Sentences with phrase «box office records for»

It broke box office records for an origin film (ignoring inflation), made waves for female representation, and finally earned the critical approval that has largely eluded DC since Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy ended.

Deadpool was a surprise hit, breaking box office records for an R - rated movie.

The film raked in $ 155 million in the US in its opening weekend, breaking box office records for biggest nonsummer and biggest nonsequel debut for a feature film.

Based on the hit Broadway play, Grease would be a bigger hit than anyone could ever imagine, setting a box office record for a musical back in 1978.

Bottom Line: Let's just say «Dead Man's Chest» won't be enjoying that box office record for very long.

«Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2» has smashed the US box office record for the highest - grossing opening weekend, taking $ 168.6 million.

Not exact matches

Dinosaur thriller Jurassic World overwhelmingly won the weekend box office, but it's global gross is one for the record books.

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

«Amazing China» smashed box - office records for documentary films, raking in 456 million yuan ($ 72 million) in its first five weeks, according to ticketing website Maoyan.com.

As the year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion in domestic movie ticket sales for the first time ever.

2016's movie industry highlights include a monster year for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House set a new yearly global box office record, becoming the first studio to ever top $ 7 billion in worldwide ticket sales.

It may be too soon to predict a $ 12 billion box office next year, but there's certainly reason for optimism that 2017 can be Hollywood's third - straight record - breaking year.

The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.

All this sets up The Force Awakens — the seventh chapter in the Star Wars franchise that takes place 30 years after The Return of the Jedi — to break the record for the highest grossing opening weekend at the box office.

Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes with $ 149.6 million in ticket sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the opening - weekend box - office record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.

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.»

The film surpassed Frozen's record of $ 67.4 million to earn the biggest debut ever for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March opening weekend in box office history.

The movie also holds the record for the biggest opening day at the domestic box office with $ 119.1 million, biggest opening weekend at the domestic box office with $ 247.96 million, and various others.

Yes, James Cameron, who holds box - office records for not one, but two of the highest - grossing films of all time, took time out of making the next three «Avatar» sequels to read over an early «Deadpool» script.

A few weeks ago, the superhero movie Deadpool grossed $ 132 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend, setting a record for R - rated premieres — and dousing its $ 58 million budget in black ink.

The movie took in an estimated $ 85.3 million, according to Exhibitor Relations, setting the record for the biggest - ever R - rated opening weekend at the box office in March.

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.

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

Black Panther is still breaking box - office records and has earned at least $ 422 million just in the United States and it's been in theaters for less than two weeks.

A largely unknown story outside of teen reader circles, it has become a juggernaut, breaking records for advance cinema booking, recording the biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel in Box Office history, and grossing double its substantial budget within a week.

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Written by Bird and Damon Lindelof (Lost), the film is as shrouded in mystery as any release this year, but Bird's track record at the box office and with critics (see sidebar) bodes well for his latest, as does the strong supporting cast of Hugh Laurie, Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn, and Keegan - Michael Key.

After setting global box office records in 2009 and 2010, Warner Bros. had to settle for second place in both U.S. and foreign market share in 2011.

So far «Deadpool» has broken three box office records: Biggest opening weekend in February, Biggest opening weekend in the winter and biggest opening weekend for an R - rated film.

For one thing, the recent track record of these late summer dramas is decidedly mixed - while The Help indeed connected with Oscar, Lee Daniels» The Butler's summer box office went unrecognized by the Academy, and it is the latter film that Get On Up seems to resemble more, what with it being a biopic that attempts to tell the entire life story of its subject, which, as discussed in the previous installment in regards to Unbroken, is a questionable proposition with today's Academy.

The film was rightly savaged by critics, made just $ 50,000 at the box office, which must be close to a record for a major studio production (it was produced by Disney subsidiary Hollywood Pictures), and essentially ended Eszterhas» career.

One has to remember, that Padilha is going from the «Elite Squad» films — the first of which smashed box office records in his native Brazil — to essentially being an unproven factor for the studios.

Now that The Hunger Games is breaking box office records, one thing's for sure: The CW is going to be racing forward with its TV version of Hunger Games, called The Selection.

Black Panther obliterated box - office records last weekend as it earned over $ 192 million during the three - day weekend, good enough for the second biggest superhero opening ever behind The Avengers (2012).

This project marks Logan and Mendes» second major collaboration, following Skyfall, their recent critically - acclaimed and box office record - breaking James Bond film, which Mendes directed and Logan co-wrote; and their first ever collaboration for television.

New Line Cinema's Stephen King adaptation «It» floated to the top spot in this weekend's box office charts, breaking the record for the largest opening of a horror movie ever, and blowing past analysts» $ 55 - million projections to the tune of $ 117...

One suspects that if the majority of the public were to eat up The Happening to the shattering of box office records, this same group would be railing against it with equal fervor, obviously indicative of how dumb people are for liking such trashy nonsense.

Ted became a surprise blockbuster when it was released in summer 2012, and holds the record for the highest - grossing original R - rated comedy of all time with global box - office takings of 549.4 million dollars (# 329.5 million).

According Box Office Pro, Deadpool 2 set a new record for an R - rated movie opening overseas this weekend with an estimated $ 176.3 million, which is $ 44 million more than its predecessor made in its foreign debut.

Black Panther is now the highest - rated live - action superhero movie ever, and with a record - breaking box office weekend for its premiere, the film is literally changing the game.

After breaking per screen average records at the box office for its LA / NY release this weekend, the kind folks at Indian Paintbrush have cut a Red Band trailer for Wes Anderson's latest.

Although Ryan Coogler's Black Panther is still breaking box office records, Marvel Studios is gearing up for their final marketing push for Avengers 3.

Should those numbers hold up, that would put Black Panther within striking distance of the box - office record for a Presidents Day Weekend premiere, now held by 2016's Deadpool with $ 152 million.

Despite having the established Dano onscreen for nearly the film's entirety and the world famous Radcliffe by his side for most of it, Swiss Army Man does seem defiantly uncommercial, which made the decision of A24, a young studio without the most sterling of box office records,

It may or may not correlate to actual box - office performance come opening weekend, but Deadline reports that ticket presales for Marvel's Black Panther have already outpaced previous record holder Captain America: Civil War for Fandango's fastest - selling MCU title in the first 24 hours.

... Following on from the record - breaking advance ticket sales, box office projections for the domestic opening weekend of Black Panther have been revised upward, with the film now said to be looking at around $ 120 million.

Deadpool has now officially surpassed previous record - holder The Matrix: Reloaded, which capitalized on the original film's good will to secure the top box - office spot (for R - rated) films, despite featuring a car commercial masquerading as a chase scene.

As Hollywood touts great wins for diversity and inclusion with recent films like «Black Panther» and «Wonder Woman» shattering box office records, a new study from GLAAD asserts that representations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer...