'' Spectre '' opened in Germany with $ 22.5 million ( including previews ) , which included a new record for the biggest Saturday of all time , Australia with $ 8.7 million ( including previews ) and South Korea opened to $ 8.2 million ( including previews ) . Despite the 13 November Paris attacks , which led to numerous theatres being closed down , the film opened with $ 14.6 million ( including $ 2 million in previews ) in France . In Mexico , where part of the film was shot , it debuted with more than double that of '' Skyfall '' with $ 4.5 million . It also bested its predecessor 's opening in various Nordic regions where MGM is distributing , such as in Finland ( $ 2.7 million ) and Norway ( $ 2.9 million ) , and in other markets like Denmark ( $ 4.2 million ) , the Netherlands ( $ 3.4 million ) , and Sweden ( $ 3.1 million ) . In India , it opened at No. 1 with $ 4.8 million which is 4 % above the opening of '' Skyfall '' . It topped the German-speaking Switzerland box office for four weeks and in the Netherlands , it held the No. 1 spot for seven weeks straight where it topped '' Minions '' to become the top movie of the year . The top earning markets are Germany ( $ 70.3 million ) and France ( $ 38.8 million ) . In Paris , it has the second-highest ticket sales of all time with 4.1 million tickets sold only behind '' Spider-Man 3 '' which sold over 6.3 million tickets in 2007
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Spectre (2015 film)