Since
the box office failure of that Judd Apatow dramedy, the serious Sandler has appeared somewhat less frequently, and movies like Men, Women & Children haven't done much to generate interest in this corner of his career.
Despite
the box office failure of the second live - action Smurfs movie, Sony is going ahead with a CG Smurfs movie, Get Smurfy.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Not exact matches
A group
of Japanese scientists have surprised themselves by being able to predict the success or
failure of blockbuster movies at the
box office using a set
of mathematical models.
Immediately lambasted by critics upon release in 2002, the visually extravagant film proved a notable
failure at the
box office - with the dubbed stateside version
of the film taking exceptional heat.
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.
Unfortunately, Kiss
of Death was a critical and
box -
office failure, as were his successive suspense thrillers Jade, Cold Around the Heart, and Body Count.
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.
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.
It was clearly designed as the first in a series
of films but its historic
box -
office failure ensured that it is a one - off.
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.
Valerian's
box -
office failure might stymie development on any other $ 200 - million indies like this one, but at least we've got this wonderful, overstuffed, ridiculous feast
of a movie - a movie that had me guffawing and applauding throughout its gloriously bloated runtime.
Since Sucker Punch failed to conquer the
box office, there's been lots
of speculation about why it was a
box office failure.
There's a reason more established directors stay away — Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Donnie Brasco, Harry Potter and the Goblet
of Fire) saw his reputation permanently dinged by the
box -
office failure of Prince
of Persia, a Disney adaptation
of a famed platform game, while Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) took on the mighty task
of adapting Warcraft to the screen and was greeted by punishing reviews for his years
of work.
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.
(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.
I just hope that the
failure of this and the recent Noah at the
box office doesn't mean the temporary end
of biblical epics in Hollywood.
The dual
failure of Exodus: Gods and Kings and Gods
of Egypt demonstrates just how ineffective whitewashing is when it comes to the
box office.
Of the small sampling of Hong Kong films I've seen, the ones I've liked best are not usually the pop action blockbusters but some of the so - called art movies, which in some cases have been box - office failures (largely because there is no art - movie market in Hong Kong): Yim Ho's Homecoming (1984), Wong Kar - wai's Days of Being Wild (1990), Stanley Kwan's Center Stage (1991), and Yim Ho and Tsui Hark's King of Chess (1991
Of the small sampling
of Hong Kong films I've seen, the ones I've liked best are not usually the pop action blockbusters but some of the so - called art movies, which in some cases have been box - office failures (largely because there is no art - movie market in Hong Kong): Yim Ho's Homecoming (1984), Wong Kar - wai's Days of Being Wild (1990), Stanley Kwan's Center Stage (1991), and Yim Ho and Tsui Hark's King of Chess (1991
of Hong Kong films I've seen, the ones I've liked best are not usually the pop action blockbusters but some
of the so - called art movies, which in some cases have been box - office failures (largely because there is no art - movie market in Hong Kong): Yim Ho's Homecoming (1984), Wong Kar - wai's Days of Being Wild (1990), Stanley Kwan's Center Stage (1991), and Yim Ho and Tsui Hark's King of Chess (1991
of the so - called art movies, which in some cases have been
box -
office failures (largely because there is no art - movie market in Hong Kong): Yim Ho's Homecoming (1984), Wong Kar - wai's Days
of Being Wild (1990), Stanley Kwan's Center Stage (1991), and Yim Ho and Tsui Hark's King of Chess (1991
of Being Wild (1990), Stanley Kwan's Center Stage (1991), and Yim Ho and Tsui Hark's King
of Chess (1991
of Chess (1991).
Its
box office figures proved greatly disappointing, but the director's cut suggests that this particular «
failure» will age like a bottle
of fine merlot.
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.
It proves that bad jokes can bomb not once but twice if offered consecutively (Bad Company, because it fears correctly that its target audience won't understand a joke unless it's repeated, does two Czech language jokes and two New Jersey jokes one after another to a rising chorus
of crickets), and it will demonstrate by its inevitable
box -
office failure that even the dumbest members
of the audience have the animal sense not to sit through something this appalling a second time.
Bad luck seems to rain down on a lot
of our action heroes and I'm not just talking about Arnie and Sly's recent
box -
office failures.
Despite being a
box -
office failure, an ever - growing amount
of film - lovers consider this film to be a sci - fi masterpiece.
According to the three historians on the DVD's excellent commentary track, the film did enjoy strong
box office returns and was anything but a creative
failure, but Castile is symbolic
of the epic productions studios couldn't indulge in as often, until TV forced a return to bug budget epics during the fifties, in the form
of pseudo-moral Biblical sagas in CinemaScope and stereophonic sound.
His critical hit The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was a
box -
office failure; his scrappy indie (and awards hopeful) The Birth
of a Nation ended up being a P.R. disaster.
THR further claims that the script for the standalone Van Helsing film is still being polished, with more time being spent to tighten up it, along with the scripts for the Dark Universe movies in the wake
of The Mummy's critical
failure and less - than - anticipated
box office.
It's extremely difficult — and expensive — to film in water, and the price
of failure can be massive (see Waterworld, which went wildly over budget and torpedoed Kevin Costner's career as an A-Lister, or Cutthroat Island, which performed so badly at the
box office that its production company went bankrupt).
Although we now know that it went on to be a massive
box office hit and took home a sack
of Oscars, the release
of Gladiator, which was their most expensive film to date, represented the unimaginable: a $ 103 - million attempt to resurrect the long - dead ancient Roman epic, a once steadfast Hollywood genre that has been defunct since the mid-1960s when big hits like Ben - Hur (1959) and Spartacus (1960) were eventually overshadowed by colossal financial
failures like Cleopatra (1963)(not to mention 1980's notorious big - budget hard - core epic Caligula).
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.
Rejected by reviewers and moviegoers put off by John Carpenter's wholehearted embrace
of state -
of - the - art special effects technology, this remake
of the 1951 classic THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD was a
box office failure, but subsequently acquired a strong following.
The major ripple in the top
box office waters was really the Diary
of a Wimpy Kid sequel, despite all critical
failure and audience rejection climbing to the top
of the
box office.
That's not to call it wildly commercial, however, and it seems like a smart ploy on producer Scott Rudin's part to start here in Cannes and plan a long - term roll - out; this is not a quick, immediate sell and could benefit from some
of the lessons learned after the
box -
office failure last year
of Paul Thomas Anderson's equally acclaimed The Master.
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.
Pan «s
failure at the
box office is a reminder that the retelling
of an origin story is often a tricky expedition.
Judging by the relative
box -
office failures of 2001's equally dim - witted Pearl Harbor and A.I., I wouldn't be so quick with that assumption.
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.
2011 brought us a strong spring season with release
of «Jane Eyre,» «Hanna» and «Paul,» a strong
box office with «Battle: Los Angeles» and spectacular
failure in «Sucker Punch.»
Fear
of failure - both critically, and at the
box office - compelled Scott to shorten his $ 25 million fantasy epic to around 90 minutes.
Very quickly, they are able to gather information about Tag Kern, his recent
box -
office failures, his suspicious girlfriend, his new project with Red Eclipse studios, and his devotion to thinly - veiled Scientology stand in «The Church
of Us».
Lasting First Impressions
of Tron Evolution: Battle Grids from Disney Interactive In 1982, Disney released a highly experimental movie which, despite the stunning imagery found in the film, was a
failure at the
box office.
A couple days ago in the NYTimes, Holland Cotter, extremely agitated by the sorry state
of the art world, ranted about the detrimental effect big money has had on art production, the lack
of cultural diversity, the
failure of art schools, the high rents, museums» focus on the
box office, conservative art criticism, and more.
• Welcome customers as they approach the
box office counter and inquire into their movie preferences • Provide information on running movies and show timings along with seat availability • Take customers» information (such as name and age) and punch it into the system for verification purposes • Provide customers with information on age - appropriateness
of their desired movie and ensure that identification is properly conducted for rated films • Issue tickets to customers and ask them to verify seat, movie and date information on them • Accept credit card and cash payments for sold tickets and tender change and receipts • Handle reservations for shows over the telephone and in person and ensure that any cancellations are managed according to cinema protocols • Balance cash registers against tickets sold and ensure that any discrepancies or problems are immediately handled • Create and maintain reports
of sold tickets and cinema income and provide feedback to managers regarding movies» success or
failure • Assist in booking entire cinema halls for special screenings and issue tickets / passes to authorized guests and support staff • Ascertain that leaflet racks are fully stocked and that the counter is properly cleaned and maintained • Issue auxiliaries such as 3D glasses and ensure that returned glasses are counted and stored properly