Sentences with phrase «as box office draws»

In terms of building a career, there's nothing quite like it, and it's something we've commented on before — with the rise of names like Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender and Taylor Kitsch, actors who are, as yet, unproven as box office draws, and yet find themselves linked to every high - profile role in town.

Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, stars of the New Line buddy action comedy «Central Intelligence,» are among a precious few in Hollywood who have emerged as box office draws in the past five years.

It's not easy to understand why anyone agreed to fund this film, as the box office drawing power of Nicolas Cage is a bit suspect after a string of stinkers like this bizarre, unscary medieval...

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Hey, I like Turturro and all, but, as «Barton Fink» will tell you, he's not a big box office draw, and you need only look at this film's critical reception to realize that, because I'm not saying that this film was a commercial disaster, but it's become forgotten ever since it drove Refn's Jang Go Star company into bankruptcy and ostensibly drove Hubert Shelby, Jr. to death a year later.

Washington also reeled in large audiences in action roles, with the top box - office draw of such thrillers as The Pelican Brief (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), and The Siege (1998) attesting to his capabilities.

I understand why Johnny Depp is credited as the main actor, not because he is a bigger draw at the box office, but because he as Tanto starts off in the film telling the story of how the Lone Ranger came to be.

Visually, this box office smash represents one of Disney's finest hours, with meticulously drawn characters and backdrops as well as a color palette that explodes off the screen.

With a collection of record - breaking bestsellers serving as a foundation, the consistently high box - office draw of the films was a foregone conclusion.

Combining broad comedy with believable and well - drawn characters, The Full Monty was a major box - office hit both in England and the United States and was nominated for Academy Awards as Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.

It's hard to imagine «Hit and Run» getting as large of a theatrical release as it did (or even one at all) without the involvement of Bradley Cooper, not only due to his box office drawing power, but because his amusing, against - type turn as a dreadlocked ex-con is about the only good thing the movie has going for it.

But increasingly, over the last several years, it seems Hollywood has decided to cash in on the phrase as some sort of box office draw — whether or not the content of the film asks for it — as though summoning the country's name alone is going to put butts in seats in a way that would be unachievable otherwise.

Since returning to film following his stint as governor of California, Schwarzenegger has not proved to be a box - office draw.

Jerry Lewis was a major box office draw in the 1950s and 1960s, and as a «total filmmaker» has a significant profile in film studies, as Chris Fujiwara's book and Murray Pomerance's edited collection show.26 Brooks has his champions in popular film criticism, Kehr chief among them.

Now at 21, she's worked with many of the greatest filmmakers, including Wes Anderson, Peter Jackson and Peter Weir, shared the screen with Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray, and continues to grow as an international box office draw.

For starters, it boasts a pair of great actors in Will Smith and new «it» girl Margot Robbie, and although Smith is the bigger box office draw, Robbie has proven herself as one of the brighter female talents in Hollywood.

As Depp is the main box office draw, whose international fame far exceeds that of Lone Ranger portrayer Armie Hammer, the two characters have undergone a major shift in terms of their importance and screen time, with Depp not only headlining the flick, but Tonto is given more screen time and more importance to the story than ever before.

The actor formerly known as the Rock is now increasingly acknowledged as the world's biggest box - office draw.

Those with doubts about the viability of the movie Entourage had them confirmed when the film drew unfavorable reviews and made little impact at the box office, where it opened as counterprogramming in June against summer's typically big - budgeted fare.

It looked for a while as though new entry Rampage, even given the draw of The Rock, might not be able to displace reigning movie A Quiet Place from the top of the box office.

It's interesting to see how the past nine years have taken Ferrell and Kattan in such different directions, with Ferrell today earning $ 20 million paychecks as a fairly reliable box office draw and Kattan being relegated to TV movies, voiceover jobs, and low - profile Broadway work.

Vaughn and Ferrell have established themselves as serious box office draws, and Old School shows them in typical characters.

Marvelâ $ ™ s latest screen heroes are not well known to most moviegoers, so the film lacks the kind of built - in fan base that makes such iconic characters as Batman, Spider - Man and the X-Men automatic box office draws.

Grodin probably would have been a better fit as the star of the film, but Martin was clearly a much bigger box office draw at the time, although the film ultimately did poorly at the box office anyway.

Angelina Jolie's a Disney veteran at this point and a big draw when it comes to box office sales, she's already appeared as Maleficent and is set to return for a sequel.

The figures are drawn from various box office mojo charts as of Friday 08/26.

As we all know, Disney has twice recently re-embraced hand - drawn animation on the satisfying and traditional The Princess and the Frog and Winnie the Pooh, two films that nonetheless failed to meet box office expectations.

It debuted as the number one box office draw, bringing in close to $ 100 million US and many readers flocked to see it.

As a traditionally published writer, my experience has shown me that unless you are a «box - office» draw, publishers don't do much for you in term...»