Sentences with phrase «first box office hit»

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

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

And next year, when Batman and Superman share screen time for the first time ever in a live - action feature, expect more box office milestones to be hit for the major studios.

Our studio had its first ever $ 1 billion worldwide grossing film in Michael Bay's hit «Transformers: Dark of the Moon;» we successfully re-launched our «Mission Impossible» franchise with Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird; our latest installment in the «Paranormal Activity» franchise had another $ 100 million dollar success; our first original animated film «Rango,» from director Gore Verbinski, earned rave reviews and more than $ 100 million at the domestic box office; and we released global phenomenon «Super 8,» directed by JJ Abrams, who will now direct the newest «Star Trek» for 2013.

Indeed, the first time the film's weekend box office was less than its opening weekend was January 26th — a full month after the movie first hit theaters.

Box Office: «G.I. Joe: Retaliation» may not have hit the first film's $ 54.7 million mark, but $ 41.2 million on a $ 11,078 per theater average is still a very solid start.

Look at «The Hangover», because the first film was so well liked the sequel became an even bigger hit, but because the sequel was considered to be inferior by critics in general, the 3rd film really suffered and paid the price as it came nowhere near the previous films domestic box office grosses.

The 2010 box office hit Red was directed by Robert Schwentke, who spent this past summer enduring awful feedback for R.I.P.D. Instead, Red 2 was helmed by Dean Parisot — it proved to be a smooth changing of the guard, made easier by the fact that the same duo who wrote the first picture, Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, returned for this follow - up.

Their first movie, «Training Day» was a major hit in the box office and led to both men receiving Oscar nominations, with Denzel Washington winning an Academy Award for best actor.

Cooper has starred in comedies such as the 2001 film «Wet Hot American Summer,» 2005's «Wedding Crashers,» and the 2009 box office hit «The Hangover» and earned his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor for the 2012 film «Silver Linings Playbook.»

The first Jumanji was a big box office hit, grossing $ 100.4 million at the domestic box office during its run.

No doubt: The World War II movie that hit big at the summer box office garnered eight nominations, including the first directing nod for Thomas» husband, Christopher Nolan, and a best picture nomination for both of them.

Nearly a year after it was first scheduled to hit theatres, Paramount's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is poised to take first place at the weekend box office.

While most not being very good beside the first Transformer movie the films have been a smash hit at the box office.

A box office dud that became a hit on home video, «Shawshank» earned Deakins his first Oscar nod and would go on to become one of the most beloved films of the 1990s.

Though the sequel has a new director and some new cast members, Deadpool 2 is unsurprisingly doubling down on what made the first film such a big hit, including jokes about exactly how big of a hit at the box office it was, as well as plenty of other fourth - wall - breaking moments.

The first Black Panther was an unparalleled hit that shattered box - office records.

«Neighbors 2,» out on May 20, looks to join this illustrious club of R - Rated comedy hits at the domestic box office, something the first «Neighbors» was able to do.

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins This prequel to the original phenomenon will thrill you with incredible action sequences and earth - shaking special effects created by the award - winning team behind the first box - office hit!

In 2006, his first animated film Happy Feet was a huge box office hit and garnered the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

Box Office: It's official; we've got our first major hit of the year.

The powers that be at Warner Brothers have been sitting in silence since 2008 when «Iron Man» hit theatres, becoming the first salvo in a box office battle that would culminate in «The Avengers» four years later.

There has been steady buzz for this first look online (and not just from movie obsessed folk like us at The Film Experience) since dropping late last night, so we may also have a big box office hit on our hands.

Thanks to Fandango, we've got our first cast photo from the upcoming sequel Now You See Me: The Second Act, which features returning stars Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Michael Caine joined by new additions Lizzy Caplan (The Interview) and Daniel Radcliffe (Horns)... The follow - up to the 2013 box office hit -LSB-...]

«The Grand Budapest Hotel» became writer - director Wes Anderson's first breakout commercial hit, earning over $ 115 million at the international box office.

«Infernal Affairs» was a critical and box office hit when first released winning seven of its sixteen Hong Kong Film Awards nominations.

Their first attempt was 2005's Fantastic Four - a box office hit, although no one seemed to love it, especially critics and hardcore comics fans.

A Mirror Mirror Rated PG for some fantasy action and mild rude humor Available on DVD and Blu - ray The first of two Snow White tales to be released this year hit with a thud at the box office in March, even with blockbuster actress Julia Roberts attached as its star.

Silent Hill has sold more than seven million video game copies worldwide, earning more than $ 100 million at the box office with the first film, Silent Hill, and spawning a hit comic book series and graphic novels.

Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy Sixteen years after Thomas Riedelsheimer's first portrait of the visionary landscape artist, «Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time,» became a national box - office hit through Roxie Releasing (and helped save the Roxie Theater in S.F.), the two reunite for an update.

If the first part of this new YA adaptation wasn't a major hit at the box office, you would think the studio would go easy and plan the next installment a little more carefully.

The actor, who starred in the box - office hit movie Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black and Nick Jonas, took to Instagram to celebrate the success of the first movie and to break the news that he's already working on the sequel.

First, at the domestic box office, Black Panther's total has hit $ 652.5 million which puts it ahead of Jurassic World ($ 652.3 million) to become the # 4 movie of all time.

7: Burt Reynolds was director Milos Forman's first choice for the lead in «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» but United Artists believed his appeal with average moviegoers might prevent the film from attracting the critical attention they felt was necessary for the film to be a box - office hit.

One of the summer's biggest box office hits, the World War II thriller «Dunkirk,» followed with eight nominations, including best picture and the first directing nomination for Christopher Nolan.

Morgan wrote the first installment, which proved to be a breakout hit, pulling in $ 363 million at the worldwide box office.

Sam Mendes» film, a critical hit which has also been the most successful 007 outing at the box office, was the first Bond movie to be nominated for the best film prize at the awards.

Screenwriter, producer and director Daniel Petrie, Jr. was nominated for an Academy Award for the best original screenplay for his first produced script, the box - office hit Beverly Hills Cop, starring Eddie Murphy.

A total hit, but earned less at the domestic box office and worse reviews (73 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) than the stellar first Iron Man — which is not what Marvel likes to see.