Motifs in the James Bond film series Motifs in the James Bond film series The "James Bond" series of films contain a number of repeating, distinctive motifs which date from the series' inception with "Dr. No" in 1962. The series consists of twenty four films produced by Eon Productions featuring the James Bond character, a fictional British Secret Service agent. The most recent instalment is the 2015 film "Spectre", which was released in UK cinemas on 26 October 2015. There have also been two independently made features, the satirical "Casino Royale", released in 1967, and the 1983 film "Never Say Never Again". Whilst each element has not
Spectre (2015 film) with 1.5 million units in the UK, the second best-selling title of the year, behind only "", and 2 million copies in the US, 12th in the year-end charts. "Spectre" grossed $880.7 million worldwide; $135.5 million of the takings were generated from the UK market and $200.1 million from North America. Worldwide, this made it the second-highest-grossing "James Bond" film after "Skyfall", and the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2015. "Deadline Hollywood" calculated the net profit of the film to be $98.4 million when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film. Sony had expected the net profit of the film