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Total Film
Entertainment
Megan Garside

Despite previous reports suggesting James Bond was worth $1 billion, Amazon only paid $20 million for the rights to the 007 franchise

Daniel Craig in new James Bond movie No Time to Die.

It turns out that Amazon MGM Studios acquired creative control of the James Bond franchise for a lot less than we originally thought.

According to a recent earnings report from long-time Bond producers and owners Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli’s company Eon Productions, it has been revealed that Amazon MGM paid $20 million for creative control of the 007 franchise (H/T Variety). That's a stark contrast to earlier reports, which suggested that Amazon had paid upwards of $1 billion.

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