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).
The Dark Knight Rises: The second
highest box office for a commic book film.
One thing to remember:
high box office grosses (and market share) doesn't necessarily translate to high profitability.
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.
This doesn't seem to matter, though, as the film is tracking for some pretty
high box office numbers for its opening weekend.
«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.
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.