US Box Office

Week ending 16 November 2008

007 took in 70 at the weekend when the latest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, banked an estimated $70.4m to claim a franchise record. The 22nd Bond film, Quantum's opening easily topped the previous highest debut of $47.1m by 2002's Die Another Day. It seems even mixed reviews and Quantum's enigmatic title didn't have a negative impact, as Daniel Craig's second outing as Bond also comfortably bettered the $40.8m opening of his debut, Casino Royale.

Last week's number one, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa posted an impressive second week total of $36.1m to claim second place. The figure represented a 43% dip and took the animated animal adventure's total to $118m, making it the 20th film this year to top the $100m mark. However, it's in no danger of topping the year's biggest earner to date, The Dark Knight with $529m. Role Models strutted into third place with $11.7m, a drop of 39% on last week's debut. The comedy starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd has a 10-day total of $38.1m.

Rank	Film	Weeks Out	Last Weekend	Total
1.	Quantum of Solace	1	$70.4m	$70.4m
2.	Madagscar: Escape 2 Africa	2	$36.1m	$118m
3.	Role Models	2	$11.7m	$38.1m
4.	High School Musical 3	4	$5.8m	$84.4m
5.	Changeling	3	$4.2m	$27.6m
6.	Zack and Miri Make a Porno	3	$3.2m	$26.5m
7.	Soul Men	2	$2.4m	$9.4m
8.	The Secret Life of Bees	5	$2.4m	$33.7m
9.	Saw V	4	$1.7m	$55.4m
10.	The Haunting of Molly Hartley	3	$1.6m	$12.7m

High School Musical 3: Senior Year's weekend was good to the tune of $5.9m as it took its four-week total to $84.4m. Soul Men was off key with audiences, compounding its lowly opening with a 55% drop off. The Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac comedy fell to seventh spot with $2.4m for a two-week tally of $9.4m. Despite there only being one major release, thanks to Bond the combined box office total was up 54% on the corresponding period last year when Beowulf got off to a fighting start, debuting in top spot with $27.5m.

Next week Disney is hoping audiences go nuts for Bolt. The animated story of a canine TV star who mistakenly thinks he possesses super powers, Bolt features the voice of John Travolta as the titular pooch, with Miley Cyrus voicing Bolt's TV co-star, the 12-year-old girl Penny. Also released is Twilight, a romantic horror tale of a young girl, played by Kristen Stewart, who falls in love with a handsome vampire (Robert Pattinson).