Sentences with phrase «box office failure»

Just one year later in 1978, the critical and box office failure of Irwin Allen's The Swarm showed how much audiences had sobered up, no longer excited by disaster movies and more interested in openly mocking them, based on their cheesy acting and overwrought destruction (a movement chronicled by Ken Feil in his worth - the - read book Dying for a Laugh: Disaster Movies and the Camp Imagination).

There were plenty of box office failures as well (like financial flops like Fantastic Four and cinematic duds like Fifty Shades of Grey) but overall, the local cineplex offered an eclectic mix of strong films that overshadowed many of the disappointments.

After a year of underwhelming performers and outright box office failures in the Young Adult novel adaptation field, from the The Host to Beautiful Creatures and The Mortal Instruments, studios must be breathing a sigh of relief with the absolute certainty of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's chances of success.

Not as bad as you may think it is given the huge box office failure, but definitely not as good as it should have been, Supernova is little more than a waste of time and money with nothing new to offer to anyone watching it.

Ryan Reynolds» career has been on life support for several years... his natural charisma seemed unlikely to prevail against a succession of roles in miserable box office failures.

Analysts believe the Thanksgiving release from the revered animation studio is shaping up to be their first box office failure, as the film just doesn't seem to be garnering the interest from audiences that Pixar films normally do.

But it proved to be such a dismal box office failure ($ 6 million) that its proposed sequel never got made.

The year in film was filled with box office failures and cinematic universes that died before they could even get a second installment.

It came together as an experiment trailed by a storied history and it fell apart as a subsequent box office failure.

The Animated Feature nominees tend to lean towards studio fare (even box office failures) so expect to see the likes of Coco, Ferdinand, The Boss Baby and / or any number of sequels that hit this year like Cars 3, Despicable Me 3 or The LEGO Batman Movie.

Fox's decision to finally move forward with the film followed a years - long process in which Reynolds, director Tim Miller, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had to fight through various obstacles (including the box office failure of another Reynolds superhero movie, 2011's Green Lantern) to get the movie made.

After the box office failure and, in some circles, critical pummeling heaped on «Death Proof,» he had something to prove.

Rather than offloading a turkey, might the studio recently wounded by the box office failure of Mother!

Columbus» track record with family - friendly hits like Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire went down much easier than Gilliam's history of quarelling with studios and his multiple (but undeserved) box office failures.

A baker's dozen of books featuring the character of Ezekiel «Easy» Rawlins were penned by author Walter Mosley, and it's a shame the box office failure of Devil in a Blue Dress prevented any more mysteries from making the leap from page to screen.

The studio also released just one critical dud (I Am Number Four, also a bit of a box office failure) last year after releasing three such films in 2010.

If there is one striking thing about Renny Harlin's audio commentary it is that he does not come across as bitter in any way, despite the savaging he got for the box office failure of the movie.

Steven Spielberg's expensive animated adventure Tintin was a box office failure based on its domestic total, and while that film has grossed nearly $ 300 million in the rest of the world, its foreign receipts are attributable to Sony, who handled global distribution.

Nevertheless, with the stink of critical and box office failure, How Do You Know comes to DVD and Blu - ray on Tuesday.

Despite suggestions that Suicide Squad would be a box office failure, a new report puts it as one of the most profitable movies of the summer.

It would be a fantastic, epic film, but a box office failure.

Since Sucker Punch failed to conquer the box office, there's been lots of speculation about why it was a box office failure.

Released three years after the original, this film proved to be a critical and box office failure and it would be another fourteen years before the Predator would appear on screen again in Alien vs. Predator.

The direct - to - the - screen movie musical (as opposed to the adapted play or remake) has been an endangered species for decades and the box office failure of Newsies back in 1992 nearly killed it.

A baker's dozen of books featuring the character of Ezekiel «Easy» Rawlins were penned by author Walter Mosley, and it's a shame the box office failure of Devil in a Blue Dress, the screen adaptation of the first Rawlins novel, prevented any more mysteries from making the leap from page to screen.

During its run month long run in the theaters in the USA, this scifi thriller only grossed an estimated $ 16,999,046 which made Splice a box office failure.

(Ridley Scott and George Miller collaboration maybe...) Yes, it was a box office failure, but the novel is considered one of the greatest Sci - Fi works ever.

The movie was a box office failure, however, and despite positive reviews and Oscar nominations, more than a decade would pass before it would be recognized as an innovative masterpiece.

Frankenweenie's box office failure and ongoing award season prospects both seem to be factors in the movie's swift arrival on home video, barely three months after its theatrical opening.

That tradition of box office failure may change later this year with the highly - anticipated release of Assassin's Creed, hitting theaters on December 21.

Tony Black on the box office failure of The Huntsman: Winter's War... So it seems we have the first confirmed box office dud of 2016: The Huntsman's Winter War, positioned as a potential new fantasy franchise under the Universal banner.

After the box office failures of New York, New York, Raging Bull and The King of Comedy, Scorsese returned to independent filmmaking with After Hours (1985), an interesting if minor work.

Despite the box office failure of the second live - action Smurfs movie, Sony is going ahead with a CG Smurfs movie, Get Smurfy.

Remember how profoundly uncool it was of Michael Bay to blame Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson for The Island's box office failure?

Does it fit within the current pattern of critical and box office failure?

Following the box office failure of Geostorm, he reportedly wanted to alter Annihilation to give it a wider appeal; that included tweaking Portman's character to be more likeable and adjusting the ending.

If the film can hold well through the month of December it should come out okay, but if it doesn't, then count this as a box office failure.

BEN AFFLECK is refusing to allow the success of his film THE TOWN to go to his head - because he is bound to be a box office failure again in the...

Some rightwing critics in the US have been attempting to paint Sicario as a box office failure as a result of recent controversies over star Emily Blunt's adoption of US citizenship.

How else do you explain Johnny Depp continuing to make box office failure after box office failure, while women like Nicole Kidman and Hillary Swank get hung out to dry?

Based on the 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson, the film was actually a box office failure but has gained a huge cult following over the years, with Depp putting in a splendid performance as the lead, Raoul Duke.

Machete Kills may be a box office failure — but if viewers look past the ridiculousness, they will see that it's actually an amazing film that does its job: it entertains.

Judge Dredd might have been a box office failure, but obviously people liked the comic book enough to warrant a film.