Sentences with phrase «higher gross bookings»

Online travel services company Expedia did report a 23.2 percent rise in fourth - quarter revenue, helped by higher gross bookings.

Online travel services company Expedia reported a 23.2 percent rise in fourth - quarter revenue, helped by higher gross bookings.

Not exact matches

One easy way to spot these pretenders is that they obsessively focus on high level «gross merchandise value» or «multi-year forward bookings» and try to talk past things like true net revenue, gross margin, or operating profitability.

With this method, assets are measured at their gross book value rather than at net book value in order to produce a higher return on equity (ROE).

After 2012's The Avengers became the highest - grossing comic book movie of all time by combining most of their major characters into one super-team, the question is, can they outdo themselves yet again?

A new book by n +1 editor Richard Beck recalls this extraordinary popular delusion and the secondary delusions entailed by it: the fantastical orgies; the intricate high - reaching conspiracies; the magical ability of children to sustain gross physical injury without scarring; the pseudo-psychiatric theories of traumatic repression and recovered memory.

So that when Passion of the Christ actually screened in the movie theaters, they had a huge, huge initial weekend, which of course encouraged long bookings for the movie and it ended up being one of the highest grossing movies of all time, especially when you consider the international gate.

Best animated film nominee The Croods, Fox's highest - grossing film last year (though with just $ 587 million worldwide, good for 11th place overall), was one of just two Oscar nominations for the studio (the other came for John Williams» Book Thief score).

That officially makes it the one of the highest grossing comic book adaptations in history, and one of the highest grossing rated R films as well.

The Avengers films were the two highest grossing films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Black Panther roared past them and is setting standards previously unheard of for a solo comic book hero not named Batman or Iron Man.

And trail only Avengers $ 623 million as the highest grossing comic book movie of all time.

Though critics and most movie going audiences didn't think Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice lived up to the hype, the Zack Snyder film that launched the DC Cinematic Universe has nonetheless become the seventh highest - grossing comic book movie worldwide.

Katniss was named the highest grossing action movie heroine in the 2015 Guinness World Record book earlier this month.

Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based film.

This makes Ant - Man the 22nd highest grossing comic book film of all time, and places it ahead of Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and The Incredible Hulk among Marvel's global box office totals.

In the next few years Comic book adaptations became big business becoming some of the highest grossing motion pictures of all time but to tell you the truth my peeps I have felt increasingly Jaded with the influx of every super character and their Granny getting a movie!

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.

Its origins, however, were modest: While working on his epochal 2006 eco - horror / giant - monster movie hit The Host (the highest grossing South Korean film to date), Bong happened to wander into his favorite comic book store in Seoul.

Disney has big expectations for its live - action remake of Beauty and the Beast following the success of last year's version of The Jungle Book which, by the end of 2016, sat high in the top ten highest grossing films of the year.

Only one of the 10 highest - grossing films of 2017 was not a remake, a sequel or part of an extended comic book universe.

It seems all but inevitable that Marvel's latest will become the most lucrative comic - book movie ever made by the end of this weekend, finally slaying the cumulative domestic box office of Joss Whedon «s affable Avengers and taking its rightful place in the top five highest grossing movies of all time domestically.

Meanwhile, Ryan Coogler's blockbuster has become the highest grossing comic - book movie of all time.

Comic book movies continue to be big business — according to the website Box Office Mojo, the three highest - grossing movies of 2014 so far are «Guardians of the Galaxy,» which is based on Marvel characters, «Captain America: The Winter Soldier,» which tells the story of the Marvel superhero, and «The Lego Movie,» which featured comic book characters such as Batman.

Frozen has soared past $ 800m at the worldwide box office and just overtook The Lion King to become the second highest grossing original animation (in other words, not based on a pre-existing property like a book, TV show or musical) behind Finding Nemo.

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

The previous record holder for the highest grossing film was 2016's live - action fantasy adventure The Jungle Book, a Jon Favreau directorial.

In the ensuing weeks, Deadpool broke the record of Zack Snyder's 300 as the highest grossing R - rated comic book adaptation, then became the top grossing R - rated movie ever.

The LEGO special comes after the massive success of Marvel Studios» Black Panther, which just passed The Avengers to become the highest - grossing comic book ever stateside, and will feature various characters from the blockbuster film.

A high - performance tuning and suspension setup combined with the lowered gross vehicle weight of a coupe or convertible makes this BMW an instant hit in my book.

As you can see in the chart above, for prices below $ 2.99, for a book the length of mine in this genre, they expect me to gross more at $ 1.99 than at $ 0.99 — but much more (because of the higher royalty rate) at $ 2.99.

The first book in her trilogy, titled The Hunger Games, will be starting at most movie theaters this Friday, and I anticipate it quickly becomes one of the most profitable movies of the year, if not the highest grossing.

Whether they penned the highest - grossing traditionally published title of the decade or wrote yet another alien love triangle romance and sold four self - published copies, Amazon takes its cut of every title, just like all book retailers.

Unlike the early days, digital technology is mainstream, and the survey shows that consumers expect to hold eBooks to the same high standards that they expect from print books,» said Mark Gross, President of DCL.

Even if gross margins are similar to physical sales, digital sales would not incur as high a fulfillment cost, which was 8.3 % of overall revenue in F» 08; we estimate fulfillment cost on Kindle books is in the 2 - 3 % range.

Digital comic book startup ComiXology's iPad app ranked No. 3 in Apple's top 10 grossing list in 2012, and was among the top 10 highest grossing apps in 2011.

The online retailer says its Comixology app was the both the number one grossing book app on iOS, and the highest grossing app in the Google Play Store's comics category in 2015, and this new move gives it even more opportunity to dominate a growing market.

Last year to this day — my birthday, in fact — I announced the publication of my first book, The HyperLocal HyperFast Real Estate Agent, which detailed how I sold over $ 22 million worth of properties and became one of the highest grossing real estate agents in the country in my first year.