Sentences with phrase «breaking box office records for»

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

... 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.

«It may not have done well at the box office but it broke the all - time record for the number of film geeks insisting it's genius.»

Avengers: Infinity War has been breaking box office records worldwide while leaving fans anxiously and desperately waiting for the Avengers: Infinity War sequel which sadly doesn't arrive in theaters until May 3, 2019.

It's been a good week for Universal as it has just been confirmed that they've broken their 2012 record for domestic box office gross...

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.

After a record - breaking start at the box - office this past summer, X-Men's popularity rapidly dwindled, and I have this aching feeling that everything I love about it was responsible for its failure to retain sleeper momentum.

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.

«Whiplash,» initially thought to be in competition for Original Screenplay was labeled as adapted, «American Sniper» kept building up support and would eventually break box - office records, and the once perceived front - runner «Gone Girl» mysteriously vanished from the field of five.

By Greg Hernandez HollywoodNews.com: It may have been nominated for a few Razzies and didn't break any box office records but I quite enjoyed «Burlesque» which was Christina Aguilera's film debut and Cher's return to films after a far too long hiatus.

The Hunger Games is likely to break box - office records, and I have no doubt the majority of its audience will like it and love (for good reason) Jennifer Lawrence.

After an insanely successful, record - breaking run at the box office — and it's not done yet — Marvel Studios has finally revealed the home video release dates for Black Panther with a brand new trailer, which you can check out above.

Mark Hamill had a word of advice for Marvel Studios after Avengers: Infinity War broke the domestic opening weekend box office record.

Speaking in the days before the film opened, Bassett said she was heartened by the strong box - office projections for the film, which went on to make a record - breaking $ 235 million over the holiday weekend.

It's been a roller coaster year for Fox's Marvel adaptations, with «Fantastic Four» tanking in all ways save one, «Deadpool» breaking box - office records, and «X-Men: Apocalypse» only three months away.

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th to Sunday 18th January 2015... American Sniper enjoyed a record - breaking January debut over in the States, but despite giving director Clint Eastwood his biggest ever opening here in the UK with # 2,530,47, the Bradley Cooper - headlined war drama couldn't dethrone Bryan Mills from the -LSB-...]

Even if that doesn't happen, Black Panther has wasted no time in cementing itself as an early box office powerhouse, and easily broke the record for biggest pre-summer opening.

While the Phil Lord and Chris Miller - directed animated feature did not break any box office records, it came close, both for the month of February and for original animated features.

«The Hunger Games» has already broken box office records, and «Slumdog Millionaire» scribe Simon Beaufoy has been hired for the «Catching Fire» script.

After breaking box office records, the Merc with the Mouth returns to the big screen for twice the action, twice the blood and twice the love (but not necessarily in that order).

As the box office numbers for the past weekend were tallied, most people were paying attention to the success of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince and the second week drop off for Bruno, but in amongst all those ticket sales there was another record being broken.

Avengers: Infinity War broke not only the domestic opening weekend box office record bringing in $ 250 million this weekend, but it also succeeded in taking in a total of $ 630 million worldwide, giving it records for both domestic and global openings of all time.

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 24th April to Sunday 26th April 2015... Avengers: Age of Ultron opened here in the UK this past Thursday, with the latest instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe breaking records with a hefty # 18,015,774 weekend — the biggest ever April debut, and the -LSB-...]

He's been responsible for some of the best - loved blockbusters of the past decade, yet as was the case with Steven Spielberg in the 1970s and 1980s, the Academy seems to think that ecstatic reviews and record - breaking box - office are all any popular director needs.

In an explosive weekend at the specialty box office, Paul Thomas Anderson's «The Master» broke the record for the best limited debut of all time (topping «Moonrise Kingdom»), while Nicholas Jarecki's «Arbitrage» managed some excellent numbers on a much wider screen count.

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This milestone marks the high point of an already exciting year for Virtuos, which has seen the company achieve a string of record - breaking successes, including: contributing art to 50 % of the top 10 best - selling games on XboxOne and Playstation 4; shipping XCOM Enemy Within for IOS, the third title developed in China to exceed the 85 % Metacritic Metascore * (the other two titles were also co-developed by Virtuos); and providing 3D models for Transformers: Age of Extinction, which has become China's top - grossing box office game of all time.

The film broke box - office records when it first opened as the biggest February opening of all time, and the best opening yet for a movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a four - day weekend of $ 242 million.