Sentences with phrase «scored big audiences»

Not exact matches

Original content has proven a big draw for video - streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and HBO GO: HBO's Game of Thrones alone scored the network its largest audience ever, while Netflix's original series of Marvel's Daredevil grabbed nearly 4.4 million viewers in its first 11 days.

But what was truly surreal was that just as the last dramatic guitar chord was struck, the last castanet clacked, the last foot stamp nearly split the stage, the dancers struck their final pose, and the small audience roared and whistled, with perfect timing up flashed the final score on the big TV screen, Burnley 1 Stoke 0.

It became a huge hit, and when «The Sopranos» debuted six months later, HBO got an unprecedented one - two punch, with comedy and drama series that could score big in industry awards, media coverage and audience buzz.

Amazon's heart - wrenching and inspiring documentary about former National Football League player Steve Gleason, who is paralyzed from the neck down due to complications from ALS, scored big with audiences — including Best Supporting Actor nominee Michael Shannon — but failed to pick up an Oscar nomination in one of the deepest documentary fields in years.

More than 50 years after Madeleine L'Engle's young adult novel «A Wrinkle in Time» was awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal, the big - screen retelling of this timeless classic takes audiences on a transformative journey, exquisitely illustrated through jaw - dropping visual effects, a stirring musical score and diverse, star - studded cast.

The star audiences know and love from the original film and its first two sequels (1972's Shaft's Big Score!

The recent PT Barnum musical The Greatest Showman, a big - top passion project from Hugh Jackman, was considered rotten by critics, with a 55 % rating on the Tomatometer, while its audience score is a much healthier 91 % (from around 18,000 reviews), which would seem to chime with its remarkable ongoing box - office run.

That said, it's a little surprising that this sappy, homily - level movie hasn't scored a bigger domestic distributor; the paying audience at Tribeca seemed to love it.