Sentences with phrase «box office smashes in»

He's been a Hollywood icon for over 30 years and has starred in some of the biggest box office smashes in history as some of the most recognisable characters on our screens.

Tremors was not a box office smash in theaters but became a cult hit once it went to VHS, making back three times its budget.

Not exact matches

«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.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Cameron utilized similar technology in his 2009 box office smash, and Disney CEO Bob Iger says the ride is Disney's most advanced yet.

Since its release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has smashed almost every Hollywood box - office record, racking up more than $ 500 million in worldwide ticket sales in just its first weekend.

Marvel's first black - superhero film smashed records at the box office with a huge opening in the UK.

A box office smash and a critical step in the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1987's «Predator» is widely considered these days to be a classic of action cinema.

In short, Vivacious Lady was a guaranteed box - office smash even before the cameras began to turn.

Brendan Gleeson stars in the critically acclaimed Irish box - office smash hit Calvary — from John Michael McDonagh, the writer and director of The Guard.

Both films feature in the Best Picture lineup, as does «Public Enemy Number One,» a sprawling biopic of gangster Jacques Mesrine that has been a local box - office smash and leads all nominees with 10 bids.

«Despicable Me 2» (2013) Box Office Take: $ 971m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 19 Back in 2010, Universal's animated feature «Despicable Me» proved a surprise worldwide smash, but few would have anticipated that its sequel would have become the third - biggest animated movie of all time, and until «Furious 7,» Universal's biggest hit ever.

At the end of a nearly 13 minute interview, Peter Travers, the eminent film critic from Rolling Stone asks Josh Hutcherson, who plays Peeta in current box office smash The Hunger Games to sing the song currently on his mind.

Her first film in the trilogy, starring Irish hearthrob Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as his lover Anastasia Steele, left many critics underwhelmed but is a box office smash.

When the film finally arrived in 2006 it went on to smash several box office records worldwide becoming the third highest grossing film of all time.

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.

Serving up more of the same but without the surprise element of the first, Deadpool 2 is going to be another box - office smash and introduces us to one of the Marvel universes most exciting new characters in the form of Cable but there's the feeling that this franchise as a standalone entity has already spent a fair portion of its blood - soaked and pop - culture infused fuel tickets.

Adaptation of the 1987 box - office smash about an innocent teen vacationing with her parents at an upscale resort in the 1960s Catskills, which gets a jolt of culture shock when she crushes on the hotel's handsome dance instructor.

The movie feels like it belongs on a stage rather than the screen, and if it ever got a cast like this on Broadway or the West End, it would be a smash, unlike it's small box office draw it received in it's theatrical run.

Films That Endured in Some Way That Did Not Win Oscars and Weren't Box Office Smashes Either: Myra Breckenridge, Catch - 22, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Kelly's Heroes, The Conformist, Boys in the Band, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Zabriskie Point, The Owl and the Pussycat, Trog, and Performance

No one at the end of 1917 was debating whether the directing debut of John Ford or the first appearance of Vittorio de Sica augured longer careers to come (in fact, both would be making films for the next five - plus decades) or weighing the industry impact of Mary Pickford's box - office smash Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm or (to the point of my own research) speculating about the future of slapstick star Roscoe «Fatty» Arbuckle's new sidekick, a vaudeville refugee named Buster Keaton.

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway were dangerous and erotic in that film in ways American audiences had never seen, and the result was a scandalous box - office smash.

Less than a week after it hit theaters, Marvel's Black Panther has already recorded an impressive $ 242 million at the box office and in doing so has smashed the notion that «black films don't sell.»

Of course, on screen, Stan is best known for his role as Bucky Barnes in Marvel's box office smash Captain America: The First Avenger.

In that time, it has smashed several major box office records, including best domestic opening weekend box office ($ 250 million) and the worldwide opening record ($ 630 million), among others.

Zack Snyder's stylishly violent swords and sandals epic, 300, was a surprise box office smash (taking in $ 456 million worldwide in the spring of 2007), but no one kids themselves into believing that his cinematic vision was not responsible for that chest - beating comic book adaptation being so enjoyable to watch.

THE «ALICE» FILMS Tim Burton's 2010 «Alice in Wonderland» was a box office smash thanks to the 3D phenomenon, but it was a fairly underwhelming film.

Exhibit A is 1994's «Disclosure,» a box - office smash in which the very vulnerable Michael Douglas is sexually harassed by the very vicious Demi Moore.

Midnight in Paris was his first «box office smash.»

A couple years ago, box office phenom Kevin Hart joined forces with Ice Cube in «Ride Along,» and we got a predictable but fun movie that ended up becoming a box office smash.

It oozed with violence and machismo and was a smash hit at the box office — taking in over $ 450 million USD worldwide.

But no one's better at this game than Disney, who's been revisiting what feels like every single feature in its catalogue — usually to warm reviews and smashing box office.

Yet to be umbilically linked in the public mind to a single character is the last thing Grant needed at that point in his career, especially since he'd spent a full decade trying to shake off the image of the floppy - haired, tongue - tied bumbler that had clung to him like a leech ever since Four Weddings And A Funeral became a global box - office smash and propelled him to A-list stardom.

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Wilson's string of box office successes also include Little Fockers, the third installment of the blockbuster Fockers series, opposite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro; Marley & Me, with Jennifer Aniston, based on the popular memoir by John Grogan; the Night At The Museum franchise opposite Robin Williams and Ben Stiller; the smash hit comedy Wedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn; the romantic comedy You, Me And Dupree; and as the voice of Lightning McQueen in Disney's Cars and Cars 2.

Howard University President Wayne Frederick spoke of how Boseman's leading role in the box office smash «Black Panther»,

A massive hit in China after smashing box office records to become the highest - grossing domestic film of all time, Jiang Wen's action comedy «Let the Bullets Fly» sadly didn't have as much success overseas.

The «formulaic but consistently entertaining» Ant - Man hit screens in 2015, proving a hit with comic book fans — leading many to hope for the character to have an important role in the recent box office smash and critically - acclaimed, Avengers: Infinity War.

S.S. Rajamouli, the filmmaker dubbed «the Indian Ridley Scott», who cast a fly as the lead in his revenge actioner Eega, scored a box office smash with his period epic Baahubali: The Beginning two years ago.

«The Wolf of Wall Street» has smashed box office records to become the highest grossing R18 + film in Australian history after just two weeks.»

Cable is set to make an appearance in the 2016 box office smash but Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick have decided to cut his origin story because it is so complicated.

But those achievements pale in comparison to Black Panther, which premiered to whopping numbers that smashed box - office records.

Obviously, Universal wants to protect the future of this potentially valuable franchise, so the next film in this shared universe will need to be both a critical and box - office smash.

The adaptation was a smashing success in every respect, performing very well at the box office for its exciting thriller elements, while its writing, directing, editing and cinematography would earn it eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, a first for an R - rated film (although 1969's X-rated Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy, had been re-rated to an R in 1971).

Box Office smash (and a guilty pleasure in my book).

CONNIE AND CARLA (Grade: B +): It's Nia Vardalos» second big movie and, surprise, she outdoes «My Big Fat Greek Wedding» in this offbeat, charming comedy that is surprisingly less implausible than her fairy tale box - office smash.

As Black Panther continues to smash box office records as one of the biggest superhero hit movies in years, critics and fans alike have marveled at how amazing the cast was in the film.

Not only did Marvel's Black Panther demolish expectations and smash box office records, but its longevity in theaters has been unparalleled.

Say what you will the R - rated superhero flick — like for instance that it falls in line with many of the same familiar tropes it purports to mock — but the gleefully violent and «adult» - oriented box office smash opened the flood gates for more of its R - rated ilk, showing studios through the ever influential power of green (not Green Lantern mind you), that audiences were more than receptive to «mature» content in their superhero films.

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