Sentences with phrase «ever box office opening»

The Hunger Games enjoyed the biggest - ever box office opening for a non-sequel film this past weekend, and it's likely to keep captivating audiences in coming weeks with its edgy action and potent critique of today's celebrity - worshiping culture.

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«Wonder Woman» has a 92 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes and had the biggest US box - office opening ever for a female director.
Seven movies later, the franchise is hotter than ever pulling in record numbers at the box office in its opening weekend.
That figure not only makes it Universal's largest box - office opening ever, but also the largest worldwide opening for a movie ever and the only to crack $ 500 million in its first weekend.
The film surpassed Frozen's record of $ 67.4 million to earn the biggest debut ever for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March opening weekend in box office history.
The surprise hit of the year, having the best opening ever for an R - rated movie ($ 132.4 million) and earning over $ 780 million at the global box office, was also the most illegally downloaded movie of 2016, according to TorrentFreak.
The movie took in an estimated $ 85.3 million, according to Exhibitor Relations, setting the record for the biggest - ever R - rated opening weekend at the box office in March.
With a $ 192 million haul and a $ 175 million gap between it and its nearest competitor, Black Panther dominated the weekend box office and delivered Disney and Marvel one of the largest opening weekends ever.
The earnings also make for the best opening ever for the month of February and the best President's Day weekend box - office performance ever.
Young sold 22 million copies of his novel worldwide — more than Huck Finn, Pride and Prejudice, or The Grapes of Wrath have ever sold; more than Catch - 22 and The Exorcist combined — and the film earned a healthy $ 16.1 million at the box office on its opening weekend.
Black Panther obliterated box - office records last weekend as it earned over $ 192 million during the three - day weekend, good enough for the second biggest superhero opening ever behind The Avengers (2012).
Not only did Jackass 3D demolish all of the competition at the box office this weekend, it made $ 50 million earning it the highest grossing October opening weekend ever stealing the honor from Scary Movie 3 and its $ 48.1 million.
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...
Someone also managed to find a box office record that it broke as well — the biggest opening ever overseas ($ 237 million).
«Zootopia» blew up the box office with a $ 75.1 million debut this weekend, the best - ever opening for Disney Animation and the latest sign that the Mouse House's in - house unit now packs the same powerful box office and creative punch as its sibling, Pixar Animation.
Saturday saw the film cash in # 9.2 million, and saw 78 per cent of movie goers flock to the cinema for the film, which broke the UK box office making it the biggest Saturday opening ever.
Fox's «Deadpool 2» brought in $ 125 million this weekend, giving it the second - highest opening ever for an R - rated movie and ending the three - week reign of Disney's «Avengers: Infinity War» at the top of the North American box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.
As previously reported, the weekend of March 9 marked the first time in recent memory, and possibly ever, that films by African - American directors have claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the same weekend, with Coogler's «Black Panther» again topping the box office, while Ava DuVernay's adaptation «A Wrinkle in Time,» which boasts a black female protagonist in Storm Reid as young heroine Meg Murry, opened in the second - place spot.
Hitch is a date movie, released in time for St. Valentine's day in the US, which probably explains its massive first weekend box office — US$ 43.1 million — the biggest romantic comedy opening ever!
The Black Panther 4 day long weekend box office is now sitting at $ 242 million, behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the biggest opening ever.
After the best Disney - Marvel opening ever in that country, the superhero sequel's global box - office haul is $ 932 million
Say what you will the R - rated superhero flick — like for instance that it falls in line with many of the same familiar tropes it purports to mock — but the gleefully violent and «adult» - oriented box office smash opened the flood gates for more of its R - rated ilk, showing studios through the ever influential power of green (not Green Lantern mind you), that audiences were more than receptive to «mature» content in their superhero films.
It's had the best opening week for any Marvel movie ever, it's the biggest February opening at the box office, and it tied James Cameron's Avatar as having the longest run atop the box office at five weeks.
The number, which is a preliminary estimate according to the website Box Office Mojo, makes Black Panther the fifth - biggest opening weekend ever (not accounting for inflation) behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Jurassic World and The Avengers.
«Rogue One: A Star Wars Story» soared to the top of the weekend box office as expected, scoring the second - best December opening ever with $ 155 million in estimated ticket sales.
The movie broke all kinds of records at the box office, and it's the highest grossing R - rated movie ever, and it has the best R - rated opening weekend.
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-...]
Overall, Sam Taylor - Johnson «s drama made box - office history by having the largest opening weekend for a female director ever, with an $ 85.2 three - day haul.
Given that the earlier instalment managed the biggest opening ever, a colossal $ 207.4 m, the new film could easily surpass its predecessor's final $ 1.51 bn haul and could yet be on course to challenge James Cameron's Titanic ($ 2.18 bn) and Avatar ($ 2.78 bn) at the top of the all - time box - office pile.
«Wreck - It Ralph,» a 3 - D animated family film about a video game villain who tries to break free of his role, is the largest box - office opening ever for Walt Disney Animation, which has produced countless cartoon classics (though doesn't include Disney's lucrative Pixar Animation).
Snub: «Godzilla» scored the biggest box - office opening ever for a creature feature when it opened last May, but failed to grab an Oscar nomination for best visual effects.
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-...]
A Quiet Place not - so - quietly crept up to the top of the box office this weekend, scoring the second - best opening ever for an original horror movie and earning actor - turned - director John Krasinski accolades.
The film could potentially have the largest February opening weekend ever, beating out «Deadpool,» which opened in February 2016 to a weekend box office total of $ 152 million.
Also, until Pirates of the Carribean 2 dethroned it, Halo 2 had enjoyed the highest grossing opening weekend of any entertainment product ever released (box office movie releases, other game releases, CDs, etc).
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