	$1,095,305	$2,175,414
Poland	11/7/08	$1,676,943	$4,999,618
Portugal and Angola	11/6/08	$858,528	$2,521,917
Qatar	11/6/08	$93,202	$219,438
Romania	11/7/08	$178,272	$558,042
Russia – CIS	11/6/08	$9,552,399	$18,054,093
Serbia & Montenegro	11/6/08	$73,754	$190,061
Singapore	11/6/08	$1,277,218	$2,477,339
Slovakia	11/6/08	$121,607	$338,578
Slovenia	11/6/08	$195,127	$496,131
South Africa	11/21/08	$584,801	$1,983,685
South Korea	11/6/08	$4,381,159	$11,562,123
Spain	11/21/08	$5,196,500	$12,032,658	509
Sweden	10/31/08	$2,759,243	$8,990,483	149
Switzerland (French)	11/5/08	$830,309	$2,004,213	172 (All Swiss)
Switzerland (German)	11/6/08	$2,997,479	$8,522,377	" "
Switzerland (Italian)	11/7/08	$83,007	$175,659	" "
Syria	11/6/08	$5,063	$36,196
Taiwan	11/7/08	$1,292,390	$3,679,005
Thailand	11/6/08	$1,427,599	$3,044,260
Turkey	11/7/08	$592,520	$1,881,279
Ukraine	11/6/08	$1,063,396	$2,026,217
United Arab Emirates	11/6/08	$997,501	$2,060,077
United Kingdom and Ireland and Malta	10/31/08	$25,309,345	$80,781,177	1,150
USA & Canada	12/14/08	$67,528,882	$168,368,427	3,451
Uruguay	12/26/08	$55,943	$93,443
Venezuela	12/5/08	$416,109	$1,155,619
Vietnam	11/14/08	$153,542	$451,191

Central America † (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama)
East Africa † (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda)
France † and Algeria, Monaco, Morocco and Tunisia

Due to different box-office reporting mechanisms around the world, Individual country totals may be updated less frequently and do not necessarily add up to the foreign totals.