Sentences with phrase «strong box office»

Produced with a fraction of the budget and crew that Studio Ghibli typically had to work at its disposal, this remarkable achievement functions as a compelling proof of concept for Studio Ponoc and has been justly rewarded with strong box office in Japan.

Whenever a film does strong box office, the studio reflexively reacts cranking out a sequel.

Ladd was later told by his local contacts that, in Japan, silence was the greatest honor to a film, and the subsequent strong box office returns confirmed its popularity.

The critical acclaim and strong box office tracking, with reports expecting an opening weekend take to quadruple the film's $ 5 - million production budget, put Peele's career as a multi-hyphenate filmmaker in a promising position.

Judging by the strength of this summer's scary movies «The Conjuring» and «The Purge» sequels, and «The Shallows,» New Line / Warner Bros. horror movie «Lights Out» has a solid shot at strong box office returns when it opens on July 22.

But if convincing, talking fauna and photorealistic green - screen flora aren't enough to secure The Jungle Book a victory, the film's strong reviews and even stronger box office should clinch it.

Their style and material changed over the decades, but once introduced to the new technology of movies, maintained a firm hold on audiences from the silent period through talkies, and continued delivering strong box office returns all the way until the late 1970s, but their appeal soon waned when their «schtick» became virtually extinct.

Maybe the casting has been made for cynical reasons, so the film might have stronger box office legs in territories beyond the US.

Lady Bird, another massive critical hit, also has shown strong box office skills, recently becoming A24's biggest grosser to date (just passing Best Picture Oscar winner Moonlight).

«Given the successes we have demonstrated for our distributor partners in ensuring strong box office in the theatrical window, it's only natural for us to double down and want to play alongside them — and share in the upside,» MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe said in a statement.

A bunch of impressive set pieces stitched together rather than a good story convincingly told, this gargantuan production should ride Brad Pitt «s name, teeming action scenes and widespread interest in all things zombie to strong box office returns, particularly internationally.

As it breaks out wide next weekend, «The Post» will get a strong box office push alongside an expected awards crescendo that could reach wide popular interest.

For the role of Brown himself, Taylor and Universal turn to Chadwick Boseman, who is no stranger to biopic territory, having portrayed Jackie Robinson in 2013's 42, which received mixed reviews overall, but positive notices for his performance, as well as a strong box office total.

Playing the long game at the global film festival circuit a full year prior to nationwide American release, David Robert Mitchell's Argento / Carpenter horror hybrid It Follows was a minor hit this past spring — enough so to cancel its original VOD release plan due to strong box office — and was the strongest entry in a poor year for the genre.

Wes Anderson's film has had a strong box office run since its March release.

I didn't get a chance see this comedy while it was in theaters, but it sort of came and gone without any real passion, despite a strong box office take.

James Franco's «The Disaster Artist» has been racking up strong box office and rapturous reviews since its limited release Dec. 1 (it went wide Dec. 8), but few know that the popular Earwolf podcast «How Did This Get Made?

After setting the Directors Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival on fire and being picked up for domestic distribution by A24 Films, director Sean Baker's lyrical look at childhood under adversity also scored big applause at the Toronto Film Festival and opened to strong box office and critical raves last weekend on a limited break.

It needs great reviews and strong box office.

Wes Anderson's film, which nabbed best motion picture, musical or comedy at the Golden Globes, has had a strong box office run since its March release.

- esque run as it comes off the win at the Golden Globes and a strong box office as it opened in more theaters, it will proceed to box out the far superior

2011 brought us a strong spring season with release of «Jane Eyre,» «Hanna» and «Paul,» a strong box office with «Battle: Los Angeles» and spectacular failure in «Sucker Punch.»