Sentences with phrase «big commercial hit»

At least in Bad Teacher, he's got his first big commercial hit.

Other films meriting mention include Robert Altman «s final picture, «A Prairie Home Companion ``; Mel Gibson «s Aztec - thriller, «Apocalypto ``; Tom Tykwer «s kinetic (perhaps too kinetic) «Perfume: The Story of a Murderer ``; John Cameron Mitchell «s low - budget erotica,» Shortbus ``; Richard Linklater's live - action rotoscoped Philip K. Dick adaptation «A Scanner Darkly ``; Spike Lee «s biggest commercial hit, the entertaining heist film, «Inside Man ``; Michael Mann «s flawed, but interesting «Miami Vice ``; Bryan Singer «s unfairly maligned «Superman Returns; «Nicole Holofcener «s wryly observational «Friends with Money,» the over-estimated, but enlivening horror «The Descent,» and «13 Tzameti.»

Though the critical reception was more lukewarm than its predecessor, the followup proved to be a much bigger commercial hit, raking in $ 184.2 million in the United States.

The 1950s produced no small amount of frothy romantic comedies centering around the lives (and lifestyles) of wealthy, winsome people, and Pillow Talk proved to be one of the biggest commercial hits in this field.

One of the biggest commercial hits of all time, Mutiny on the Bounty still faced stiff competition from The Informer, which won four out of six Oscars compared to Mutiny's lone statue.

Not exact matches

Faulkner has vowed to tackle the city's convoluted, unfair property tax system, which gives huge financial advantages to owners of single - family homes in gentrifying neighborhoods but penalizes working - class homeowners and hits big commercial real estate owners especially hard.

Never one to pass up a commercial opportunity, David Miliband has produced a sequel impressively quickly, though I'm not sure it will prove as big a hit.

The filmmakers behind the season's biggest commercial and critical hit, «Gravity» — director Alfonso Cuaron; his son, Jonas, with whom he wrote the screenplay; and producer David Heyman — are in Los Angeles this week, the beginning of what is likely...

«Infinity War» is the latest success in a growing string of hits for Walt Disney Co.'s Marvel Studios, once again proving the commercial appeal of the interconnected superhero universe Marvel has spent a decade building for the big screen.

With Opening Day arriving March 29, it's time to get into the spirit of the season with some of the biggest baseball movies that all hit a commercial home run.

When: June 22nd Why: Woody Allen may be coming off the biggest commercial success of his career with «Midnight in Paris» (a film that also netted him another Oscar for Best Original Screenplay), but unfortunately, that can only be seen as bad news for his next European adventure, because Allen hasn't had back - to - back hits in over a decade.

In an alternate universe, Edgar Wright (The Cornetto Trilogy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Spaced) would have directed Ant - Man, Ant - Man would have become an even bigger commercial and critical hit than it was two years ago, and Wright would have moved on bigger and better projects with even more creative control, in...

MGM was initially reluctant to release Diner as they feared it would be a commercial flop, but the movie proved to be hit and I imagine Weintraub, who produced it, played a big part in its success.

Trailers: Super Bowl Special: Sure, the Super Bowl is still underway, but just about all of the commercials from the film industry hit the web way before the big game, or at least commercial teasers.

Rocketing to superstardom with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Carrey rode a steady stream of massive hits for the first half of the 1990s (including The Mask and Dumb and Dumber) until The Cable Guy, a dark comedy that commanded Carrey his $ 20 million pay day (the biggest at the time) but also made for his first commercial failure.

Illustrating that the word «problem» is a relative one, while one major movie studio continues to search for the voice of its shared superhero universe and deliver its first unqualified critical and commercial hit, another's biggest hurdle is continually living to an insane level of expectations its unprecedented string of hits has built up.

Many of their films have become cult hits, if not big commercial successes, but the Rough Team isn't aiming for surefire bets.

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Yet another famous actor that popped up in a Nintendo commercial before they hit it big.

It was also the best place to play the huge commercial hit Destiny in 2014, and what it currently lacks in big - money true exclusives, it more than makes up for with the sheer volume of pure indie goodness on its online store.

And if, as plug - in advocates hope, some of the big carmakers develop official, commercial versions of these plug - in vehicles, then this niche technology could hit the big time over the next few years.

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The United States economy has displayed a powerful resiliency over the last several years, with home sales hitting records and commercial activity reaching robust levels despite a steady stream of big shocks like hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

The 1970s - era jingle that accompanied McDonald's commercials paid homage to the ingredients that made the Big Mac a hit: «Two all - beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun.»