The Power of the Force can withstand bear attacks – and Leonardo DiCaprio, as Star Wars retains its crown atop the box office. For a fourth consecutive term, Star Wars – The Force Awakens retained vigilant in the face of uncertainty – earning $41.6 million, and defeating newcomer, The Revenant, in the process. Star Wars managed to rise from the ashes on Saturday and Sunday after receiving its first defeat on Friday at the hands of The Revenant – causing many to predict a potential upset by the weekend’s end. Instead, the talk of Star Wars dominance will continue for at least another week – as the billion dollar powerhouse continues to inch closer to the potentially unachievable reign of Avatar. Currently sitting at $1.7 billion, The Force Awakens is officially the third highest-grossing film of all-time (worldwide) – having just surpassed Jurassic World ($1.6 billion). Titanic is next of the list at $2.1 billion. …show more content…
Coming in second was The Revenant – with an impressive $38 million. The film, which may finally land Leonard DiCaprio an Oscar win, even defeated Star Wars on Friday – kicking off its debut with a healthy $14.3 million. An upset wasn’t meant to be, though – as Star Wars recovered and held The Revenant to an applaud-worthy runner-up position. The Revenant, which should remain relevant all throughout award season, was produced on a whopping $135 million. Third place belonged to the heavily panned comedy, Daddy’s Home – earning $15 million. For a film that was pummeled by bad reviews, Daddy’s Home sure has spit in the face of critics by crossing the $100 million domestic threshold. To date, it’s earned $116.3 million on the home front – and with the addition of $37.9 million from abroad, it current sits upon $154.2 million,
According to the website “boxofficemojo” the total gross domestic for this film was $9,793,406 with the release date of October 10, 2008. “The Express” is an exceptional movie that everyone should watch especially the younger generations,
Release on May 7th 1993, it made $63 billion at the box office deeming it a financially successful film. When it was first launched, Dave was number 2 at the box office behind Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, but by it’s second week it jumped to
Star Wars has a worldwide appeal that is here to stay for many generations to come, but how has it done this? While director George Lucas has received mixed reactions for his approach towards the prequels, this does not undermine the fact that George
Tyler Perry of Madea fame has taken the number one opening spot 4 different times as well as several number two openings. Since Perry 's first endeavor, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, his films have grossed over half a billion
Films created by Australians have changed since the breakout success of 1986’s Crocodile Dundee, a film that made around 500 million Australian dollars internationally and domestically (Crocodile dundee (2023)). This film is one of the most successful Australian films ever made financially, and its total revenue eclipses that of Cargo’s meager 90 thousand Australian dollars. Cargo is one of many Australian films to be produced in this generation of films that underperformed at the box office both internationally and domestically. There are multiple trends in these films that have lead to them underperforming at the box office, with Cargo being no exception.
The movie was a huge commercial success, and it grossed over $2 billion at the box office and won eleven Academy Awards, with the inclusion of the Best Picture Award (Scott 75). The Titanic tells the story of Jack’s and Rose’s love story as well as the tragic sinking of the “unsinkable” Titanic. The film’s message reveals the dangers of hubris and human arrogance, and the significance of sacrifice and love. The
2, or they can be The Fate of the Furious , the Big Sick or Home Again, Despicable me 3 or Boss Baby. Half of these are decent films, but they are all safe investments, engineered with varying levels of craft to cater to a demographic and market share, and no one will be talking about them a year from
Star Wars Star Wars is an epic space movie series created by George Lucas that has come to be loved by many. The film portrays the adventures of an assortment of characters “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”. The first movie of the continuously running series was released in May of 1977, with the most recent released in December of 2015. This artifact selection is focusing on the first released trilogy, Episode IV:
The total domestic gross for episode 4 was $460,998,007, and episode one's domestic gross was $474,044,677. Now, this probably happened because the phantom menace had so much hype, and people were uncertain what to expect from a New Hope, because it was the first Star Wars ever.
[THE SPOILERS ARE STRONG IN THIS ONE, PROCEED WITH CAUTION] There are two new releases from 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' that may have finally revealed the identity of the two mysterious main characters! The official TV spot for 'Star Wars Episode VII' may be filled with numerous new footage from the film, but it is the line from Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong'o) that offers a greater clue to the identity of Rey (Daisy Ridley).
Marvel Studios ‘Doctor Strange’ Rules the Box Office: Makes Way for the Sequel after Massive Hit! Marvel’s movie ‘Doctor Strange’ had a massive opening that was beyond the expectations of the viewers. So far, the movie collected $85 million at the US box office, with a global total of over $300 million. Even if Marvel Studios has not yet officially announced regarding their plans, but such box office hit makes the sequel ‘Doctor Strange 2’ an inevitable conclusion.
Week-in-Review: Weekend Box Office, Stranger Things, Game of Thrones and Gambit Movie Blade Runner 2049 Retires Kingsman Box Office Mojo reports that the sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi classic came in first at the last weekend's box office, earning $32.7 million in US cinemas. However, it's doubtful that Blade Runner 2049 will succeed in recuperating its costs. Even when one adds $40 million Blade Runner 2049 earned so far overseas, this barely budged its $150 million production costs. But then again, original Blade Runner also flopped hard before becoming a cult sci-fi film.
Since 1995, the studio has produced 14 feature films, the majority of which were successful financially making more than $8,6 billion worldwide, and also have obtained good critics from knowledgeable individuals. Especially 13 films are within the 50 animated films with the highest gross income. The studio eventually made an IPO in November 1995 in NASDAQ, with 6,9 million shares.
The "Star Wars" franchise is one of the most-awaited film of all time. The seventh film of the series, "Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens," will hit the theaters in less than two weeks. Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, said that iconic director George Lucas has already seen the final product as per Movie Pilot. She confessed that Lucas said, "liked it” and she also mentioned that the filmmaker will attend the movie premieres of "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens" in Los Angeles and London.
According to Biogrophy.com, “It produced an unimaginable $1.499 million, in spite of the Depression, and won a total of eight Oscars” (Biography). With Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ success, Walt Disney Studios has completed numerous amounts of full-length