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28 Sep, 6 tweets, 3 min read
Daniel Craig acknowledged the pressures resting on the shoulders of James Bond to provide a boost to the cinema industry as he prepared to walk the red carpet for the last time as the British spy #NoTimeToDie
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At 163 minutes, this is the longest Bond movie of them all, beating Spectre (2015), the previous record holder, by 15 minutes. #NoTimeToDie

You can find the nine others here:
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How will this final film define Craig's tenure as Britain's most beloved spy? #NoTimeToDie

We look at the numbers behind the series.
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Craigs biggest test will be at the box office as he strives to become the most lucrative actor to fill the role since Sean Connery first portrayed Bond on film in 1961.
Craig is $1.28 billion short, which would have seemed an impossible gap a few years ago. Then he appeared in Skyfall, which grossed $1.24 billion in adjusted dollars.

If No Time to Die, has similar numbers then the record is within reach.
What does post Bond life look like?

Although none of the actors were short of roles in the years after becoming Bond, the average IMDB rating of their films fell by 12%.

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