Sentences with phrase «for box office blockbusters»

Trying valiantly to maintain a firm hold on his career, he turned down offers for box office blockbusters including Blue Velvet, Dirty Dancing, and Indecent Proposal for personal and artistic reasons.

Winifred Phillips» music from the Spore Hero video game (soundtrack available for purchase here) has now been featured in an official trailer for the box office blockbuster Disney's The Jungle Book!

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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.

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

A ten - year - old genius inventor must rally his neighborhood pals to build an armada of spaceships and rescue their parents from a goopy alien race in time for dinner in this computer - animated box office blockbuster from Nickelodeon.

Host David Steinberg interviews the show business legends, lifelong friends who got their start writing for television variety shows and became comedy motion picture directors, each with a string of classic box office blockbusters to his name.

For such a slow, snowbound month, January sure is busy: talking about Sundance, talking about the Oscars, talking about the political ramifications of not recognizing Selma vs. the blockbuster box office of American Sniper.

But for a remarkable amount of time he ruled the global box office, with one summer blockbuster after another, picking up two Oscar nominations along the way.

Ben Stiller's NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM franchise may have done a hat - trick of December box - office blockbuster business, with Christmas Day releases almost guaranteeing that rare occurrence of when takings go up in teh second week, but the sequel we've all been waiting for is ZOOLANDER 2.

Thanks to the obsession with blockbusters that has preoccupied major studios for the past 40 years or so, there have been many weekends where two heavily promoted tentpole films — sometimes even from the same studio — have occupied the top two slots at the domestic box office.

Christopher Nolan, whose work in blockbusters such as «The Dark Knight» and «Inception» has earned him unparalleled box office clout, finally snagged his first best director nomination for «Dunkirk.»

Women and space were a winning combo at the movies this weekend, with Theodore Melfi's fact - based drama Hidden Figures and the blockbuster prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story finishing in a virtual tie for first at the domestic box office.

Ted became a surprise blockbuster when it was released in summer 2012, and holds the record for the highest - grossing original R - rated comedy of all time with global box - office takings of 549.4 million dollars (# 329.5 million).

By this, Barbera means the high - profile putative blockbusters — your Star Wars, your Terminators, your Guardians of the Galaxy — which have no need for a paparazzi - draped red - carpet launch to boost their box - office takings, and any festival appearance would be purely down to the vanity of the film - makers involved.

From cult classics to box office blockbusters, child actor to leading man, the movies he has been such a memorable part of are staples for any avid movie buff's collection and his public life has been something to be proud of as well.

«This is an unprecedented and unusual box office trajectory for a wide release blockbuster,» said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore.

I bet this movie fails in box - office as first one fail (i mean wouldn't sell as blockbuster) but I guarantee when we see it for first time, astonishing memories of that TIME doesn't repeat again.

The National Board of Review has named the dystopian - future blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road the best film of the year, while the box office goliath The Martian grabbed three awards, taking best actor for Matt Damon, best director for Ridley Scott and best adapted screenplay for Drew Goddard.

As Black Panther continues to tear up the box office going into its second weekend, director Ryan Coogler has been chatting to Empire (via Collider) about his original plans for the ending of the Marvel blockbuster.

The bar was set high for Deadpool 2, star and co-writer Ryan Reynolds» hotly - anticipated sequel to the 2016 blockbuster, which during its theatrical run became only the third R - rated film in movie history to crack the $ 300 million mark at the domestic box office.

Because of the massive success of Infinity War, the box office is up 4.9 percent for the year, and a slew of blockbusters coming up are hoping to continue the success, including Deadpool 2 and Solo: A Star Wars Story just one week later.

After a number of would - be blockbusters struggled at the box office in China, the county's film critics are blamed for the low figures.

The panel also debates how the blockbuster might affect the box office for films like «The First Purge» and «Mission: Impossible - Fallout.»

Captain America: Civil War just kicked off the blockbuster movie season with over $ 181 million at the box office for the fifth highest opening weekend of all time.

It didn't particularly light up the box office the same way that his apes did, so he's back in the blockbuster mood hunting for another hit.

With «Black Panther» smashing through box office records, TheWrap takes a look at what's next for the the cast of the global blockbuster

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.

From the opening shot of a painting of a ship to the closing shot of one of our heroine looking at a ship setting sail, Pocahontas, while probably not a box office blockbuster, is another artistic triumph for the Disney animation division.

As the smaller films vie for recognition at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards, big - budget blockbusters dominated the weekend's box office charts.

While the film community scrutinizes every decimal point on the box office returns for summer's superhero blockbusters and Academy Awards hopefuls, the horror genre has quietly been churning out some of the most profitable films in the industry recently.

Let's bury the lede for a moment, put the blockbusters on the back burner, and talk about what The A.V. Club considers very exciting news: Lady Bird has broken into America's box - office top 10, grossing more than a million dollars on just 37 screens.

«Black Panther» is a blockbuster watershed moment, smashing both box office records and expectations for what a majority African American film can do, and launching its brilliant cast to super-stardom.

Bigger box office blockbusters were again pushed to the front end of the summer season leaving less attraction for audiences on the holiday weekend.

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2015... After three weeks atop the chart, Minions has been knocked from pole position at the UK box office by Marvel's latest superhero blockbuster Ant - Man, which debuted in first place with an opening weekend of # 4,011,345.

He's been responsible for some of the best - loved blockbusters of the past decade, yet as was the case with Steven Spielberg in the 1970s and 1980s, the Academy seems to think that ecstatic reviews and record - breaking box - office are all any popular director needs.

Egyptian mythology has long been a source of inspiration for Hollywood stories and blockbuster movies, but that doesn't always translate to financial box office success.

Director Ridley Scott and star Russell Crowe team up once again (this marks their fifth collaboration), after several lukewarm box office outings to return to the spirit of their critical and commercial blockbuster that was Gladiator, for another rousing testosterone - charged action - adventure period piece, Robin Hood.

The box office results for Memorial Day Weekend has a blockbuster battle between two heavyweight franchises...

It is another film that will fade into obscurity by the time the summer blockbusters begin their battle for predominance at the box office.

Just when you might have thought Steven Spielberg had abandoned blockbuster spectacles for more subdued, Oscar - friendly fare, the acclaimed filmmaker is back on top of the box office with Ready Player One.