Brooklyn has had one of Ireland's biggest opening weekends for a homegrown feature in almost 20 years - taking in £432,000 (€610,000) on 87 screens across the 32 counties.
This is the widest general release ever enjoyed by an Irish drama - and the most money generated by an Irish drama since Michael Collins made £465,000 in November 1996. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie cleaned up at the box office last year, with its record-breaking €1.02m haul in its opening weekend.
Lionsgate's period drama also performed well across the UK - combined box office income across the UK and Ireland amounted to £1.04m (€1.47m).
Meanwhile, the latest instalment in the James Bond franchise recorded a strong opening in the US, earning $73m. This is regarded as a solid performance without coming close to matching Skyfall’s $88.4m US debut.
Vanity Fair's analysis of the film's performance has called Spectre, "Too Big to Fail" - noting that in the UK it has surpassed Skyfall's earnings to this point.
The film is yet to open in key territories including Japan, China and France - its overall ticket sales are expected to gross more than $1bn.
In contrast, Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs has failed to draw a crowd in the US.
It was expected to earn between $15m and $19m across its opening weekend - but it only managed to make $7.3m.
Cult of Mac reports that this poor showing has led to more than 2,000 cinemas dropping the film in the US.
Steve Jobs goes on general release in Ireland on Friday, November 13th.
