Sentences with phrase «box office draws»

Marvelâ $ ™ s latest screen heroes are not well known to most moviegoers, so the film lacks the kind of built - in fan base that makes such iconic characters as Batman, Spider - Man and the X-Men automatic box office draws.

Vaughn and Ferrell have established themselves as serious box office draws, and Old School shows them in typical characters.

That's somewhat a good thing for Chastain and McAvoy, since they'll be out of the spotlight and off the covers of those awful tabloid magazines, but it also means they aren't guaranteed box office draws like a Tom Cruise or Sandra Bullock.

In terms of building a career, there's nothing quite like it, and it's something we've commented on before — with the rise of names like Tom Hardy, Michael Fassbender and Taylor Kitsch, actors who are, as yet, unproven as box office draws, and yet find themselves linked to every high - profile role in town.

Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, stars of the New Line buddy action comedy «Central Intelligence,» are among a precious few in Hollywood who have emerged as box office draws in the past five years.

Hell or High Water, for instance, was the biggest independent box office draw of 2016, raking in about $ 27 million domestically.

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.

That was quite evident in the box office draw.

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

Watching Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson's career rise from the most electrifying man in the WWF / E to surviving The Scorpion King and The Tooth Fairy to become a box office draw is exciting because it means that The Rock is our new everyman.

The movie feels like it belongs on a stage rather than the screen, and if it ever got a cast like this on Broadway or the West End, it would be a smash, unlike it's small box office draw it received in it's theatrical run.

It's hard to imagine «Hit and Run» getting as large of a theatrical release as it did (or even one at all) without the involvement of Bradley Cooper, not only due to his box office drawing power, but because his amusing, against - type turn as a dreadlocked ex-con is about the only good thing the movie has going for it.

It's not easy to understand why anyone agreed to fund this film, as the box office drawing power of Nicolas Cage is a bit suspect after a string of stinkers like this bizarre, unscary medieval...

But increasingly, over the last several years, it seems Hollywood has decided to cash in on the phrase as some sort of box office draw — whether or not the content of the film asks for it — as though summoning the country's name alone is going to put butts in seats in a way that would be unachievable otherwise.

He was plucked from obscurity and chosen to star with her - the biggest Arab movie star and # 1 box office draw - in 1954 ’s

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.

But though O'Neal at the time was a box office draw, Kubrick uses his weaknesses to the film's strengths.

but I get the feeling they want some level named actor to attract at least a little box office draw.

I mean, sure, George Clooney is a box office draw but I'd only seen a couple TV spots for this one.

Jerry Lewis was a major box office draw in the 1950s and 1960s, and as a «total filmmaker» has a significant profile in film studies, as Chris Fujiwara's book and Murray Pomerance's edited collection show.26 Brooks has his champions in popular film criticism, Kehr chief among them.

Now at 21, she's worked with many of the greatest filmmakers, including Wes Anderson, Peter Jackson and Peter Weir, shared the screen with Cate Blanchett and Bill Murray, and continues to grow as an international box office draw.

He's never what's wrong with a film and more often than not he's the major box office draw.

Owen Wilson may be the movie's box office draw, but he proves to be more of a distraction than anything.

Recommendation: A likely underwhelming box office draw due to its title, The Diary of a Teenage Girl is an authentic, emotional film about a life in transition.

For starters, it boasts a pair of great actors in Will Smith and new «it» girl Margot Robbie, and although Smith is the bigger box office draw, Robbie has proven herself as one of the brighter female talents in Hollywood.

I found Edge of Tomorrow enjoyable, but unfortunately, it didn't have the big box office draw it should have had.

The top box office draw for fans of ridiculous action this week is undoubtedly 2 Guns — a buddy action movie starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.

Considering the massive box office draw the IP has proven to be, we can safely assume Chapter Two will draw in some fairly substantial names.

We were considering Haley to be cast with a very recognizable name and box office draw.

As Depp is the main box office draw, whose international fame far exceeds that of Lone Ranger portrayer Armie Hammer, the two characters have undergone a major shift in terms of their importance and screen time, with Depp not only headlining the flick, but Tonto is given more screen time and more importance to the story than ever before.

Add Schwarzenegger no longer being a huge box office draw and it seems fair to say: there's a real chance that history could repeat itself, when it comes to Terminator: Genisys» attempt to start a new trilogy.

While Spielberg's involvement is the film's strongest strongest selling point, it's worth noting that he isn't the box office draw he was in the 1980s and»90s.

I suspect fans of period dramas will fill cinemas around the country for this film, with the added box office draw card of Scarlett and Natalie, not to mention Eric for the girls.

It's interesting to see how the past nine years have taken Ferrell and Kattan in such different directions, with Ferrell today earning $ 20 million paychecks as a fairly reliable box office draw and Kattan being relegated to TV movies, voiceover jobs, and low - profile Broadway work.

She really wanted to make a Western, but since that wasn't exactly a box office draw, she and co-writer Eric Red opted to blend the Western elements with a genre that was popular at that time; vampires.

Grodin probably would have been a better fit as the star of the film, but Martin was clearly a much bigger box office draw at the time, although the film ultimately did poorly at the box office anyway.

Once a brilliant mainstream comedian and major box office draw, Murray has been embracing indie roles with drama and pathos for over fifteen years now.

Pamela McClintock at The Hollywood Reporter looks at 13 film markets that could be on the rise for box office draw.

We get reminded why he was such a box office draw last century, and I hope he continues down this road.

With an attractive slim box office draw in Cameron Diaz — and an equally slim budget of just $ 19 million — this flick is already a financial gem for Sony / Columbia.

Hanks looks great, while the thriller nature of it will surely be a box office draw.

Chan may not be a box office draw here in the US, but every now and then one of his movies ends up getting a domestic release, and his latest looks completely bonkers.

Last month Harvey Weinstein said they're looking at Venice to premiere the film, which will quickly be followed by an August 31st release date in what he hopes will be box office draw thanks to the expected popularity of Tom Hardy post -» The Dark Knight Rises.»

It debuted as the number one box office draw, bringing in close to $ 100 million US and many readers flocked to see it.

Not exact matches

Some critics argued that Mayweather should be barred from the sport — but with no publicly available photos of the victim, no central organization in charge of the boxing world, and Mayweather's immense box office and pay - per - view draw, nothing came of it before the boxer retired after the McGregor fight in August 2017.

Despite fierce criticism from some conservative Christians, «Noah» was the top box - office draw last weekend, raking in $ 44 million in the United States.

WESLEY SNIPES One of the biggest box - office draws of the»90s, he was convicted of tax evasion in 2008 and is serving a three - year stint at McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania, scheduled for a July 2013 release.

If Rampage draws any serious coin at the box office, and don't bet against it, I'd like to propose that Johnson next take on El Dorado, the favourite pinball game of my misspent youth.

Washington also reeled in large audiences in action roles, with the top box - office draw of such thrillers as The Pelican Brief (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), and The Siege (1998) attesting to his capabilities.

He is sometimes drawn to films with little or no box office potential because he believes in the material.