Sentences with phrase «opening weekend box office grosses»

When women and men filmmakers have similar budgets for their films, the resulting domestic, international, and opening weekend box office grosses — as well as DVD sales — are also similar.

Neighbors 2 is another victim of the studio - mandated sequel, where originality goes to die and all that matters is the opening weekend box office gross.

Not exact matches

All this sets up The Force Awakens — the seventh chapter in the Star Wars franchise that takes place 30 years after The Return of the Jedi — to break the record for the highest grossing opening weekend at the box office.

Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes with $ 149.6 million in ticket sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the opening - weekend box - office record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.

A few weeks ago, the superhero movie Deadpool grossed $ 132 million at the domestic box office on its opening weekend, setting a record for R - rated premieres — and dousing its $ 58 million budget in black ink.

A largely unknown story outside of teen reader circles, it has become a juggernaut, breaking records for advance cinema booking, recording the biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel in Box Office history, and grossing double its substantial budget within a week.

Exalted audiences and approving critics confirm the hype: Black Panther's opening weekend box office numbers has usurped 2012's The Avengers as the top - grossing domestic opening for a Marvel movie at $ 235 million, and the picture has a 97 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

After the largest opening day of the year with a $ 55 million on Friday, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 grossed an estimated $ 123 million at the U.S. box office over the weekend, which is a 22 % drop from Catching Fire that debuted to $ 158 million.

Not only did Jackass 3D demolish all of the competition at the box office this weekend, it made $ 50 million earning it the highest grossing October opening weekend ever stealing the honor from Scary Movie 3 and its $ 48.1 million.

Last weekend finally saw some good box office results as Sully grossed over $ 35 million in its opening weekend, and this weekend looks to continue that trend.

«No Good Deed» didn't just go unpunished this weekend — it thrived, topping the box office with an estimated $ 24.2 - million opening and outpacing Sony's prediction that the Screen Gems thriller would gross in the mid-to-high teens.

After the largest opening day of the year with a $ 55 million on Friday, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 grossed an estimated $ 123 million at the U.S. box office over the weekend,

Disney will release Marvel's «Guardians of the Galaxy» on Aug. 1, and the film is on tracking to gross at least $ 60 million at the domestic box office during its opening weekend.

Women in Cinema: With the highest opening of 2014 and the fifteenth highest opening of all time, at the domestic box office, Mockingjay Part 1, which grossed nearly $ 122 million in its opening weekend, might inaccurately give the impression that female films (starring, written by or directed by) are making progress at the box office.

Not only has Stephen King's IT broken box office records (grossing an insane $ 117 million on opening weekend) and received huge critical acclaim, but it's also left fans obsessing over hidden references from the original book, the»90s miniseries, and other classic horror films.

Despite the fictional box office success of its movie star, Entourage sputtered in the real world, opening in fourth place and barely tripling that first weekend gross (the 47th worst put up by a 3,000 + theater release) en route to a front - loaded $ 32 million domestic and weak $ 12 million overseas.

Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation scored its lead actor one of the highest grossing weekends of his career when it opened with $ 56 million at the domestic box office.

The movie's $ 3.25 million opening weekend and $ 7.2 M final domestic gross put it near the bottom of each of its stars» all - time box office records.

The Hunger Games was a massive hit at the box office on its opening weekend, grossing an estimated $ 155 million domestically, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Per Box Office Mojo, Deadpool 2 grossed $ 125 million this weekend, which is the second - highest opening for an R - rated movie in the U.S..

It's the third - highest gross in history for a four - day opening weekend, according to Box Office Mojo.

The movie broke all kinds of records at the box office, and it's the highest grossing R - rated movie ever, and it has the best R - rated opening weekend.

«Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2» has smashed the US box office record for the highest - grossing opening weekend, taking $ 168.6 million.

My Life As A Zucchini, Gkids» Oscar - nominated stop - motion film, headlined a mostly quiet weekend at the Specialty box office, opening in two locations grossing more than $ 28,000.

Box Office: Open Road («Spotlight») launched the Reginald Hudlin («House Party») drama on October 13 to $ 3 million on over 800 screens; the grosses dropped by half on the second weekend.

Also, until Pirates of the Carribean 2 dethroned it, Halo 2 had enjoyed the highest grossing opening weekend of any entertainment product ever released (box office movie releases, other game releases, CDs, etc).

Steven Spielberg's sci - fi adaptation Ready Player One secured top spot at the global box office this weekend, grossing $ 181.3 m worldwide and giving distributor Warner Bros its biggest opening...