Sentences with phrase «big box office champion»

Not exact matches

The film did poorly at the box office, but was championed by several film critics, with Pauline Kael being its biggest fan.

My best explanation for this is that the film ultimately found itself betwixt and between: too big to be the kind of arty film that critics love to champion, but not big enough (its domestic box office was almost exactly $ 100 million) to force its way into the conversation, à la Avatar, in a «the people have spoken» fashion.