Sentences with phrase «biggest box office»

The movie has taken the record for biggest Box Office opening weekend in history, a title previously held by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Blue Hawaii — Elvis Presley's biggest box office hit was filmed in 1961 around the Wailua River and the soon to be reopened Coco Coco Palms Resort.

by Sasha Stone and Ryan Adams A friend of mine said to me the other day, «two of the biggest box office hits of 2017, one directed by a woman and the other by a black man.»

Joel and Ethan Coen are playful filmmakers best known for their wry genre deconstructions and narrative experimentation, but in 2010, the filmmaking brothers had their biggest box office hit with a surprisingly straightforward Western — and a remake, to boot.

Most of the biggest box office smashes were worthwhile films — Guardians of the Galaxy and The LEGO Movie, for example.

He's been a Hollywood icon for over 30 years and has starred in some of the biggest box office smashes in history as some of the most recognisable characters on our screens.

Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Martian also continues to perform strongly outside the world's biggest box office and could be on course to mimic the huge success of similar space - themed efforts such as Gravity ($ 723m in 2013) and Interstellar ($ 675m last year).

One of the summer's biggest box office hits, the World War II thriller «Dunkirk,» followed with eight nominations, including best picture and the first directing nomination for Christopher Nolan.

Nothing has been made official yet but considering Ross delivered one of the biggest box office hits of the year, negotiations could easily disappear in a puff of smoke based on the number of different unknown offers Ross may be currently considering.

It also stars Black Panther, already the biggest box office star of 2018.

It ended up the second biggest box office hit behind Jurassic Park, earning close to half a billion dollars worldwide.

A slew of solo films introducing Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and The Hulk all lead to one moment in 2012, when director Joss Whedon unleashed Earth's Mightiest Heroes into cinemas to complete Phase 1 of the company's plan, a feat that would result in the third biggest box office worldwide.

Avengers: Infinity War is set for the second biggest box office opening of all - time after hitting cinemas this week — being beaten only by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Spotlight and Carol both scooped up six total nominations each, while The Big Short and the year's biggest box office sensation Star Wars: The Force Awakens were both recognized in five categories.

Experimental in its approach, candid about sex, and vicious in its attacks on American conformity and consumerism («Plastics»), the film, adapted by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham from Charles Webb's book, also became a rallying cry for the period's youth, widening the generation gap and emerging as one of the biggest box office smashes of its decade.

Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds is the third biggest box office hit of all time in Korea.

She also appeared in two of the previous summer's biggest box office titles: the animated Minions and Spy with Melissa McCarthy.

Scoring the second biggest box office weekend opening of the year so far, «Ready Player One» looks set to be a huge success for director Steven Spielberg, and its incredible cast of talented actors.

What You Need To Know: Coming off a streak that has seen them produce a Best Picture winner («No Country For Old Men «-RRB- and the biggest box office hit of their careers («True Grit «-RRB-, the Coen Brothers have probably been afforded the opportunity to make whatever they want.

It's an interesting choice to helm this small film after directing one of the biggest box office successes of all time.

I was guest this week on Out Now With Aaron and Abe This year's summer movies have the potential to be the biggest box office ever.

There's a reason Coco became Mexico's biggest box office sensation ever AND managed to bypass China's ban on talking skeleton movies by being just that moving!

Opening figures for «Ben - Hur,» whose production budget was at least $ 100 million, put it in line to become one of the biggest box office bombs of the summer.

The 28 - year - old played Johnny Storm / The Human Torch in the Marvel film, which became one of the biggest box office disasters of 2015, reported Independent online.

Marvel Studios» «Avengers: Infinity War,» became the biggest box office opener this weekend, topping previous holder, «Star Wars: The Force Awakens.»

Forty - six films in the tank, and it was this, his forty - sixth, that made the biggest box office impact of his career.

So, while Derrickson's superhero epic is unlikely to go down as the MCU's biggest box office success, it's a sizable hit all the same.

Reported to be one of the biggest box office hits of all time in its native Chile, Pablo Larrain's The Club is also a movie that works in neat tandem with another title on this list — Tom McCarthy's Spotlight.

With three varied $ 100 million - grossing films to his name (The Vow, 21 Jump Street, Magic Mike), Channing Tatum has been the biggest box office draw of 2012, a stark turnaround from his three underwhelming performers last year.

Well, after starting life in seeming «Development Hell» floating around Hollywood for years, then somehow lucking into two of Hollywood's biggest box office names, Passengers is finally set for release in December, and we now have a first glimpse of the film thanks to Entertainment Weekly.

Ridley didn't mention her singing aspirations last night, but did marvel at how much her life has changed since being cast by Abrams in the what has become the biggest box office hit in Hollywood history.

Set against a budget of $ 70 million, Michael Mann's cybercrime would - be-thriller brought in a grand total of $ 1.7 million in its debut, necessarily deeming Blackhat one of the biggest box office bombs in cinematic history given its wide release status.

One of the biggest box office successes of the decade is a movie that just sounds completely moronic on paper.

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Since then, the zombie movie has been a staple at the cinema and at home, with offerings ranging from the totally»80s classic Night of the Comet to the biggest box office zombie flick yet, World War Z. Because there are only so many ways to serve up brains, and with TV's The Walking Dead doing an excellent job of that on a regular basis, filmmakers are taking unique approaches to zombies and treating them as characters, not just mindless threats.

One of the biggest box office hits of all time, The Avengers exceeded almost all expectations, so all eyes are on filmmaker Joss Whedon for the upcoming sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Gillan's coast - to - coast move coincides with major career milestones in a year in which she's already starred in «Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,» a December release that blossomed into one of the year's biggest box office successes, flexing comedic chops alongside costars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black — only she did it all backwards and in abbreviated short - shorts.

CinemaCon 2016 is bringing a look at several new movie posters for some of this year's biggest box office releases.

But of everything he directed, this was his biggest box office success.

That film was also the year's biggest box office flop from a major studio, boasting one of the worst opening weekends in history ($ 306,367) for a nationwide release.

And female driven movies were usually the biggest box office movies at that time.

In the hands of director J.J. Abrams, it lived up to the hype to become not only the biggest box office hit of the year, but also one of the most fun action movies we've seen in a long time.

Moviegoers flocked to the theaters this weekend to see Stephen King's It, giving it the third biggest box office opening of the year, according to Warner Bros..

Movies with big box office showings like «Wonder Woman» and «The Hunger Games» were also popular among DVD renters, as were cult classics like «The Big Lebowski» and Christopher Nolan's «Memento.»

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.

Big box office is assured, but we long for the Shrek who gleefully belly - surfs into a mud pile at the end of this installment.

Just because «Hope Springs» has well known stars with historically big box office draw does not a good movie make.

Crafting a modestly budgeted movie about ordinary, nothing special people thrust into extraordinary circumstances and showing heroism means a big box office hit.

In time, audience affection wanes, with their expected exploits no longer a big box office drawcard.

After their initial inauguration into secret agent stuff and big box office profits, Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni (Daryl Sabara), the thrill seeking offspring of acclaimed spy couple Gregorio (Antonio Banderas) and Ingrid Cortez (Carla Gugino), are back.