Sentences with phrase «massive hit films»

After two massive hit films, one might think coming back for a third would be a no - brainer.

Although the film has its weak spots, it's a hugely entertaining movie and will undoubtedly be a massive hit film for the largest franchise in Hollywood.

Not exact matches

Fulci has a massive body of work and we'll likely never see it all get proper home video releases, but it seems like every few weeks or so an announcement of a new Fulci film hitting Blu - ray surfaces and I get giddy.

David Fincher was once attached to the film but departed due to «creative differences» after Universal reportedly wanted to portray Shyamalan's 2008 film «The Happening» as a massive box office hit, including a scene where «The Happening» won Best Picture over Fincher's «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.»

Daniels had a massive hit with his previous film «Precious,» which premiered here in 2009 and went on to earn six Oscar nominations with two wins, and countless other awards worldwide.

The son of Darryl F Zanuck, co-founder and one - time production head of 20th Century - Fox, Richard Zanuck successfully escaped his father's shadow by becoming a chief executive at Fox himself, and later producing with David Brown some of Hollywood's most profitable films, including the massive hit, Jaws (1975), which at the time was the highest grossing film ever.

Instead of the attempts at instant cult films (lookin at you, Sharknado), there are genuine movies that have developed a strong following around them despite not being massive hits upon their release.

Despite a catchy soundtrack that features the Fixx, the Blasters and Dan Hartman's massive chart hit «I Can Dream About You,» the film flopped at the box office back in 1984.

The film became a massive, blockbuster hit, and it all started just a year and a day ago on February 12, 2016.

The film is said to be even more grim than Gone Girl and could prove another massive hit or also possibly an awards caliber thriller.

While «Toy Story 3» was a massive hit, and I am hesitant to rule out Newman altogether, I think that, like «Cars,» he is only looking at a nomination for the film's central tune.

The film has proved a massive hit with audiences and critics, bringing in more than $ 730m worldwide, making it the second - highest - grossing animated feature of 2017, after Despicable Me 3.

Director Roland Emmerich's Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx - fronted White House Down was supposed to be a massive summer hit, but instead the film only managed to gross $ 73 million domestically.

It was famously remade in 1978 as the Warren Beatty vehicle «Heaven Can Wait,» a film I actually like better than this original, but «Here Comes Mr. Jordan» was a massive hit when it was released.

Although it squared off against the highest - grossing film of all - time and those crowd - drawing Chipmunks, Sherlock Holmes had no trouble becoming the third of the Christmas season's massive hit movies.

One of the few bona fide cinematic sensations of 2017 was this massive hit thriller, reflecting the mood and temperament of the contemporary cultural climate and racial relations in ways director Jordan Peele could not possibly have anticipated when creating his film.

A massive hit in China after smashing box office records to become the highest - grossing domestic film of all time, Jiang Wen's action comedy «Let the Bullets Fly» sadly didn't have as much success overseas.

Although we now know that it went on to be a massive box office hit and took home a sack of Oscars, the release of Gladiator, which was their most expensive film to date, represented the unimaginable: a $ 103 - million attempt to resurrect the long - dead ancient Roman epic, a once steadfast Hollywood genre that has been defunct since the mid-1960s when big hits like Ben - Hur (1959) and Spartacus (1960) were eventually overshadowed by colossal financial failures like Cleopatra (1963)(not to mention 1980's notorious big - budget hard - core epic Caligula).

American actress Reese Witherspoon has had a hugely successful career from massive film hits including Legally Blonde to a huge resurgence on the small screen with the critically acclaimed Big Little Lies.

Director Doug Liman has helmed some massive hits (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith), but in 2014 is by no means a hot property, with his latest film (2010's Fair Game) well - liked by critics but a commercial flop.

For many more pictures from the film, and a massive selection of other exclusive interviews and shoots that you wouldn't believe if we told you, pick up the 20th birthday issue of Empire when it hits on Thursday, or pre-order it here.

I suspect Trolls is going to be a massive hit and potentially one of the five nominated at year's end but will have to see the final film.

Led by Lionsgate and Pantelion's massive Spanish - language hit «Instructions Not Included,» this year's biggest hits were a refreshingly diverse mix (certainly compared to the studios), with the top 10 including four films with female leads (two of whom were over 75 years old!)

While Steve McQueen's «12 Years a Slave» and Woody Allen's «Blue Jasmine» were among the only three films to gross over $ 30 million, it was Lionsgate and Pantelion's massive Spanish - language hit «Instructions Not Included» — directed and starring by Mexican star Eugenio Derbez — that led the year's crop.

His next film, 2002's alien invasion flick Signs, was another massive hit, though one that some people could find fault in.

«That allows the massive campaign being undertaken in China, where the film will play on thousands of screens, to hit the diaspora audience here in North America on one side while we market to both them and to arthouse audiences on the other side.

B - The Invisible War Not Rated Available on DVD This years Sundance winner for documentary is a hard - hitting film about the massive cover - up and mishandling of rape in the military.

The Harry Potter films and Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films were massive box office hits and went a long towards bringing fantasy into the mainstream.

The original 2001 film was a major US box office hit that also did massive business in both overseas markets and on video.