MUMBAI: Skyfall, the latest offering form the James Bond franchise has beaten all other films to become the first to cross the ?100 million at the UK box office.

The film stars Daniel Craig as James Bond in this 23rd instalment of the British spy’s adventures and was released on 26 October. Its total collections stand at ?100.46 million. The movie has generated more than $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide.

This makes Skyfall the most successful U.K. release in history. It has overtaken James Cameron’s Avatar which had a lifetime gross of $151.3 million (?94 million) over the course of its 11 months in release in U.K.

The movie follows Bond as his loyalty to M tested as her past comes back to haunt her. This is Craig’s third stint as James Bond.