American Sniper: Clint Eastwood's
latest box office smash is a stealth Best Picture contender, but will likely have to settle for simply making a ton of money.
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Not exact matches
But contrary to Mr. Nelson's blithe assumption that the film only provided Americans with what they wanted to hear, Casablanca was not a
box -
office smash, and only
later acquired its status as a classic.
More complications: The
late - arriving American Sniper is the only one of the Best Picture nominees to qualify as a real
box -
office smash.
Director and co-writer Bob Clark (here billed for the only time under his given name, Benjamin Clark) would
later helm the family classic A Christmas Story, the
box office smash Porky's and the Sylvester Stallone - Dolly Parton disaster Rhinestone, among other pictures; he and his 22 - year - old son Ariel would tragically be killed by a drunk driver in 2007.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 UK
box -
office: The
latest Marvel movie
smashes records The incredibly well - reviewed Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.
His
latest sci - fi, action, blockbuster, from The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman, shows the pint sized film star has no intentions of slowing down his franchise spawning,
box -
office smashing movie career, just yet.
American Hustle successfully blends the darker elements of the
later film with the eagerness to please and entertain that made the earlier film an Oscar success and a
box office -
smash, descriptions that Russell's film may also steal.
Black Panther looks set to
smash box office expectations as the
latest numbers have it tracking for a massive $ 200 million four - day opening.
But less than two years
later, Wes was back, and the reaction to «The Grand Budapest Hotel» was even warmer: it won rave reviews, and has proven a legitimate arthouse
box office smash, taking in over $ 150 million so far, more than twice his previous best haul, and a bigger take than other hefty pictures like «The Monuments Men,» «Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit» and «Transcendence,» among others.
As expected, Marvel's
latest movie, Spider - Man: Homecoming
smashed to the top of the global
box office, with comScore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian saying, «It's a homecoming of sorts for -LSB-...]