Sentences with phrase «in box office history»

On March 30, Disney announced the movie Frozen had become the top - grossing animation in box office history, topping $ 1 billion in worldwide sales.

The movie is now the biggest opening for the month of February in box office history and has the second highest Thursday preview screening of Marvel Cinematic history.

However, if it earns $ 40 million on Monday, it will have a four - day total of $ 241 million, bigger than the start for «Star Wars: The Last Jedi» two months ago and the second - biggest four - day start in box office history.

By the time Valentine's Day night, which gave it the 17th biggest non-opening Tuesday in box office history (landing it among Twilight and Lord of the Rings episodes), had passed, The Vow had pulled in over $ 56 million (an admirable finish line for most romance films) in just five days.

The haters have done little to curb excitement for the Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Bosman - led flick, though: «Black Panther» just raced to the biggest 4 - day opening in box office history, raking in $ 242 million in the U.S.

Should that happen, «Black Panther» will become only the ninth film in box office history to make $ 1 billion globally in less than three weeks.

«Black Panther» now officially has the second biggest four - day opening in box office history, making $ 40.1 million on President's Day Monday to bring its domestic launch to $ 242million.

A largely unknown story outside of teen reader circles, it has become a juggernaut, breaking records for advance cinema booking, recording the biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel in Box Office history, and grossing double its substantial budget within a week.

«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.

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.

«Compton» also earned the largest R - rated August opening in box office history.

Not exact matches

Because of its dominance at the box office, it recently surpassed Titanic to become the third biggest release in U.S. history.

Tiny yellow «Minions» topped this weekend's box office, pulling in a reported $ 115.2 million in North America alone and earning the second - largest opening for an animated film in history.

And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the domestic box office for the year.

Last week, Ryan Reynolds» hard - edged superhero movie Deadpool had the biggest opening weekend for an R - Rated movie in American box office history, and brought in more than $ 260 million globally.

Enough doors have been left open to ensure a sequel, and the fact that X Men took in the 4th largest opening weekend box office take in history helps a great deal too.

That film was also the year's biggest box office flop from a major studio, boasting one of the worst opening weekends in history ($ 306,367) for a nationwide release.

At the time of its release, he signed an exclusive contract with Paramount for ten million dollars and 60 percent of his box - office profits, the biggest payday of its kind in Hollywood history; at its peak, his popularity was so great that he ev

Go behind the wheel of this summer's biggest surprise box office hit with extensive bonus materials exploring its unique driving and music - infused production, including making - of featurettes on stunt driving with the cast, music, choreography, and orchestrating some of the best car chases in cinematic history.

Gru, his girls and his vast army of minions return in Despicable Me 2, the follow - up to the blockbuster 3D CGI feature that grossed more than $ 540 million at the worldwide box office and became the tenth biggest animated film in domestic history.

«The Avengers» (2012) Box Office Take: $ 1,519 billion 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 2 It might have inspired the current glut of superhero movies and extended universes, but «The Avengers» didn't become the third - biggest - grossing movie in history because of corporate synergy.

Set against a budget of $ 70 million, Michael Mann's cybercrime would - be-thriller brought in a grand total of $ 1.7 million in its debut, necessarily deeming Blackhat one of the biggest box office bombs in cinematic history given its wide release status.

With a substantial ($ 453m) take at the box office and strong reviews, it's no surprise that Rupert Wyatt's film is the first in a new series of Planet of the Apes movies, even less so given the series» history of spawning sequels.

The success of Catching Fire marks the first time the first two installments of a franchise have each topped $ 400 million at the domestic box office, and both films now rank among the top 15 domestic film releases in history.

With the potential to also be a box office hit Universal looks to continue riding the wave of a financial year unmatched in film history.

Ridley didn't mention her singing aspirations last night, but did marvel at how much her life has changed since being cast by Abrams in the what has become the biggest box office hit in Hollywood history.

Box office estimates have Avengers: Infinity War on track to potentially overtake Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the highest domestic opening in history.

The film rung up $ 1 billion in box - office receipts in a mere 11 days, the fastest of any film in cinema history; it's the 34th...

The film, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, pulled a cosmic estimated $ 55.6 million domestic, recording the largest October opening in box - office history.

AMC reports that Avengers: Infinity War had the highest Friday and Saturday box office gross for a single title in AMC's 98 - year history.

On the heels of 2015's Furious 7, one of the fastest movies to reach $ 1 billion worldwide in box - office history and the sixth - biggest global title of all time, comes the Read More →

He scored a huge hit last year playing Big Daddy in the Chinese action blockbuster Wolf Warrior II, a global box office phenomenon and now the biggest grossing film in Chinese history.

The Wrap reports that with the success of «Ready Player One,» which has earned more than $ 475.1 million worldwide since its release, Spielberg is now the only director in the history of film to ever gross more than $ 10 billion at the worldwide box office.

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Ultimately Chan's accomplishments, however breathtaking, seem to have more to do with the Guinness Book of World Records than they do with the history of art — though it's worth adding that, according to the New York Times, Rumble in the Bronx was the number - one box - office hit in mainland China last year.

Viewers in Mexico also had plenty to celebrate when the highest grossing film in the history of their country's box office, Lee Unkrich's «Coco,» was honored with two prizes, Best Animated Feature and Best Song («Remember Me»).

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.

Comedies are more than just a successful genre in Australia's box office history; they form part of our national identity.

But on the other hand, we're at a point in film history where there's only one star who's good at this kind of musical leading man role who has enough box office credibility from other projects (specifically his nearly 20 - year run as Wolverine) to get an automatic green light for almost any new musical movie just by saying «Yes,» and that's Jackman — so I'd rather not nitpick him to death here.

It stayed in Japanese theaters for more than ten months when it was released there in July 2001 and made over $ 234 million, becoming the highest - grossing movie in the country's box office history.

He had an Oscar - nominated breakout role in Get Out and played a crucial supporting role in Black Panther, which just had one of the best opening box office weekends in history.

That puts it in the top five on the all - time domestic charts, and makes it the biggest superhero movie in U.S. box office history.

The bar was set high for Deadpool 2, star and co-writer Ryan Reynolds» hotly - anticipated sequel to the 2016 blockbuster, which during its theatrical run became only the third R - rated film in movie history to crack the $ 300 million mark at the domestic box office.

The film also made an $ 85 million Friday for the single biggest day in Chinese box office history, and might have been able to beat «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» and its $ 119 million for the global single - day record had it been released in a less crowded market.

«The Wolf of Wall Street» has smashed box office records to become the highest grossing R18 + film in Australian history after just two weeks.»

Travis Fimmel, who returns as lead Ragnar Lothbrok on the History Channel's hit series Vikings later this year, has also seen his film stock rising with well - received perfs in Rebecca Miller's critically - acclaimed Maggie's Plan and Universal / Legendary's Warcraft, currently at $ 430 million worldwide box office.

Those qualities have made it one of the biggest cult hits in history, and, despite its initially poor box office performance, a big glittery hit.

In 2006, Little Miss Sunshine premiered at Sundance, sparked a major bidding war, made history when it was nabbed for $ 10.5 million from Fox Searchlight Pictures, and rode its charming script, lighthearted tone, and affecting performances to a boffo box office and a Best Picture nomination.

According to Variety, the latest film in Bay's seemingly endless series, The Last Knight, had the worst box - office opening in franchise history.

The timing was certainly right, coming out a few short weeks after IT brought King back into the zeitgeist by virtue of bringing in more box office money than any horror movie in history.