It matches up with other poll taken about him at various time, along with the massive decline in ticket sales for the states as well. -2m fewer bought ticket for CR than DAD, 4m fewer for Quark from DADs numbers.
NY Daily is shocked by this for no other reason than they live in their own bubble.60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll
In the minds of most movie aficionados there is only one James Bond and 56 percent of Americans agree that Sean Connery was the best. None of the others could match the mystique that allowed him to appeal equally to men and women at the same time. Dashing and underrated Pierce Brosnan was next with 10 percent followed by the urbane Roger Moore (nine percent), and the reigning Bond: Daniel Craig (seven percent). The lesser known Bonds, Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby, nearly got .007 percent.
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