Sentences with phrase «than any movies released»

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Of course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviews).

The studio has two more big Marvel releases (Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Thor: Ragnarok) as well as a live - action version of Beauty and the Beast, two new movies from Pixar Animation Studios (including Cars 3), and a fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise (two of the first PotC films grossed more than $ 1 billion apiece).

Think about how Disney has launched more than just merchandise to accompany all their major film releases - beyond the movie and toys there are often online and video games and more recently apps released with them.

There was no better way to release the upcoming Star Wars movie than in a 360 VR fly - through experience.

In perhaps the most notorious example of Oscar's underdog favoritism, in 2010, The Hurt Locker — released on just 535 screens and tallying less than $ 19 million at the box office — beat Avatar which had grossed $ 760 million and was well on its way to becoming the most successful movie ever made.

Feltheimer says the drop occurred in part because the company released fewer films than usual into what it believed would be a poor economic climate for movies — not because of the quality of the films.

To wit: less than two months after Theroux joined eOne, the company announced a multi-territory deal with Summit Entertainment, an up - and - coming Hollywood player getting ready to release a movie based on a vampire book series.

Released in February, Deadpool is the biggest movie of 2016 so far with $ 330 million in domestic box office gross and a worldwide haul of more than $ 700 million.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

Amazon (AMZN) said on Monday it was aiming to produce close to 12 movies a year for theatrical release which would then be available on its Prime video service within two months, significantly faster than the roughly one - year wait it normally faces to stream Hollywood releases.

The movie was only released in 535 theaters, versus more than 3,400 for Avatar.

Still, in 2007 The Simpsons Movie was released to theatres amid much fanfare and hype — including a marketing campaign that turned actual 7 - Eleven stores into fictional Kwik - E-Marts — grossing more than $ 525 million at the box office.

More than two decades after its original release, Bright's movie has become not only the most - translated film ever, but perhaps the most - viewed movie in history.

Back in 2006, more than 50 movies aimed at Evangelicals were released, grossing an average of $ 39 million.

With the release of Beauty and the Beast, a live - action remake of the 1991 animated classic, Disney has made it clearer than ever that none of its most famous movies...

Of the more than 600 movies released in this country each year, a substantial number of them are «guilty» of proselytizing on behalf of a worldview that celebrates greed, trivializes violence and winks at sexual activity among people of all ages at all times.

This is good news for supporters of the movie as the film drew just $ 3.5 million less than «Despicable Me 2» which is a sequel to the widely popular original released in 2010.

That would be fine for any other time of the year, but it is still a lesser hold than the first two Hobbit movies, Tron: Legacy and pretty much every other big pre-Christmas December release in modern times.

«After BitTorrent, the effect of release lag on science - fiction and action movies is much greater than it is for other genres,» Danaher says.

«When our hero travels into Arabia Terra it is described as much rockier than Acidalia, but the opposite is generally true: much of Arabia is dust mantled and smooth at the scale of a rover,» NASA helpfully explained in the run - up to the release of the book's movie adaptation.

Ms. Lansing was Chair of the Motion Picture Group of Paramount Pictures from 1992 to 2005, where she oversaw the release of more than 200 films including Academy Award winners Forrest Gump, Braveheart, and highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.

As an actor, he continued to act or appear in more than 20 movies between 1976 and 2011 with the first film Stay Hungry released in 1976.

I didn't expect much from this movie, in fact I expected to hate it, but Spiders is a much better movie than many other horror films that has been released this year.

Sure, an eighth movie released just shy of the first one's tenth anniversary seems more than a little overwhelming, but the payoffs have been grand for anyone who has remained faithful and invested in these characters and the complex whimsy over the years.

While this is clearly better than what DVD would have been able to provide (had the movie actually ever had a DVD release, which it did not!)

As someone pointed out, this movie had more staunch defenders before it was released than could possibly had seen the movie.

Now that a release schedule rests on more high - risk tentpoles that statistically yield more returns than smaller bets, and viral word - of - mouth can kill a movie no matter how much a studio pummels the public with marketing, it's essential to deliver the goods.

Despite releasing (if only briefly) the worst movie of the century, Screen Media actually had a better 2015 than 2014.

Unfortunately, Davis has roughly the same relationship with George before he hulks out, and the truth is the movie is a whole lot more interested in its CGI characters than its flesh - and - blood ones, not unlike the currently - in - release «Pacific Rim Uprising.»

It's a movie of smiles and chuckles rather than belly laughs but a lot better than most comedies released.

Putting aside the topic of my (never - ending) ignorance, while it might be considered well executed for a TV movie that released more than 35 years ago, it didn't suit my taste.

Rather than try to take on Matt Damon in space, Focus surveyed the release calendar and wisely moved «London» to Jan. 22, 2016, where it will go up against a faith - based movie starring Tom Felton, STX's low - budget thriller «The Boy» and the Kevin Costner - Ryan Reynolds crime drama «Criminal.»

Although the film didn't connect as strongly with mass audiences (although it's considered a «sleeper hit,» you have to wonder what it could have done if it had been released after Whedon's little art house film «The Avengers «-RRB- and more than a few critics found it befuddling and arch (it's neither), «The Cabin in the Woods» is the kind of movie that will ultimately live on as a deserved cult classic, perfect for drunken film studies students and bored kids at slumber parties alike.

Can we expect a movie that is more inline with those releases than what we've seen so far on the big screen in terms of Mutants?

There were six other MCU movies released between «Ultron» and «Black Panther,» including «Civil War» — so it's more than possible some fans might be a little hazy on the details.

There's no question that Jordan is in the right, but the superhero movies released to date prove a persuasive villain is easier said than done.

The Fifth Estate feels like a film that might find a better home if it were an HBO original movie rather than a major motion picture release.

Released on March 3, the third and perhaps final Wolverine stand - alone movie has made more than $ 616 million at the box office globally.

His previous movie, Una Noche Oriental was released more than 25 years ago -LRB-!)

This movie is bad enough for non-techies as a thriller, but if you know anything at all about computers the film is nothing less than a brutal assault of stupidity on all of your senses of such magnitude, the government should also crack down on MGM for releasing it.

Then there's producer Judd Apatow, who after a banner 2007 and a formidable 2008, saw this and his more personal release, Sandler's Funny People, underperform and fare worse than recent movies (like Role Models and I Love You, Man) that only appeared to bear his touch.

We hope the word of mouth is there for it because if Oscar is going to honor a sports movie this year let it be this one rather than I Tonya (which has scheduled it's one - week qualifying Oscar release in NY & LA for December 8th) since this one is actually well - made across the board and beautifully acted with Emma Stone making a strong case for herself in the gorgeously overstuffed Best Actress race.

Well, maybe, because «Concussion» plays more like a TV movie than a theatrical release.

Sony's Capote (2005) raked in $ 49 million worldwide and collected five Oscar nominations (star Philip Seymour Hoffman won best actor); Warners waited more than seven months after the Oscars for the smoke to clear before it released Infamous (2006), starring Toby Jones, but the movie still flopped.

It goes without saying that The Cloverfield Paradox is destined to be remembered more for its potentially game - changing «ambush release» than anything the movie itself actually brings to the table.

That means GTA 5 has made more money than any movie, book, music record, or past video game ever released, and there doesn't seem to be any reason for momentum to die down — well, maybe when Red Dead Redemption 2 is released later this year.

It's also stupid that the DVD in this set is the movie's first and worst release on that format; is that supposed to make the Blu - ray seem like more of an improvement than it is?

There's already a series of straight - to - DVD movies starring none other than Kirk Cameron, but this weekend is the first time the franchise has gotten a theatrical release, so naturally they upped the stakes and brought in Nicholas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, and Lea Thompson -LRB-!!!)

A mere two days ago, the movie then known as God Particle was an oft - delayed entry in J.J. Abrams» amorphous franchise that had shifted more than a year from its initial release date — and was still undergoing reshoots as recently as December.

The movie debuted in more than 2,000 theatres when released in the United States last month.