Eleven facts about James Bond 007

1. The Bond franchise has raked in almost $4 billion dollars. 
2. James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections.
3. The character has also been used in the longest running and most financially successful English-language film franchise to date, starting in 1962 with Dr. No.[
4. James Bond 007 is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections.
5. Several comic book adaptations of the James Bond films have been published through the years, as well as numerous original stories.
6. George Lucas has said on various occasions that Sean Connery's portrayal of Bond was one of the primary inspirations for the Indiana Jones character.
7. There have been seven American Bond Girls, four English , three French, two Swedish and one each from Japan, Malaysia, Switzerland, Italy, and Poland.
8. James Bond has long been a household name and remains a huge influence within the genre. 
9. After Fleming's death in 1964, subsequent James Bond novels were written by Kingsley Amis, John Gardner, Raymond Benson and Sebastian Faulks.
10. Exotic espionage equipment and vehicles are very popular elements of James Bond’s literary and cinematic missions. These items often prove critically important to Bond in successfully completing his missions.
11. There have been 22 films in the EON Productions series to date, the most recent of which, Quantum of Solace, was released on 31 October 2008 (UK).