New Bond movie Spectre sets Guinness record for biggest explosion in film history

Thelatest installment in the James Bond franchisehas set theGuinnessworld record for the world's largest film stunt explosion ever.

The blast ispart of an especiallyclimacticsceneinthe 24th Bond filmSpectre.

It was staged in Erfoud, Morocco, using 8,418 litres of kerosene with 33 kg of powder explosives, about 68.47 tones of TNT equivalent, according to the Guinness World Records website.

The whole thinglasted an intense7.5 seconds.

Bond actor Daniel Craig, co-starLa Seydoux and producer Barbara Broccoli received an officialcertificaterecognizing the new world recordat an event promoting the film in Beijing, according to Reuters.

The record officiallybelongs to special effects supervisorChrisCorbould, winner of theAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2010filmInception, and effects supervisor for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The previous record was held by the1994 filmBlown Away, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Jeff Bridges, according to Tech Times.

It's not the first Guinness world record set in aBond film.

Guinness has an impressive listof Bond-related world records, including "most appearances as James Bond," held by bothSean Conneryand Roger Moore, who each playedBond seven (007?) times, and such gems as"highest bungee jump from a structure in a movie," and "longest speedboat jump in a film".

But for sheer spectacle, Spector'srecord-setting explosion is pretty hard to beat.

Spectre brought in$70.4 million at the box office this weekend. Even with the big explosion, it failed to blow away the $88.4 million brought in bythe last Bond movieSkyfallin 2012.