Sentences with phrase «among major studios»

He will be charged with cranking up Paramount's lagging film production operation, which is in last place among the major studios.

Warner continues to place a distant last place among the major studios in menu creativity, simply dropping an short score excerpt over poster artwork formatted to fill 16:9 screens on both discs and, as is now the case, pouring no effort into the DVD's generic submenus (which don't even include a scene selection one).

That leaves among the major studios only Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures Classics as bastions still nurturing movies that are more difficult for some — like this year's «12 Years a Slave» — but enduring.

Sony managed to place third in domestic market share among the major studios last year, and grow its foreign box office total by nearly a third compared to 2010.

Though the studio's average Metascore was actually a few points higher in 2011 than in 2010 — and though it placed third among the major studios in overall quality — Warner films generally failed to excite critics last year, with only the Harry Potter film, Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, and the Steve Carell rom - com Crazy, Stupid, Love.

The remaining 87 % of the studio's releases received poor or mediocre reviews from professional critics, giving Universal an average Metascore of 49.3, good for fourth place among the major studios.

Not only were global receipts down slightly compared to the previous year, but Fox was alone among the major studios in failing to record a green Metascore — that's right, not a single Fox film earned positive reviews from critics in 2013.

Heading into the weekend, Warner Bros. was in fifth place in domestic ticket sales among the major studios, with revenue of $ 235 million, according to Box Office Mojo, another researcher.

Not exact matches

Just three of the studio's 15 films received positive reviews from critics (and one of those, only by a nose), putting Universal in the bottom half among the major distributors in terms of quality — not surprising, given that its 2014 slate wasn't exactly deep in Oscar - worthy films.

The studio received 11 Academy Award nominations in all, tops among the major distributors.

As a whole, though Paramount's revenues were up slightly in 2014, the studio still placed sixth among the major distributors in domestic market share.

Its foreign grosses in 2011 — though down 24 % — were good enough for fourth place among the six majors, and the studio had several global hits including a surprisingly good Rise of the Planet of the Apes ($ 481 million worldwide), Rio ($ 484 million), and X-Men: First Class ($ 353 million).

The studio once again placed fourth among the six majors in total domestic grosses last year, and third globally, but its total receipts were down in both categories compared to the year before.

At the moment, there are nine films on Amazon's slate for 2017, though it should be noted that the studio was a major buyer at last year's Sundance Film Festival (where they acquired Manchester, Love & Friendship, and the documentary Oscar contender Gleason, among others), so that number could be beefed up by month's end.

Several major studios, including Paramount and Universal, are among the bidders for the property, which went on the market -LSB-...]

Several major studios, including Paramount and Universal, are among the bidders for the property, which went on the market right before the Fourth of the July weekend.

Day two of the festival is always among the busiest because the major studios are here and they want you to see their films.

The people who figure in it — among whom the studio photographer Madani is a major presence — always remain the primary focus, yet he allows the inevitable intrusion of the history they lived through to seep into the narrative.

Madeline McKay's untitled work is among pieces on display by studio art majors at the Bates College Museum of Art.

Among the city's best and brightest, these artists are supported with an exhibition, promotion, a studio assistant, and a major stipend to create work over the course of the year.

Among Atlanta's best and brightest, these artists are supported with an exhibition, promotion, a studio assistant and a major monetary stipend to facilitate their work over the course of the year.

Among Atlanta's best and brightest, these artists are supported with an exhibition, a promotion, a studio assistant and a major monetary stipend to facilitate their work over the course of the year.