It seems they finally understand that a well produced series of films ultimately puts more
box office gold in their pockets.
Pete's Dragon (August 12th): After striking
box office gold with Disney's great The Jungle Book earlier this year, the studio is returning with another adaptation of a beloved story.
Ever since Disney
struck box office gold with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, they've realized there's money in turning their theme park rides into feature films.
Superhero movies have officially
become box office gold, but with the exception of Heath Ledger's posthumous Oscar win, they tend to get ignored when awards come around.
If that's not enough, Polley tells her story entirely through the point of view of two elderly people, which is not exactly the formula
for box office gold.
What's different about what she has to say is that she's speaking for the actresses who are
n't Box Office Gold.
The first mistake seemingly always made by studios looking to make the Great American Video Game Movie is choosing a game to adapt by the financially safe arithmetic of «biggest built - in audience plus largest potential explosions
equals box office gold.»
It is something that is a left over from the Christmas season that hopes to pick up the cinematic crumbs
of box office gold.
From the amount of material that could have been trimmed or excised altogether from this entry, I'd gather not, but
when box office gold is there to be mined, there's definitely the almighty financial considerations that will win the day.
Disney entered into
guaranteed box office gold territory with The Lone Ranger, from the creative team behind Pirates of the Caribbean — director Gore Verbinski, 80s pop star MC Hammer — you can't touch this!
These kinds of films are completely reliant on formula theatrics to begin with — The Day After Tomorrow's downfall is that it is little more than Emmerich cannibalizing his own already plagiarized ideas in an attempt to
deliver box office gold once again.
Antonio Banderas, fresh from providing his sexy Spanish tones for four SHREK films, has clearly decided that providing the voice of a cat in some near decent animated movies has given him all the knowledge he needs to produce similar
animated box office gold.
The result is a batshit insane gothic horror epic starring Dane DeHaan (not
exactly box office gold) that's allowed to be as crazy as it wants to be.
LEGO BATMAN KEY PLAYERS: Chris McKay, editor on the megahit The Lego Movie and stepping into the big, plastic - boxy shoes left by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; an all - star voice cast, including Zach Galifianakis as The Joker; the Lego merchandising gurus, who have everything to lose
if box office gold doesn't translate to toy store riches.
by Layla Morgan Wilde The Black Panther block - buster film is
reaping box office gold and perhaps a purrfectly unexpected bonus for black cats.
When «Basic Instinct»
became box office gold, the spec bull market increased, gathering juice throughout the decade.
So Open Road is making a second play
for box office gold, putting Dope back in theaters this weekend.
After
striking box office gold with his feature film, Get Out, Jordan Peele can just about write his own ticket in Hollywood.
As is standard for sequels, much loved characters are placed in different locations and studio chiefs pray the culture clash formula
equals box office gold, as MADAGASCAR 3 is sure to do.
The summer movie season is here and filmmakers anxiously wait to see which of the proffered titles will turn
into box office gold.
While the trailer and first two released songs have gotten a decidedly mixed response, let's not underestimate the financial success of recent musicals during the Christmas holiday window - maybe this is a splashy musical with
box office gold in its sights ahead of statues.
Powell and Loy had already struck
box office gold 2 years previously with The Thin Man and so this is really their movie, the studio cashing in on their undenible chemistry together.
Perhaps when pitching this film you could argue that a couple of generations have passed since then, and we've got this hot actor who is
box office gold... and I suppose that works to a degree.
One minute he's god of the fanboys, lauded in comic book circles for his cerebral graphic novels, next minute he's
box office gold and hanging with Rodriguez and Tarantino.
However, the result is tired, unfunny, and completely beneath the talented performers trying desperately to skate their way to
box office gold.
Both were
box office gold, and Cube went on to follow up the latter with 2007's sequel Are We Done Yet?.
No, this isn't the same Gordon Green who steered Pineapple Express to
box office gold and added his dreamy touch to films like Your Highness and The Sitter.
Every possible country is represented by a hungry throng of dreamers, united by a fantasy of striking movie and / or
box office gold.
Bogdanovich was
box office gold and a darling with the critics (although Paper Moon had a few detractors), but from then on his career made one of the most spectacular nose dives in cinema history.
While these films please audiences and can rake in
box office gold, they rarely take home the golden statuette.
When: January 16th Why: Kevin Hart has become to January what Will Smith used to be to Fourth of July weekend:
box office gold.
The only thing that Hollywood doesn't understand is that just because he's a sexy hunk on television does not necessarily translate into
box office gold.
Los Angeles — The forgetful blue fish of «Finding Dory» is
box office gold.
TRUE STORY Director: Rupert Goold Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee, Gretchen Mol, Robert John Burke One would think that if a movie has James Franco and Jonah Hill in it together, it could be
box office gold.
I get it: the film, about a tormented monk, doesn't exactly scream «
box office gold.»
We've recently seen how Formula One heroes Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda and James Hunt can become
box office gold, in the form of Senna and Rush.
If you're going to grab a popular 80's TV show and try to mine it for
box office gold, look to 21 Jump Street for a clear example of how to do this right.
One would think that if a movie has James Franco and Jonah Hill in it together, it could be
box office gold.