Sentences with phrase «of box office disappointments»

After a series of box office disappointments, Johnny Depp returns with his finest performance of his career in Black Mass, the story of the rise and fall of Whitey Bulger, Boston's most Read More →

The studio's reputation has struggled in the wake of box office disappointments like «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,» «Demolition,» «Table 19,» and this year's «Patti Cake $,» plus increased competition from growing rivals like Netflix, Amazon, and A24.

This tale of doomed romance set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War was the last in a string of box office disappointments from director Sidney J. Furie before he struck gold again with Iron Eagle (1986).

Not exact matches

DreamWorks has turned out hits such as «Shrek» and «Kung Fu Panda,» but it has lately released box - office disappointments, including «Turbo» and «Rise of the Guardians.»

Langella was tapped to reprise his performance for a film version of Dracula released in 1979, but he was forced to tone down his unique take on the role for the screen, and what would have seemingly been the perfect screen vehicle for his talents became a critical and box - office disappointment.

After substantial parts in two high - profile box - office disappointments, Terms of Endearment sequel The Evening Star (1996) and the Sandra Bullock - Chris O'Donnell historical romance In Love and War (1996), Astin focused on work in more idiosyncratic independent films.

Though Con Air was a disappointment from a critical perspective, it was the top box - office action film of the year and audiences thrilled to the kinetic action sequences that also cemented Nicolas Cage's abilities as a viable action star (following on the heels of Bay's previous mega-hit The Rock [1996]-RRB-.

After pulling the plug on future film adaptations of the Divergent series following the box office disappointment of Allegiant, Lionsgate let it be known that it was aiming to take the final book's story, Ascendant, to TV screens.

We have high hopes, however, for Role Models writer - director David Wain, who is putting the box office disappointment of Wanderlust behind him by putting two of his Wet Hot American Summer ensemble, Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd, back together for They Came Together.

Unfortunately, this Cheat Sheet has to end on a bit of a sour not as this week's box office turned out to be an incredible disappointment.

The Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire director released Aloha, which on paper had a lot going for it, such as a talented cast, but ultimately was hailed by many critics as one of Crowe's worst films and a box office disappointment.

Perhaps it was inevitable that anything following «Thriller» would be considered a commercial disappointment, at least comparatively speaking, but with the disappointing box office returns of 1985's «Into the Night» coming immediately after the controversy of actor Vic Morrow having been killed during the filming of Landis's segment in «Twilight Zone: The Movie,» it's fair to suggest that Landis was probably looking forward to an upturn in his fortunes.

Though a box - office disappointment, the film was a critical and cult hit that boosted the reputations of many of those involved with the project.

With this summer's disappointing box office returns for the troubled production of «The Lone Ranger» — following a string of disappointments including «The Sorcerer's Apprentice,» «Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,» «G - Force» and «Confessions of a Shopaholic» — Bruckheimer has had a rocky time of it lately on the big screen.

Overall this all seems like a major marketing push for a film which could grab a fair sized audience, but let's not forget the box - office disappointments of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES and THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, showing that popular female - centric Young Adult adaptations don't always rake in big cinematic crowdof BEAUTIFUL CREATURES and THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES, showing that popular female - centric Young Adult adaptations don't always rake in big cinematic crowdOF BONES, showing that popular female - centric Young Adult adaptations don't always rake in big cinematic crowds.

The flick, starring Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, has earned just $ 74 million in total in the US box office, rendering the film a bit of a disappointment in financial terms.

However, given the overwhelmingly positive reception received by director Ryan Coogler's film, to say nothing of its staggering $ 426.8 million worldwide box office, it's likely any disappointment didn't last long.

Although a disappointment at the box office, Prince of the City is now regarded as a classic.

Tony Black on what the future holds for Steven Spielberg following the box office disappointment of The BFG... This week, The BFG joined this year's list of «illustrious» flops, at least in the US where it tanked hard as it released off the back of Indepedence Day: Resurgence and the much more successful Finding Dory.

For the disappointment of the film's box - office and critical reception, it is all the more impressive that Universal has provided such a stunning and faithful version of the movie on home video.

A major box office disappointment especially considering his reputation and the track record of the pairing of stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (in their third film together), the commercial fate in no way reflects the quality of the film, where a quadriplegic former magician (Roshan) fights the government for his right to die.

Aside from comic book movies and family - friendly features, there have dozens of disappointments at the box office.

There were plenty of box office failures as well (like financial flops like Fantastic Four and cinematic duds like Fifty Shades of Grey) but overall, the local cineplex offered an eclectic mix of strong films that overshadowed many of the disappointments.