Sentences with phrase «grossing film franchise»

Pictures, have grossed more than $ 7.7 billion to date worldwide at the box office, making Harry Potter the largest - grossing film franchise in history.

The film marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, whose beloved Harry Potter books were adapted into the top - grossing film franchise of all time.

Now the highest - grossing film franchise of all time, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has crossed the $ 10 billion threshold at the global box office.

The film marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, whose seven beloved Harry Potter books were adapted into one of the highest grossing film franchises of all time.

Not exact matches

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

The Harry Potter series became one of the most successful film franchises ever, grossing more than $ 6 billion.

$ 147 million is not only the biggest opening weekend for the «Fast and Furious» franchise, but it's also now the highest - grossing debut for an April film, topping 2014's «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» ($ 95 million).

«Mission: Impossible 3» is the lowest grossing film in the franchise to date with a $ 400 million worldwide gross.

The most recent film in the Fast and the Furious franchise, for example, grossed $ 1.2 billion worldwide, making it the second - highest grossing film of the year.

Of all eight Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011) finally surpassed Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) as the single, # 1 highest (domestic) grossing film of the franchise at $ 381 million.

However, it suffered a franchise - worst 72 % drop in its second weekend, although it was still destined to be one of the top - grossing films of all - time.

And the studio was unable to launch a new superhero franchise in Green Lantern; though the film grossed nearly $ 220 million worldwide, that didn't come close to making it profitable.

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.

Yep, there already was a Hitman film in 2007 starring Timothy Olyphant, but a movie franchise stalled after installment grossed only $ 39 million domestically.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn — Part 2, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, Snitch, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Arbitrage and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever in the U.S.

«The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1,» starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, another hit franchise's version of a rebel leader, finished 2014 as the highest grossing film.

If it's true that Atkinson was recently motivated by the stateside failure of this very film to check himself into an Arizona rehab centre for depressed celebrities (and frankly, don't blame audiences — distributor Universal didn't exactly tax themselves advertising Johnny English to domestic moviegoers), I hope his caretakers remind him in haste that none of Monty Python's features grossed an enviable sum abroad, that the James Bond franchise has already satirized itself into the ground (it's no casual point that Johnny English was co-scripted by the same writing team behind The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day), and that his first problem is trying to please a country that opens rehab centres for depressed celebrities.

It has been an exceptional franchise in that its global grosses continue to grow with each new installment, with Clint Culpepper's Screen Gems releasing in the U.S. Anderson, who wrote all the screenplays, directed the first film, skipped the next two and returned to direct the last three 3D efforts.

Three films in, the franchise has now grossed over $ 1 billion worldwide.

In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic gross close to the first film and a franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high - profile wide release.

In the feature, Donaldson effectively compares and contrasts the career trajectories for Mimi Leder, who made her name through her Emmy - winning work on «ER,» directed the one of the top - grossing films of 1998 with «Deep Impact» and then went to «movie jail» and didn't direct another film for nine years after the middling performance of her 2000 family drama «Pay It Forward,» to those of Trevorrow, who made his feature debut with the Sundance hit «Safety Not Guaranteed,» won the choice gig helming «Jurassic World» on director Brad Bird's recommendation and managed steer to the reboot of one of the most popular film franchises of all time to giant box - office success.

The three films in the franchise have collectively grossed close to $ 2 billion worldwide to - date, with the original film making $ 914 million alone.

What You Need to Know: Marvel's «Avengers» franchise has amassed an unseeingly amount of cash, and in May of 2011 the first «Thor» film grossed almost 450 million worldwide despite mixed reviews.

The sixth sequel in the Tremors franchise just recently wrapped filming over in South Africa, which is directed Don Michael Paul and stars Michael Gross and Jamie Kennedy.

It's also the top - grossing film in Fox's «X-Men» franchise.

Today, at a grand unveiling at the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios, director Sam Mendes revealed the title of the 24th James Bond film - and the follow - up to the franchise's first billion - dollar grosser, Skyfall - will be SPECTRE.

The $ 200 - million film — directed by Ryan Coogler («Creed») and starring Chadwick Boseman as the titular hero — is expected to gross at least $ 150 million in the United States and Canada through Monday, according to people who have reviewed audience surveys, putting it on track to become one of Marvel Studios» most valuable franchises.

Box Office Mojo states the film is $ 6.5 million away from hitting that benchmark making the film the highest grossing in the Thor franchise and the third Marvel Studios film to cross $ 800 million in 2017, alongside Guardians of the...

The Oscar - winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy, revered as one of the most thrilling epic adventures in motion picture history and one of the highest grossing adventure film franchises to ever be created, was born with the release of The Fellowship of the Ring, followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

This February's «The Lego Movie,» an animated film about Emmet Brickowski («Guardians of the Galaxy» star Chris Pratt) and his adventures with a group of superheroes and franchise characters, was the fourth - highest grossing movie of 2014, according to the website Box Office Mojo.

His films have been among the highest - grossing comedies in the industry, including «48 Hrs.,» «Trading Places,» «Dr. Dolittle,» «Coming to America» and the «Beverly Hills Cop» franchise.

The highest - grossing franchise in film history winds down with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

The previous seven films have grossed over $ 6 billion worldwide, and where most franchises tend to lose steam around the third installment, this series has only gotten better over time.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first two installments of The Hunger Games franchise, The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, A Madea Christmas, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Roadside Attractions» Mud and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever released in the U.S.

That film capped a franchise that had grossed some $ 3.3 billion worldwide.

And now, a bit of cinematic economics: the latest Twilight film — featuring emasculated vampires, witless dialogue, and a morally reprehensible subtext — has currently grossed over $ 600 million worldwide... adding to a $ 2 billion plus payout for the entire franchise.

Despite all of the «Potter» franchise's box - office magic (the films have grossed $ 7.7 billion in worldwide box office and sold more than 165 million DVDs) the spell has never worked on academy voters.

Each of the first two Hunger Games films have grossed over $ 400 million domestically and with the final film, Mockingjay, being split into two films, Lawrence will be solely in charge of the success of one of the most popular and lucrative film franchises in movie history.

Gray will be replacing the director of Furious 7, James Wan, who decided not to come back to the series for another installment; Furious 7 was the highest grossing film in the Fast & Furious franchise, bringing in over $ 1.5 billion worldwide on a $ 190 million budget.

The seven SAW films grossed $ 874 million at the box office worldwide and were hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the «Most Successful Horror Franchise» of all time.

Released on November 26th, 1997, it took a mere $ 47 million in the U.S., the lowest - grossing film of the franchise at that point, but did better internationally, earning a further $ 110 million.

To date, her movies, including blockbusters in the «Hunger Games» and «X-Men» franchises and smaller films like «Winter's Bone» and «American Hustle,» have collectively grossed more than $ 5.6 billion worldwide.

How did a book series that started 12 years ago become one of the highest grossing franchises in film history?

The first seven grossed over $ 6 billion at the box - office, making it the most lucrative film franchise of all time even before the release of this worthy finale.

Eventually titled «The Amazing Spider - Man,» starring Andrew Garfield as the web - slinger, Emma Stone as love interest Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as the villainous lizard, the film, released in July 2012, was the lowest - grossing of the franchise to date, but still took a very healthy $ 752.2 million around the globe.

It remains the 7th highest grossing film of 2006 and the 4th highest grossing film in the franchise.

Dana Stevens laments the fact that the top 10 highest - grossing films of 2011 were all franchise installments.

The franchise spawned four films that grossed over $ 3 billion at the global box office, more than 80 million books translated into over 50 languages around the world, a mobile game and themed attractions in the Lionsgate Zone of the Motiongate theme park in Dubai.

Both films went on to achieve the highest worldwide box office grosses in their respective franchises.

The popular multimedia franchise began as a series of books and was later turned into feature length films that have grossed over 2.2 billion dollars.