Sentences with phrase «big blockbuster hits»

They are responsible for huge amounts of their revenue because of the long tail economics and big blockbuster hits.

Alice Walker's novel comes to the screen under the direction of Steven Spielburg the director that brought you some of the biggest blockbuster hits of the era including «Jaws», «Close Encounters of the Third Kind», «Raiders of the Lost Ark», and more.

And while third parties are happy to offer Switch ports of kid - friendly franchises and last - gen remasters, the system doesn't have the power to support direct ports of today's biggest blockbuster hits (a problem the Wii and Wii U also had).

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His bigger challenge is to leave behind an institution that carries his DNA and continues to deliver one blockbuster hit after another while pushing the technology industry in new directions, even without Jobs at the helm.

Director James Cameron's 1986 blockbuster follow - up to Ridley Scott's Oscar winning science - fiction / horror flick that became one of the biggest grossing films of 1979 asks a good question to a successful hit... How do you make a successful sequel to a film in which much of the suspense comes from learning about the mysterious monster?

It will be extremely hard for the studio to match those figures in 2016, as many of its biggest franchises are sitting out the year and Universal's planned 21 - film slate doesn't feature any sure - thing blockbuster hits aside from (maybe) a still - untitled Bourne sequel.

It's the middle of the summer, which means lots of big budget blockbusters are about to hit screens!

Now comes the new wave of blockbuster Marvel franchises, with The Hulk riding a wave of mass approval as the next big superhero thing to hit theaters since X2.

It is without a doubt one of the biggest blockbusters to ever hit the screen, with a cast so stacked that we couldn't mention them all.

Three big films hit cinemas this weekend in the UK (one of them opens next week in America), with a fantasy blockbuster taking on a sci - fi action thriller and a Wild West comedy for box...

Since 2000's Meet the Parents became the biggest hit of his career and its 2004 sequel nearly doubled its blockbuster numbers, De Niro has gravitated towards comedy as often as anything else.

This week we conclude our pick of the 50 best films of the 2010s thus far, and looking down the list I notice we haven't included too many blockbusters or big budget hits.

Following up on the Cinema City romantic comedy Seven Years Itch, To re-teamed with producer - writer - star (not necessarily in that order) Raymond Wong Bak - Ming for an ensemble film designed for release during the Lunar New Year holiday, a week - long (more or less) celebration that is the highlight of the Hong Kong film release calendar, when all of the big, star - studded blockbusters hit theatres.

He scored a huge hit last year playing Big Daddy in the Chinese action blockbuster Wolf Warrior II, a global box office phenomenon and now the biggest grossing film in Chinese history.

Amongst the nominees for «summer's biggest boom», Iron Man ranks slightly ahead of the crowd in being the first all - comic produced blockbuster to hit our screens.

Soon to be a smash hit blockbuster, Justice League will be hitting the big screen as a better than epic movie!

Jurassic Park hit theaters way back in 1993 at just the right time - Michael Crichton's novel, which had become an instant bestseller three years earlier, was perfect for film and big - budget blockbusters hadn't yet become over-saturated in CGI...

With 2018 shaping up to be a year when multiple blockbuster tentpoles and franchise sequels are set to be hitting the big screen, Universal's planned sequel to Jurassic World is shaping up to be the most anticipated.

It's just over a month until Ready Player One hits the big screen, and it's exciting for multiple reasons — it's Steven Spielberg's long - awaited return to all - out blockbuster territory, it steps into a new frontier of virtual reality - infused filmmaking, and it's set to be perhaps the most densely packed meta pop culture adventure ever.

It would be great to see Snowpiercer became as big an international hit as that earlier film, which also blended cutting social commentary, blockbuster set pieces and the sort of thrills you rarely get out of contemporary marketed - to - death multiplex fare.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Special Effects Overshadow Cast in Bay's Bigger - Budgeted Sequel This summer blockbuster has hit written all over it, given that Michael Bay freely admits that he makes movies aimed at teenaged boys.

A film in 2015 that stick to the standard action formula of a flawed lead character full of angst helping some woman fight back against her tormentors would likely be fun and a big hit, but by going against the norm and embracing every bit of chaos in this mad world, Miller creates a new king of the road that's going to be hard for any upcoming blockbuster in 2015 and beyond to top.

If the movie is a big hit - not a certainty in a summer of underperforming blockbusters like «Poseidon» and «Mission: Impossible III» - you can be sure there will be spinoffs like «Wolverine: The Prequel» or «Magneto: The Early Years.»

British actress EMILY BLUNT has defended her decision to swap independent movies for big budget blockbusters - insisting she doesn't need to «atone» for her career choices.After a supporting role in hit fashion film The...

Then there's director Ryan Coogler, who was already a critical darling with his indie debut film «Fruitvale Station» and his «Rocky» spinoff «Creed,» but now has his blockbuster calling card as the director of one of the biggest hits Hollywood has ever seen.

Marvel's biggest movie yet Avengers: Infinity War is ready to hit the screens on April 27, and if you want to catch up on all the other movies before the potential blockbuster, then now is the time.

Small productions struggle to hit the big screen due to fashion for mega-budget TV dramas and risk - averse US studios focusing on superhero blockbusters

Granted, «Home» wasn't necessarily well - reviewed, but it was a blockbuster hit from one of the bigger animation companies in town and history would have predicted slightly more love.

A refreshing spin on the superhero origin story, Chronicle was one of the surprise hits of the year, banking $ 126m from a budget of just $ 15m; a sequel has already been announced (although Fox are apparently unhappy with Max Landis» script), and its success has paved the way for Josh Trank to try his hand at a big budget superhero blockbuster with Fox's Fantastic Four reboot.

Steven Spielberg just delivered the Best Picture nominee The Post at the end of 2017, and in a couple months we'll see his latest blockbuster hit the big screen in the form of the adaptation of Ready Player One (find out more about that movie here).

There's plenty of potential indie darlings hitting theaters this summer among the normal blockbuster fare, and one film coming from the 2015 Sundance Film Festival to the big screen is Results.

After a successful start to the summer thanks to surefire hits like «Avengers: Age of Ultron» and over-performers like «Pitch Perfect 2» and «Mad Max: Fury Road,» the blockbuster movie season continues with a pair of much - anticipated sequels, the big screen debut of an HBO favorite, and a welcome return to originality from the brilliant minds at Pixar.

While the summer box office heats up with new blockbusters, Blu - ray is giving us the chance to revisit some of the biggest hits, looking better than ever in June.

For movie buffs, it means the time has come for big summer blockbuster hits!

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The biggest blockbuster of all needs no introduction: The film version of Stephenie Meyer's New Moon hits theater Nov. 20.

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Blockbuster AAA hit after blockbuster AAA hit continue to score big with gamers and critics alike, and this trend looks to continue throughout the remainder of this year.

When we first conceived Hellblade back in 2014 our aim was to create a game that could spearhead a resurgence in mid-sized games; the lost games of years gone by that were creatively rich, featured the highest AAA production values and were more focused in scope than many of the big hitting blockbusters of today.

Here we are at the height of summer in the northern hemisphere, and as the hot days tick by, we're left to deal with the lack of new AAA + blockbuster titles hitting store shelves in large quantities as publishers save the big guns for the holiday shopping season.

The 2004 shopping season is turning out to be the year of the blockbuster for video game companies as they race to score one more big hit before the current generation of Xboxes and PlayStation 2s makes way for new machines.

Developed by Danish based PlayDead Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios, LIMBO is kick - starting the popular «Summer of Arcade» campaign to promote the biggest and most anticipated blockbuster hits of the season coming first to Xbox LIVE Arcade.

Ever wonder how those Transformers hit it big enough to spawn an infinite number of action figures and a blockbuster movie franchise?

Even as Steven Spielberg's big - budget blockbuster adaptation of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One prepares to hit the silver screen, it's starting to look like VR will take many more years to manifest as a mainstream consumer product.

Bright, it seems, is the first entry in what Netflix hopes will be a bigger franchise designed to bring blockbusters into subscribers» living rooms before they ever hit theaters.

Between big hits such as Uncharted 4, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Persona 5, the PS4's exclusive offerings include a healthy mix of AAA blockbusters, niche Japanese titles and notable indies.