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"Not only was Wonder Woman a big financial success, but it was also the first DCEU film to be met with anything but groans, torches, and pitchforks from critics."
"Aquaman was an extremely successful film. It made over a billion dollars and I believe it is the highest grossing DC comic film ever."
"Terminator was a surprise hit that surprised nobody more than its main villain, Schwarzenegger."
"It was actually the highest-grossing film of 1995."
"A good movie may not initially make money, but word of mouth, with a few exceptions, will make sure that money eventually finds it."
"The film's box office results were attributed to positive Word of Mouth."
"The film was released in the summer as a potential hit. Box office hit records and saved the Fox studio from bankruptcy."
"One of the most successful movies in history is good actually."
"With a relatively small budget of $20 million, Superbad surpassed everyone's expectations, earning $300 million."
"The movie ultimately earned 2.2 billion dollars worldwide and broke many records."
"It's super cool and exciting to see the response that the film is getting."
"Space Jam, it's such an outlandish concept and yet it totally worked."
"Smile, which opened on September 30th, only dropped 22 percent in week two, continuing to slowly float down the chart."
"This film works almost entirely because of the charming cast."
"Toy Story became the highest-grossing movie of 1995."
"Wonder Woman finally proved the DC EU was capable of producing good movies."
"It's not a small thing films don't work so many films don't work and this film works and I was just really happy as you got through it."
"This movie was a success and it is very important to the horror genre."
"You've always found a way to separate yourself from the pack in very important ways, and this film of yours really succeeds."
"Marvel nails where every one of their standalone movies when they start the first movie the score is amazing."
"Avengers endgame truly is the definition of a box office blockbuster and it is one that will still be looked back on with fond recognition and praise."
"A hundred million is still what you're predicting? Yeah, I truly believe that this movie now is going to cross 100 million opening weekend."
"Megan grossed about $181 million on a $12 million budget."
"Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the biggest surprise hits of 2015."
"Star Wars was an instant smash hit, earning a reported $775 million worldwide."
"Batman V Superman introduced us to a massive audience and 873 million dollars is a big win."
"Dead Man's Chest was the name of the sequel, and when it was released in 2006, it made just over 1 billion doubloons, also known as dollars."
"It's not just about the immediate success of this film and how much money they can rack in with just Dune part two, it's about the future that you see for it."
"Thankfully, No Time to Die's global numbers paint a more golden picture as the film in just two weeks has already passed 300 million, a pandemic record."
"No Way Home makes them work and succeeds where Spider-Man 3 failed."
"I actually thought that the movie failed, but it made over a billion dollars worldwide."
"The movie was a hit, and proved not only that audiences loved Deadpool but that an R-rated superhero movie could go over well with audiences."
"I have all the faith in the world that if Ryan Reynolds is very happy with how this movie turns out, if Marvel Studios is very happy with how it turns out, if the fans love the movie and they're like we want more of this."
"Oppenheimer won't likely get to a billion dollars either, but I think it'll get close."
"Barbie is the first movie that's truly and unapologetically delivered for its target audience."
"Skyfall was once england's highest grossing film."
"The director and stars deserve a lot of the credit."
"The film would rake in over 45 million dollars in total by the end of its 1983 run."
"Spider-Man: No Way Home is a cinematic triumph."
"The Dark Knight absolutely smashed box office records, making over one billion dollars."
"Black Panther was a huge risk, but Marvel took it and it paid off."
"Fan reactions can significantly impact a movie's reception and success."
"Nobody not the studio not anybody expected it to make 135 million dollars a week one."
"Top Gun: Maverick exceeds both of them by a long shot."
"I'm surprised it did as well as it did, to be honest, but for them, that's just... when you put Tarantino's name in front of something, you get a certain amount of people at least."
"Spider-Verse gave us what the fans have been clamoring for."
"Deadpool 2 became the top R-rated pre-selling movie."
"I think Christopher Nolan did exactly what he was trying to do and he did what he set out to accomplish perfectly every aspect of that movie is some of the best that I've ever seen in any movie."
"A nightmare on elm street was an immediate success going on to gross more than 25 million domestically and 57 million dollars total worldwide."
"Avengers Endgame capitalized on the success of 10 years of Marvel films."
"Wedding Crashers is just lightning in a bottle."
"They managed to make a pretty damn good Venom film that didn't include Spider-Man."
"The future for classical slashers is bright, especially after the success of Michael Myers' big return to screens in 2018."
"It's pretty impressive for the third movie in a reinvigorated franchise to be doing better than the previous films."
"Let's break out of the confines of the domestic box office and look at the top five movies internationally."
"Toy Story earned around a hundred and ninety two million dollars domestically and about three hundred and sixty two million dollars worldwide making it the highest-grossing film of 1995."
"The problem isn't how much money it's going to make... how good will the movie be." - "The problem isn't how much money it's going to make... how good will the movie be."
"This movie's gonna break records and potentially win awards."
"Of the many movies Khan featured this year of people just living their lives in the most mundane ways perfect days feels like the most genuine and successful."
"Here's a hint for you: keep the humanity. That's why Iron Man is such a giant hit."
"The film wound up beloved by fans, has gone on to become a cult classic."
"If the film is funny then it succeeds, the specifics of the world-building aren't too important."
"In 1994, after multiple rewrites and changes, the final product was released and it was a smash hit."
"It's redemption time for director Cameron Crowe as this 1996 film was a monster smash hit for both the former Rolling Stone writer and his leading man Tom Cruise."
"Black Panther made over a billion dollars. Why wouldn't it be Oscar-worthy?"
"Doraemon is both the highest-grossing film franchise in Japanese history and the highest-grossing animated film franchise of all time."
"Holy shit Magic Mike rebooted has already made us over a hundred million I can't believe it."
"The first Guardians of the Galaxy movie proved that the MCU could get weird and cosmic and still be incredibly entertaining."
"Deadpool raked in an estimated 150 million dollars over the four-day holiday weekend."
"As long as the movie is good people will show up."
"The training montage, the epic battles, the noodles audiences couldn't get enough."
"The real test will be the box office for this new one. The delayed audience reaction will be like, 'Did we like the last one?'"
"Well, Get Out certainly wasn't a fluke, as anyone who's seen Us can attest."
"Not only does that mean a good movie is getting rewarded, it also means more people are coming back to the movies."
"It opened to 74 million dollars on its opening weekend, which set a brand new franchise record, the biggest opening for any of the four John Wick films."
"Eddie Murphy's hilarious portrayal of Detective Axel Foley has propelled Beverly Hills Cop into the ranks of the top 10 box office hits in history."
"Abduction succeeds at accomplishing its goal of transporting you to a bizarre place that you can actually believe in."
"Playing: Jared Butler's new film debuts with a solid 10.2 million dollars."
"Avatar the Way of Water: already at 1.9 billion dollars worldwide."
"They actually managed to stick the landing with Endgame."
"This movie definitely achieved what it was set out to do."
"Avengers managed to be the first movie to pass $200 million opening dollar weekend with a total of $207.5 million."
"The way this film was put out and promoted - they knew they had liquid gold."
"If movies are consistently good enough, they'll consistently go to see them."
"When it was out on November 21st, 1986, it was a great success at the box office getting about 47 million dollars domestically and almost 85 million dollars worldwide..."
"The massive advertising campaign surrounding it played a massive role in its success. It helped that it was a great movie as well."
"I always knew that this film would be loved around the world."
"I just don't think I could ever have imagined it being so well received by everyone."
"Scream revitalized the flagging sub-genre in blockbuster fashion."
"Scream's rampant commercial and critical success led to the commission of a multi-film franchise and even a television series based on the same universe."
"Superman the movie... was both a critical and financial success... fans and mainstream audiences loved it."
"Star Trek 2 broke box office records and turned a tidy profit."
"I'd like to see a movie succeed just because it's important."
"With these forces combined, it's no wonder audiences continue to accept this mission."
"This is the movie that saved the monster universe because they were planning to finish with this film. But this movie ended up making a good amount of money during a pandemic that they were like, 'Alright, let's keep it going.'"
"Joker also get this opened bigger than recent DC movies Aquaman and Shazam."
"Deadpool is still crushing it in theaters, and that's something to celebrate."
"Why change something that's not broken? It's smooth, everything that you need is there."
"Kingsman didn't have big stars, it didn't have the Marvel name behind it, and it came out and crushed it."
"Guardians of the Galaxy, a movie that turned a talking raccoon into a national treasure."
"By anything you do here, it's not saying that you're wrong to try to push him away, but it just leads to only potential negatives. That's all it is: potential."
"Looking at all tickets sold since January 1st, Wonka is the top-selling movie of the year so far."
"The Beekeeper becomes the first movie of 2024 to break $100 million worldwide."
"With the insanely good reviews coming from the critics and huge success in the box office, do you think 'No Way Home' will snatch an Oscar next year? I believe VFX will be their best chance."
"So it did well, second highest grossing film of 1983."
"Despite being pretty different from other horror movies at the time, Creepshow was still a hit at the box office."
"Terminator 2 was also extremely successful commercially, raking in a record-breaking 520 million dollars worldwide."
"Universal finally figured out how to do their classic character justice."
"The movie succeeds in an area where it probably shouldn't...it's the chance to see black wizards and witches in a story that is whimsical for once."
"Shark Tale is one of the most successful bad movies of all time."
"The Joker did incredibly well, did far better than anyone perceived."
"The box office for the film was strong... this showed to Paramount that the Wrath of Khan wasn't a fluke."
"Top Gun: Maverick just gonna make money forever and it'll go to the top of the chart in like 60 years because it'll just be in theaters for that long."
"Disney passed up on the story a decade earlier but Don and his team believed that they could deliver on this concept and they absolutely did."
"A box office smash, 'Return of the King' put a perfect bow on the 'Lord of the Rings' film saga."
"It is truly impressive that Fritz the Cat was as successful as it was."
"The Incredible Hulk was a hit and it rose above the rest with its mix of pathos, action and The Fugitive style drama."
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes is an absolute triumph."
"The Incredibles steamrolls, I think we all saw this coming."
"Soul did something incredible... it's clearly struck a chord with all sorts of new audiences and if it works with children too then that's a big thumbs up."
"It's a movie that gets basically everything right."
"Lady Bird took out some extremely heavy hitters."
"Avengers endgame: demolishing box-office records with a stunning $350 million in North America and $1.2 billion worldwide."
"Fargo proved to be a hit both commercially and critically, whispering, 'This is why we love movies.'"
"Black Panther is already the 25th highest-grossing comic book movie of all time."
"It is all but guaranteed to be one of the highest-grossing comic movies of all time."
"That's the good stuff that kind of happened with 'Get Out.'"
"The secret to cinematic success isn't the rating, it's making a good film."
"The film's success was a testament to the power of Storytelling that transcends cultural boundaries."
"Disney's first Star Wars film to break from the Skywalker saga was an enormous hit."
"Spider-Man: No Way Home tied Avengers: Infinity War to become the second fastest movie to a billion and right now, about just a week into its a little over a week into its run it's already around number 38 on the all-time list."
"Movies like Pulp Fiction made for 8.5 million grossed over two hundred and thirteen million dollars at the box office."
"2005's Hoodwink was a major financial success, the film was made for only 8 million dollars and earned 110 million dollars at the box office."
"The gray went on to find box office success and was nominated for a Saturn Award for best horror or thriller film."
"It was the picture that just would not quit. It was just like, wow, this movie is really the little scary movie engine that could."
"Avatar 2 beat its three-day prediction by almost 10 million."
"Avatar 2 is quickly closing in on 1 billion after just a second weekend."
"All we can hope for is that the film does okay so that we can get the Justice League films and we can get that solo Batman film."
"I can't imagine why this movie wasn't a hit."
"Of all the X-Men movies, 'Days of Future Past' works."
"If this movie is good, you're gonna get that female repeat audience that everybody always underestimates."
"Parasite opened this weekend now on we talked about parasite way back in May right because it was a big hit in bong Joon hos native country of South Korea I won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival."
"Parasite was the 17th best per theater opening of all time and by far the best foreign language film."
"Joker now a top 10 domestic hit also jumping on to the 2019 worldwide list."
"Spider-Man far from home, by a pretty large margin, is the first Spider-Man movie since Raimi's films to sell 20 million tickets through six days."
"Aladdin is doing something that no movie has done in 16 years."
"Billion jillion dollars, the Spider-Verse, the survivors movie is tracking to make a billion jillion dollars."
"Word of mouth is not going to be a problem. Had an A+ CinemaScore, that is the highest cinema score of any spider-man movie ever. Well earned."
"Nintendo and Illumination coming together making a movie that was able to generate a billion dollars very very quickly."
"Aquaman grossed 105.7 million over the five-day holiday, winning females over in a big way."
"Nowadays films like It, Cabin in the Woods, Zombie Land, and Get Out dominate the box office, win awards, and draw in moviegoers who normally wouldn't give the genre a second thought."
"Avatar: a cultural phenomenon that smashed box office records."
"His Wayne's World sketches were so popular that I got a feature film in 1992."
"Sonic 2 had the biggest opening weekend for a video game adaptation movie ever. Go Sonic 2!"
"Star Trek 2, The Wrath of KH, is still the most popular Star Trek movie."
"What makes this movie work aside from just being really well shot, really well directed, and about an interesting person, aside from all of that, Anthony Hopkins' performance is just incredible."
"Happy birthday, Batman. The film was a huge success, a phenomenon, really."
"Batman proved that a series of comics could translate successfully into a big-budget blockbuster."
"Spider-Man No Way Home still broke a ton of records."
"Avatar 2 likes Spider-Man: No Way Home will come just shy of the two billion Mark."
"Avatar 2 is now a little past 1.4 billion in just three weeks."
"Avatar 2 posted many of the best weekdays of 2022."
"Parasite winning Best Picture and Best Director plus two others makes last night for me a magical night."
"Spider-Man: No Way Home exceeded expectations."
"James Cameron actively wanted to pursue in order to keep the audience from tuning Titanic out as just another computer effects driven blockbuster."
"Michael Bay's vision turned childhood nostalgia into blockbuster gold."
"One of Disney's most successful cinematic releases of recent times, Frozen, was based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen."
"The Naked Gun 33 and 1/3 came in 1994 and will become the last film in the series still reaching number one at the box office upon release continuing to make Leslie Nielsen a box-office champion at almost 70 years old."
"I think if this thing gets over 400 million domestic, it is guaranteed to hit a billion dollars at the global box office."
"It's hard to look back and imagine a world where Ghostbusters wasn't a massive success."
"Ghostbusters was successful because of the understanding that the filmmakers had not only with their craft but with one another."
"I really hope this movie isn't done for because the simple idea of this movie works so well."
"Nope was good enough to prove that Jordan Peele definitely isn't a one-hit wonder in the horror Department."
"Even if Joker were to leave theaters today and ended its run at five hundred and forty-three million dollars, there is no way to interpret this other than a huge win."
"I hope this movie winds up just like, blows expectations away."
"Scream's funny, it's scary, and it was a massive success."
"Psycho was a huge success and earned Perkins a great deal of attention with much praise coming his way."
"Chongqi made more money on second weekend than Black Widow."
"If Dune catches on and becomes a hit, Warner Brothers could have a global hit on their hands before the movie even gets to America."
"That movie deserves to have a $150 million opening."
"The third movie set a huge box office record and was now the highest-earning opening weekend for a musical film, grossing over 90 million dollars in the first three days in theaters."
"One of the most critically acclaimed and successful movies ever made."
"Universe creation is going to be why is the Marvel movies some of the highest grossing films ever made."
"It's the character that makes these movies work at all, so with the mysteries behind him being center stage here, this one is a winner in my book."
"I think everyone can agree, 'Don't Breathe' killed it."
"Now that we live in a world with two pretty solid Sonic movies with both a third and a spin-off series about Idris Elba on the way, it's easy to forget that somewhere out there is a universe where he wasn't a victim of cyberbullying."
"This movie was by far the most successful Resident Evil film so far in the series."
"It felt like the first movie accomplished a lot... It had a lower budget than a typical Marvel movie." - A reflection on the success of the first Deadpool film despite budget constraints.
"Sound of Freedom finished number one at the box office yesterday with 4.8 million over Mission Impossible 7."
"The movie was so successful that it even out grossed star wars in France and Germany when it first came out."
"The success story of Kingsman was its staying power. It wasn't opening big, it was the fact that positive word-of-mouth kept that movie going over the summer."
"It dominated the industry in the 2010s." - Marvel Studios became the box office behemoth that dominated the industry in the 2010s.
"Horror is shown that if you do a good horror, people will come see it."
"Ragnarok may be the destruction of worlds, but it's saved at the box office big time."
"Voltron movie does better because it doesn't have any baggage."
"I think we're going to see a real test with Dune, the domestic release. Dune is doing very well overseas."
"Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk opened in the number one spot, becoming the first non-franchised film to do so."
"I think that in order for these movies to be successful, you've got to have to root for the central character."
"This is a franchise best for John Wick officially domestically and worldwide."
"Despite the chaotic production, Norton's efforts paid off."