x to stealthily enter North Korea . The Switchblade was based on a workable model called " PHASST " ( Programmable High Altitude Single Soldier Transport ) . Kinetic Aerospace Inc . ' s lead designer , Jack McCornack was impressed by director Lee Tamahori 's way of conducting the Switchblade scene and commented , " It 's brief , but realistic . The good guys get in unobserved , thanks to a fast cruise , good glide performance , and minimal radar signature . It 's a wonderful promotion for the PHASST . "   = = = Music = = =   The soundtrack was composed by David Arnold and released on Warner Bros. Records . He again made use of electronic rhythm elements in his score , and included two of the new themes created for The World Is Not Enough . The first , originally used as Renard 's theme , is heard during the mammoth " Antonov " cue on the recording , and is written for piano . The second new theme , used in the " Christmas in Turkey " track of The World Is Not Enough , is reused in the " Going Down Together " track .   The title song for Die Another Day was co @-@ written and co @-@ produced by Mirwais Ahmadzai and performed by Madonna , who also had a cameo in the film as Verity , a fencing instructor . This is the first Bond title sequence to directly reflect the film 's plot since Dr. No ; all the other previous Bond titles are stand @-@ alone set pieces . The concept of the title sequence is to represent Bond trying to survive 14 months of torture at the hands of the North Koreans . Critics ' opinions of the song were sharply divided — it was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording , but also for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song of 2002 ( while Madonna herself won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress for her cameo ) . In a MORI poll for the Channel 4 programme " James Bond 's Greatest Hits " , the song was voted 9th out of 22 , and also came in as an " overwhelming number one " favourite among those under the age of 24 .   = = Marketing tie @-@ ins = =   MGM and Eon Productions granted Mattel the license to sell a line of Barbie dolls based around the franchise . Mattel announced that the Bond Barbies will be at her " stylish best " , clad in evening dress and red shawl . Lindy Hemming created the dress , which is slashed to the thigh to reveal a telephone strapped to Barbie 's leg . The doll was sold in a gift set , with Barbie 's boyfriend Ken posing as Bond in a tuxedo designed by the Italian fashion house Brioni .   Revlon also collaborated with the makers of Die Another Day to create a cosmetics line based around the character Jinx . The limited edition 007 Colour Collection was launched on 7 November 2002 to coincide with the film 's release . The product names were loaded with puns and innuendo , with shades and textures ranging from the " warm " to " cool and frosted " .   = = Release and reception = =   Die Another Day had its world premiere on 18 November 2002 at the Royal Albert Hall in London . Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were guests of honour , making it the second Bond film premiere to be attended by the Queen , the first one being You Only Live Twice in 1967 . The Royal Albert Hall had a make @-@ over for the screening and had been transformed into an ice palace . Proceeds from the première , about £ 500 @,@ 000 , were donated to the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund of which the Queen is patron . On the first day , ticket sales reached £ 1 @.@ 2 million . Die Another Day was the highest grossing James Bond film until the release of Casino Royale . It earned $ 432 million worldwide , becoming the sixth highest grossing film of 2002 .   Die Another Day became a controversial subject in eastern Asia . The North Korean government disliked the portrayal of their state as brutal and war @-@ hungry . The South Koreans boycotted 145 theatres where it was released on 31 December 2002 , as they were offended by the scene in which an American officer issues orders to the South Korean army in the defence of their homeland , and by a lovemaking scene near a statue of the Buddha . The Jogye Buddhist Order issued a statement that the film was " disrespectful to our religion and does not reflect our values and ethics " . The Washington Post reported growing resentment in the nation towards the United States . An official of the South Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism said that Die Another Day was " the wrong film at the wrong time . "   The amount of product placement in the film was a point of criticism , specifically from various news outlets such as the BBC , Time and Reuters who all used the pun " Buy Another Day " . Reportedly 20 companies
x Ġto Ġstealth ily Ġenter ĠNorth ĠKorea Ġ. ĠThe ĠSwitch blade Ġwas Ġbased Ġon Ġa Ġwork able Ġmodel Ġcalled Ġ" ĠPH AS ST Ġ" Ġ( ĠProgram mable ĠHigh ĠAlt itude ĠSingle ĠSoldier ĠTransport Ġ) Ġ. ĠKin etic ĠAerospace ĠInc Ġ. Ġ' Ġs Ġlead Ġdesigner Ġ, ĠJack ĠMcC orn ack Ġwas Ġimpressed Ġby Ġdirector ĠLee ĠTam ah ori Ġ' s Ġway Ġof Ġconducting Ġthe ĠSwitch blade Ġscene Ġand Ġcommented Ġ, Ġ" ĠIt Ġ' s Ġbrief Ġ, Ġbut Ġrealistic Ġ. ĠThe Ġgood Ġguys Ġget Ġin Ġunob served Ġ, Ġthanks Ġto Ġa Ġfast Ġcruise Ġ, Ġgood Ġglide Ġperformance Ġ, Ġand Ġminimal Ġradar Ġsignature Ġ. ĠIt Ġ' s Ġa Ġwonderful Ġpromotion Ġfor Ġthe ĠPH AS ST Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠMusic Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġsoundtrack Ġwas Ġcomposed Ġby ĠDavid ĠArnold Ġand Ġreleased Ġon ĠWarner ĠBros . ĠRecords Ġ. ĠHe Ġagain Ġmade Ġuse Ġof Ġelectronic Ġrhythm Ġelements Ġin Ġhis Ġscore Ġ, Ġand Ġincluded Ġtwo Ġof Ġthe Ġnew Ġthemes Ġcreated Ġfor ĠThe ĠWorld ĠIs ĠNot ĠEnough Ġ. ĠThe Ġfirst Ġ, Ġoriginally Ġused Ġas ĠRen ard Ġ' s Ġtheme Ġ, Ġis Ġheard Ġduring Ġthe Ġmammoth Ġ" ĠAnton ov Ġ" Ġcue Ġon Ġthe Ġrecording Ġ, Ġand Ġis Ġwritten Ġfor Ġpiano Ġ. ĠThe Ġsecond Ġnew Ġtheme Ġ, Ġused Ġin Ġthe Ġ" ĠChristmas Ġin ĠTurkey Ġ" Ġtrack Ġof ĠThe ĠWorld ĠIs ĠNot ĠEnough Ġ, Ġis Ġreused Ġin Ġthe Ġ" ĠGoing ĠDown ĠTogether Ġ" Ġtrack Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġtitle Ġsong Ġfor ĠDie ĠAnother ĠDay Ġwas Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġwritten Ġand Ġco Ġ@ - @ Ġproduced Ġby ĠMir wa is ĠAhmad zai Ġand Ġperformed Ġby ĠMadonna Ġ, Ġwho Ġalso Ġhad Ġa Ġcameo Ġin Ġthe Ġfilm Ġas ĠVer ity Ġ, Ġa Ġfencing Ġinstructor Ġ. ĠThis Ġis Ġthe Ġfirst ĠBond Ġtitle Ġsequence Ġto Ġdirectly Ġreflect Ġthe Ġfilm Ġ' s Ġplot Ġsince ĠDr . ĠNo Ġ; Ġall Ġthe Ġother Ġprevious ĠBond Ġtitles Ġare Ġstand Ġ@ - @ Ġalone Ġset Ġpieces Ġ. ĠThe Ġconcept Ġof Ġthe Ġtitle Ġsequence Ġis Ġto Ġrepresent ĠBond Ġtrying Ġto Ġsurvive Ġ14 Ġmonths Ġof Ġtorture Ġat Ġthe Ġhands Ġof Ġthe ĠNorth ĠKoreans Ġ. ĠCritics Ġ' Ġopinions Ġof Ġthe Ġsong Ġwere Ġsharply Ġdivided ĠâĢĶ Ġit Ġwas Ġnominated Ġfor Ġa ĠGolden ĠGlobe Ġfor ĠBest ĠOriginal ĠSong Ġand Ġthe Ġ2004 ĠGrammy ĠAward Ġfor ĠBest ĠDance ĠRecording Ġ, Ġbut Ġalso Ġfor Ġa ĠGolden ĠRaspberry ĠAward Ġfor ĠWorst ĠOriginal ĠSong Ġof Ġ2002 Ġ( Ġwhile ĠMadonna Ġherself Ġwon Ġthe ĠGolden ĠRaspberry ĠAward Ġfor ĠWorst ĠSupporting ĠActress Ġfor Ġher Ġcameo Ġ) Ġ. ĠIn Ġa ĠMOR I Ġpoll Ġfor Ġthe ĠChannel Ġ4 Ġprogramme Ġ" ĠJames ĠBond Ġ' s ĠGreatest ĠHits Ġ" Ġ, Ġthe Ġsong Ġwas Ġvoted Ġ9 th Ġout Ġof Ġ22 Ġ, Ġand Ġalso Ġcame Ġin Ġas Ġan Ġ" Ġoverwhelming Ġnumber Ġone Ġ" Ġfavourite Ġamong Ġthose Ġunder Ġthe Ġage Ġof Ġ24 Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠMarketing Ġtie Ġ@ - @ Ġins Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠMGM Ġand ĠE on ĠProductions Ġgranted ĠMatt el Ġthe Ġlicense Ġto Ġsell Ġa Ġline Ġof ĠBarbie Ġdolls Ġbased Ġaround Ġthe Ġfranchise Ġ. ĠMatt el Ġannounced Ġthat Ġthe ĠBond ĠBarb ies Ġwill Ġbe Ġat Ġher Ġ" Ġstylish Ġbest Ġ" Ġ, Ġclad Ġin Ġevening Ġdress Ġand Ġred Ġsh aw l Ġ. ĠLind y ĠHem ming Ġcreated Ġthe Ġdress Ġ, Ġwhich Ġis Ġslashed Ġto Ġthe Ġthigh Ġto Ġreveal Ġa Ġtelephone Ġstrapped Ġto ĠBarbie Ġ' s Ġleg Ġ. ĠThe Ġdoll Ġwas Ġsold Ġin Ġa Ġgift Ġset Ġ, Ġwith ĠBarbie Ġ' s Ġboyfriend ĠKen Ġposing Ġas ĠBond Ġin Ġa Ġt ux edo Ġdesigned Ġby Ġthe ĠItalian Ġfashion Ġhouse ĠBr ion i Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠRev lon Ġalso Ġcollaborated Ġwith Ġthe Ġmakers Ġof ĠDie ĠAnother ĠDay Ġto Ġcreate Ġa Ġcosmetics Ġline Ġbased Ġaround Ġthe Ġcharacter ĠJin x Ġ. ĠThe Ġlimited Ġedition Ġ00 7 ĠColour ĠCollection Ġwas Ġlaunched Ġon Ġ7 ĠNovember Ġ2002 Ġto Ġcoincide Ġwith Ġthe Ġfilm Ġ' s Ġrelease Ġ. ĠThe Ġproduct Ġnames Ġwere Ġloaded Ġwith Ġpun s Ġand Ġinn u endo Ġ, Ġwith Ġshades Ġand Ġtextures Ġranging Ġfrom Ġthe Ġ" Ġwarm Ġ" Ġto Ġ" Ġcool Ġand Ġfrost ed Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠRelease Ġand Ġreception Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠDie ĠAnother ĠDay Ġhad Ġits Ġworld Ġpremiere Ġon Ġ18 ĠNovember Ġ2002 Ġat Ġthe ĠRoyal ĠAlbert ĠHall Ġin ĠLondon Ġ. ĠQueen ĠElizabeth ĠII Ġand ĠPrince ĠPhilip Ġwere Ġguests Ġof Ġhonour Ġ, Ġmaking Ġit Ġthe Ġsecond ĠBond Ġfilm Ġpremiere Ġto Ġbe Ġattended Ġby Ġthe ĠQueen Ġ, Ġthe Ġfirst Ġone Ġbeing ĠYou ĠOnly ĠLive ĠTwice Ġin Ġ1967 Ġ. ĠThe ĠRoyal ĠAlbert ĠHall Ġhad Ġa Ġmake Ġ@ - @ Ġover Ġfor Ġthe Ġscreening Ġand Ġhad Ġbeen Ġtransformed Ġinto Ġan Ġice Ġpalace Ġ. ĠProceed s Ġfrom Ġthe Ġprem i Ã¨re Ġ, Ġabout ĠÂ£ Ġ500 Ġ@ , @ Ġ000 Ġ, Ġwere Ġdonated Ġto Ġthe ĠCinema Ġand ĠTelevision ĠBene volent ĠFund Ġof Ġwhich Ġthe ĠQueen Ġis Ġpatron Ġ. ĠOn Ġthe Ġfirst Ġday Ġ, Ġticket Ġsales Ġreached ĠÂ£ Ġ1 Ġ@ . @ Ġ2 Ġmillion Ġ. ĠDie ĠAnother ĠDay Ġwas Ġthe Ġhighest Ġgross ing ĠJames ĠBond Ġfilm Ġuntil Ġthe Ġrelease Ġof ĠCasino ĠRoyale Ġ. ĠIt Ġearned Ġ$ Ġ432 Ġmillion Ġworldwide Ġ, Ġbecoming Ġthe Ġsixth Ġhighest Ġgross ing Ġfilm Ġof Ġ2002 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠDie ĠAnother ĠDay Ġbecame Ġa Ġcontroversial Ġsubject Ġin Ġeastern ĠAsia Ġ. ĠThe ĠNorth ĠKorean Ġgovernment Ġdisliked Ġthe Ġportrayal Ġof Ġtheir Ġstate Ġas Ġbrutal Ġand Ġwar Ġ@ - @ Ġhungry Ġ. ĠThe ĠSouth ĠKoreans Ġboy c otted Ġ145 Ġtheat res Ġwhere Ġit Ġwas Ġreleased Ġon Ġ31 ĠDecember Ġ2002 Ġ, Ġas Ġthey Ġwere Ġoffended Ġby Ġthe Ġscene Ġin Ġwhich Ġan ĠAmerican Ġofficer Ġissues Ġorders Ġto Ġthe ĠSouth ĠKorean Ġarmy Ġin Ġthe Ġdefence Ġof Ġtheir Ġhomeland Ġ, Ġand Ġby Ġa Ġlove making Ġscene Ġnear Ġa Ġstatue Ġof Ġthe ĠBuddha Ġ. ĠThe ĠJ og ye ĠBuddhist ĠOrder Ġissued Ġa Ġstatement Ġthat Ġthe Ġfilm Ġwas Ġ" Ġdisrespectful Ġto Ġour Ġreligion Ġand Ġdoes Ġnot Ġreflect Ġour Ġvalues Ġand Ġethics Ġ" Ġ. ĠThe ĠWashington ĠPost Ġreported Ġgrowing Ġresentment Ġin Ġthe Ġnation Ġtowards Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates Ġ. ĠAn Ġofficial Ġof Ġthe ĠSouth ĠKorean ĠMinistry Ġof ĠCulture Ġand ĠTourism Ġsaid Ġthat ĠDie ĠAnother ĠDay Ġwas Ġ" Ġthe Ġwrong Ġfilm Ġat Ġthe Ġwrong Ġtime Ġ. Ġ" Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġamount Ġof Ġproduct Ġplacement Ġin Ġthe Ġfilm Ġwas Ġa Ġpoint Ġof Ġcriticism Ġ, Ġspecifically Ġfrom Ġvarious Ġnews Ġoutlets Ġsuch Ġas Ġthe ĠBBC Ġ, ĠTime Ġand ĠReuters Ġwho Ġall Ġused Ġthe Ġpun Ġ" ĠBuy ĠAnother ĠDay Ġ" Ġ. ĠReported ly Ġ20 Ġcompanies