The release of the 23rd James Bond film, &quot;Skyfall,&quot; just happened to coincide with &lt;a href='http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/05/james-bond-at-50-his-best-moments/?iref=allsearch' target='_blank'&gt;this year's 50th anniversary of the Bond franchise&lt;/a&gt;. Such perfect timing undoubtedly helped propel &lt;a href='http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/09/skyfall-one-of-the-best-bond-films-ever/?iref=allsearch' target='_blank'&gt;what some have hailed as the best &quot;Bond&quot; movie in years&lt;/a&gt; to the top of the box office. In fact, &lt;a href='http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/12/11/skyfall-james-bond-franchise-booming/' target='_blank'&gt;it had the biggest opening for a &quot;Bond&quot; movie ever&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href='http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/05/adeles-skyfall-theme-whats-the-verdict/?iref=allsearch' target='_blank'&gt;Having a theme song from the singer with the Midas touch, Adele&lt;/a&gt;, probably didn't hurt either. 