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Licence to make a killing: Craig is the best-paid Bond yet as he scoops £31m to make two more films

James Bond will return, we are usually assured as the credits roll at the end of a 007 film.

And with Daniel Craig being paid over £31million to play the spy in two more outings, it's little wonder.

The deal makes Craig, 44, the best-paid Bond to date, even taking into account the effects of inflation on his predecessors' paypackets.

Craig, who features in the latest film Skyfall, will star as the world’s most famous secret agent in a film that could be ready for release by 2014.

The latest Bond movie’s huge box office success and critical acclaim has led to his large increase in pay.

It is a far leap from his first Bond role which saw him earn £1.9million in Casino Royale in 2006, and also the £4.4million he received for Quantum of Solace in 2008.
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Craig, 44, received £10.7 million for Skyfall, which is more than the £7.5million paid to his predecessor Pierce Brosnan for The World Is Not Enough in 1999 and the £10.3million for Die Another Day in 2002.

The financial deal will see him placed near the top of Hollywood’s leading men - vying for position just below Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Craig, who is married to English actress Rachel Weisz, is widely judged the best 007 since Sean Connery and purists believe his portrayal of the literary character is the closest since Timothy Dalton in the 1980s.

Despite the criticism of Quantum of Solace, Skyfall has already made more than £378million at the box office - slightly more than his previous two films.

Skyfall, which also stars Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes is yet to release in many Asian countries and Australia, meaning it is expected to break the £500million mark before its cinema run ends.

The payments to Bond stars have risen massively over the past half-century. When Connery was plucked from relative obscurity in 1962, he earned £10,000 for the first Bond film, Dr No, according to the MI6-HQ website, widely recognised in the Bond world for its accuracy.

Connery’s pay rose to £157,000 for From Russia With Love. When he returned to star in Diamonds are Forever in 1971, he earned a basic £620,000. Film-makers were so keen to sign him up that he also took 12.5 per cent of the profits made from the film in America.

Connery starred in six official Bond films, earning an average of £218,000 - about £3million in today’s prices. Roger Moore’s average pay per film in today’s prices was £6.3million, Timothy Dalton got £5.4million and Brosnan £8.7million. Craig will earn more than all his predecessors, with an average of £9.6million.

Craig’s demand is a far cry from the criticism received when producers picked him in preference to other names linked with the Bond role, including Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen. His blond hair, instead of the dark black depicted in Fleming’s books, led him to be nicknamed ‘James Bland’ before Casino Royale had started filming.

He is now firmly in the Hollywood A-list of leading men. Cruise was the top earner with payments of £47million in the year to May 2012. This included performances in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and Oblivion, for which he was paid even though it has not yet been released.

DiCaprio’s earnings of £23million over the year include money for J Edgar, the 3D version of Titanic and Inception.

The best paid British actors during the same period were Sacha Baron Cohen, who earned £19million, including for his writing and producing, and Robert Pattinson, whose pay totalled $26m

Little is known about the plot for the next two Bond films but the screenplay will come from John Logan, one of the three writers of Skyfall. It is thought to be a two-part film with the second to be released in 2016.

Craig yesterday paid a surprise visit to 800 British soldiers, sailors and airmen stationed at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan as they prepared to watch Skyfall.

Royal Air Force Sergeant Dave Hammond said of the morale-boosting visit: 'It was great to be able to see the film here and to have James Bond himself to introduce it was brilliant.'
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That translates to $49.3 million (give or take based on what the exchange rate is at any given time). That's an average of $24.5 million-plus for each film.
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Guess he won't be wiping his ass with that contract then.
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Well, we'll see where these new numbers are coming from, I thought the old ones were low ball -old contract clause.

They always get these numbers salary numbers wrong. Connery made with one movie what they say he did over a career. Moore was cheap as chips until 1981. These actors were paid what they were paid but to make it correlate with today's economic reality they need to be properly adjusted, $125k in 1962 is not 125K in 2012 or Connery's last film in 1971.

Connery got nearly $12m from his contract, not counting whatever he got form the law suit. $2m per EON movie, adjusting his salary for inflation each film per year (1962 to 2012) its $76m/$12.7m per EON movie. (£48m/£8m)

Not a question EON lost him because they were too greedy, I think he believes they tried to cheat him by offering merchandising percentages instead of gross. If he had the same deal he got for Goldfinger he'd have made $3.7m for Thunderball, I don't think it's a coincidence he was so lethargic in YOLT. When he fulfilled his contract in 1967 and didn't want to deal with those two (Cubby and Saltzman) anymore. When he came back for DAF it was under a contract they should have given him in 1965.

Moore made his first 3 movies at 1m then finally got a pay bump with Moonraker, but it was not until For Your Eyes Only he got a percentage.
Moore Total $66.5/$9.5m a movie. (£41.8m/£5.9)

Lazenby made $2.5 (£1.5m) in today's money, Dalton $9.6(£6m/£3m), Borzza $56m/$14m a movie (£35m/£8.7m ).

Someone can add Craig in if they want.
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2018? Let's call the whole thing off. :down:
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bjmdds wrote:2018? Let's call the whole thing off. :down:
James Bond is our enemy now. There's no place for the traditional tall and dark-haired Bond in this world anymore. What's left are freaks & weirdos.
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Saint, you said it all :!: FBF, the Saint's picture is priceless and appropriate. The war is over. Broccoli has made up her mind. 2018 might see a new Bond but that is 6 years away, so it's time to call in all of the freaks and weirdos and to run wild with other franchise avatars now as well.
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bjmdds wrote:2018 might see a new Bond but that is 6 years away, so it's time to call in all of the freaks and weirdos and to run wild with other franchise avatars now as well.
The new Bond needs to be played by a freak and NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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He's not really an A-lister. If he had anything else to do he probably would have moved on by now.
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bjmdds wrote:2018 might see a new Bond but that is 6 years away, so it's time to call in all of the freaks and weirdos and to run wild with other franchise avatars now as well.
The new Bond needs to be played by a freak and NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Broccoli won't pick a freak or weirdo after Cr-egg so what is the point of continuing with this franchise? Cavill will be a forgotten thought in 2022 at this rate a decade from now when Broccoli is 62 :!:
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bjmdds wrote:
FormerBondFan wrote:
bjmdds wrote:2018 might see a new Bond but that is 6 years away, so it's time to call in all of the freaks and weirdos and to run wild with other franchise avatars now as well.
The new Bond needs to be played by a freak and NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Broccoli won't pick a freak or weirdo after Cr-egg so what is the point of continuing with this franchise? Cavill will be a forgotten thought in 2022 at this rate a decade from now when Broccoli is 62 :!:
Any handsome profile actor (with classic and traditional look) are too good for Bond. If the franchise is to continue on after DC leaves, send in a freak as Bond. If it's Will Sasso, I'm fine with that as long as he's fat.
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FBF He's not he is in better than than your hero.

Brosnan deserved every penney and more, considering how much these movies make it's shocking Connery was paid such low wages.
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Omega wrote:FBF He's not he is in better than than your hero.
What are your talking about?
Brosnan deserved every penney and more, considering how much these movies make it's shocking Connery was paid such low wages.
Pierce deserves better than what he was given when he was Bond.
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FormerBondFan wrote:
Omega wrote:FBF He's not he is in better than than your hero.
What are your talking about?
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Omega wrote:
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Omega wrote:FBF He's not he is in better than than your hero.
What are your talking about?
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Sasso has been losing some weight. Fat Seagal is a different story.
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Oh well. No new Bond movies to watch ever again.
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Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:Oh well. No new Bond movies to watch ever again.
And that's the point. There's nothing left to care for the series anymore except to send in the freaks once DC is gone.
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My personal belief is that James Bond WILL return :007:
but........
It won't happen untill Babs is to old and retires or she dies.
It will return just not for a while. I think the actor who replaces Craig will continue down the Craig road because of Babs.
Our only other hope for the return of the real 007 is if Babs pulls a George Lucus :fight: and sells the 007 brand outright to Disney/Sony/Fox etc.
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bjamesobrad wrote:My personal belief is that James Bond WILL return :007:
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It won't happen untill Babs is to old and retires or she dies.
It will return just not for a while. I think the actor who replaces Craig will continue down the Craig road because of Babs.
Our only other hope for the return of the real 007 is if Babs pulls a George Lucus :fight: and sells the 007 brand outright to Disney/Sony/Fox etc.
Whoever runs the Bond franchise now, I cannot see it been tampered with too much. SF is now one of the most successful films in the entire franchise, both critically and commercially. Only a few Oscars too would seal the deal comepletely.

Craig's Bond and the template laid out in SF will now be the blueprint for any future Bond films, the same way GF set the blueprint back in 1964.
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