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'No Time to Die' Underachieves in China Debut Amid COVID-19 Spike

Halloween weekend's international box office was led by No Time to Die, earning $51.9 million, but it opened in China to only $28.2 million, likely due to a COVID-19 spike with 13% of the screens there closed, Colliers analyst Steven…

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Frankel wrote investors Monday. The film’s total global box office to date is $605.8 million. Imax generated 15% -- $4.4 million -- of the James Bond movie’s China opening, bringing the film's Imax total to $39.4 million globally. Imax generated $4.35 million, 28%, of the Dune box office over the weekend. Dune led the domestic box office with just $15.5 million, facing the headwinds of Halloween and its “broad availability on HBO Max,” said the analyst.