Sultry singer Adele is set to perform the theme song to the latest James Bond movie “Skyfall” at the Oscars, which will be her first time performing in the U.S. since last year’s Grammy Awards.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released a statement on Wednesday that said Adele will perform the Oscar-nominated song at the 85th annual Academy Awards on Feb. 24. Adele and producer Paul Epworth are also up for a nomination themselves in the best original song category for “Skyfall.”

This news doesn’t come as a surprise to many people in the industry considering Adele’s award show ubiquity. The singer who took the world by storm with her amazing voice has already won a Golden Globe for the “Skyfall” theme. The Oscars will be the first time Adele performs “Skyfall” in front of a live audience. She released a statement saying that she is absolutely honored to be singing to an audience that helped capture her imagination.

The Oscars will also present a tribute to James Bond, marking the 50th anniversary of the franchise.

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The final Twilight Saga series raked in a massive $17.4 million in ticket sales over the weekend, rising above the Bond film Skyfall by only .4 million. Breaking Dawn Part 2 has held it’s position on the top of the box office for the third straight week.

With the addition of this weekend, the series has reached  a total of $254.6 million for the film released by Lionsgate and Summit Entertainment. The movie added $48.4 million overseas for an international success of $447.8 million to a worldwide sum of $702.4 million. The final installment is reaching the $710 million of that of Breaking Dawn Part 1.

“Skyfall”, the latest James Bond film from Sony, has reached $246 million after four weekends”. The movie has raked int $34 million overseas to a total of $623 million, which brings its worldwide total to 4869 million. This is the highest ranking Bond film.

The closeness of the two films could result in a flip-flop when final numbers are released on Monday. Either way, the movies have led a brisk start to the holiday season that could lift Hollywood to record domestic revenues for the year.

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It’s been 50 years since James Bond first took to the big screen and if the latest box-office numbers are to be believed the spy is more popular than ever. ‘Skyfall’ marks the 23^rd installment in the Bond film series and over the weekend it took in $90 million making it the biggest box-office opening in James Bond history. $87.8 million was generated in regular showings and another $2.2 million from IMAX and large format theater previews, according to Box Office Mojo.

The last film released, “Quantum of Solace,” was the previous opening weekend record holder, grossing an initial $67.5 million. 2006’s “Casino Royale” remains the highest overall grossing film; $594 million in worldwide ticket sales. The original Bond film, “Dr. No,” brought in $59.6 million back in 1962, with inflation that would be about $457 million today.

Also doing well over the weekend were new releases “wreck-It Ralph” and “Flight” which took in $33.1 million and $15.1 million respectively.

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