Sentences with phrase «after first franchising»

Five years after first franchising the business, Colonel Harland Sanders had 400 outlets in the United States and Canada.

Not exact matches

The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.

They opened two more locations after that, and in 2016, they followed with their first franchise unit in Vancouver, Wash..

After her first D Pets Hotel was a success in Hollywood, franchise owner Kerry Brown — who had previously done US marketing for Lululemon for eight years — saw an opportunity to grow her business in New York.

The Harry Potter book series and film franchise, worth well over $ 21 billion, continues to attract avid fans — even as many as nineteen years after author J.K. Rowling penned the first novel.

In 1981, after five years as a Wendy's manager, Tom Pogemiller opened the first of his four Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre restaurants, a franchise operation founded in 1978 by video - game wizard Nolan Bushnell.

More than 50 years after starting his first car dealership in Vancouver, Pattison expanded his automotive business out of the province, buying Toyota and Subaru franchises in Winnipeg earlier this year.

After critical success during the first 15 years of his career, Scorsese found the industry pivoting as tent - pole franchises like Indiana Jones and Star Wars set box - office records and turned Steven Spielberg and George Lucas into household names.

Even if the movie hadn't explicitly promised one in its after - the - credits teaser, Ryan Reynolds» big, gooey spitball into the face of superhero movies made enough money in its first weekend to justify a whole franchise.

Two years after its first international franchise opened, another franchisee opened a location in Dubai, UAE.

The award, named after Kash's mother, who opened the first Gatti's franchise location in 1974, is presented to an individual who has contributed skill, time, and effort towards furthering the vision, mission, and strategy of the Gatti's brand.

«The vibe the arena gave off is what I'll remember most,» Butcher said after becoming the first Devil to collect three assists in his initial game with the franchise.

«The change with this team starts from the top down,» linebacker Robert Quinn said after the game, describing the shift in a franchise that has won eight games for the first time since 2006.

They entered their first All Sports Series Game in Franchise history on Tuesday Night and while they left without a much sought after W, they certainly showed a lot of talent and fight in their debut.

The Cavaliers haven't stopped partying since winning the franchise's first NBA Championship after a thrilling Game 7 against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.

• Injuries robbed the defense of its leader (safety Darren Woodson, out all season after undergoing back surgery) and the offense of its deep threat (Terry Glenn, out since Oct. 25 with a sprained foot), and franchise rookie running back Julius Jones missed all but one game in the first half of the season with a shoulder injury.

In 2013 Texans head coach Gary Kubiak was the first on the chopping block as he was let go after losing a franchise - record 11th straight game in Week 14 against the woeful Jaguars.

In his first 13 years with the Heat, Wade was named an All - Star 12 times, won three titles and was the Finals MVP in 2006 after helping Miami win its first championship in franchise history.

I've been a Wenger fan since he first arrived at the club and know he has done a fantastic job firstly winning trophies, secondly making Arsenal a global franchise and thirdly building a new stadium that will be standing long after most of us are gone.

After beating the Clippers in the first round, the Jazz looked like an ascendant franchise... if only they could keep Hayward in free agency.

How the Capitals franchise took shape after the worst NHL season ever, as told by the team's first members.

In 2003, the Giants went wire - to - wire for the first time in franchise history, leading the division after a win on Opening Day and never seeing second place, not even for a day.

Both of these organizations are in dire need of a franchise quarterback, but after trading for Carson Palmer, the Cardinals may be looking to address other needs with their first round selection.

Before his beleaguered run as Texans franchise quarterback after being taken first overall in 2002, David Carr was a Heisman finalist at Fresno State, completing 64.5 % of his passes and throwing for 4,839 yards, 46 touchdowns and nine interceptions in 2001, his senior season.

Into the Rankings for the first time this season and after their first W as a Franchise on Wednesday Night.

Benjamin was handed the reins as chief executive by his elder brother, Frank, in 2006, after he successfully orchestrated a competitive bid to become Gap Inc.'s first ever franchisee, clinching the franchising rights for both Gap and Banana Republic.

Prototyping The Sims 3 — The veteran developer, who moved into EA — and the Sims unit — after a long stint working on the EverQuest franchise for Sony Online Entertainment... the very first design meeting for The Sims 3.

Star Trek, one of the most iconic and influential global television franchises, returns 50 years after it first premiered, with STAR TREK DISCOVERY.

After the rambling first - half effort of the final Harry Potter installment, the filmmakers get down to business to give the franchise a generally rewarding send - off.

After a solid first attempt with the original, I was even more excited for EA UFC 2 to come out to see where they were headed with the franchise.

After such an amazing first season, I had nothing but high hopes for the future of this franchise.

There was a lot of criticism regarding Sony's decision to reboot the Spider - Man franchise only a decade after Sam Raimi's first film was released, but it was time for a change.

Shortly after we first covered Paramount's decision to move Mission: Impossible 5 («No, this time we swear the mission really is impossible») up from Christmas to July 31, Variety reports that Warner Bros. is moving the release of Point Break to Christmas day, essentially swapping places with the blockbuster franchise.

I'll have to revisit the first two films — after watching this trailer 6 times I've a new respect for the Iron Man franchise...

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

The Saw franchise is coming back to theaters this Halloween with the eighth film, titled simply Jigsaw after the iconic mastermind killer, and after a poster debut last week, the first official trailer has arrived online today.

Square Enix's oft - compared - to - Minecraft spin - off of the Dragon Quest series takes place shortly after the events of the first game in the franchise.

This 22nd installment in the James Bond franchise is its first sequel, taking up an hour after «Casino Royale.»

This will mark her 3rd appearance in the franchise, after first appearing in 2006's «Mission Impossible III» and again in 2011's «Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol».

The Resident Evil franchise delivered scare after scare throughout its first handful of titles, but it soon grew stagnant.

After an underwhelming start to the franchise, I'm hoping to find «Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer» stepping up to the quality that the first family of superhero teams deserves, much as I'm praying to see Bruce Willis provide a definitive finale to John McClane's legacy with «Live Free or Die Hard.»

The movie is such a massive decline that it must be some kind of joke on the part of any combination of director Paul Weitz (perhaps a subversive plan to kill a franchise he was not a fan of with his first (and let us hope only) entry), writers John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey (the former, maybe, enjoying steady work with the series after the success of the first movie; the latter possibly assuming he could coast on the coattails of his partner), and / or the cast (if we go with the hypothetical assault on the audience's sense of dignity, no doubt laughing themselves silly at the sight of the paycheck).

Tom Cruise wouldn't be Tom Cruise (i.e., an international box - office star) his mid-fifties without the Mission: Impossible franchise (a sixth entry arrives in multiplexes this summer 22 years after the first).

It's the only time the film stops in tracks to provide a showcase for the ability of one of its characters, but the sequence is so cleverly choreographed by director Bryan Singer (who returns to the franchise after directing its first two installments) that we hardly notice.

Yep, you read that right - the 70 - year - old actor who helped make the Star Wars franchise such a success in the first place will be returning as his character, Han Solo - after 30 years away from the job!

The film's cast includes the great Brad Dourif, who will once again voice the possessed doll Chucky, as well as some other returning characters, including Dourif's daughter Fiona, who is reprising her Curse role of Nica Pierce, and fellow franchise veterans Alex Vincent, who starred as Andy in the first two Child's Play movies and had a surprise cameo in an after - credits scene in Curse, and Jennifer Tilly, who voiced Chucky's soulmate Tiffany in Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky and was also featured breifly in Curse.

Ron Howard parted ways with the franchise after directing the first two films.

«Bridget Jones's Baby» is hitting theaters a full 12 years after the last in the franchise and 15 years after the first film, «Bridget Jones's Diary.»

The very first footage of the previous game in the Red Dead franchise was shown off in 2005, just one year after the release of Revolver, however the game wouldn't launch until 2010, and even then it was hit with another one - month delay.

Along with his brother Shawn, Marlon Wayans left the Scary Movie franchise after the first two movies, but that's not stopping him from continuing to parody horror tropes.