Sentences with phrase «movie franchises of»

Welcome to Aliens versus Predator, a stunningly - detailed FPS that seamlessly blends the action and intensity of one of the most popular movie franchises of all time.

«With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row,» said Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard, Inc. «Life - to - date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for «Harry Potter» and «Star Wars,» the two most successful movie franchises of all time.

What we are excited about: Harry Potter is one of the most successful movie franchises of all time, so it's no surprise that Warner Bros. would trust veteran Harry Potter director David Yates with another one of their summer tentpoles.

On the other hand you have a very enjoyable experience that is set in one of the most popular movie franchises of all time where you get to relive some of the most memorable moments from that said franchise.

«If it's storytelling you are after, three of the best movie franchises of all time - Bond, Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter - are all British.

The key to navigating Hollywood these days is attach yourself to a superhero movie franchise of some kind to guarantee a hit movie every few years so you can run off and join darker, weirder, more eclectic projects without a care in the world.

Well, it looked amazing on paper: Matt Damon, star of the first three Bourne movies — which remains the best American spy movie franchise of the past 20 years — reuniting for the fifth film in the series with the brilliant Paul Greengrass, whose dynamic, hand - held storytelling powered the series» two strongest entries, «The Bourne Supremacy» and «The Bourne Ultimatum.»

«The Fate of the Furious,» the eighth installment of the «Fast and Furious» franchise — perhaps the most nakedly enjoyable action movie franchise of its epoch — inadvertently raises an important question: To what extent is this series indestructible?

In just ten short years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has firmly established itself as the highest - grossing movie franchise of all time.

James Bond has topped a poll to find the best movie franchise of all time.The 007 thrillers, currently starring Daniel Craig as the super-spy, landed...

The Fast and the Furious is the most successful car - movie franchise of all time and is a cultural phenomenon among young enthusiasts.

Add to that the blogs, Facebook posts, and Twitter rants from fans who are outraged that the studly star of the hottest movie franchise of the decade is dating this Sheridan «cow,» and Grace is ready to turn her back on the dream she worked so hard to achieve.

Based on the movie franchise of the same name, Friday the 13th will test your ability to stay alive in the face of one of the horror genre's most memorable figures.

Its visual style looks like it is cribbed off of the movie franchise of Alien, at least in the appearance of the hostile life forms that players frequently encounter.

Not exact matches

Nearly all of the most - anticipated movies of 2017 are sequels, adaptations, franchise reboots, spin - offs, etc..

It's unclear what the an upcoming Mario movie would be about, but it's likely to be a blend of the surreal and comical — something the Mario franchise is known for, with its portly plumber battling turtle - like creatures in a so - called Mushroom Kingdom.

Of course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsOf course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsof sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsof a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsof financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviewsof money despite toxic reviews).

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

In addition to established movie franchises like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks also owns a library of animated content such as the Casper the Friendly Ghost series, which NBCUniversal could make use of.

2016 was an especially monster year for Disney at the box office distinguishing it from much of Hollywood as the movie studio continues to close ranks around its core franchises, such as Pixar and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Disney and Marvel obviously know what they're doing with superhero movies — they've brought some of the biggest franchises to screen — however, at the same time, making every single film need to fit inside the already established franchise starts to limit the amount of creative license any one director can have on future characters as Marvel's Cinematic Universe only grows larger.

According to Nielsen, the movies have pulled in more than one billion viewers since they were originally shown in theaters, making it one of the most - watched movie franchises in TV history.

The deal gives iQiyi streaming rights to a list of about 200 Warner Bros. movies, from the Harry Potter film franchise to Academy Award - winner Gravity.

With the final movie installment only hours away, we break down some of the most interesting numbers associated with the epic franchise.

«Homecoming» may be the sixth Spider - Man movie from Sony in 15 years, but it's by far one of the top two films in the entire franchise.

Most important, Alliance's purchase of Toronto - based distributor Maple Pictures last year gave it access to all of Lionsgate's movies, including The Hunger Games franchise.

But for Paramount, the studio's success will largely be defined by movie ticket sales as well as the number of big blockbuster and tentpole film franchises it can churn out.

The company has done well with several of its movie franchises, such as Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and Shrek, but it doesn't have anything that really compares to the Star Wars library or the Marvel franchise (although Shrek has pulled in about $ 3.5 billion since the original movie in 2001).

It was reported two weeks ago that Sony Pictures Entertainment will play ball with video game publisher / developer Ubisoft — appeasing what others have called unreasonable demands — in order to make a movie out of the company's massively successful, Montreal - developed franchise, Assassin's Creed.

Unlike the recent string of TV shows made into movies, like the «21 Jump Street» franchise, Peña said the intention with «CHiPs» is to be more serious in the hopes to make the audience care and be concerned about what the characters are going through.

That runtime makes it the longest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, of which «Infinity War» is the 19th film in the franchise.

With Disney pushing the annual release of Star Wars movies, Star Wars toys are likely to remain popular as the franchise has long been a hit with kids as well as fans of the originals.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

The movie and TV industries are notoriously hit - driven, after all, and if the company makes a mis - step somewhere it could lose some of the potential future value of the Marvel franchise or those characters.

The first «Star Wars» movie established one of the most popular franchises of all time and took science fiction movies mainstream again.

Although there were a range of hit properties, including the movie Frozen, much of the earnings increase came from assets related to Marvel, whether it was movies like Guardians of The Galaxy or merchandise sales involving characters from the Avengers» franchise.

After overseeing the reboot of the Star Trek film franchise, he took the reins to steer movie goers back to that galaxy far, far away, directing and executive producing Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

«But these franchises are the top movies of the year.»

Though the highest - ranking of any of the movies on Rotten Tomatoes only has a 57 % score («Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen»), the franchise, entirely directed by Bay, has taken in over $ 3 billion worldwide.

J.J. Abrams, the director of the new Star Wars films, has shown from the beginning of the project that he himself is a big fan of the franchise and that he values and respects the responsibility that goes with directing the movie.

That's the premise of the Jurassic Park movies, of course, but it's also a metaphor for what Comcast - owned (CMCSA) Universal Pictures just did with its dino - franchise.

Bay rebounded from «Revenge of the Fallen» and pretty much gave Paramount the chance to greenlight a few more movies in the franchise.

4) Information on Harry Potter franchise (the Harry Potter franchise of books, movies, theme parks and more) from EW.com

We believe the fears over ESPN are overblown and represent a short - term challenge, while the strength of Disney's movie franchises should have a positive impact on numerous other business segments to continue the long - term growth of the business.

The repeated pattern of expansions and recessions is like multiple sequels in a long - running movie franchise — each film shares a similar and familiar landscape but still manages to be different due to the specific causes and characters.

The first thing many of us think about when it comes to the future relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity is Skynet — the fictional neural net - based group mind from the «Terminator» movie franchise.

But thanks to Disney's large portfolio of powerful movie franchises and an ever - growing pipeline of new releases, the company has proven time and time again it can set new records.

The year will see new releases in The Fantastic Four, Pirates of the Caribbean, LEGO Movie, Despicable Me, Star Wars, Justice League, Avatar and Transformers franchises.

His first movie was good without being great, and the sequel is largely regarded as one of the franchise's few airballs.

God's Not Dead 3, the third movie in a franchise that's enjoyed financial success in the past, opened to a measly $ 2 million last weekend, finishing below the low bar set by Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, one of the biggest commercial and critical flops in history.