Sentences with phrase «first box office»

Paramount is getting its first box office victory in a long time, while «Blockers» and «Ready Player One» post solid numbers

At the start of December's first box office frame, first place went to neither The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 nor The Good Dinosaur.

Meanwhile, Spielberg directed his first box office disaster, 1941, a gonzo skewering of another sacred cow, the blind patriotism of WWII on the home front, penned by Zemeckis and his writing partner, Bob Gale.

In his first teaming with Antoine Fuqua since their collaboration in Training Day, which snagged Denzel an Oscar and Fuqua his first box office smash, Washington is masterful in this role.

His first box office hit came in 1946 with his third directing credit, The Stranger.

Not exact matches

«Amazing China» smashed box - office records for documentary films, raking in 456 million yuan ($ 72 million) in its first five weeks, according to ticketing website Maoyan.com.

As the year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion in domestic movie ticket sales for the first time ever.

2016's movie industry highlights include a monster year for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House set a new yearly global box office record, becoming the first studio to ever top $ 7 billion in worldwide ticket sales.

«For the first year or so, we traveled from military base to military base in our trailer and wrote proposals, made phone calls, filled out loan applications, and conducted payroll with a post office box as our corporate address,» Latshaw recalls.

The film, which will be released on Dec. 15 of this year, will pick up after the action of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.

2 continued its box office reign this weekend, while King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is the summer season's first major flop.

TORONTO — Several box - office flops and a lack of family movies left Cineplex Inc. (TSX: CGX) suffering the fallout during the first few months of the summer movie season.

The Toronto - based company announced Wednesday that the hit superhero film accounted for 22 per cent of its box office revenue in the first quarter.

While Fandango did not release specific figures for Black Panther «s first day of advance ticket sales, the film's fast start should put it on the path toward a blockbuster box - office debut next month.

We already know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens set records at the box office, but on Tuesday we will find out more about the blockbuster film's ultimate impact on Walt Disney's (dis) bottom line in the first quarter of the entertainment giant's fiscal year.

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The first superhero blockbuster film of 2018 is gearing up for a huge box - office opening this weekend.

But despite the anticipation for Spider - Man's first solo entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, «Spider - Man: Homecoming» didn't win the title of best opening weekend for a Spider - Man movie, according to Box Office Mojo.

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 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.

Deadpool became the first R - rated movie to top $ 100 million in domestic box office sales over its opening weekend, pulling in an impressive $ 135 million in North America and a whopping $ 260 million worldwide, according to box office research firm Rentrak.

«The Croods,» starring Nicholas Cage and Emma Stone as members of a Caveman family, will be the first feature released since the studio's domestic box - office bomb, «The Rise of the Guardians» last November.

«Black Panther» is already proving to be quite successful, scoring $ 242 million in North American box office revenue in four days to become the highest grossing February film in box office history and Cineplex's highest grossing first - quarter film ever.

Since its release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has smashed almost every Hollywood box - office record, racking up more than $ 500 million in worldwide ticket sales in just its first weekend.

To look at it another way: The first 11 days of March saw a domestic box - office total of $ 347 million; March 2017 brought in $ 1.163 billion.

Cruise's first post-Paramount professional announcement was underwhelming for a star who had generated $ 3 billion at the box office in his 14 years at the studio.

Chad first met Aspect co-founder Theresia Gouw in 1997 at the tiny startup offices of Release Software, where they worked to help leading software companies transition from selling software in a box at Fry's to distributing software securely over the internet.

The company said in its earnings release that the segment suffered from a difficult comparison to last year's first quarter, when Frozen performed well at the box office.

The company's first film in the franchise, released last year, made about $ 350 million in worldwide box - office sales.

Some of the first ransomware involved victims sending cash in the mail to a post office box in Panama.

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

After critical success during the first 15 years of his career, Scorsese found the industry pivoting as tent - pole franchises like Indiana Jones and Star Wars set box - office records and turned Steven Spielberg and George Lucas into household names.

Marvel's first black - superhero film smashed records at the box office with a huge opening in the UK.

These two, who as a team rival the box - office attraction of the Lunts, sailed out onto the course for the first round with 75 % of the gallery scampering behind.

Probably not the first, but one of the most recent: Pulling up to the post office in my van just to drop a letter in the outside blue box, something I would normally just hop out and do myself... instead I unbuckled my four year old and let him get out to do it.

Visitors can pick up free tickets at the Museum box office on the day of the show only, first come, first served.

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I refuse to tell you his was my first pregnancy when it was not — doctors offices can fix their forms to include stillborn babies, because I will not chose a box that doesn't embody my reality.

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

The movie is the first female superhero film since 2005's box office dud «Elektra,» and the first to be directed by a woman, Patty Jenkins.

«The Republican and Democratic members could even split rent and office resources,» said the strategist, who was granted anonymity to think outside - the - box and maybe be the first person to introduce hoteling for congressional staff.

The research shows that even as the key first weekend box office receipts were reported, prices stayed remarkably stable as traders ignored new value - relevant information and continued to rely on their initial estimates.

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A felicitous contract at Universal led Edwards to his first big box - office successes, including the Tony Curtis film Mister Cory (1957) and Cary Grant's Operation Petticoat (1959).

Of course, with Shrek 2 nearly doubling the first film's box - office take (and merchandising adding billions to the bottom line), no one's going to stop making Shrek flicks just because the inspiration's faded.

The first two «Shrek» movies, in 2001 and 2004 (the latter of which now sits comfortably at # 3 on the all - time domestic box office list), had essentially the same plot: Ogre loves princess; love trouble ensues; talking donkey makes wisecracks; love conquers all.

That honor goes to Paramount — yes, the very same Paramount that also out - performed all other studios at the box office — which became the first major studio to receive a quality grade as high as B + in our annual evaluations.

Her first big movie break was as a lead in Paul Verhoeven's thriller Basic Instinct Jeanne has also starred along side Tom Cruise's as his wife in the box - office hit The Firm.