TOP TEN FOREIGN MOVIES OF 2017 PART TWO

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Top Ten Foreign Movies of 2017

By Solomon Obi



Spider-Man: Homecoming
Directed by: Jon Watts
Produced by: Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal
Screenplay: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris Mckenna and Erik Sommers
Story by: Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley
Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr
Music: Michael Giacchino
Plot: Peter Parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens with his superhero alter-ego Spider-Man and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of New York City.
Production Company: Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios
Release Date: July 7, 2017
Budget: $175 million
Box Office: $880.2 million



Fist Fight
Directed by: Richie Keen
Produced by: Shawn Levy, Max Greenfield, John Richard, Dan Cohen, Ice Cube and Charlie Day
Screenplay by: Van Robichaux and Evan Susser
Starring: Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Tracy Morgan, Jillian Bell, Christina Hendricks and Kumail Nanjiani
Music: Dominic Lewis
Plot: When one school teacher unwittingly causes another teacher’s dismissal, he is challenged to an after school fight.
Production Company: New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures, Wrigley Pictures and Warner Bros Pictures
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Budget: $25 million
Box Office: $41.1 million



Going in Style
Directed by: Zach Braff
Produced by: Donald De Line
Screenplay by: Theodore Melfi
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Joey King, Matt Dillon, Christopher Lloyd and Ann-Margret
Music: Rob Simonsen
Plot: Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Production Company: New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures and De Line Pictures
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Budget: $25 million
Box Office: $84.9 million



A Bad Moms Christmas
Directed by: Scott Moore and Jon Lucas
Produced by: Suzanne Todd, Bill Block and Mark Kamine
Written by: Scott Moore and Jon Lucas
Starring: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski and Susan Sarandon
Music: Christopher Lennertz
Plot: As their own mothers drop in unexpectedly, our three under-appreciated and over-burdened moms rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas.
Production Company: Huayi Brothers Pictures
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Budget: $28 million
Box Office: $130 million



The Emoji Movie
Directed by: Tony Leondis
Produced by: Michelle Raimo Kouyate
Screenplay: Tony Leondis, Eric Siegel and Mike White
Starring: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Christina Aguilera, Sofia Vergara, Sean Hayes and Patrick Stewart
Music: Patrick Doyle
Plot: Gene, a multi-expressional emoji, sets out on a journey to become a normal emoji.
Production Company: Sony Pictures Animation
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Budget: $50 million
Box Office: $217 million

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