Not exact matches
2016's movie industry highlights include a monster year for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House
set a new yearly global box office
record, becoming the first studio to ever top $ 7 billion in
worldwide ticket sales.
The Force Awakens
set a new domestic box office
record by hauling in $ 936 million in North America, as the film blasted its way to more than $ 2 billion in
worldwide box office receipts.
He's sold 30million
records worldwide, seen his last five
records going multi-platinum in countries across the world, and
set to release his eighth studio album in 2013.
The implications go beyond
record -
setting demonstrations: A network of satellites could someday connect the quantum computers being designed in labs
worldwide.
As of 30 November,
worldwide surface temperatures mark 2000 as the fifth - warmest year since 1880, while the United States was headed for an all - time
record until a frigid November
set in.
For two decades, Danica Patrick has
set records, run over stereotypes, and provided a role model for young women
worldwide.
A
worldwide phenomenon to the very end, Part 2's $ 1.3 billion global take is the third biggest ever, trailing only James Cameron's two
record -
setting epics.
Disney finished 2015 with its highest - ever domestic and
worldwide totals; the latter figure ($ 5.85 billion) would have
set an all - time
record for any studio were it not surpassed (also last year) by Universal.
In no surprise, Avengers: Infinity War climbed past $ 450 million domestically this weekend and reached (well over) $ 1 billion
worldwide in a
record -
setting 11 days.
Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million
worldwide,
set numerous box office
records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based film.
It continues to
set records, as its global tally of about $ 1.608 billion makes it the highest - grossing superhero film at the
worldwide box office.
Produced for an estimated $ 58 million, «Deadpool» earned $ 782.6 million
worldwide, and
set opening - weekend
records for February and for R - rated films.
What You Need To Know: Given that the original trilogy was near - universally beloved, a giant box - office hit (taking close to $ 3 billion
worldwide) and even managed to be win a
record haul of Oscars with its last installment, getting «The Hobbit,» J.R.R. Tolkien «s novel
set, and written, before «The Lord of the Rings» proved surprisingly tricky, with rights issues and studio bankruptcy holding the project up for years, even before original director Guillermo del Toro bailed.
David Leitch's Deadpool 2, starring Ryan Reynolds,
sets an opening weekend
record internationally and grosses over $ 300 million
worldwide.
Overall, Avengers: Age of Ultron should thrill audiences and
set new
records worldwide.
Thanks to this weekend at the box office (where Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
set records too), Deadpool earned an estimated $ 5 million domestically and $ 3 million in foreign markets to bring its
worldwide total to $ 745,974,060, just edging out The Matrix Reloaded's $ 742,128,461 total haul, and inching closer to X-Men: Days of Future Past's $ 747,862,775 which it'll conquer in just a few days.
Jeep has announced that it
set an all - time global sales
record last year with 731,565 units sold
worldwide.
In addition to over fifty
worldwide debut production vehicles, there are expected to be a
record setting number of innovative concept vehicles on display.
The MINI brand
set a new sales volume
record in 2017 with 371,881 deliveries
worldwide and 3.2 % year - on - year growth.
Last year, Chrysler
set a new
record with sales of more than 700,000 Jeeps
worldwide.
Audi,
worldwide pioneer in lightweight construction, has reversed the weight spiral and once again
set a new
record.
«The team is excited to confirm the launch of Xbox One was the biggest launch in Xbox history, with more than one million consoles sold through
worldwide in less than 24 hours — surpassing day one Xbox 360 sales and
setting a new
record for Microsoft,» Microsoft cried unto the heavens.
Annihilation is the third downloadable content pack release from Activision and Treyarch in support of the
worldwide phenomenon and
record -
setting Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Along with
worldwide sales, Activision has also announced that the game has «
set a
record as the best - selling digital full game by units sold on its first day of availability» on PlayStation 4.
Following its release in November 2010, publisher Activision announced that the shooter had established an all - new five - day
worldwide sell - through
record, exceeding Activision's previous five - day
worldwide record of $ 550 million
set by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
We will leverage the
record -
setting success of Raven in South Korea as we look forward to bringing the game to players
worldwide.
Last night Tobias Meyer, head of Sotheby's contemporary art department
worldwide and the event auctioneer, sold the brilliant blue canvas by Barnett Newman «Onement VI» to an anonymous bidder for a total of $ 43.8 million thus breaking the artist's previous
record of $ 22.5 million
set by Christie's just a year ago.
The next twenty works mostly flew off the block, with
worldwide auction
records set for Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns, Agnes Martin, Richard Diebenkorn, and Gerhard Richter.
Lots 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11, and 13
set new
worldwide auction
records for their respective artists.
Never released beyond the fan club until now, The Beatles» seven holiday messages have been newly pressed on a rainbow of seven - inch colored vinyl singles for The Christmas
Records box
set, to be released
worldwide.
This is a global data
set, and it's a
worldwide average so its shows vastly less noise than individual tide gauge
records.
He's presenting faulty arguments yet again, because he is AGAINST COAL, he is a huge supporter of the nuclear industry and the nuclear industry helped
set up CRU to alter temperature
records worldwide.
Stroeve says this year's minimum extent was largely due to the exceptionally warm winter in the Arctic, part of a trend that's resulted in 14 consecutive months of
record -
setting average high temperatures
worldwide.
Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to
set a new
record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of new wind capacity
worldwide.
The two researchers also report that they «obtained similar decelerations using
worldwide - gauge
records in the original data
set of Church and White (2006) and a 2009 revision (for the periods of 1930 - 2001 and 1930 - 2007) and by extending Douglas's (1992) analyses of
worldwide gauges by 25 years.»
This is a problem at a time when the world's population is
set to hit seven billion and food prices are reaching a
record high due to
worldwide crop failures.
One simply does not
set a
record by building the world's tallest residential building under the watchful eye of onlookers
worldwide while trying to skirt local codes and regulations.