Sentences with phrase «domestic summer box»

With Memorial Day weekend on the horizon, the overall domestic summer box office is ten percentage points lower than it was at this time last year.

Not exact matches

It wasn't superheroes, but a kind of retroactive supergroup, that owned the domestic box - office on one of the final weekends of summer.

Pacific Rim hit theaters in summer 2013 and grossed just $ 101 million at the domestic box office but went on to take in over $ 400 million worldwide.

After making waves with his critically acclaimed «Snabba Cash» — which is only seeing a theatrical release this summer, two years after it's original Swedish unveiling — Daniel Espinosa was linked to numerous big - name projects before moving onto the Denzel Washington / Ryan Reynolds starrer «Safe House,» which has surely earned him a lot of good will with its box office performance (it crossed $ 100 million domestic this week).

«Despicable Me 2» edged the Adam Sandler comedy «Grown Ups 2» at the domestic box office this weekend, while the surge some predicted for Guillermo del Toro's «Pacific Rim» never quite materialized — making it the latest big - budget beast to come crashing down this summer.

While not one of the big hits of summer, Schmucks just about met box office expectations, narrowly clearing its $ 69 million budget with a $ 73 M domestic gross.

Last summer Now You See Me, the movie about bank - robbing magicians, trucked to over $ 117 million at the domestic box office, qualifying it as a sleeper hit.

So in the effort to offer an alternate preview — and to kind of contradict myself — here's a look at the 2011 summer flicks that yours truly believes will venture into the coveted $ 300 million box office gross on the domestic front.

2 wins again the domestic box office, while Warner Bros.'s $ 175 million King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is the summer season's first major flop.

But it was fairly successful at the domestic box office, grossing a little over $ 40 million when it screened this summer.