But prior to Girls Trip, the last raunchy comedy that
did succeed at the box office was roughly sixteen months ago, that being STXfilms» Bad Moms which opened to $ 23.8 M, legged out to a 4.8 x multiple of $ 113.2 M while ultimately clearing a $ 50M - plus profit off a $ 2oM production cost.
However, Deadpool «s record - breaking weekend is another reminder that some R - rated films can
still succeed at the box office, particularly when fans see the rating itself as validation that the film is true to its source material.
Produced by Alcon Entertainment and scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. on Sept. 20, «Prisoners» will likely need to
first succeed at the box office before it can be considered a true player.
The IMDb list includes two Marvel blockbusters, one Pixar smash, two sequels, a Sundance hit that did
not succeed at the box office, a hip hop origin myth, and seven movies that are packed with action thrills including flicks directed by Ridley Scott, George Miller, Denis Villeneuve.
But Burnett cautions filmmakers against bowdlerizing the Bible to
succeed at the box office.
[Movie City News] • Charting the reasons «Avatar» will defy the odds and
succeed at the box office.
While «Apocalypse»
succeeds at the box office, Disney's «Alice Through The Looking Glass» is falling short of estimates.
They rarely seem able to act on their own without some kind of committee oversight and are under unbelievable pressure to
succeed at the box office.