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"Skyfall has become the highest-grossing film ever at the UK box office. Daniel Craig&amp;#039;s third outing as James Bond - the 23rd official movie in the series - has smashed the previous record held by Avatar in just 40 days.  &amp;gt; Ten Things About... James Bond The film, directed by Sam Mendes, has taken \u00C2\u00A394,277,612. Avatar took 11 months to reach its lifetime gross of \u00C2\u00A394,025,632. Producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re overwhelmed with gratitude to the cinema-going audiences in the UK who have made Skyfall the highest-grossing film of all time.  &amp;quot;We are very proud of this film and thank everybody, especially Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes, who have contributed to its success.&amp;quot; The top 20 highest-grossing films in the UK - photo gallery  Gary Barber, chairman and CEO of MGM, added: &amp;quot;I am incredibly proud of the amazing heights to which this film continues to soar and wish to again congratulate all involved on reaching such a tremendous milestone.&amp;quot; Managing director of Sony Pictures Releasing UK Peter Taylor said: &amp;quot;We are delighted that cinema-goers have so enthusiastically embraced Skyfall in such an incredible way.  &amp;quot;It seems particularly fitting in 2012 that the latest James Bond adventure should become the highest-grossing movie ever, marking the 50th anniversary of one of our truly iconic cultural characters in record-breaking style.&amp;quot; Watch stars talk about their favourite James Bond below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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