Bond sets box office record

James Bond’s latest adventure is a box office smash according to official figures.

Quantum of Solace, Daniel Craig’s second outing as the UK’s top spy, has made Box Office history on its opening day in the UK, taking a staggering £4.94m and making it  the  biggest  Friday  opening  of all time.

The film, the first direct sequel in the 007 franchise, has beaten the record set by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire which took £4.025m.

More than 540 UK and Irish cinemas have been showing the film to sell-out audiences with US fans able to look forward to a November 14th release.

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