Sentence examples for a robust debut from inspiring English sources

Following a robust debut in the US, The Revenant has opened in the UK with a stunning £5.09m (plus £146,000 in previews), knocking Star Wars: The Force Awakens off the top spot.

From a first-time feature director (Peter Foott) and starring two teenage actors also making their big-screen debuts (Alex Murphy, Chris Walley), Irish comedy The Young Offenders has delivered a robust debut in Ireland, with £172,000 from 65 sites.

Elsewhere, ABC's Wednesday-night comedy lineup solidified nicely with a robust debut for "Suburgatory" (9.8 million viewers) and anchored by the presence of "Modern Family" – which was the highest-rated show of the night in every category and drew 13.2 million total viewers.

Wes Anderson's star-studded and critically lauded "Grand Budapest Hotel" will run in 66 theaters this weekend following a robust debut on four screens last week.

-- Fitbit flexes its muscle in a robust stock debut.

The robust debut of the state construction giant came on the heels of the blockbuster listing of Sichuan Expressway, which doubled on its debut in Shanghai on Monday.

The other major story of the weekend was the surprisingly robust debut of The Last Airbender.

The Chilean soprano Angela Marambio, in her Met debut, was a robust Mimì, which was fortunate, considering that this staging needs a consumptive with lungs strong enough to shout from the rooftops.

The Butler is predictably behind the pace of its US performance – over there, the civil rights storyline and marketable elements, including co-star Oprah Winfrey, saw the picture debut with a robust $24.6m£15.2m2m), on its way to a tally of $115m£71.4m4m).

The family film debuted with a robust $69.1 million, according to an estimate from distributor Warner Bros. Heading into the weekend, pre-release audience surveys indicated the picture would start off with about $50 million.

While the coming Facebook debut might suggest a robust I.PO.