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By Tom Evans, guest contributor

Top 10: The Most Successful Bond Films

Daniel Craig (image © Sony Pictures/Eon Productions)

James Bond’s latest film Quantum of Solace is released this week and it is tipped to follow up the great success of 2006’s outing, Casino Royale, and really establish Daniel Craig as one of the better actors to star in the role.  But have you ever wondered which are the most successful Bond films financially speaking, as measured by total taken by the film, and adjusted for inflation?

And who were the most successful actors to play the part in terms of the financial success of their films? We’ll tell you that too, it's all in our gallery below.

A film’s success is judged in terms of 2008 US dollars.  All film revenue data taken from IMDB.com.  All adjusted for inflation dollar figures taken from CPI Calculator from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor.

Die Another Day (image © PA Photos)
From Russia With Love (image © Sony Pictures/Eon Productions)
Diamonds Are Forever (image © PA Photos)
Moonraker (image © PA Photos)
Casino Royale (image © Sony Pictures/Eon Productions)
The Spy Who Loved Me (image © Rex)
You Only Live Twice (image © PA Photos)
Live and Let Die (image © Sony Pictures/Eon Productions)
Goldfinger (image © PA Photos)
Thunderball (image © PA Photos)
Roger Moore (image © PA Photos)
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