Moonraker
In this journey that brings 007 from Venice to Rio de Janeiro and on to outer space, Roger Moore returns for his fourth tenure as James Bond and blasts into orbit. He and the stunning NASA scientist Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are suddenly trapped in a life-or-death fight against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), a power-mad industrialist whose horrible plan could kill all human life on Earth, as Bond investigates the hijacking of the American space shuttle.
Moonraker
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Budget: $110 million
Worldwide Box Office: $340 million
Rate of Return: 3.08
With Michelle Yeoh playing a Chinese super-spy ass-kicking who teams up with Pierce Brosnan’s 007 to save the world from a war-hungry media mogul, Roger Spottiswoode provided this delightful remake of The Spy Who Loved Me. This installment was the first under two hours since You Only Live Twice. It also opened in North America ($125 million) simultaneously with Titanic and still out-grossed GoldenEye. Befitting its Christmas release since Never Say Never Again and Octopussy in 1983, its $25 million weekends 5x multiplier made it the leggiest 007 films.
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)