Release: Eidolon

 

Eidolon

Genre: Action/Adventure/Spy

Director: Danny Boyle

Writer: John Malone

Based on James Bond created by Ian Fleming

Cast: Dan Stevens, Lupita Nyong'o, Sharlto Copley, Adele Exarchopoulos, Guy Pearce, Christian Berkel, Richard E. Grant, Kelly Macdonald, Himesh Patel, Nora Arnezeder, Shea Whigham, Roland, Moller, Stacy Martin

Budget: $198,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $515,913,227

Foreign Box Office: $586,095,449

Total Profit: $447,392,067

Reaction: John Malone's James Bond series continues to be a massive success with this 4th film in the franchise grossing in the same ballpark as the previous entries (albeit slightly less than Carte Blanche and Shatterhand).

“Danny Boyle’s Eidolon is a strikingly emotional Bond film, that gives Dan Stevens’ 007 more vulnerability than we’ve seen in years. Lupita Nyong’o’s Nia Dlamini is a compelling partner who grounds the story. Still, the film can feel overstuffed, its sprawling plot and extended action sequences sometimes dilute the sharp emotional core Boyle sets up early on. With tighter pacing, it could have rivaled the very best of the series. As it stands, it’s an ambitious, heartfelt addition that pushes Bond into more human territory. Still a must watch for all.” - Billy Laken, The Washington World

"By his fourth film, Dan Stevens has transformed Bond into a fully lived-in figure for LRF, and Eidolon capitalizes on that history. Eidolon is a high-stakes thriller that manages to balance raw emotion with muscular action, from the devastating Corsican prologue to a ferocious, apocalyptic finale. The supporting cast - especially Lupita Nyong’o and Sharlto Copley - adds texture and menace, while the film’s global scope and political intrigue feel genuinely consequential." - Marcus Ellery, The West End Screen Digest

"With Eidolon, Danny Boyle delivers one of the most emotionally assured Bond films of the modern era, and Dan Stevens fully settles into the role in what now feels like a defining fourth outing. The film leans into the accumulated weight of Stevens’ Bond, using its opening tragedy not as a gimmick but as the engine for a tightly wound thriller. oyle’s direction brings a jittery immediacy to the action, while the script from John Malone smartly folds Spectre’s long shadow into a contemporary geopolitical threat. It's not perfect, but Eidolon is a Bond film confident enough to slow down, yet still deliver brutal, exhilarating set pieces when it counts." - Simon Hale, The Continental Review

Rated PG-13 for intense action violence, some sexual content, and thematic elements.