Pratt is an actor who now finds himself in the enviable position of being the focal point of a number of high
profile franchise films (including next summer's dino - riffic «Jurassic World «-RRB- and one of the rare actors who can find even the most jaded filmgoer actually looking forward to those giant studio confections.
Not exact matches
In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic gross close to the first
film and a
franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high -
profile wide release.
Together, they also created the successful Insidious
franchise, and Wan has gone on to direct such high -
profile films as The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2, and produced Annabelle and the upcoming Lights Out.
For the Kenyan - raised Nyong» o, it's a chance to escape the veil of CGI effects in Disney's «Jungle Book» and Star Wars
franchise and play a high -
profile part in a
film that celebrates Africa.