--- ---  # _Spectre_ Sets the World Record for Biggest Film Stunt Explosion by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Nov 10, 2015 10:01 PM UTC  Spectre. Spectre.Columbia Pictures by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Nov 10, 2015 10:01 PM UTC _Spectre_ may not have had the biggest opening weekend for a 007 film (though [second place](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/08/box-office-report-spectre-peanuts-movie) isn’t a bad consolation prize), but it does included the largest film stunt explosion in movie history. Specifically, [the Guinness World Record ](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/11/daniel-craig-accepts-certificate-for-largest-film-stunt-explosion-in-latest-bond-405307)was awarded to Chris Corbould, given credit for creating the sequence that includes a massive explosion of a base in the film lasting more than 7.5 seconds. The scene was filmed in Morocco, and comes at the film’s climax, with Bond (Daniel Craig) and Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) watching, as the behind-the-scenes look at the stunt below showcases. (This is not, however, [the first record the Bond franchise has acquired](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/10/james-bond-50-of-the-best-007-related-records-to-mark-the-release-of-spectre-401124), its scope and size even leading to Guinness keepting track of records solely tied to the series itself.) _Spectre_ opened on Nov. 6 with director Sam Mendes returning to helm the film after directing _Skyfall_. For more on the movie, check out [EW’s review](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/03/spectre-ew-review), and see the work that went into producing the explosion below. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/10/spectre-guinness-world-record-explosion) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com)_._ ### Meet Every James Bond Ever  Dr. No (1962) - Sean Connery United Artists  From Russia with Love (1963) - Sean Connery United Artists  Goldfinger (1964) - Sean Connery United Artists  Thunderball (1965) - Sean Connery United Artists  You Only Live Twice (1967) - Sean Connery United Artists  On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - George Lazenby United Artists  Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Sean Connery United Artists  Live and Let Die (1973) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - Roger Moore United Artists  Moonraker (1979) - Roger Moore United Artists  For Your Eyes Only (1981) - Roger Moore United Artists  Octopussy (1983) - Roger Moore United Artists  A View to a Kill (1985) - Roger Moore United Artists  The Living Daylights (1987) - Timothy Dalton United Artists  Licence to Kill (1989) - Timothy Dalton United Artists  GoldenEye (1995) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Die Another Day (2002) - Pierce Brosnan MGM  Casino Royale (2006) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia  Quantum of Solace (2008) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia  Skyfall (2012) - Daniel Craig MGM/Columbia 'Spectre' Sets the World Record for Biggest Film Explosion ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4107254/spectre-world-record-explosion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4107254/spectre-world-record-explosion/"},"headline":"Spectre Sets the World Record for Biggest Film Stunt Explosion","datePublished":"2015-11-10T22:01:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:59.868Z","description":"The 7.5 second stunt explosion sequence was awarded a Guinness World Record","url":"https://time.com/4107254/spectre-world-record-explosion/","keywords":["movies","James Bond","guinness world records","Spectre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb8982bd4a5c9921/69886fa10a4a222fba9c6e67/spectre_m89bui.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb8982bd4a5c9921/69886fa10a4a222fba9c6e67/spectre_m89bui.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"spectre_M89bUI","caption":"Spectre.","creditText":"Columbia Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4107254/spectre-world-record-explosion/","name":"Spectre Sets the World Record for Biggest Film Stunt Explosion"}}]}] ```