Sentences with phrase «box office hits such»

Unsurprisingly, box office hits such as Jojo Moyes's Me Before You, and Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train both made the top 10 bestselling titles.

Bringing an end to one of the most wide open best picture races in years, «The Shape of Water» — a fantastical fable about a mute woman who falls in love with an aquatic creature — claimed the top prize Sunday night at the 90th Academy Awards, beating out a strong field of eight rivals that included box office hits such as «Dunkirk» and «Get Out» as well as smaller, more intimate fare such as «Call Me By Your Name» and «Lady Bird.»

Jacob Latimore, «Sleight» - After holding his own opposite veteran co-stars like Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett in «Black Nativity,» Latimore graduated to supporting roles in box office hits such as «Ride Along» and «The Maze Runner.»

She has played roles in some amazing box office hits such as «True Detective (2015)», «Southpaw (2015) ``, «The Notebook (2004)» and latest Doctor Strange (2016).

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Disney ran through a list of Iger's accomplishments as CEO in 2015, including «record - breaking enthusiasm» for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as other box office hits such as Pixar's Inside Out and Marvel's Avengers sequel.

Not exact matches

Just for the record, Paul Newman was an actor, a superstar one at that, who ruled the box office in his heyday in the 1960s and»70s with such iconic hits as «The Hustler,» «Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid» and «The Sting.»

DreamWorks has turned out hits such as «Shrek» and «Kung Fu Panda,» but it has lately released box - office disappointments, including «Turbo» and «Rise of the Guardians.»

For some folks, family explosions are more the rule than the exception — why else would Home for the Holidays be such an enduring box - office hit?

Oedekerk began working steadily as a screenwriter, contributing to such box - office hits as Patch Adams, The Nutty Professor, and The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps.

The sequel to 2016 ′ s surprise hit — which proved that the global box office could not only stomach a comic - book character who swears and slays, but was desperate for such a bad widdle boy — is the closest Hollywood's superhero industrial complex has come to appealing directly to the mind of a Grade 5 classroom.

Cooper has starred in comedies such as the 2001 film «Wet Hot American Summer,» 2005's «Wedding Crashers,» and the 2009 box office hit «The Hangover» and earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor for the 2012 film «Silver Linings Playbook.»

The sleek and stylized «Atomic Blonde» enthrallingly continues Theron's success in the action genre, after she starred in such noteworthy entries as the 2015 Oscar - winner, «Mad Max: Fury Road,» and this spring's box - office hit, «The Fate of the Furious.»

Kevin Hart has proven himself quite the master of the genre, given the success of such box - office hits as The Wedding Ringer, Get Hard and Ride Along 1 and 2, to name a few.

and would go on to star in such box - office hits as «Beverly Hills Cop» and the «The Nutty Professor» and «Shrek» franchises.

Though the sequel has a new director and some new cast members, Deadpool 2 is unsurprisingly doubling down on what made the first film such a big hit, including jokes about exactly how big of a hit at the box office it was, as well as plenty of other fourth - wall - breaking moments.

A bold new action - thriller from director David Ayer (known for such box office hits as Suicide Squad, End of Watch and Training Day), Bright follows the story of two LAPD police officers played by Smith, a human named Officer Ward, and Edgerton, an orc named Officer Jakoby, who form a most unlikely duo working to keep the mean streets of Los Angeles safe from a sinister, fantasy underworld filled with violence and dark forces at work.

The second in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy featured the late Heath Ledger in his unparalleled, Oscar - winning role as The Joker, and was such a hit that it topped 2008's global box - office.

Since Your Highness was such a box office bomb and Hill — despite a relatively fast rise and recently displaying impressive potential in Moneyball — hasn't headlined a bona - fide hit since Superbad, I doubt this will make much more than $ 7 - 12 million by Sunday.

Unappealing marketing did not dissuade moveigoing audiences, as the Sky High boasted strong legs at the box office, turning it into a nice mid-sized hit which outperformed a number of summer releases that held far higher hopes, such as Cinderella Man, Bewitched, and Kingdom of Heaven.

Hollywood's award - season prognosticators are busy divining the Oscar chances of prestige pictures like Christopher Nolan's summer box office hit Dunkirk against festival darlings such as Guillermo del Toro's Venice - winning aquatic interspecies love story The Shape of Water and unseen 800 - pound gorillas like Steven Spielberg's Pentagon Papers exposé The Post.

Am curious how his deal stacks up against other director deals at Marvel — not many of their directors come in from such a strong position, with a bona fide box office hit under his belt.

His raffish good looks, velvety voice and wry warmth, which could just as easily flip into rascalry, made him a box office hit in roles such as an outrageous Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), the fearsome Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films and the late lamented lover in Anthony Minghella's amorous fantasy Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990).

WHY: Robert Schwentke's «RED» was such a surprise hit at the box office that you can hardly blame Summit Entertainment for wanting to fast - track a sequel, and although it doesn't quite pack the same punch as its predecessor, «RED 2» is still a lot of fun thanks to its star - studded cast, including series newcomers Catherine Zeta - Jones and Anthony Hopkins.

It's unclear why those movies, box office hits but among the creatively weaker entries in that studio's canon, would qualify Letterman for taking the helm on such a high - profile project.