Sentences with phrase «movie box office stars»

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have been having quite a bit of trouble re-establishing themselves as B - movie box office stars.

Not exact matches

Studio revenue for the quarter increased 22 percent to $ 2.1 billion, powered by the box - office success of «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» and animated movie «Zootopia.»

The Disney arrangement gives Netflix access to movies from Pixar, Marvel (i.e., the Avengers franchise) and Lucasfilm — including the hotly awaited Star Wars films, which are likely to be box - office gold.

With «The Fate of the Furious» hitting theaters on Friday, and looking to make box - office dollars as over-the-top as its stunts, here we look back on the incredible career of «The Rock» from a failed football run and WWE to bona fide movie star:

This weekend, it crossed the $ 1 billion mark in its worldwide box - office totals, after beating out the four - day totals of Disney's last big movie, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Movies like Star Wars have padded Walt Disney's (DIS) box office receipts this year and the company's stock price is in the black, but that doesn't mean CEO Bob Iger is getting a raise.

Plus, she is a very big star right now and this movie will need some star power if it's going to break even at the international box office.

According to Entertainment Weekly «the last time a movie with a real star - on - star love scene topped the yearly box office... was 16 years ago when Jack and Rose fogged up the inside of a town car in Titanic.»

Already proving to be one of the most divisive blockbusters in years, hardcore fans» backlash against The Last Jedi didn't slow it down at the box office, with the new Star Wars movie taking in an estimated $ 220 million.

The movie, while only a modest box - office success, garnered impressive reviews from mainstream movie critics as well as an impressive 77 % on Rotten Tomatoes4 and a four and a half star rating on Amazon5, where the movie remains available for viewing.

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

The invites from the star of «Non-Stop» and «The Lego Movie» — currently the top two movies at the box office — and from Teamsters Joint Council 16, which reps many of the carriage workers, went out on Friday.

This colorful spoof of pirate movies had all the makings of a classic farce and yet sank straight to Davy Jones» locker at the box - office, for despite it's all - star international cast of famous comedians, and despite the fact that it was largely co-written by «Monty Python» - veteran Graham Chapman and former «Fringie» Peter Cook, the darned thing just wasn't funny.

Arguably the only true movie star that Hollywood has produced in the 21st century (he may not be able or willing to launch an original property, but his personal box office appeal is on par with many of today's major franchises), Johnson has proven that he's one of the most charismatic performers on the planet.

Just because «Hope Springs» has well known stars with historically big box office draw does not a good movie make.

Her first big movie break was as a lead in Paul Verhoeven's thriller Basic Instinct Jeanne has also starred along side Tom Cruise's as his wife in the box - office hit The Firm.

Identity Thief, which stars Jason Bateman as the victim of McCarthy's (yep) identity thief, opened in first place by a landslide, earning $ 36.6 million over the weekend despite a severe winter storm that caused several movie theaters in the Northeast to close temporarily, Box Office Mojo reports.

Having pulled in $ 1.1 billion at the global box - office to date, Skyfall is currently the 007th highest - grossing movie of all - time, and sees Daniel Craig starring alongside the likes of Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Ben Wishaw and Bérénice Marlohe.

«Ride Along», the newest buddy movie which stars Kevin Hart and Ice - Cube, still reigns No. 1 at the North American box office after debuting to...

Despite writing the book and screenplay of «Fast Times At Ridgemont High» (1982), the film that established the parameters of»80s teen movies; despite establishing or redefining a host of contemporary film stars; despite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and director.

Despite the star power of the female led movie, Ocean's Eight faces an uphill battle at the box office.

Last year's unauthorized, Andre 3000 - starring Jimi Hendrix biopic, Jimi: All Is By My Side, barely registered in the cultural consciousness — according to Box Office Mojo, the movie made just $ 340,911 during its U.S. theatrical run.

«Finding Nemo» (2003) Box Office Take: $ 937m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 25 «Finding Nemo» will surely be bounced out of the Top 25 all - time grossers within a few weeks, thanks to «Age Of Ultron» (with «Minions,» «Spectre» and «Star Wars» likely to push it further down, too), but for a time, it was one of the top 5 movies of all time, and that was a measure of the confidence that Pixar was beginning to develop with this, their fifth theatrical feature, and one of their best.

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Some of these movies include «Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,» a comedy film starring Andy Samberg, which is now in theaters and the longevity of which at the box office remains to be seen; «Central Intelligence,» another comedy which stars Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson and which will be released on June 17; and «The Shallows,» a movie about a woman trying to escape a shark which stars Blake Lively.

But all of McConaughey's qualities, along with bringing - in big bucks at the box office and delivering one - of - a-kind dramatic performances, make him true movie - star material.

He's not afraid to subvert mainstream tastes, to test the boundaries of movie stars» appeal, to serve up realistically unlikable characters, or to disappoint at the box office again and again.

Women and space were a winning combo at the movies this weekend, with Theodore Melfi's fact - based drama Hidden Figures and the blockbuster prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story finishing in a virtual tie for first at the domestic box office.

The paltry domestic and worldwide box - office take illustrated that it was, surprisingly, possible for a modestly budgeted, eagerly anticipated movie with a seemingly built - in audience that stars Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, and Penélope Cruz to lose money, if it's awful enough.

The latest film, Black Panther, ended up being one of the most successful Superhero Debut movie of all time and generated record box office gross worldwide surpassing even Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

He was plucked from obscurity and chosen to star with her - the biggest Arab movie star and # 1 box office draw - in 1954 ’s

(Yes, it did even worse at the box office than 1989's dismal Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, the one Trek movie trekkies never speak of!)

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The actor, who starred in the box - office hit movie Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan,...

Hollywood is observing to look if the movie — that includes the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy — can ruin the hole home weekend box - office list lately held by means of «Star Wars: The Force Awakens.»

Kimberly Pierce's hapless Carrie remake, starring Chloe Grace Moretz in the title role, didn't quite light the box office on fire over the weekend, failing to plug the gap in the horror movie schedule vacated by Paranormal Activity 5, which moved to next fall.

Academy Award winning Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence (2012's Silver Linings Playbook) headlines the all - star cast in this action - adventure which became the # 1 movie of 2013 and the 12th highest - grossing film of all time at the domestic box office.

Directed by Brian DePalma, the movie was a box - office success and earned star Sissy Spacek an Oscar nomination.

The new superhero movie directed by Scott Derrickson (Sinister) and starring Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game) has already charted to the top of the box office over the course of the past two weekends, and has made well over $ 150 million in domestic ticket sales alone.

What makes «Year of the Rat» so vital is how, incidentally or not, it goes from denouncing the auteur theory (through not only the typically insecure observations of actors, but also the deflective statements of Morgan and long - time creative partner Wong) to validating it: In a coda, we see that the movie's poor box - office showing has shaken Morgan and only Morgan to the core; call filmmaking a «collaborative effort» to your heart's content, but as William Shatner, of all people, opines on the recent Star Trek V discs, at the end of the day no one on the set has as much emotionally invested in the picture's success as the person at its helm.

At the specialty box office, A24's buzzy horror movie «Green Room,» starring Patrick Stewart as a diabolical neo-Nazi club owner, grossed an estimated $ 215,000 as it expanded onto 30 screens a week ahead of its nationwide release.

Its confusion is understandable: Warners topped the box office this weekend with «Kong: Skull Island,» and «The Disaster Artist» is a biopic starring Franco as Tommy Wiseau, the Ed Wood - like director of the craptastic midnight movie phenomenon «The Room.»

The big winner of the holiday season is Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which earned $ 52 million over the three - day weekend, which was enough to surpass Beauty and the Beast and take the top spot at the box office biggest movie of 2017.

This pattern seems to have been repeated by Warner Bros» Green Lantern which landed on the number one spot at the box office after making its way across 3,800 theaters all over the U.S. Notably the movie stars Ryan Reynolds in the role of the Green Lantern who is a lesser known DC comics character alongside Blake Lively.

Scarlett Johansson has become the 10th highest - grossing movie star of all time, according to Box Office Mojo.

Sci - fi sequel Transformers: Age Of Extinction has destroyed its rivals to land at the top of the U.K. box office chart.The action movie, starring...

The top box office draw for fans of ridiculous action this week is undoubtedly 2 Guns — a buddy action movie starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg.

Mallrats arrived a couple years before that whole Kevin Williamson - fueled teen boom really kicked in and took over the box office for awhile, when suddenly every other movie starred Freddie Prinze, Jr. or Rachel Leigh Cook.

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Even outside of established franchises there's been evidence that blockbuster movies don't need big (white) Hollywood stars to perform well at the box office.