Sentences with phrase «recent box office success»

Horror remains very much in trend at the moment, with A Quiet Place being the most recent box office success.

Applauding the recent box office success of Wonder Woman and Black Panther, the host joked: «I remember a time when the major studios didn't believe a woman or a minority could open a superhero movie and the reason I remember that time is because it was March of last year.»

Not exact matches

The most recent iteration Retribution was considered a box - office success, grossing over $ 240 million worldwide.

Obviously, these types of pictures are not completely new, but the recent critical and often box office success of this subgenre with «Looper,» «Gravity,» «Her,» «Snowpiercer,» «Ex Machina» and «Mad Max: Fury Road» is noteworthy.

One would think it would be obvious, and rushed into development long ago: the MCU already has some of the most bankable women in the world on its payroll, this is a new era where Wonder Woman was a huge critical and box - office success, demonstrating the viability of a female hero - led movie; there's precedent from comics canon to mine, from the more recent A-Force to the 1970's Lady Liberators.

Filmmaker Raoul Peck had a box office hit last year with his Oscar - nominated box office success I Am Not Your Negro, which incidentally took Best Documentary at the recent BAFTAs.

Video game movies are usually received poorly by critics and aren't exactly blockbusters when it comes to the box office but the success of the recent Tomb Raider movie shows that its possible to make a decent movie that's based on a video game franchise.

But then adult animation has never really been good box office material and with the recent successes of the older generation of actors reprising their iconic roles I don't see why they don't try that.

What makes «Year of the Rat» so vital is how, incidentally or not, it goes from denouncing the auteur theory (through not only the typically insecure observations of actors, but also the deflective statements of Morgan and long - time creative partner Wong) to validating it: In a coda, we see that the movie's poor box - office showing has shaken Morgan and only Morgan to the core; call filmmaking a «collaborative effort» to your heart's content, but as William Shatner, of all people, opines on the recent Star Trek V discs, at the end of the day no one on the set has as much emotionally invested in the picture's success as the person at its helm.

Todd Phillips» The Hangover was one of the biggest comedy successes in recent memory; a runaway success at the box office, it also made stars out of its three leads Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms.

«Heaven's Gate» (1980) Given carte blanche for time and budget after the success of «The Deer Hunter,» Cimino made an epic Western that became an unmitigated disaster at the box office and was widely panned by critics — until a full directors - cut restoration in recent years began to turn the tide in terms of its legacy.

It remains to be seen if «Guardians of the Galaxy» will achieve the lofty financial heights of its fellow recent Marvel Studios films — though, given tracking, strong marketing and the already - announced sequel, box office success certainly feels inevitable.

Jennifer Lawrence has made great strides in attempting to transform from the box office bombshell behind the success of films like The Hunger Games series, and the odd critical success of Silver Linings Playbook or Joy, into a legitimate, respected thespian, and with her most recent leading role in her then - paramour, Darren Aronofsky's mother!

For the first time in a while, the elder Reitman can boast of recent directorial box office success comparable to his son's, perhaps when the family gathers around the table for Thanksgiving.

The one surprise - not a big one - was the strength of «True Grit,» a big box - office success that has been coming on in recent weeks as an alternative to «The Social Network» for best picture.

While the trailer and first two released songs have gotten a decidedly mixed response, let's not underestimate the financial success of recent musicals during the Christmas holiday window - maybe this is a splashy musical with box office gold in its sights ahead of statues.