Sentences with phrase «box offices successes for»

Finally, Oscar nominations turn into box offices successes for predominantly male, predominantly white filmmakers.

Both films proved to be a box office success for the young actress.

The road to box office success for movies based off of video games is potholed and strewn with broken down, bombed out carcasses (remember BloodRayne and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale?).

The Dictator may eschew the mockumentary format of Cohen's last two box office successes for a conventional comedic feature structure (rom - com-esque love interest included), and introduce a new character to his raucous repertoire, however these are the only discernible differences between his latest and previous material.

Will the modernized take be a box office success for the fighting duo?

The idea is that box office success for a movie centered on a nonwhite superhero and cast could inspire Marvel to produce and create more movies like Black Panther in the future (the studio's previous 17 films have all featured white men as the superhero leads).

Jordan Peele's directorial debut Get Out has drawn both critical acclaim and box office success for its transformation of racial awkwardness and aggression into the world of outright horror.

Not exact matches

Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.

The Hunger Games and Twilight franchises, for example, were huge box office success but didn't generate toy sales beyond the collectible market.

Though Warner Bros. is overjoyed by the box - office success and acclaim of its latest DC Comics Extended Universe release, according to reports, it didn't sign on the movie's director, Patty Jenkins, for a sequel.

Studio revenue for the quarter increased 22 percent to $ 2.1 billion, powered by the box - office success of «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» and animated movie «Zootopia.»

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.

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.

Director Kathryn Bigelow's intense Iraq war drama made the ultimate case for a large box - office haul not predicting Oscar success when it took top honors in 2010 over James Cameron's Avatar and its $ 760 million in domestic gross.

Despite being totally overshadowed at the box office, the movie has proved to be a massive success for cable networks.

Actually, I don't view success at the Box Office as «the» measure for «Truth,» rather, as an indicator of people's high interest in the subject matter, hence spirituality.

The movie, while only a modest box - office success, garnered impressive reviews from mainstream movie critics as well as an impressive 77 % on Rotten Tomatoes4 and a four and a half star rating on Amazon5, where the movie remains available for viewing.

# 1 over all at the box office on opening weeks and over / under 4.5 Oscars (Why isnt best FANS a Oscar for films??? Completely unfair to the people who make movies a success IMO)

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

Although Teachout, author of Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United, showed how irked many upstate and liberal Democrats were with Cuomo two years ago — the New York Times noted that she was the «strongest challenge to an incumbent governor since primaries for the office were established in New York in 1970» — she hasn't had much electoral success.

For an actor, career success may hinge on box office, an adoring public, buzz, ratings, talk show invites, interviews, public appearances, etc..

And Gordon's got Jeffrey Combs in one of the great comedic performances (undoubtedly so, as Jim Carrey aped Combs in most of his films to box office success) but he's also got a very difficult role for David Gale.

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Tarantino - loving cinephiles won't be enthused, but if the film's success at the box office is any indication, most moviegoers in the United States long for a forgotten era when Hollywood films were handsomely made, competently performed, and politically correct.

Four years after setting box offices ablaze in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and director George Roy Hill re-teamed with similar success for The Sting.

Additionally, Tomb Raider was a large box - office success and left audiences hungering for more.

Even with the box office success of «Deadpool,» the sequel's writers say a big budget isn't necessary for the Cable team - up.

Ultimately though, the goal for this film may be merely be a healthy portion of the late summer box office, with any awards success the icing on the cake.

She hopes that bodes well for Annihilation, and she believes Black Panther will put to rest once and for all the notion that movies built around black characters do not achieve international box office success.

Although not the first of its breed, Fatal Attraction's overwhelming success kick started a wave of suburban thrillers that dominated box offices for the next several years, although most ramped up the tawdry sex or over-the-top violence to the point where they couldn't be taken seriously.

Our studio had its first ever $ 1 billion worldwide grossing film in Michael Bay's hit «Transformers: Dark of the Moon;» we successfully re-launched our «Mission Impossible» franchise with Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird; our latest installment in the «Paranormal Activity» franchise had another $ 100 million dollar success; our first original animated film «Rango,» from director Gore Verbinski, earned rave reviews and more than $ 100 million at the domestic box office; and we released global phenomenon «Super 8,» directed by JJ Abrams, who will now direct the newest «Star Trek» for 2013.

It was a minor success at the box office, but earned him praise from critics and a couple of Golden Globe nominations for Grier and Jackson.

Under Taylor's direction, that film was one of the top box office success stories of 2011, scoring four Oscar nominations including Best Picture, though none for Taylor's own direction or writing of the film.

He'll be praying for «Ted 2» to match the original movie's globe - conquering box - office success.

While it may not have been a box office success, Pete Travis» Dredd is getting a much fairer trial on home video having topped the Blu - ray and DVD sales list for a 2012 new release.

Having gone from one of the few actors in Hollywood whose association with a film would guarantee it box office success to being in a string of high - profile disasters, Arnold Schwarzenegger's career (political and thespian) needed a shot in the arm, and what better way than by resurrecting his most popular character for one more outing.

A top - notch actress who managed to remain a complete unknown as far as the general moviegoing public was concerned (spending over a decade starring in numerous art - house flicks for ex-husband Nicolas Roeg probably had a lot to do with that), Theresa Russell enjoyed a soupçon of mainstream success when she co-starred in Twentieth Century Fox's production of Black Widow, an ever - so - modest box office hit ($ 25 million) back at the start of» 87.

It's a great relief to confirm that Black Panther is genuinely worth rooting for, a clear standout on Marvel's roster — and certainly on track for box - office success.

Whether you're looking at contemporary cinema or the classics, the Tomatometer can serve as shorthand for a film's critical reception, if not its box office success.

««Jumanji» gets the MVP box office award for Super Bowl weekend with a stunning late run ascension to the number one spot as «Maze Runner» adds to its total and «Winchester» enjoys a bit of counter programming success amidst a sea of Oscar contenders over what is a typically slow moviegoing weekend,» said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore.

With artificial intelligence thriller Ex Machina proving a big success at the box office both here and across the pond, writer / director Alex Garland has plenty of momentum for whatever he wants to make next.

The Buzz: There was buzz for this movie the second Soderbergh said he was coming out of retirement, but we're not sure if that will translate to box - office success.

For one, if there was ever any doubt that Sandra Bullock was going to be in the mix for «Gravity,» that's been disposed of with the film's monster box office and critical succeFor one, if there was ever any doubt that Sandra Bullock was going to be in the mix for «Gravity,» that's been disposed of with the film's monster box office and critical succefor «Gravity,» that's been disposed of with the film's monster box office and critical success.

That's a recipe for success, especially when you consider the crossover appeal that it'll likely have at the box office, creating the ultimate cinematic monster: a movie that both the critics and masses enjoy.

The actor appeared to just confirm Marvel's plans for an unannounced Black Widow movie in a video interview while talking about the instant box office success of Black Panther.

Roberto Benigni — With La Vita é bella Benigni undermines an insurmountable wall for European Cinema, or at least non-English-speaking cinema, and I don't only mean its box - office success and omnipresence at the Oscars.

Fortunately for Webb, The Amazing Spider - Man struck a cord and worked better than the 2002 version, leading to massive success at the box office.

Searchlight's biggest Sundance success story was 2006's «Little Miss Sunshine,» which it picked up in Park City for $ 10.5 million and turned into a $ 60 million box office hit that earned two Oscars.

In the feature, Donaldson effectively compares and contrasts the career trajectories for Mimi Leder, who made her name through her Emmy - winning work on «ER,» directed the one of the top - grossing films of 1998 with «Deep Impact» and then went to «movie jail» and didn't direct another film for nine years after the middling performance of her 2000 family drama «Pay It Forward,» to those of Trevorrow, who made his feature debut with the Sundance hit «Safety Not Guaranteed,» won the choice gig helming «Jurassic World» on director Brad Bird's recommendation and managed steer to the reboot of one of the most popular film franchises of all time to giant box - office success.

The truth is that «Slumdog» would likely be a BAFTA favourite even if it weren't primed for Oscar glory — a true British success story, from a popular but largely unsung hometown filmmaker, featuring a British lead actor from a high - profile Channel 4 TV drama, it's been a massive local box - office success, and has enjoyed nearly the same level of critical adulation here as in the States.