Not exact matches
The feel good story at the
box office over the weekend is the
performance by the Amazon Studios / Lionsgate release, «The Big Sick.»
Masterminds was originally set to release in August of last year, but those plans fell through due to a bankruptcy within the film's distributor, although honestly the fact that the movie is now releasing in the month of September a little
over a year later might actually benefit its
box office performance, as the movie actually co-stars 3/4 of the Ghostbusters reboot (Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones).
We still think Battle of the Sexes could just get
over the net, though that feels pretty contingent on its
box -
office performance when it bows next week.
It's not easy even for some new releases;
over the weekend Stronger, which features a powerful lead
performance from Jake Gyllenhaal, opened to anemic
box office, which could make the months of awards campaigning ahead all the more challenging.
The following year,
box office performances seemed to suggest that animation would always be Disney's predominant forte; a trio of dramatically affecting and darker than usual live action productions (Return to Oz, The Journey of Natty Gann and One Magic Christmas) earned no more than $ 14 million individually, the second and third Touchstone releases (Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend and My Science Project) did not make great dents in the charts, and summer animated release The Black Cauldron, the top - grossing new film with
over $ 21 million, was clearly
Bogart's face actually isn't seen until the movie is half
over (a fact that reportedly distressed studio head Jack Warner as he envisioned
box office losses), but the picture never loses its edge, with Vincent's plight (his run - ins with various suspicious characters never hurt for suspense), Bacall's anchoring
performance, and the San Francisco location shooting overcoming a rather slender mystery.
Among those to earn a nomination
over Franco on Tuesday was «Roman J. Israel, Esq.» star Denzel Washington, whose
performance received positive reviews in a movie that bombed at the
box office and was generally not beloved by critics.
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.