Sentences with phrase «more surprising box office»

One of the more surprising box office hits of last year was the magician adventure pic Now You See Me.

Not exact matches

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.

It may be surprising for you to learn that in a country with more than one billion people, the fastest growing film industry in the world, and a 10 billion rmb (1.5 billion usd) box office gross in 2010 alone, there is hardly any professional film criticism accessible to its public.When I say hardly any, I mean that there is an absence of professional film critics who work for major, national publications and media outlets, and thus a lack of regular film reviews of new Chinese movies, at least for the mass audiences.

Serving up more of the same but without the surprise element of the first, Deadpool 2 is going to be another box - office smash and introduces us to one of the Marvel universes most exciting new characters in the form of Cable but there's the feeling that this franchise as a standalone entity has already spent a fair portion of its blood - soaked and pop - culture infused fuel tickets.

The winner of this week's struggle for box - office dominance should surprise no one: It was Black Panther, coming in at No. 1 for the fifth week in a row and becoming only the seventh film ever to gross more than $ 600 million domestically.

Shot by Academy Award - winning cinematographer Robert Elswit, who has worked with Anderson ever since Hard Eight, scored by singer - songwriter Michael Penn, edited by the great Dylan Tichenor, who started as an apprentice on Robert Altman's movies and went on to do great films such as Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Brokeback Mountain and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Paul Thomas Anderson's epic drama went on to garner three Academy Award nominations, did reasonably well at the box office by tripling its initial investment and, more importantly, showcased the surprising talent and determination of one of the few brilliant filmmakers of American contemporary cinema.

Supposedly the final film in the surprise box - office hit franchise, director Todd Phillips re-unites the Wolfpack for THE HANGOVER PART 3, which will see the boys venture to Tijuana, Mexico for more booze - filled frolics with the local, crazed clientele.

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.

However, «Pitch» became a surprise hit, performing above expectations at the box office (it eventually grossed more than $ 65 million domestically).

Hacksaw Ridge received good reviews and made nearly $ 70 million at the box office, but while Garfield's Best Actor nomination was assured, Gibson's Best Director nod was far more surprising.

Best Animated Feature was reasonably surprising, box office smash Inside Out leading the way while relative unknowns Anomalisa, Boy and the World, Shaun the Sheep Movie and When Marnie Was There nabbed spots most assumed were going to go to more high - profile efforts like The Peanuts Movie and Minions.

Given the fact that this film performed fairly well at the box office, it's surprising that there aren't more extras on the DVD.

Hardly surprising then that Street Fighter II globally made more money than Jurassic Park at the box office.