Sentences with phrase «early box office»

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.

HollywoodNews.com: At 3:28 pm yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter sent out links to an article regarding early box office estimates based purely on afternoon matinees on the East Coast.

Now 20th Century Fox is bringing out the film, starring Matt Damon («Interstellar»), Jessica Chastain (Academy Award - nominated for «Zero Dark Thirty») and Jeff Daniels (the horrible «Dumb and Dumber To») and judging by early box office numbers, the movie is one of the must - sees as Hollywood officially kicks off its award season.

Early box office projections are putting the upcoming Pacific Rim: Uprising lower than the original 2013 movie.

Now, with 10 days on screen, it appears director Christopher Nolan's final entry in his three - film Batman epic won't live up to early box office hopes.

Not exact matches

The five films Murdoch's 20th Century Fox division put out this summer season (which runs from the first weekend in May through Labor Day in the entertainment industry) grossed $ 783 million as of earlier this week, according to film revenue - tracking website Box Office Mojo.

Likewise, The Departed received only 0.4 % of its box office returns after winning best picture, also due to a relatively early release date.

Yes, James Cameron, who holds box - office records for not one, but two of the highest - grossing films of all time, took time out of making the next three «Avatar» sequels to read over an early «Deadpool» script.

Similarly, Black Panther «s early success is already dispelling industry concerns that a superhero movie revolving almost entirely around black characters could resonate with a general audience and earn the same box - office popularity as other (whiter) blockbusters.

Even pictures like the live - action Cinderella, released earlier this year, quietly brought home $ 520 Million at the global box office — about what Terminator 2 got — but we're accustomed to these home runs from Disney that it barely registered on the radar.

The latest James Bond film, Spectre releases in November, and although Craig is thought to be under contract for at least one more Bond movie, some speculate that he might leave early if the movie does well in the box office...

Early estimates place the opening weekend returns for Avengers: Infinity War at $ 250 million, making it the highest - earning opening weekend of all time at the domestic box office.

In the very early years of this century, before online booking had really caught on, I used to take the morning off (or throw a sickie) to queue up at the old box office in Avenell Road to buy tickets for certain key fixtures, instead of risking the phone.

Just hours earlier the FBI had visited his offices and departed with some 30 boxes of records dating back to the mid 1990's.

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«Interstellar» could have a huge opening weekend at the box office, with early estimates indicating a take in the range between $ 50 million and $ 55 million, the Hollywood Reporter said.

A fter a record - breaking box office run in 2012, Korean cinema continued to flex its muscles in the early part of 2013.

And the lackluster early trailers and reports of poor test screenings don't inspire confidence that Singer's film will slay the competition at the box office.

Back in the early 1990s, director Renny Harlin had been an action director worth noting, leading thw ay to box office success with Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger and The Long Kiss Goodnight.

I don't know if Kong: Skull Island will do well enough at the box office to justify its $ 185 - million - plus production budget on top of a dedicated park attraction, but what I do know is that I went into the film pretty skeptical... and came out feeling like the Summer 2017 film season had just kicked off three months early.

Calvary was a box - office phenomenon when released in Irish cinemas earlier this year, with a gross of almost $ 1.6 million.

But as Deadpool points out early the film, the risk paid off and Deadpool was a smash box office hit.

The film mightn't have set the box office aflame like many predicted it would (based on those early word - of - mouth screenings that the...

Earlier this year the huge critical and box office success of Zootopia (98 % on Rotten Tomatoes and $ 341M domestic) is more than enough to keep the blockbuster in a very solid second place.

That arrived earlier this year and surpassed all box - office expectations, so we now have casting news on Domino, a key female role.

Disney is confident because its early forays into the nascent genre — if it can even be called that — haven't offered up a single box - office dud.

Earlier in his career, the lines were not so clearly drawn; Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. each topped the box office in their years en route to Best Picture Oscar nominations.

Amidst those early signs of viewer interest (Blade), franchise launches (X-Men), moments of director / source material synergy (Raimi's Spider - Man) and 18 or so MCU films, Deadpool is recognizable as a triumph of perseverance and (baby) hand - in - glove casting, as well as proof that R - rated superheroing is viable at the box office (which in turn smoothed the way for more serious takes like Logan).

It's been said that depression is highest after the holidays, and that's certainly the case at the box office, where the earliest months of the year traditionally serve as a dumping ground for the movies that the major studios didn't have the time or intestinal fortitude to release during the rest of the year.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Piggybacking on the success of Public Enemies, released only a few weeks earlier, G.I. Joe was Tatum's first bona fide box - office smash as a leading man.

Scuttled in early Hollywood by the far more popular western, the pirate movie was left adrift for decades, coming into port every now and again only to find nary a piece of eight at the box office (cf. Polanski's The Pirates (1986), Cutthroat Island (1995)-RRB-.

It could be argued, of course, that any movie that exposes in its first two scenes its abject dependency on another movie released only nine months earlier has to be in some kind of trouble, but only if freshness rather than box - office success is the issue.

Early reviews are strong for this true story about The Washington Post's publication of the Pentagon Papers, which is playing well with the Academy's overwhelmingly liberal members and should also flourish at the adult box office.

The nearly 70 percent drop in Cloverfield «s box office take last weekend has not deterred Paramount Pictures from starting early talks with director Matt Reeves to helm a sequel to the Monster Movie That Ate the Internet.

Which probably explains why this remake starring George Clooney of a somewhat obscure early 1970s «art house» flick of the same name flopped so badly at the box office: it wasn't what people expected at all.

It wasn't the box office smash that the earlier Farrelly Brothers films had been, and over the years it's been forgotten by many.

«Community» directors Joe and Anthony Russo landed the upcoming «Captain America» sequel, «Game of Thrones» director Alan Taylor just crushed the global box office with «Thor: The Dark World,» and on a smaller scale, earlier this year «Six Feet Under» and «United States of Tara» writer / producer Jill Soloway made her big screen debut with «Afternoon Delight.»

At the time I wrote this article earlier today, Box Office Mojo was reporting an estimated 3,900.

Ozon's previous film, The New Girlfriend from Cohen Media Group, grossed nearly $ 147K at the box office after opening in America in early fall, 2015.

Earlier this week, Steven Spielberg became the first director to gross more than $ 10 billion at the worldwide box office

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (July 8th): Since Neighbors 2 which hit theaters earlier this year, there haven't been a lot of adult comedies at the box office.

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle had a strong run early in the year, while the Dakota Johnson - starring Fifty Shades Freed had a brief stay at the top, and John Boyega's Pacific Rim: Uprising finally unseated T'Challa from his box office throne this weekend.

Insidious was one of the early signs that Blumhouse's strategy of turning modestly budgeted horror movies into box office hits would be viable going forward.

«The Grandmaster's director Wong Kar - wai and actors Tony Leung Chiu - wai, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen earlier attended an audience appreciation event in Beijing to celebrate the box office hit.

Cimino made four more movies after «Heaven's Gate,» 1985's «Year of the Dragon,» 1987's «The Sicilian,» 1990's «Desperate Hours» and 1996's «Sunchaser,» but none received the critical acclaim or box office success of his earlier work, due in part to the taint of «Heaven's Gate.»

Some of the winners» names were familiar just kicked - off awards season — Alexander Payne's Hawaiian - set «The Descendants» was named Best Picture, as it also was recently by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association — but perhaps the biggest winner of the night was Nicolas Winding Refn's neon - lit, criminally overlooked «Drive,» which sadly withered on the box office vine earlier this fall and yet sped off with the most trophies Sunday night.

Box Office: As mentioned earlier, we've got a major upset to report.

While Coco fell a reasonably slim 31 % and is still the top attraction for families, Aardman animation Early Man was not far behind it in box - office terms at the weekend, beginning its run with # 2.02 m.

De Palma's earlier 80s films ---- Dressed to Kill (1980), Blow Out (1981), and Scarface (1983)---- were hit - and - miss at the box office but each drew considerable controversy for their violent content and exploitation elements.

Judging from its abysmal box office of less than thirteen million, most people didn't see Strange Magic when it was released earlier this year.