Sentences with phrase «biggest summer box office»

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This summer's box - office totals have also suffered from the expansion of blockbuster season as a handful of films likely to be among the year's biggest releases are slated to come out this fall, among them best - selling novel adaptation Gone Girl, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, and the latest Hunger Games installment.

Had Marvel served up another big helping of the same big, dumb action fare that's dominated summer movies for the last 40 years, the MCU has enough built - in fans to propel Guardians 2 to the top of the box office.

Go behind the wheel of this summer's biggest surprise box office hit with extensive bonus materials exploring its unique driving and music - infused production, including making - of featurettes on stunt driving with the cast, music, choreography, and orchestrating some of the best car chases in cinematic history.

From exclusive Hollywood product presentations highlighting a slate of upcoming films, to must - see premiere feature screenings, to the biggest stars, producers and directors, CinemaCon will help jumpstart the excitement and buzz that surrounds the summer season at the box office.

And the lousy box office results are another example of how audiences sent Hollywood a big message this last summer that spending all that money on familiar tentpole projects isn't exactly the best investment.

Another weekend, another big - budget misfire at the summer box office.

Despite big box - office success and unexpected summer magic, no one thought Edgar Wright's heist film had the gas to make it to awards season — even the iPod wearing, street - dancing, mostly mute titular character played by Ansel Elgort.

No doubt: The World War II movie that hit big at the summer box office garnered eight nominations, including the first directing nod for Thomas» husband, Christopher Nolan, and a best picture nomination for both of them.

Not many people would have been willing to wager before the start of the summer movie season that «The Avengers» would emerge as the best superhero film of the year (especially with «The Dark Knight Rises» still to come), but Marvel's big gamble proved everyone wrong, making beaucoup bucks at the box office on its way to becoming the third highest grossing movie of all - time.

After making waves with his critically acclaimed «Snabba Cash» — which is only seeing a theatrical release this summer, two years after it's original Swedish unveiling — Daniel Espinosa was linked to numerous big - name projects before moving onto the Denzel Washington / Ryan Reynolds starrer «Safe House,» which has surely earned him a lot of good will with its box office performance (it crossed $ 100 million domestic this week).

With this summer's disappointing box office returns for the troubled production of «The Lone Ranger» — following a string of disappointments including «The Sorcerer's Apprentice,» «Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,» «G - Force» and «Confessions of a Shopaholic» — Bruckheimer has had a rocky time of it lately on the big screen.

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.

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.

Nestled in a larger story about the state of franchises after a disappointing Summer 2017 box office, The Hollywood Reporter alleges that Universal believes part of what helped save The Mummy at international box offices was Tom Cruise in the leading role — inspiring them that big - name casting for future movies in the franchise.

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.

«Despicable Me 2» edged the Adam Sandler comedy «Grown Ups 2» at the domestic box office this weekend, while the surge some predicted for Guillermo del Toro's «Pacific Rim» never quite materialized — making it the latest big - budget beast to come crashing down this summer.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Megan Morphs into Monster in Tasteless Zombie Flick Megan Fox's Transformers 2 may have been the biggest box - office hit of the summer, but her new film, Jennifer's Body, has a better chance of becoming the biggest flop of the fall.

While not one of the big hits of summer, Schmucks just about met box office expectations, narrowly clearing its $ 69 million budget with a $ 73 M domestic gross.

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

Neeson is coming off the box office disappointment «Run All Night,» though he's set to appear in «Ted 2,» which is expected to be a big hit when it opens this summer.

20th Century Fox released this little movie in July of 1979 when the studio's big summer movie, Alien, was still dominating at the box office a couple of months into its long run.

If I were to pick the single most impressive box - office story of the summer, it wouldn't be Iron Man 3 hitting a figure that is, however large, not that big a deal for a movie with its kind of budget, especially one serving as de facto sequel to a film that destroyed very nearly every record that exists.

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.

Box office expectations: With a hefty $ 180 million budget, Warner Bros. is hoping that Legend of Tarzan will be one of their big summer blockbusters of 2016.

With so many big - budget action movies flopping at the box office this past summer, it's crazy to think that a quaint genre film like «A History of Violence» would handle its action sequences with the most panache.

Bigger box office blockbusters were again pushed to the front end of the summer season leaving less attraction for audiences on the holiday weekend.

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.

The Irish film's gross box - office to date now reaches over 2 Million Euro, making it the biggest Irish release here since The Wind that Shakes the Barley and The Guard is now on its way to becoming one of the biggest film hits of the summer, all the while working a pair of purple y - fronts.