Sentences with phrase «single hit film»

A single hit film can result in the creation of film sequels, television shows, books, magazines, comics, toys, and video games.

Not exact matches

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

This film has some bizarre and crazy attempts at comedy, and for me it was able to hit the nail on the head every single time.

The film doesn't hold your hand, and while Cave may drop a first name here or there, or make mention of a band or hit single, there's nothing on screen spelling out for you a traditional Behind the Music - friendly history of Nick Cave.

By contrast, every single «chills over kills» horror film on the list is generally regarded as either an outright blockbuster (Paranormal Activity 1 and 2), a hit relative to its budget and marketing visibility (Insidious, The Last Exorcism) or a minor success (Devil, which grossed over three times its $ 10 million budget domestically).

Good entertainment even if before the film, like me, you couldn't reliably name a single one of Valens's hits.

What makes the film work is that it's not completely consumed with hitting every single beat from the original.

The film is about a single day at an investment bank, just as the perfect storm of the banking crisis hit in 2008.

Cooper is benefitting from his film performing strong at the later guilds and the box office, Gyllenhaal has hit every single precursor (BFCA, SAG, GG, BAFTA), Fiennes has hit them all save SAG and Oyelowo, despite only making it into the Globes could really come from behind if AMPAS actually watched Selma.

The actor, who starred in one of the big sleeper hits of last year, Gareth Edwards «micro-budget creature flick «Monsters,» last night was announced as having won the second lead in The Playlist's single most anticipated film of the next few years, «Cogan's Trade,» Andrew Dominik «s follow - up to «The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.»

Sports films fans will deem it a bloop single hit, but those who aren't in tune, especially those who are tepid to clichéd, dumb comedies, will think this entry was brought up to «the bigs» before it was ready.

Our Take: Single - setting films are hit or miss.

But nearly a couple of months after being released in the United States, the film hit the big screen in China where it landed $ 27 million in a single day, making it the 4th best opening day ever for a Hollywood movie in China, just behind Furious 7, The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Transformers: Age of Extinction.

THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN It hits every single one of the standard tropes of the teenage film, but it does it all so very well you won't care and has a huge enjoyment factor.

It's probably the single aspect that'll stop the film from becoming a crossover hit, although you never know.

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS Writer / Director: Tom Ford Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor - Johnson, Armie Hammer, Michael Sheen, Jena Malone If you thought fashion designer Tom Ford was going to be a one - hit wonder director after his exquisite film A Single Man then think again.

If you thought fashion designer Tom Ford was going to be a one - hit wonder director after his exquisite film A Single Man then think again.

In sticking with tradition, Fraser followed his latest hits with misses: Inkheart fell way short of expectations, the true drama Extraordinary Measures co-starring Harrison Ford launched CBS films on a lackluster note, and the forest - saving family comedy Furry Vengeance was even too bad for the Razzies to single out.

As for the rest of the set, Eleanor Powell stars in four films (collected as two double features): Broadway Melody of 1936 and Broadway Melody of 1938 with Robert Taylor, Born to Dance with James Stewart and Lady Be Good with Robert Young and Ann Southern; Jane Powell stars in the double feature Nancy Goes to Rio and Two Weeks With Love (both from 1950) and the single features Hit The Deck (with Debbie Reynolds); and Deep in My Heart with Jose Ferrer as composer Sig Romberg.

If I were to pick the single most impressive box - office story of the summer, it wouldn't be Iron Man 3 hitting a figure that is, however large, not that big a deal for a movie with its kind of budget, especially one serving as de facto sequel to a film that destroyed very nearly every record that exists.

The film hits stores on Tuesday in a single - disc DVD, a three - disc Blu - ray 3D + Blu - ray + DVD combo pack, and the two - disc Blu - ray + DVD set reviewed here, all of which contain Warner's preferred digital copy format of UltraViolet.

In this cinematic era when no less than half a dozen tentpole superhero movies will hit theaters with the force of Thor's hammer in a single year, it takes more than cool fight scenes and colorful costumes for a comic book - based film to emerge as something special.

Told from a child's perspective, «The Developer» is a musical short film by Samsung featuring Lionel Messi and the hit single «Royals» by Lo...