Claim: Casino Royale, a 1967 British-American spy parody film originally produced by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast, made less at the box office than Never Say Never Again.
Evidence: Casino Royale is a 1967 British-American spy parody film originally produced by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast. Despite the lukewarm nature of the contemporary reviews, the pull of the James Bond name was sufficient to make it the 13th highest-grossing film in North America in 1967 with a gross of $22.7 million ($174 million in 2019 dollars) and a worldwide total of $41.7 million ($320 million in 2019 dollars). $160 million