‘Spectre’ Targets $75 Million, ‘Peanuts’ Eyes $46 Million at Weekend Box Office

7 November 2015 8:31 AM, PST | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

“Spectre” and “The Peanuts Movie” are rejuvenating a recently sleepy box office.

“Spectre,” the 24th James Bond film, has set its sights on a weekend haul of $75 million after pulling in $28 million from 3,929 locations on Friday. The Sony, MGM and Eon, release — directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris and Lea Seydoux — had been pegged to generate as much as $80 million in its first weekend. Considering “Spectre’s” Thursday night take of $5.25 million and a Friday total under the anticipated $30 million mark, however, the latest Bond outing is pacing to fall short of “Skyfall’s” $88.4 million debut and land in the mid-$70 million range, in line with Sony’s conservative estimates.

Carrying a hefty budget of $250 million, plus an additional $100 million in marketing and promotion costs, “Spectre” will have to rake in $650 million worldwide to break even. Variety’s review, though, anticipates a warm welcome for the »

- Marianne Zumberge

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