Sentences with phrase «good box office record»

Minus In the Name of the King, Statham has a pretty good box office record, generally earning $ 20 million or more in week one.

Not exact matches

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

2,» «Spider - Man Homecoming,» «Thor: Ragnarok» and the record - breaking «Black Panther» all doing well at the box office and with critics.

Given that it is a Star Wars film, Solo is almost guaranteed to do well at the box office — even the much maligned prequel films broke records.

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Disney ran through a list of Iger's accomplishments as CEO in 2015, including «record - breaking enthusiasm» for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as other box office hits such as Pixar's Inside Out and Marvel's Avengers sequel.

In the seven years since that threequel set box office records and earned a Best Picture nomination, the studio has had some generally liked if not quite loved triumphs (Finding Dory, Brave, Monsters University), one film that most would agree is at least in contention of «masterpiece» status (Inside Out), and some perplexing, unprecedented misses (Cars 2 & 3 plus the aforementioned Good Dinosaur).

Written by Bird and Damon Lindelof (Lost), the film is as shrouded in mystery as any release this year, but Bird's track record at the box office and with critics (see sidebar) bodes well for his latest, as does the strong supporting cast of Hugh Laurie, Judy Greer, Kathryn Hahn, and Keegan - Michael Key.

And with an all - time record $ 3.2 billion collected in other countries (up a whopping 60 % compared to its take the previous year), Paramount easily topped the global box office charts as well.

No, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost don't have the best track record in terms of box office intake, but pair them with Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Sigourney Weaver and Bill Hader and we could get something that just crosses the $ 20 million mark.

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).

After all, the film is already shattering box office records and receiving glowing reviews from critics, so it's safe to say Marvel Studios has a pretty firm grasp on what works and what's better left to our imaginations.

Someone also managed to find a box office record that it broke as well — the biggest opening ever overseas ($ 237 million).

In that time, it has smashed several major box office records, including best domestic opening weekend box office ($ 250 million) and the worldwide opening record ($ 630 million), among others.

Deadpool has now officially surpassed previous record - holder The Matrix: Reloaded, which capitalized on the original film's good will to secure the top box - office spot (for R - rated) films, despite featuring a car commercial masquerading as a chase scene.

«It may not have done well at the box office but it broke the all - time record for the number of film geeks insisting it's genius.»

It's been a good week for Universal as it has just been confirmed that they've broken their 2012 record for domestic box office gross...

We've written about this before in regards to Black Panther, but it bears repeating: the old Hollywood lie that «black movies don't travel» should be well and truly dead after this box office record - breaker.

The Sony Pictures Classics release, which last week set the year's box - office record for best screen - average in its limited - release debut, also won best feature at last week's Gotham Awards.

Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird was the best - reviewed movie in Rotten Tomatoes history, and it received four other Golden Globe nominations; Patty Jenkins» Wonder Woman was a global audience favorite and box office record breaker; Dee Rees» Mudbound has been garnering stellar reviews and Oscar buzz since it first premiered at Sundance.

According to Deadline, it appears to the first scenario, as Deadpool 2 raked in $ 15 million - plus at the box office previews Thursday night, besting the old R - rated movie record set by Stephen King's It, which pulled in $ 13.5 million in its opening night in September.

Since that auspicious debut, he has continued to collaborate with Anderson on «The Darjeeling Limited» (which the pair wrote with Roman Coppola); the short film «Hotel Chevalier»; his animated feature, «Fantastic Mr. Fox» (for which he contributed his vocal talents); «Moonrise Kingdom» (part of Anderson's stellar ensemble cast of Murray, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton and Frances McDormand), which set a new record at the specialty box office over Memorial Day weekend for best limited indie debut of all time, and, the Academy Award nominated film, «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» whose eclectic cast brought back thespians Murray, Norton and Swinton, along with Willem Dafoe, Soirsae Ronin, Ralph Finnes, Jude Law, Jeff Goldblum, Owen Wilson and Adrian Brody.

Nine is the third theatrical release directed by Rob Marshall, whose previous stage - to - screen adaptation, Chicago (2002), set box office records and won the Best Picture Oscar.

; RED DUST, the TRC courtroom drama starring Hilary Swank; the stylish Cape Flats gangster film, DOLLARS AND WHITE PIPES; the record - breaking box office performers MAMA JACK and MR. BONES, starring South Africa's number one box office star, Leon Schuster; THE LONG RUN starring Armin Muehler - Stahl (SHINE); THE THEORY OF FLIGHT starring Academy Award ® winning Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter; BRAVO TWO ZERO, (as co-producer), a BBC co-production starring Sean Bean, based on Andy McNab's best - selling book of the same title.

I know I'll catch hell from the Frozen fans for this, but Zootopia is the best move from Disney Animation since The Lion King (it also just set a box office record).

The Hunger Games is likely to break box - office records, and I have no doubt the majority of its audience will like it and love (for good reason) Jennifer Lawrence.

Black Panther had a blockbuster weekend at the box office, smashing superhero stereotypes as well as sales records.

Box office success (i.e. fan favorites) were also high on the evening's priorities, with The Hangover taking home best comedy, Up walking away with best animated film, and Avatar continuing its rule of Hollywood with a record - breaking six awards, including best action film and a slew of tech honors, including best visual effects and sound.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 UK box - office: The latest Marvel movie smashes records The incredibly well - reviewed Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.

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.

It began a little more than a year ago, when I'll See You in My Dreams, a tiny independent drama from a fledgling company starring the then -72-year-old Blythe Danner, a well - liked actress with no box - office track record whatsoever, grossed an unexpectedly strong $ 7.4 million in theaters.

So well, in fact, that could even top Memorial Day box office records.

Right now, Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time are the best performers in the cinema and both boast huge black achievement; the former being the highest rated Marvel film, and the latter breaking box office records.

Cuarón's three - way drama broke box - office records in Mexico and was a huge crossover hit here; it's also one of the best Jean - Luc Godard films that Godard never made.

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.

Marvel's Black Panther has overtaken the previous record, held by The Avengers, for the best first week at the box office.

In an explosive weekend at the specialty box office, Paul Thomas Anderson's «The Master» broke the record for the best limited debut of all time (topping «Moonrise Kingdom»), while Nicholas Jarecki's «Arbitrage» managed some excellent numbers on a much wider screen count.

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 13th February to Sunday 15th February 2015... Well, given its colossal worldwide opening, this won't come as a surprise at all, but Fifty Shades of Grey has shattered records here in the UK with its debut weekend of # 13,550,290 giving it the biggest -LSB-...]

DANNY COLLINS probably won't break any box - office records, but it's a good film.

This milestone marks the high point of an already exciting year for Virtuos, which has seen the company achieve a string of record - breaking successes, including: contributing art to 50 % of the top 10 best - selling games on XboxOne and Playstation 4; shipping XCOM Enemy Within for IOS, the third title developed in China to exceed the 85 % Metacritic Metascore * (the other two titles were also co-developed by Virtuos); and providing 3D models for Transformers: Age of Extinction, which has become China's top - grossing box office game of all time.

The film broke box - office records when it first opened as the biggest February opening of all time, and the best opening yet for a movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a four - day weekend of $ 242 million.

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