Sentences with phrase «surprising box office success»

Whatever the case, Ghost Protocol's resounding, surprising box office success was in stark contrast to the year's many other underperforming sequels.

And Good Deed Entertainment, which found surprising box office success and an Oscar nom with last year's Loving Vincent is heading out this weekend with musical - drama American Folk.

Not exact matches

Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes with $ 149.6 million in ticket sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the opening - weekend box - office record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.

A group of Japanese scientists have surprised themselves by being able to predict the success or failure of blockbuster movies at the box office using a set of mathematical models.

With the box office success that has followed The Mask, Dumb And Dumber, Liar Liar, Bruce Almighty and Yes Man an obvious indicator of his amusing infamy, it comes as no surprise that these roles take pride of place on his resume.

It's exciting that Lady Bird has become one of the surprise indie successes of the year, both in terms of critical reception and box office.

Many of you are probably familiar with Tommy Wirkola's latest film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters which found surprising success at the box - office, but what he was mostly known for before this years hit was the blood soaked Nazi zombie horror flick Dead Snow.

2012's Magic Mike was a surprise box office hit and critical success.

Surprise, surprise... two more upcoming blockbusters have decided to pull the trigger at the last minute and shoehorn in some 3 - D effects in order to increase their chances of box office success.

With last month's Bridesmaids becoming that rare surprise success with audiences, critics, and box office alike, many have insisted that the female raunchy comedy is about to get a moment in the sun.

The success of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was one of the most welcome surprises of the past few months, with the film currently standing at just under $ 800 million at the worldwide box office.

The one surprise - not a big one - was the strength of «True Grit,» a big box - office success that has been coming on in recent weeks as an alternative to «The Social Network» for best picture.