On the other end of the spectrum, the lack of big blockbusters suggests that PE-backed companies with the financial resources to wait out the market will do just that, if it means a better result for their sponsors down the road.
Those were bigger honors than big budget blockbusters like Halo 4 and Borderlands 2 received (each took home a pair of vector monkeys).
He went on to star in such big-budget blockbusters as Armageddon and Pearl Harbor before turning his hand to directing.
Affleck seemed destined to play the romantic lead in big, dumb summer blockbusters.
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The second big wave of Hollywood blockbusters will hit theaters in the next few weeks with movies like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ( now in 2-D), The Tourist and the third Meet the Parents film.
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In the past three months, Bristol has faced disappointing news that could prevent two drugs that were once expected to be blockbusters from becoming big sellers.
Autodesk might have made a name for itself with the CAD software used by architects and engineers to design and model everything from buildings to machines, but the San Francisco-based company has also had a hand in helping bring many Hollywood blockbusters to the big screen.
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While it has a stable of strong brands, such as the Madden football franchise, it has had a difficult time turning its big-budget games into fresh blockbusters, and a bid for rival Take Two Interactive was rebuffed last year.
Hollywood has trickled out a whopping 15 feature films, including such blockbusters as Galaxy Quest and Big Momma's House, plus a smattering of video productions.
This is a perfect example of what I wrote yesterday about why the big studios really need to focus on blockbusters with lots of spin-off potential even if it means no more mid-budget movies.
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Whether it's a small love story or a mad man with an ax, there are big scares going into this summer's blockbusters.
But Amgen is facing big pharma-like problems: slowing growth and decaying blockbusters.
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The results are so bad that they call into question Big Pharma's ability to come up with a new crop of cholesterol blockbusters.
As big pharmaceutical companies' drug pipelines thin out and patents on some of its blockbusters expire, alliances with biotech firms are increasingly holding the keys to the kingdom.
The remainder of 2002 is shaping up to be a memorable year at the movies, as the next round of high-budget summer blockbusters get ready for their debut, leaving media companies and their investors hopeful for big hits.
The autumn viewing season has arrived, with the first of the Saturday night blockbusters - ITV's X Factor - hard on the heels of Channel 5's Big Brother.
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