Sentences with phrase «of box office expectations»

The Sitter did not fare much better than «Allen Gregory», drawing mostly negative reviews and falling at the low end of box office expectations.

Not exact matches

Still, there's an expectation that the crop of movies dubbed the «best» each year by critics will at least get a reasonable amount of love at the box office.

The faith - based movie I Can Only Imagine, based on the writing of the smash MercyMe song, completely out - performed box - office expectations this weekend, ranking third overall with a $ 17 million take, behind Black Panther and Tomb Raider.

Following a substantial role in the independent romantic comedy Better Than Chocolate (1999), Crewson seemed to be on the verge of adding another hit to her resumé as one of Robin Williams» original owners in the fantasy Bicentennial Man (1999), but the film failed to live up to box - office expectations.

With Miller out, replaced by David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, John Wick), Reynolds drafted onto the original screenwriting team of Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and box - office expectations sky - high from studio 20th Century Fox, the enterprise doubles down to the point of gluttony.

Perhaps it's a film to go to without the high expectations, but time will tell if the initial hype pays off in the kind of repeat viewings that really make a great Marvel film a box office wipe - out.

«The Dark Knight Rises» (2012) Box Office Take: $ 1,084 billion 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 11 Because of the sky - high expectations from the film before, Christopher Nolan's third film in his Bat - trilogy was greeted with a slight sense of deflation on arrival.

Pictures «costly Justice League has dominated the U.S. box office but fallen well short of expectations with a $ 96 million across the Friday - to - Sunday period.

The lackluster performance did not lower expectations for Princess Diaries 2, which in the face of critical scorn, came close to matching its considerably better predecessor's strong box office numbers.

One of the biggest box office hits of all time, The Avengers exceeded almost all expectations, so all eyes are on filmmaker Joss Whedon for the upcoming sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

20th Century Fox «s roll of the dice on the R - rated Merc With A Mouth paid off huge, as «Deadpool» smashed expectations and records left and right to take the top spot at the box office.

Despite mixed reviews, The Bourne Legacy got, it surpassed box - office expectations earning more than double of its budget to date.

With all of that comes a significant adjustment to expectations for its opening - weekend box office.

Aquaman is Warner Brothers only live - action superhero movie this year, so there is a lot of pressure on it to perform during the holiday box office season, especially since Justice League disappointed all expectations.

Katniss Everdeen may have come out on top of the weekend box office with an estimated $ 101 million in domestic ticket sales, but the new «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2» fell short of industry expectations and, unlike the «Twilight» and «Harry Potter» young - adult juggernauts, her «Hunger Games» finale fell far short of other films in the franchise.

Not only has it exceeded the expectations of even the most optimistic box office forecasters, but it has much longer legs than anyone anticipated.

The film exceeded expectations by racking up $ 17 million at the summer box office — on a micro budget of $ 700,000.

The studio has certainly been on a roll recently with their last film, Guardians of the Galaxy, far exceeding expectations (not only critically but at the box office as well), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier proving to be a more than worthy sequel to the original.

Bound by the courts of law and box - office expectations to adhere to a very limited perception of what our hero was capable of accomplishing, Never Say Never Again explicitly states its desire to ladle out «some gratuitous sex and violence,» which it does — in the most blank, perfunctory way possible.

None of the nominated films was a box - office smash (a whispered groundswell of support for comic - book film Deadpool never materialized), although films like La La Land, Arrival, and Hidden Figures have majorly outdone expectations with audiences.

While not one of the big hits of summer, Schmucks just about met box office expectations, narrowly clearing its $ 69 million budget with a $ 73 M domestic gross.

Both Coco and Justice League are a good reminder of how important expectations and budgets are when analyzing box office performance.

It is never a surprise when a Marvel film tops the box office, but Black Panther has surpassed everyone's expectations and has become one of Marvel's most successful films to date.

But while the reviews of Zemeckis» films were for the most part slightly favorable, the box office returns were regularly beneath expectations, which were heightened on the bases of the filmmaker's steep budgets and strong track record.

Marvel's «Black Panther» continues to elevate its box - office expectations when it officially opens Friday, from early predictions of $ 120 million for the four - day holiday weekend to newer studio estimates of $ 150 million.

Because of that, box office expectations continued to rise in the days and weeks leading up to now.

February's Marvel Studios release surpassed expectations in its first weekend to record - breaking box office, and «surpassing expectations» was the name of the game as the film continued to have a strong hold week after week.

Box office expectations: The BFG should fare the best out of the three new movies this week, but it could have a tough time topping Finding Dory.

Box office expectations: With a hefty $ 180 million budget, Warner Bros. is hoping that Legend of Tarzan will be one of their big summer blockbusters of 2016.

This seems to indicate that 20th Century Fox has quite a bit of faith in the highly anticipated sequel to surpass the expectations set by the first movie, and draw in even larger box office numbers.

After a triumphant premiere at Sundance in January, Get Out hit theaters in February and surpassed all expectations, becoming, with a $ 4.5 million budget and a $ 253 million box office, the most profitable movie of the year.

On the heels of an expectations - blasting weekend at the box office, the also - ran extended universe seems to be finding its legs.