Sentences with phrase «high box office»

«Collateral» garnered critical praise and high box office numbers, paving the way for the biopic «Ray,» with Jamie starring as an amazingly dead - on Ray Charles.

This doesn't seem to matter, though, as the film is tracking for some pretty high box office numbers for its opening weekend.

Though it doesn't have the flashiness or high box office gross that Disney's more marketable live action films may have, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken has won over a remarkable number of people with its simple but heartfelt grounded - in - reality character drama.

One thing to remember: high box office grosses (and market share) doesn't necessarily translate to high profitability.

The Dark Knight Rises: The second highest box office for a commic book film.

This acquisition of Legendary could bode well for the development of Pacific Rim 2, since the original Pacific Rim earned $ 111.9 million in China, the movie's highest box office gross in any worldwide market, including the U.S. ($ 101.8 million).

Not exact matches

To put the importance of the overseas box office into perspective, all of the 10 highest - grossing films of 2016 made more money overseas than domestically (the top film, Disney's Captain America: Civil War, made almost 65 % of its $ 1.15 billion total through international release).

The Disney film shattered box - office records over the weekend, edging past «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» to set the highest opening weekend of all time.

Hell or High Water, for instance, was the biggest independent box office draw of 2016, raking in about $ 27 million domestically.

But clever specialty films do not often deliver the box - office returns necessary to justify their high marketing costs.

All this sets up The Force Awakens — the seventh chapter in the Star Wars franchise that takes place 30 years after The Return of the Jedi — to break the record for the highest grossing opening weekend at the box office.

If Black Panther «s own debut and total box - office haul can match its predecessor, the new movie would be among the highest - grossing Marvel films ever.

Still, Fifty Shades of Grey earned more than $ 338.4 million from global box offices and had become Universal Studios» highest - grossing R - rated film internationally.

(In fact, 4 of the top 10 highest - grossing films at the domestic box office so far in 2016 are animated movies.)

The movie was the highest - grossing film of 1985, taking in $ 211 million at the domestic box office, the equivalent of $ 458 million today.

Fortune decided to take a look at the 10 highest - grossing science - fiction movies of all time, using data from Box Office Mojo and adjusting for inflation.

The film surpassed Frozen's record of $ 67.4 million to earn the biggest debut ever for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March opening weekend in box office history.

So with animated movies making a killing at the box office, we decided to look back on the 15 all - time highest - grossing animated movies, adjusted for inflation over time.

Yes, James Cameron, who holds box - office records for not one, but two of the highest - grossing films of all time, took time out of making the next three «Avatar» sequels to read over an early «Deadpool» script.

«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.

To make this list, we looked at the highest - grossing movies from each year using Box Office Mojo and The Numbers.

'' «Infinity War» has the added benefit of being promised as a semi-finale to 10 years» worth of franchise building, which could elevate its box - office performance even higher than previous Marvel sequels,» said Shawn Robbins, chief analyst at Boxoffice.com.

To date it has grossed an incredible $ 437m worldwide on box office sales, making it one of the highest - grossing British films of all time.

Early estimates place the opening weekend returns for Avengers: Infinity War at $ 250 million, making it the highest - earning opening weekend of all time at the domestic box office.

(The same media that encouraged specious skepticism about the film's box - office prospects is also the media that heralded its box - office triumph» «The highest - grossing film of all time!

The weekend box office saw some major upsets, not the least of which was Pacific Rim: Uprising being the movie to finally topple Black Panther as the highest - grossing weekender in the United States.

Actually, I don't view success at the Box Office as «the» measure for «Truth,» rather, as an indicator of people's high interest in the subject matter, hence spirituality.

In dealing with the complexities of Hollywood the company had made some very expensive mistakes in film projects with high costs and poor box office results.

The Last Jedi «s number puts it on track to compete with Avatar for the second - highest domestic box - office total ever, behind only Force Awakens.

This investment included the installation of an automatic box wrapping machine, two digital cutting machines, the construction of a mezzanine floor to increase storage, office revamp and investment in state of the art LED lighting to ensure that items can be fully inspected to preserve the highest quality standards for these hand - finished products.

I will be honest thought, If that is what Le Prof is planning I wouldn't mind at all... I like Walcott a lot and seeing him retire a gunner would be fantastic but I prefer Sterling has a higher ceiling... he would be box office if he stays focus and worked hard like let's say a Ronaldo.

Tuesday's Champions League tie between Napoli and Real Madrid will generate the second highest Italian box - office of all time, writes Paddy Agnew.

The top left box, for example, shows that none of the many MPs who received a standard, non-London office budget significantly sticks out in terms of high spending.

«For the time being any past leader and even those who held office at the highest level have to be circumspect - including me - about our pronouncements and interventions which might have the exact opposite effect as was intended,» he accepts, before adding: «It doesn't mean that any of us simply should be told to get back in the box and go away, and fail to express a lifetime's experience or commitment to the party, but it does mean we need to be very careful.»

Perfect for your office desk or at home and also an amazing gift for astronomy fans (it comes packaged in a high - end gift box with foil print).

The cost of making quality horror films has never been high, so a more modest box office is acceptable if you're still pulling in ten bucks for every dollar spent.

In 1991, Oedekerk also wrote a script for a motion picture, High Strung, in which he played the lead; the film didn't do well at the box office, but it later gained a cult following, and was reissued after bit player Jim Carey rose to fame.

Batman Forever (1995), in which she played the hero's love interest, Dr. Chase Meridian, fared somewhat better, but did little in the way of establishing Kidman as a serious actress even as it raked in mile - high returns at the summer box office.

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.

To say that this film bombed at the box office would be an understatement of the highest order.

With Miller out, replaced by David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, John Wick), Reynolds drafted onto the original screenwriting team of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and box - office expectations sky - high from studio 20th Century Fox, the enterprise doubles down to the point of gluttony.

2013 brought Variance its highest - grossing film to date in the form of Dave Grohl's music doc Sound City, which, in turn, gave the tiny but innovative distributor its best - ever year at the box office.

Tribeca's quality numbers last year were similar to 2012's, while box office grosses increased a bit, to an all - time high for the company.

After substantial parts in two high - profile box - office disappointments, Terms of Endearment sequel The Evening Star (1996) and the Sandra Bullock - Chris O'Donnell historical romance In Love and War (1996), Astin focused on work in more idiosyncratic independent films.

With a production budget of $ 80 million, and box - office gross receipts of $ 181 million (domestic) and $ 457 million (worldwide)- the third highest - grossing film of 1996.

Four years after setting box - office records with «Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid», actors Paul Newman and Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill re-teamed with bigger commercial success with «The Sting» which became one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1973.

The company's box office receipts also soared to an all - time high last year, thanks mainly to 2010 carryover The King's Speech.

The box - office hit, The Devil Wears Prada is the highest grossing film of her career.

Perhaps it's a film to go to without the high expectations, but time will tell if the initial hype pays off in the kind of repeat viewings that really make a great Marvel film a box office wipe - out.

Having pulled in $ 1.1 billion at the global box - office to date, Skyfall is currently the 007th highest - grossing movie of all - time, and sees Daniel Craig starring alongside the likes of Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Ben Wishaw and Bérénice Marlohe.