Not exact matches
Coco may
not be a blockbuster but, regardless of how it
performs at the
box office, it's a welcome return to a variety of animated fare that prizes inspiration over safety.
Tarantino - loving cinephiles won't be enthused, but if the film's success
at the
box office is any indication, most moviegoers in the United States long for a forgotten era when Hollywood films were handsomely made, competently
performed, and politically correct.
Upon returning to Hollywood in 1963, her career took a nosedive: Her comeback vehicle The Stripper
performed poorly
at the
box office, and A New Kind of Love — another project with Newman — did
not fare much better.
Terms like «frontier picture» are thrown around, and there are more than a few references to Joseph Conrad's «Heart of Darkness,» perhaps to shake off any stigma associated with a genre that doesn't often
perform well
at the
box office, particularly overseas.
Whether it's because «Jupiter Ascending» isn't very good, or because the sibling duo's last film («Cloud Atlas»)
performed so poorly
at the
box office, there's a reason why Warner Bros. suddenly lost confidence in the movie.
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.
His two previous films, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, have
not only earned high praise from critics and been nominated for Best Picture
at the Oscars, but have also
performed extremely well
at the
box office.
Upon its release in July, «Mr. Holmes» found success as a rare independent film that went up against the summer blockbusters and
not only found critical acclaim, but also
performed exceedingly well
at the
box office.
While Tank Girl has amassed a cult following over the last 20 years (it has the highest audience rating of any film on this list), it did
not fare well with critics and
performed horribly
at the
box office.
THE DVD by Bill Chambers You may ask yourself why Columbia TriStar is releasing a film that didn't
perform like gangbusters
at the
box office on DVD for the second time within a year in a Special Edition form.
The film didn't
perform as well as hoped
at the
box -
office, with its highcertificaterating cutting into a chunk of the target market, it did however pick up a substantial following after the home entertainment release.
That being said, it's likely Fox won't give a green light to any future installments until the studio sees how The Death Cure
performs at the
box office.
The prevailing narrative of Black Panther's spectacular opening weekend is that it shattered a long - held Hollywood myth that movies led by people of color — and, in Black Panther's case, rooted in black culture — don't
perform well
at the
box office, particularly overseas.
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.