Sentences with phrase «of box office smashes»

Even though having an OP Thanos running over enemy players fits the tone of the box office smash hit Infinity War, it's good to see Epic Game balance the limited time event out a bit so players still enjoy themselves.

Pratt Faculty Member Tim O'Brien is an illustrator and portrait painter whose intricately detailed and imaginative illustrations have most recently been translated to the big screen courtesy of the box office smash, The Hunger Games...

Not exact matches

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Ticket sales were down about 24 % this summer as delays and an expanding summer blockbuster season cut down the number of reliable box - office smashes.

Fans of the new superhero film, which has smashed box office records...

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.

For aficionados of political theatre, the result is a surefire box office smash.

For aficionados of political theatre, Theo Barclay's run - through of great resignations is a surefire box office smash.

A box office smash and a critical step in the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1987's «Predator» is widely considered these days to be a classic of action cinema.

Brendan Gleeson stars in the critically acclaimed Irish box - office smash hit Calvary — from John Michael McDonagh, the writer and director of The Guard.

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

Both films feature in the Best Picture lineup, as does «Public Enemy Number One,» a sprawling biopic of gangster Jacques Mesrine that has been a local box - office smash and leads all nominees with 10 bids.

«Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End» (2007) Box Office Take: $ 963m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 20 At the time the most expensive film ever made, budgeted at $ 300m (before its even more dire sequel, «On Stranger Tides,» smashed that dubious record), the third «Pirates» movie was the one where the franchise's over-reliance on Johnny Depp «s Jack Sparrow really started to tell.

«Despicable Me 2» (2013) Box Office Take: $ 971m 21st Century Box Office Ranking: 19 Back in 2010, Universal's animated feature «Despicable Me» proved a surprise worldwide smash, but few would have anticipated that its sequel would have become the third - biggest animated movie of all time, and until «Furious 7,» Universal's biggest hit ever.

At the end of a nearly 13 minute interview, Peter Travers, the eminent film critic from Rolling Stone asks Josh Hutcherson, who plays Peeta in current box office smash The Hunger Games to sing the song currently on his mind.

A surprise box office smash, this melodrama wound up becoming a big of an out of nowhere blockbuster.

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master GEORGE A. ROMERO, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

When the film finally arrived in 2006 it went on to smash several box office records worldwide becoming the third highest grossing film of all time.

One has to remember, that Padilha is going from the «Elite Squad» films — the first of which smashed box office records in his native Brazil — to essentially being an unproven factor for the studios.

Visually, this box office smash represents one of Disney's finest hours, with meticulously drawn characters and backdrops as well as a color palette that explodes off the screen.

The Academy used to nominate box - office smashes that weren't exactly «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» (ex: «Love Story» and «Star Wars»), while moviegoers would turn critical darlings, such as «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,» into box - office smashes (it was the No. 2 grosser of 1975, making the equivalent of $ 493 million).

Serving up more of the same but without the surprise element of the first, Deadpool 2 is going to be another box - office smash and introduces us to one of the Marvel universes most exciting new characters in the form of Cable but there's the feeling that this franchise as a standalone entity has already spent a fair portion of its blood - soaked and pop - culture infused fuel tickets.

Adaptation of the 1987 box - office smash about an innocent teen vacationing with her parents at an upscale resort in the 1960s Catskills, which gets a jolt of culture shock when she crushes on the hotel's handsome dance instructor.

Films That Endured in Some Way That Did Not Win Oscars and Weren't Box Office Smashes Either: Myra Breckenridge, Catch - 22, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Kelly's Heroes, The Conformist, Boys in the Band, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Zabriskie Point, The Owl and the Pussycat, Trog, and Performance

Given the popularity of this box - office smash ($ 120 million domestic), it could carry this category, too.

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.

No one at the end of 1917 was debating whether the directing debut of John Ford or the first appearance of Vittorio de Sica augured longer careers to come (in fact, both would be making films for the next five - plus decades) or weighing the industry impact of Mary Pickford's box - office smash Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm or (to the point of my own research) speculating about the future of slapstick star Roscoe «Fatty» Arbuckle's new sidekick, a vaudeville refugee named Buster Keaton.

Fans of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman have been inquiring about his relationship status since the box office smash dropped mid-February.

American Sniper: Clint Eastwood's latest box office smash is a stealth Best Picture contender, but will likely have to settle for simply making a ton of money.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Piggybacking on the success of Public Enemies, released only a few weeks earlier, G.I. Joe was Tatum's first bona fide box - office smash as a leading man.

Of course, on screen, Stan is best known for his role as Bucky Barnes in Marvel's box office smash Captain America: The First Avenger.

«Fate of the Furious» smashed box office records around the world.

«Congrats to the entire #blackpanther team,» Michelle tweeted on Monday after the movie smashed all kinds of box office records over the weekend.

That seems to be the philosophy of director Todd Phillips, whose sequel to the box office comedy smash The Hangover doesn't so much try to replicate the magic of the first film as it does try to replicate everything about the first film.

Zack Snyder's stylishly violent swords and sandals epic, 300, was a surprise box office smash (taking in $ 456 million worldwide in the spring of 2007), but no one kids themselves into believing that his cinematic vision was not responsible for that chest - beating comic book adaptation being so enjoyable to watch.

«Rogue One: A Star Wars Story» will fly into theaters Dec. 16, on the heels of last year's box office record - smashing hit «Episode VII — The Force Awakens.»

August: Osage County and Philomena weren't expected to show up [here], but Fruitvale Station and Lee Daniels» The Butler seem like natural fits for the producers to acknowledge, what with one being a breakout film with real world political heft, and the other a surprise box office smash that took A LOT of producer wrangling to get financed and made.

It smashed the box office, won four Oscars, shows up on all the best - of lists, even influenced fashion.

More complications: The late - arriving American Sniper is the only one of the Best Picture nominees to qualify as a real box - office smash.

Night of the Living Dead (1968) Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, «Night of the Living Dead,» directed by horror master George A. Romero, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

«Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» starring Felicity Jones, will fly into theaters Dec. 16, on the heels of last year's box office record - smashing hit «Episode VII — The Force Awakens.»

Originally, Oscar - winning director Sam Mendes said he felt «physically ill» at the prospect of returning to the spy series — even after smashing box office records and racking up awards nods.

Yet to be umbilically linked in the public mind to a single character is the last thing Grant needed at that point in his career, especially since he'd spent a full decade trying to shake off the image of the floppy - haired, tongue - tied bumbler that had clung to him like a leech ever since Four Weddings And A Funeral became a global box - office smash and propelled him to A-list stardom.

Wilson's string of box office successes also include Little Fockers, the third installment of the blockbuster Fockers series, opposite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro; Marley & Me, with Jennifer Aniston, based on the popular memoir by John Grogan; the Night At The Museum franchise opposite Robin Williams and Ben Stiller; the smash hit comedy Wedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn; the romantic comedy You, Me And Dupree; and as the voice of Lightning McQueen in Disney's Cars and Cars 2.

Howard University President Wayne Frederick spoke of how Boseman's leading role in the box office smash «Black Panther»,

A massive hit in China after smashing box office records to become the highest - grossing domestic film of all time, Jiang Wen's action comedy «Let the Bullets Fly» sadly didn't have as much success overseas.

This $ 1billion budget film is going to smash all the previous records of box office.

«The Wolf of Wall Street» has smashed box office records to become the highest grossing R18 + film in Australian history after just two weeks.»

Obviously, Universal wants to protect the future of this potentially valuable franchise, so the next film in this shared universe will need to be both a critical and box - office smash.

As Black Panther continues to smash box office records as one of the biggest superhero hit movies in years, critics and fans alike have marveled at how amazing the cast was in the film.