Previously on James Bond...

Dr. No was a hit. Although it was released more than six months later in the US than in the UK, it made back its meagre budget and then some. Here's a chart showing the US and worldwide gross, the numbers adjusted for inflation, and the film that made the closest amount of money in the equivalent territory last year.

	Original gross	Adjusted gross	2011 equivalent
US	$16,067,035	$121,067,936	Rango
Worldwide	$56,000,000	$421,969,855	Thor

Tidy, isn't it?

Production on the next picture had already started when Dr. No opened in the US. This time, Bond would be going East, heating up the Cold War and paying further homage to the Master of Suspense.