Sentences with phrase «more box office success»

Blame its proximity to the similarly themed Olympus Has Fallen (which, on the whole, received similar critical reaction but comparatively more box office success) if you will, but having watched and enjoyed the heck out of the film last night I believe at least some of the blame lies at the feet of Sony's marketing.

Not exact matches

Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.

Suddenly, the freshness rating of a film became more important than audience interest in terms of success — even though data scientists have found that the score doesn't affect the box office.

Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes with $ 149.6 million in ticket sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the opening - weekend box - office record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.

Despite being panned by critics, the box - office success of Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice teaches us about engaging young men in spiritual,... More

More often than not, the undeniably talented comic actor's hits (Billy Madison, Big Daddy, The Longest Yard, Click ad nauseum) personify him not only as an arrested adolescent but a perpetually (and psychotically) angry one; the box office success of movies as unpleasant as those reveals things about their fans that I'm not sure I want to know.

But, as his projects grew bigger and more ambitious, the results seemed to grow less interesting, and in the 70s, he was badly in need of a box - office success - which he didn't find.

Additionally, Tomb Raider was a large box - office success and left audiences hungering for more.

Our studio had its first ever $ 1 billion worldwide grossing film in Michael Bay's hit «Transformers: Dark of the Moon;» we successfully re-launched our «Mission Impossible» franchise with Tom Cruise, JJ Abrams and Brad Bird; our latest installment in the «Paranormal Activity» franchise had another $ 100 million dollar success; our first original animated film «Rango,» from director Gore Verbinski, earned rave reviews and more than $ 100 million at the domestic box office; and we released global phenomenon «Super 8,» directed by JJ Abrams, who will now direct the newest «Star Trek» for 2013.

Having gone from one of the few actors in Hollywood whose association with a film would guarantee it box office success to being in a string of high - profile disasters, Arnold Schwarzenegger's career (political and thespian) needed a shot in the arm, and what better way than by resurrecting his most popular character for one more outing.

It's the personal project director William Friedkin chose to make after the runaway successes of «The French Connection» and «The Exorcist,» and its soaring costs and box office demise — buried under the release of «Star Wars» — more or less ended his career as an A-list director.

Earlier this year the huge critical and box office success of Zootopia (98 % on Rotten Tomatoes and $ 341M domestic) is more than enough to keep the blockbuster in a very solid second place.

One would think it would be obvious, and rushed into development long ago: the MCU already has some of the most bankable women in the world on its payroll, this is a new era where Wonder Woman was a huge critical and box - office success, demonstrating the viability of a female hero - led movie; there's precedent from comics canon to mine, from the more recent A-Force to the 1970's Lady Liberators.

In addition to the success of the original film, looming over the Merc with a Mouth's second big screen adventure was Marvel Studios» Avengers: Infinity War, which has dominated the box office since its late April, having grossed just more than $ 1.8 billion in global ticket sales to date.

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.

Following the box - office success of John Wick: Chapter 2, which made around $ 170 million on a more than respectable $ 40 million budget, it was quickly announced by director Chad Stahelski that a third instalment was in the works.

Cimino made four more movies after «Heaven's Gate,» 1985's «Year of the Dragon,» 1987's «The Sicilian,» 1990's «Desperate Hours» and 1996's «Sunchaser,» but none received the critical acclaim or box office success of his earlier work, due in part to the taint of «Heaven's Gate.»

«The Fabulous Baker Boys» isn't the most scintillating screenplay, and its runaway box office success probably says more about the year it was released than the film itself, but it's a wonderfully sumptuous throwback to the grand glamour of old - school Hollywood — and none of its stars were ever quite as luminous, before or since.

Surprise, surprise... two more upcoming blockbusters have decided to pull the trigger at the last minute and shoehorn in some 3 - D effects in order to increase their chances of box office success.

For the most part, the movies still suck, but following the box office success of films like «Taken» and «Ride Along,» the studios seem more willing to give higher - profile titles a chance to perform against the weaker competition.

Its moderate box office success seems more attributable to star power and the target demographic's taste for PG - 13 comedy than the film's value.

Flying in the face of Never Say Never Again's presumably - vindicating box - office success, the disc's documentary supplements are a bit more straightforward in establishing the film's general worthlessness.

Literally an out of this world experience, the Ridley Scott directed The Martian came a long way from its start as a blog by author Andy Weir to having Matt Damon on board and a global box office success of more than $ 570 million.

The idea is that box office success for a movie centered on a nonwhite superhero and cast could inspire Marvel to produce and create more movies like Black Panther in the future (the studio's previous 17 films have all featured white men as the superhero leads).

The missed opportunities with political commentary and a more in - depth love story do not harm the entertainment value here, and the box office success guarantees we will see «Catching Fire» and «Mockingjay» to finish out the trilogy.

Ghost was a tremendous box office success in 1990, grossing well over $ 200 million domestically and more than a half - billion worldwide.

It also feels like a perfect film for the times: the US box office successes of both Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty are indicative of a period in which Americans are much more reflective and self - critical than is customary; aside from its homage to the country's most revered president, Spielberg's film is a reminder of the enduring battle between American idealism and bigotry, and between its White House and Congress.

It was a more moderate box office success but did still manage to double its budget (the universally accepted mark for breaking even).

Murphy would try a couple of R - rated excursions with his misfire follow - ups, Vampire in Brooklyn and Metro, but would achieve box office success only by putting his newfound love of slapstick and silliness in more family friendly fare like The Nutty Professor and Doctor Dolittle.

Its success probably rested more on producer and co-writer Steven Spielberg, who was on a massive box office roll at that point.

Get Out is unequivocally one of the most celebrated films of the year — another massive box office success from Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions, grossing more than 50 times its $ 4.5 million budget, and the owner of a 99 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.

Since the only superpower Hollywood truly recognizes is boffo box office, I hope that the inescapable commercial success of «Black Panther» will result not simply in more black - themed superhero movies but also in something far more valuable: a recognition of the extraordinary range and artistry of black filmmakers, writers, and actors whose talents even now remain so imposingly underrepresented and unexpressed.

A huge success at the box office (read our review), earning more than big - budget tentpoles Tomorrowland and Terminator Genisys, it was also Apatow's biggest critical hit since Knocked Up.

After Sherlock Holmes» great success at the box office, a sequel was more than inevitable, and thus Guy Ritchie returned to the franchise that helped rejuvenate his wavering career with A Game of Shadows.

In the same way that the Internet has liberated hordes of people from the oppression of religious doctrine (atheism has exploded exponentially around the globe in the past 10 years), it is possible that «American Sniper's» enormous box office success will backfire as more people wake up to the con game that America's corporate political military junta is running.

20th Century Fox is heading in a new direction that has been spearheaded by the success of past X-Men movies, but more recently the big box office and critical success of Logan and Deadpool, both R - rated and gritty.