Sentences with phrase «budget times hit»

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«Once your travel budget gets above $ 100,000 per year, it's time to look at what you can do with a travel partner,» he says, noting that small businesses hitting that mark may be able to negotiate lower rates.

If you're on a tight budget and need someone who can hit the ground running, it may be more cost - effective to get along with an unfilled position than to hire someone who not only won't be productive from Day One, but will also take up another employee's time to train, lowering overall productivity.

Compare these 10x returns with a mainstream movie like The Dark Knight, which made less than six times its budget of $ 185 million — and that's among the more successful hits.

If your budget for early retirement includes working part - time and getting Social Security benefits, you could take an unexpected financial hit.

Independent groups like the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget anticipate the deficit will hit $ 1 trillion by next year, a record level at a time when unemployment is so low.

If you're in the mood for soup (to warm you up on an icy winter day, natch) but not in the mood for an expensive, time consuming, heavy stew, then consider this super simple (and budget conscious) soup that is a hit with kids and adults alike.

If you work outside the house, can your budget take the hit from a second maternity leave or will you have to cut short your time with the second baby?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a optional payroll tax continues to hit a speed bump with Republicans in the state Senate, who want more details on the proposal and doubt it can get doubt by the time the budget is expected to pass at the end of March.

«Over a billion of repayments in the next five years is a devastating hit to the NHS budget - particularly at a time when budgets will be under increasing pressure as a result of Labour's economic mismanagement,» SNP MSP Kenneth Gibson said.

The NWLC graphic caught the public debate around tax cuts for millionaires at a good time, hitting a nerve with people angry about constant talk of budget cuts without tax increases for people who've done well in the last decade or two.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

It hit an all - time high of $ 331 million in 2012, in the first budget year of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Megna added that the state has hit its April 1 deadline for the past four years, which would give school districts plenty of time to factor in state aid into their budget proposals.

But they hit the wall in September 2016, when Congress failed to pass a 2017 budget on time and instead froze spending indefinitely at 2016 levels.

Starring Hope Davis and Philip Seymour Hoffman, the pic — set, of course, in Boston — covers that ever familiar singles landscape (the territory of Crowe and Linklater), but does so with such grace and finesse that it transcended clichés and became not just a hit (grossing several times its budget) but, love it or hate it, a seminal work of American independent cinema.

A Wrinkle in Time hits that unfortunate un-sweet spot common to big - budget science - fiction / fantasy, where the spectacle feels more summarized than experienced.

The first film was a huge hit, taking more than eight times its budget at the box office and winning over critics and audiences alike with its intelligent storytelling and witty script.

Second only to James Cameron as King of the big - budget action pic in the 1980s and 1990s, Verhoeven produced a string of box office hits (and critical flops) from Robocop (1987) to Starship Troopers (1997), with time out to make one of the true clunkers of the»90s, Showgirls (1995).

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

By contrast, every single «chills over kills» horror film on the list is generally regarded as either an outright blockbuster (Paranormal Activity 1 and 2), a hit relative to its budget and marketing visibility (Insidious, The Last Exorcism) or a minor success (Devil, which grossed over three times its $ 10 million budget domestically).

Because for all of its big star, big budget verve, this adaptation of the first Marines» revenge for the 9/11 attacks is also a procedural drama, melding a few of the producer's other hits, not just Black Hawk Down, but CSI, this time: Afghanistan.

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master GEORGE A. ROMERO, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

I have fond memories of the 1942 Warner Bros. version — very much a product of its time, complete with Horton butchering «The Hut - Sut Song,» a WWII hit that had lyrics notoriously easy to mis - hear, and Lazy Bird Maisie's vocal inflections based on character actress Joan Blondell, who played a character named Maisie in a series of low - budget quickies (I believe she was also the voice of the Car in «My Mother, the Car,» but I wouldn't swear to it.)

While Hit & Run isn't going to be on any best of the year lists, it is a very good example of making a solid film in a tight time - frame (Shepard and Bell both had TV commitments they had to fit filming around), with a reasonably small budget.

The $ 1 million film proved an immediate hit, grossing 25 - times its budget.

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.

Night of the Living Dead (1968) Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, «Night of the Living Dead,» directed by horror master George A. Romero, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

With a modest budget and a short shooting schedule, there wasn't time for the 30 - year - old Evans to hit any local bars or restaurants or do much of anything other than the film.

Though its budget shows a time or two - especially in the more special - effecty moments - and you wish Mitchell had taken the overall scenario in slightly different directions, It Follows is a horror hit whose freshness, simplicity, and style are sure to make it hit extremely well with today's jaded horror crowd.

Jurassic Park hit theaters way back in 1993 at just the right time - Michael Crichton's novel, which had become an instant bestseller three years earlier, was perfect for film and big - budget blockbusters hadn't yet become over-saturated in CGI...

Now at $ 26.5 m and 11th place on the worldwide rankings, Alex Garland's $ 16.4 m sci - fi thriller must be hitting black some time soon; one place below and currently on $ 10.6 m, it looks more dicey for Madding Crowd, for which no budget is available but which certainly looks glossy enough.

After a string of indie movies, the star is set to hit the big time with «Maleficent» and was enthralled by the novelty of working on a big - budget production.

The picture was an unexpected surprise hit, but instead of tackling big - budget franchises for an encore, Blomkamp decided to create a big - budget sci - fi film once again tackling many of the same social issues, this time hovering around healthcare and immigration.

At that time, a budget version of the instant classic («PlayStation 3 The Best») will hit Japan and Trophies will be included out of the box.

Truth or Dare (PG - 13) marks the first time the Blumhouse low - budget horror assembly line puts its name out front, after years of hits including the Paranormal Activity, Insidious and Purge series.

Few actors get to star in a monster commercial smash that is also a zeitgeist hit, but that was Joshua Leonard's experience with The Blair Witch Project, which turned a meager $ 60,000 production budget into almost $ 250 million in worldwide theatrical receipts, and owned the summer of 1999 (and beyond, in the form of countless spoofs, homages and far less inspired rip - offs) like no other indie movie of its time.

And that's still less than the whopping 513 minutes of big - budget Hollywood screen time allotted to Jackson's three «The Hobbit» films once they survived the edit bay and hit the silver screen.

Six months after starting its insufficient 274 - theater, $ 2.2 million run (well short of the $ 7.6 M production budget), Austenland finally hits DVD and Blu - ray on Tuesday, seemingly timed for Valentine's Day blind buying.

Dig in, and try to remember that there actually was a time, not too long ago, when some movies could have a $ 60,000 budget and be box office hits.

But in 1954, a sprawling sci - fi epic based on a famous novel by Jules Verne hit theaters, employing the largest production budget in movie history up till that time.

With a budget of just $ 5 million and a box office gross close to 40 times that, allegorical horror film Get Out has emerged as 2017's biggest surprise hit.

When times get tough and the money pot shrinks, you need to ensure your budget doesn't take the hit.

We have hit all the major project milestones for delivering all three aspects of the assessment system — summative, interim and formative — on - time and on - budget for the 2014 - 15 academic year.

You may not think it, as national insurance and employer pension cost increases begin to hit school budgets, but 2015/16 is the last year of the good times, not the first of the tough times.

After a little bit of time he came out and gave me a price that had hit my budget.

You'll need to account a budget to buy between 3,000 and 9,000 copies of your book, which can run you up to a couple hundred thousand dollars depending on the cost of your book to either hit the Wall Street Journal or New York Times Bestseller list and you'll also have to account for their fee, which is typically more than $ 20,000.

If your budget for early retirement includes working part - time and getting Social Security benefits, you could take an unexpected financial hit.

Even if you can juggle your due dates around so that everything gets paid close to on time without borrowing money, cutting that close to the edge of your budget runs the risk of either being hit with a late fee on one or more bills or overdrawing your bank account if the timing is off.

And though Ireland's been hit with some hard times recently — after years of staggering growth — Dublin still manages to be an all - to - easy destination to blow your travel budget, unless you know -LSB-...]

So far, no big - budget game studio has added a Battle Royale mode to a big franchise series, but it has seemed like only a matter of time before it hits a Call of Duty or a Battlefield, a Division or a Destiny.