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Fascinating stuff. when index linking the gross box office takings, connery has 5 in the top 10, then 3 to brosnan, 1 to moore, 1 to craig.

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James Bond's Top Ten Box Office Movies in 2012 Inflated Dollars.
Rank Movie Year 2012 Adjusted Box Office(mil) Who played Bond.
#1 Thunderball (1965) 495.30 million Sean Connery
#2 Goldfinger (1964) 431.70 million Sean Connery
#3 You Only Live Twice (1967) 283.00 million Sean Connery
#4 Moonraker (1979) 222.60 million Roger Moore
#5 Die Another Day (2002) 220.20 million Pierce Brosnan
#6 Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 217.00 million Pierce Brosnan
#7 Diamonds Are Forever (1971) 211.50 million Sean Connery
#8 From Russia With Love (1964) 209.90 million Sean Connery
#9 Casino Royale (2006) 201.90 million Daniel Craig
#10 The World Is Not Enough (1999) 199.50 million Pierce Brosnan

In terms of critically acclaimed bond movies , the scores are as follows

Rank Movie Year Critics Audience Rating Who played Bond.
#1 Casino Royale (2006) 87% Daniel Craig
#2 From Russia With Love (1964) 83% Sean Connery
#3 Dr. No (1963) 83% Sean Connery
#4 Goldfinger (1964) 81% Sean Connery
#5 Thunderball (1965) 76% Sean Connery
#6 Goldeneye (1995) 76% Pierce Brosnan
#7 The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 74% Roger Moore
#8 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 71% George Lazenby
#9 You Only Live Twice (1967) 70% Sean Connery
#10 The Living Daylights (1987) 67% Timothy Dalton

Again connery has 5, but moore , lazenby, dalton, craig, brosnan all have 1 each

overall, Connery is the man. Though clearly the other 5 bonds have all made great contributions.

Personally I love goldfinger , from russia with love and thunderball were truly epic movies, just the whole conematography, the performances, the gadgetry were majestic... with moore I really enjoyed the spy who loved me , live and let die, moonraker hilarious, brosnan was great, I thought goldeneye was superb and I thought dalton was mega cool in living daylights.

heres to another 50 years of the worlds greatest franchise