20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About James Bond
12. The Highest-Grossing Bond Film After Skyfall Is Thunderball
There have been 23 films in the franchise released so far, so naturally the box office swerves a bit, but James Bond films always make big bucks. The 50th anniversary-celebrating Skyfall broke records to become the number one highest-grossing British film ever, but Skyfall excepted, and once adjusted for inflation, the next highest-grossing Bond film is Thunderball, oddly enough. Not seen as one of the greatest instalments - apart from the fact that it features the great Sean Connery - it is generally thought of as an average entry in the franchise, certainly far from the best the series can offer. Still, audiences of the time flocked to cinemas to see it, presumably due to the massive popularity of the previous film, Goldfinger, which properly launched Bond as a silver screen icon.