Sentences with phrase «box office failures as»
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.
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De Sade's failure at the box office seemed to seal Keir Dullea's fate as a leading man.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A failure at the box office when it was released, it stands today as a classic comedy, with two great stars in top form - Hepburn is far fizzier than usual, and Grant, usually so suave, is befuddled and flustered instead.
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.
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).
It came together as an experiment trailed by a storied history and it fell apart as a subsequent box office failure.
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.
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.
• 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