Despite all of those well - reviewed films, however, the studio's overall average score dropped nearly six points from 2010,
while its box office grosses declined slightly.
Tribeca's quality numbers last year were similar to 2012's,
while box office grosses increased a bit, to an all - time high for the company.
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.
It's worth noting that another Fox Searchlight film, Birdman, was among the lowest -
grossing Best Picture Oscar winners of all - time, but it went on to
gross more than $ 100 million worldwide,
while 12 Years a Slave (another slavery - themed period drama)
grossed $ 187 million in global ticket sales, according to
Box Office Mojo.
While most critics dismissed the film, it charmed a handful of others (such as Kevin Thomas and Rita Kempley) and did outstanding
box office for a programmer,
grossing several times its original budget.
Total domestic
box office grosses were up over 6 % in 2012 (to a record $ 10.83 billion),
while the number of tickets sold also increased by a similar percentage after falling to a 16 - year low the year before.
Note that some films listed below do not have any reported
box office grosses; these films were primarily released on VOD in the U.S. (and
while all of them did also play in at least one theater for at least one screening, there wasn't enough of a theatrical release to have
box office figures reported).
Steven Spielberg's expensive animated adventure Tintin was a
box office failure based on its domestic total, and
while that film has
grossed nearly $ 300 million in the rest of the world, its foreign receipts are attributable to Sony, who handled global distribution.
The Academy used to nominate
box -
office smashes that weren't exactly «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest» (ex: «Love Story» and «Star Wars»),
while moviegoers would turn critical darlings, such as «One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,» into
box -
office smashes (it was the No. 2
grosser of 1975, making the equivalent of $ 493 million).
After all, Slade is handed perhaps the most volatile and cleanly mapped novel from author Stephenie Meyer's imagination,
while building off Weitz's momentum, which propelled New Moon to an astronomical
box office gross.
While no blockbuster of Blind Side proportions, Soul Surfer performed quite respectably at the
box office,
grossing nearly all of its $ 44 million in America.
The movie's
box office performance was somewhat mediocre as well, considering the production and marketing costs, which the $ 85 million domestic
gross failed to recoup,
while still placing the film above all but three movies released in the easygoing two months comprising cinema's «fall» season.
While most people are predicting Moonlight to win (as I am) the film is the second lowest
box office grosser of the bunch and this is a category that favors two things: the Best Picture frontrunner or a populist hit.
The Weinstein Co.'s Alan Turing biopic «The Imitation Game» came in second at the
box office among those nominees with about $ 84 million,
while the three - category winner «Whiplash»
grossed the least, taking in just $ 11.3 million.
Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
grossed nearly $ 1.2 M at the
box office in 2008,
while Beyond The Hills was a more modest $ 125K in theaters, though presumably it had a good run on demand.
Grossing $ 57 million in North America, Clueless was a solid mid-range hit for Paramount Pictures in the summer of 1995, besting Ridgemont High's take even adjusted for inflation
while clearly falling several leagues short of the
box office success of the original Look Who's Talking.
The 2003 version has a 62 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes,
while the 2008 film has a slightly higher rating with 67 %; «Hulk» earned a worldwide
box office gross of $ 245 million,
while «The Incredible Hulk» earned $ 263 million worldwide.
While not one of the big hits of summer, Schmucks just about met
box office expectations, narrowly clearing its $ 69 million budget with a $ 73 M domestic
gross.
The success of the Marvel films opened the door for the rival DC universe, and
while not nearly as successful (commercially or critically), the DC films have
grossed nearly $ 1.6 billion domestically and have made «Wonder Woman» a deserving
box office attraction.
Melissa McCarthy's «Life of the Party»
grossed $ 700,000 in previews last night,
while Gabrielle Union's «Breaking In» scored $ 615,000 at the Thursday
box office.
Director Simon West's 1997 actioner was a modest success at the
box office,
grossing $ 224 million worldwide, and
while it was a...
are all stop - motion films that have
grossed hundreds of millions at the
box office,
while being hailed by critics and fans.
But
while Marvel's first real attempt at comedy had good reviews and a sizable
box office gross, enough to greenlight a sequel, Ant - Man and the Wasp this summer, there's an ineffable notion that Ant - Man is kind of a forgotten Marvel movie.
The Irish film's
gross box -
office to date now reaches over 2 Million Euro, making it the biggest Irish release here since The Wind that Shakes the Barley and The Guard is now on its way to becoming one of the biggest film hits of the summer, all the
while working a pair of purple y - fronts.
And
while there is a fair amount of
box office competition coming down the pike, not the least of which being Spider - Man: Homecoming and War of the Planet of the Apes, its entirely plausible that Wonder Woman will reach year's end as the third biggest domestic
grosser, and possibly worldwide.