-- Warner's Man of Steel broke June
box office records with $ 125.1 million four - day opening.
After shattering domestic
box office records with The Force Awakens, the Star Wars saga officially announced Monday that it has started production on the upcoming, still - untitled Episode VIII.
After breaking limited release
box office records with a debut on just four screens this past weekend, The Grand Budapest Hotel is already a success for director Wes Anderson.
Not exact matches
2,» «Spider - Man Homecoming,» «Thor: Ragnarok» and the
record - breaking «Black Panther» all doing well at the
box office and
with critics.
That
record was set by Jurassic World in June
with $ 208 million, and Hollywood
box office pundits are expecting to «handily» beat that number, reported the Journal.
What's worthy of note is Jurassic World set its
record with box office revenues
with China included.
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 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.
But
with «The Force Awakens» earning over $ 1 billion at the global
box office, and breaking countless
records, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy had Abrams on speed dial when she needed someone reliable to take over «Episode IX.»
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.
It seems that every time Marvel (owned by Disney) comes out
with a new Avengers movie (released two weeks ago), or Fantastic Four (later 2015 release), or X-Men (2016 release), or Captain America (2016), film, we hear all about how it's breaking some
box office record.
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 entered the fray
with a
record breaking President's Day weekend opening of $ 242 million in domestic
box office sales.
Marvel's first black - superhero film smashed
records at the
box office with a huge opening in the UK.
It grossed a
record - breaking $ 25.2 m at the
box office on Thursday night,
with the massive ticket sales coming from domestic preview screenings in the US and Canada.
Just hours earlier the FBI had visited his
offices and departed
with some 30
boxes of
records dating back to the mid 1990's.
The overwhelming barrage of superhero formula started to grow stale until the Merc
with a Mouth came to shatter
box -
office records like car windows.
With over one Billion dollars at the global
box office, Avengers: Infinity War is looking to break all
box office records.
Columbus» track
record with family - friendly hits like Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire went down much easier than Gilliam's history of quarelling
with studios and his multiple (but undeserved)
box office failures.
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.
Four years after setting
box -
office records with «Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid», actors Paul Newman and Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill re-teamed
with bigger commercial success
with «The Sting» which became one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1973.
And
with an all - time
record $ 3.2 billion collected in other countries (up a whopping 60 % compared to its take the previous year), Paramount easily topped the global
box office charts as well.
... Moving on to the Marvel Cinematic Universe now and while it may not have shattered
box office records like its predecessor, Avengers: Age of Ultron has continued its climb up the all - time
box office chart this week and is now sitting in sixth place
with $ 1.281 billion, having overtaken Iron Man 3 ($ 1.215 billion) and Frozen ($ 1.274 billion).
No, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost don't have the best track
record in terms of
box office intake, but pair them
with Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Sigourney Weaver and Bill Hader and we could get something that just crosses the $ 20 million mark.
At the time of release, the film
recorded the second biggest opening weekend of all time
with a $ 191.3 million
box office.
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.
With Avengers: Infinity War demolishing box - office records with the same speed and efficiency with which it destroyed rumors and theories, fans have begun to turn their attention to the 2019 sequel, and its actual ti
With Avengers: Infinity War demolishing
box -
office records with the same speed and efficiency with which it destroyed rumors and theories, fans have begun to turn their attention to the 2019 sequel, and its actual ti
with the same speed and efficiency
with which it destroyed rumors and theories, fans have begun to turn their attention to the 2019 sequel, and its actual ti
with which it destroyed rumors and theories, fans have begun to turn their attention to the 2019 sequel, and its actual title.
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.
Disney and Marvel managed to snag yet another
box office record from themselves this weekend,
with THR reporting that Ryan Coogler's Black Panther is now the most successful superhero movie — in terms of domestic
box office returns, anyway — of all time.
With a collection of
record - breaking bestsellers serving as a foundation, the consistently high
box -
office draw of the films was a foregone conclusion.
Its theatrical release came and went without so much as a
box office record and on Tuesday it reaches Blu - ray and DVD
with the stench of obscurity.
With Avengers: Infinity having already broken multiple
box -
office records, attention has turned towards the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
«As «Black Panther» continues to redefine what is possible in terms of
box office in the month of February (
with a massive $ 500 million earned globally after just 9 days in theaters), the film will leap to new heights in a second weekend that will also rewrite the
record books,» Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst
with comScore, said.
20th Century Fox «s roll of the dice on the R - rated Merc
With A Mouth paid off huge, as «Deadpool» smashed expectations and
records left and right to take the top spot at the
box office.
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.
And
with Black Panther breaking so many
box office records, you can bet that Marvel Studios would be willing to give Coogler some freedom in the sandbox.
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.
Before Beauty and the Beast topped the
box office with a
record - breaking debut this month, Disney was already all - in on their roster of live - action adaptations of their animated classics (check out our rundown of all of the developing projects here).
... 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.
Considering that Trevorrow's 2015 film broke numerous
box office records, it'll be interesting to see how Fallen Kingdom performs at the worldwide
box office now that audiences have already gotten their nostalgia fix
with Jurassic World.
IT has begun it's run in killer form
with a
record - breaking September / Fall opening at the US
box office.
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...
Searchlight's Sundance strategy might be further complicated by its recent track
record with pricey acquisitions in Park city that have stumbled at the
box office.
As previously reported, Disney has waltzed off
with multiple
box -
office records with «Beauty and the Beast,» the Mouse House's latest live - action reimagining of one of its classic animated movies.
With its
record - obliterating $ 242 million President's Day opening weekend and $ 426 million global launch, «Black Panther» is guaranteed to surpass $ 1 billion at the worldwide
box office.
Avengers: Infinity War has been out for roughly three weeks at this point, and it continues to break
box office records and provide Marvel Studios
with more profit.