box office gold
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And the bloody melodrama of history is indulged with the malevolent glee that made Marlowe’s “Tamburlaine the Great” Elizabethan box office gold.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2024
A horror comedy with Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase would once have been box office gold.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023
It is 1937 and they are box office gold, but complain about being poorly paid and exploited by producer Hal Roach, to whom they are both under contract.
From Reuters • Oct. 21, 2018
After spinning box office gold with the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Johnny Depp tried their hand at a $215 million take on “The Lone Ranger.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2015
After spinning box office gold with the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, director Gore Verbinski, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Johnny Depp tried their hand at a $215 million take on "The Lone Ranger."
From US News • Oct. 12, 2015
