Sentences with phrase «box office failures in»

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Peter Berg might not have set the box office alight with his last film, blockbuster failure BATTLESHIP (which was slightly underrated in my book)...

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Though it won't have delivered him the international box - office credentials he hoped for, I doubt Fantastic Four's failure will damage him too much — albeit for the sad and surprising reason that, for the first time in his movie career, it is quite hard to remember that he was even in it.

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.»

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».

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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.

It was a failure at the box office, despite a massive push by all the major outlets in the mainstream media.

• 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