Sentence examples for on initial release from inspiring English sources

Cut down to B-picture length on initial release, The Wicker Man now exists in several versions which variously satisfy fans and creators.

On initial release, Pacific Rim didn't do as well as expected on the international market in general, but was exceedingly popular in China.

Neither sold more than 5,000 copies on initial release.

Critical opinion of the film on initial release was mixed as many reviewers at that time looked down on Spaghetti Westerns.

On December 4 , 2008 Alexandra Burke performed the song in the final 5 week of The X Factor, prompting the song to re-enter the UK Singles Chart at number fifty-three, whish is a higher position than it reached in the United States on initial release, where it peaked at 61.

Based on the 1900 children's book by L Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz stuttered on its initial release, before going on to be embraced by generations of film-goers.

And it was here, several years later, that I came looking for an answer to a question which has baffled many cynical film critics: how did a low-key prison drama, which was considered a box-office flop on its initial release, become one of the most popular movies of all time?

A further four minutes were cut before its premiere at the Radio City Music Hall, where it broke all records, went on to gross $3 million on its initial release, and became RKO's most profitable film of the 1930s.

To discriminate between these two options we initially analyzed paired pulse ratios (PPR) which critically depend on the initial release probability (pvr) (43) but also on the degree of facilitation (44) or on receptor saturation and desensitization (45, 46).

That 1997 revival opened a lot of eyes — of older filmgoers who'd been baffled by "Contempt" on its initial release, and of younger ones who knew it only by its reputation as Mr. Godard's failed attempt at big-budget commercial moviemaking, or who had perhaps endured a college film society screening of a choppy, faded print.

Persona 4 was highly acclaimed by critics within and outside Japan, and remained on top of sales charts on its initial release.