The latest James Bond movie, “Spectre,” shouldย cross $200 million in domestic box-office on Thursday.
It’s taken the suave spy nearly four months to get there, and Sony raised the theater count from 47 to 340 last weekend to make sure it did. But the wait for the bigger news — who will handle U.S. distribution on future 007 films — has been nearly as long.
MGM and the London-based Eon Productions, which is run by Barbara Broccoli, the daughter of Albert ย “Cubby” Broccoli, the original producer, will make the decision. They have received — or will soon — a pitch from every Hollywood studio, including Sony Pictures, the current rights-holder.