Sentences with phrase «office flop»

The 2012 Hollywood movie «Won't Back Down» aimed to build legislative momentum, but the box office flop only seemed to draw more critics.

After a box office flop, Lionsgate will be releasing Divergent: Ascendant as a TV movie rather than taking it to the big screen as previously planned.

After the massive box - office flop of «Toys» in 1992 and the overlooked, straight to dvd, «Jimmy Hollywood ``, director Barry Levinson seemed to be in need of some stronger material.

«Grindhouse» was a box office flop, but that didn't stop Quentin from showing an extended cut of his segment, «Death Proof,» at the Cannes Film Festival later that year.

«John Carter» has been mostly forgotten for everything it did aside from being a huge box office flop, but, hey, it's important to remember that time Willem Dafoe played a CGI Martian.

The comic - book film world is apparently ever - revolving, even after a box office flop.

But then look at how the movie is making its Blu - ray debut: arriving alongside fellow box office flop Treasure Planet with minimal promotion in July, a month that the studio regularly ignores when making its annual home video schedule.

Critically acclaimed roles in cult hits like «American Splendor» and «Sideways» — both of which he was snubbed out of Oscar nominations for — and the summer box office flop, «Cinderella Man» — which he was nominated for, but still didn't win — have all catapulted the actor into a newfound superstardom, but he deserves every minute of it.

Putting its faith not in Jonathan Swift's novel but in the belief that families will see any flashy and loud movie in theaters around the holidays, this box office flop is a dud by any standard, offering little in the way of entertainment and enchantment.

Ben's first test of sanity comes in the guise of his latest release, Fierce, which has all the makings of a box - office flop, due to its edgy ending, which leaves test audiences in tears of pain.

His only prior starring role in a theatrical picture came in 1987's box office flop Blind Date.

Director SYDNEY POLLACK fears his forthcoming movie THE INTERPRETER will be a box office flop - because it doesn't feature enough sex scenes and...

Will this thriller be one of the best movies of the year or a box office flop?

2012's Jobs was a box office flop, resulting in people's reluctance to hear the CEO's story once more.

Ambitious, eclectic, and kind of weird, Streets Of Fire was a box - office flop when it was first released, but has since experienced something of a renaissance.

«Mortdecai» — which also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor and Olivia Munn — is Depp's fifth straight box office flop.

It deserves better than its reputation as a box - office flop.

But after Madsen chose to make Wyatt Earp, a box office flop with Kevin Costner, Tarantino didn't speak to him for over a decade.

It was a box office flop and critically panned, with most people questioning the necessity of a remake.

Ghostbusters bombs in the box office It appears as though Ghostbusters reboot is officially a box office flop as the movie is reportedly going to lose...

MacGruber has had an interesting journey from an easily dismissed adaptation to box office flop to cult hit.

The film has developed a small cult following, particularly among devotees of Get a Life, but it was a box - office flop.

Bird's feature directing debut was 1999's The Iron Giant, a critically celebrated box office flop based on a 1968 book by Ted Hughes.

But, it was inclusion of the box - office flop, «Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,» that raised some eyebrows.

Who expected the box - office flop roundly mocked by critics — and also in the emails unleashed by the Sony hack — to be one of the year's most elegantly shot American movies?

That film was also the year's biggest box office flop from a major studio, boasting one of the worst opening weekends in history ($ 306,367) for a nationwide release.

TORONTO — Several box - office flops and a lack of family movies left Cineplex Inc. (TSX: CGX) suffering the fallout during the first few months of the summer movie season.

Some were moderately successful, others box - office flops.

The upstart studio, which two years ago exited chapter 11 following a string of box - office flops, agreed to be acquired by an investor group that plans to revitalize the business.

The Los Angeles company, which emerged from bankruptcy two years ago after being plagued by a string of box - office flops, has agreed to be acquired by a joint venture that intends to revitalize the business, which has a distribution deal with Netflix Inc..

Both teams were box - office flops this season, and could use some Flutie magic to hype ticket sales.

This triumph was followed by another three - year sabbatical, which was followed by her divorce from Baldwin and a pair of box - office flops, I Dreamed of Africa and Bless the Child.

But when the films about men are box office flops (e.g. Silence, Steve Jobs), I bet no one blames the men for not showing up to support their man - movies.

There were also box office flops aplenty, including Jupiter Ascending, In the Heart of the Sea, We Are Your Friends and Pan, just to name a few.

The Floppiest Box Office Flops In UK Cinema History — Starring Morgan Freeman, Uma Thurman And Lots Of Danny Dyer

Then Emily Lloyd went on to create more difficult performances (flawlessly using American accents unfamiliar to her) in two box - office flops, Cookie and In Country, and where were her idolaters?

The short story is that The Wackness is an amazing film that could be a huge hit, and that Sony Pictures Classics has had almost nothing but box office flops for the last two years.

Luke Owen charts some of the box office flops 2016... Movie screenings were up, but the box office figures for 2016 are down on last year.

And they're both true of Terminator Genisys, the little movie that couldn't over the 4th of July weekend, and is currently on pace to be one of 2015's most visible and embarrassing box office flops.

His last several movies, including «The Last Airbender» and «After Earth» were both critical and box office flops.

Many thought that he was done in Hollywood after he made a series of box office flops.

Not exact matches

Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.

Of course, even over-hyped, big - budget blockbusters can turn into major flops at the box office.

2 continued its box office reign this weekend, while King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is the summer season's first major flop.

When you come into our corporate office you'll see people with shorts and flip flops.

Paramount released a number of notable big - budget flops in 2016, including Ben Stiller's comedy sequel Zoolander 2 ($ 28.8 million in domestic gross) and a Ben - Hur remake that Paramount co-financed with MGM, which only grossed $ 26.4 million domestically, according to Box Office Mojo.

Maybe they don't want to lend the prestige of their office to a flop.

Mitt Romney Flip Flops because he makes a decision that usually makes sense... Then he gets a call from the «Prophets» of the LDS church and changes it with no question... is that who you want in office... look at the issues he flipped on... every one of them was changed to an LDS point of view.

He has never flip - flopped in his thirty years of office.

Even when we send the less than stellar flops, no one ever seems to complain — lovingly (and unknowingly) earning his office the nickname «the trough,» where no crumb is left behind.