26th Street Pictures

26th Street Pictures

Logo used from 1995–2020
Formerly	1492 Pictures (1994–2023)
Company type	Private
Founded	1994;31 years ago (1994)
Founder	Chris Columbus Mark Radcliffe Michael Barnathan
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
Products	Film production

26th Street Pictures is an American film production company founded by Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe and Michael Barnathan in 1994 as 1492 Pictures. ^[1] The name was a play on Columbus's more famous namesake, Christopher Columbus, and his 1492 landing in the Americas. ^[2] The logo consists of a huge and detailed compass with the company name forming on a background, which is an ocean landscape. In addition, the fanfare for 1492 Pictures was composed by Hans Zimmer.

In addition to various Columbus films, 26th Street Pictures has also produced movies by other directors including Brian Levant ( Jingle All the Way ), Henry Selick ( Monkeybone ), Alfonso Cuarón ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ), Joe Roth ( Christmas with the Kranks ), Tim Story (the Fantastic Four films), and Shawn Levy (the Night at the Museum series).

History

In 1994, Chris Columbus, who successfully directed the first two Home Alone films, and Mrs. Doubtfire , signed a three-year deal with 20th Century Fox, thus eventually led to the creation of a company called 1492 Pictures. Its first feature was Nine Months . ^[3] The deal was eventually extended in 1997. ^[4]

In 2009, 1492 Pictures signed a deal with Korean company CJ Entertainment for three years, to produce its feature films. ^[5]

In February 2011, 1492 Pictures bought the rights to the South Korean comedy film Hello Ghost starring Cha Tae-hyun and is scheduled to remake it. ^[6]

In August 2011, 1492 Pictures released an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help . ^{[7] [8]}

In 2012, 1492 Pictures signed a deal with ro*co productions to adapt documentary films into scripted feature films. ^[9]

In 2018, 1492 Pictures signed a deal with Netflix to produce feature films for its streaming service. ^[10]

In June 2023, it was announced in Deadline Hollywood that Columbus had renamed the company 26th Street Pictures a year or two prior. ^[11]

Films

Theatrical

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross (worldwide)
1995	Nine Months	Chris Columbus		20th Century Fox	first film	N/A	$138.5 million
1996	Jingle All the Way	Brian Levant	Randy Kornfield			$75 million	$129.8 million
1998	Stepmom	Chris Columbus	Gigi Levangie Jessie Nelson Steven Rogers Karen Leigh Hopkins Ron Bass	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures	$50 million	$159.7 million
1999	Bicentennial Man		Nicholas Kazan	Buena Vista Pictures (United States) Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (International)	co-production with Columbia Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Laurence Mark Productions and Radiant Productions	$100 million	$87.4 million

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross
2001	Monkeybone	Henry Selick	Sam Hamm	20th Century Fox		$75 million	$7.6 million
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Chris Columbus	Steve Kloves	Warner Bros. Pictures	co-production with Heyday Films	$125 million	$1.007 billion
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets					$100 million	$879.5 million
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Alfonso Cuaron				$130 million	$796.1 million
	Christmas with the Kranks	Joe Roth	Chris Columbus	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios	$60 million	$96.6 million
2005	Fantastic Four	Tim Story	Mark Frost Michael France	20th Century Fox	co-production with Constantin Film and Marvel Enterprises, Inc.	$100 million	$333.5 million
	Rent	Chris Columbus	Stephen Chbosky	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios and Tribeca Productions	$40 million	$31.6 million
2006	Night at the Museum	Shawn Levy	Robert Ben Garant Thomas Lennon	20th Century Fox	co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners and Dune Entertainment	$110 million	$574.5 million
2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Tim Story	Don Payne Mark Frost		co-production with Marvel Studios, Constantin Film, Ingenious Film Partners and Dune Entertainment	$130 million	$301.9 million
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Shawn Levy	Robert Ben Garant Thomas Lennon		co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners and Dune Entertainment	$150 million	$413.1 million
	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Chris Columbus	Larry Doyle		co-production with The Bridge Studios, Ingenious Film Partners and Fox Atomic	$18 million	$16.4 million

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Chris Columbus	Craig Titley	20th Century Fox	co-production with Sunswept Entertainment and Dune Entertainment	$95 million	$226.4 million
2011	The Help	Tate Taylor		Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	co-production with Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Harbinger Pictures	$25 million	$216.6 million
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Thor Freudenthal	Marc Guggenheim	20th Century Fox	co-production with Sunswept Entertainment	$90 million	$200.9 million
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Shawn Levy	Story by: Mark Friedman David Guion Michael Handelman Screenplay by: David Guion Michael Handelman		co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment	$127 million	$363.2 million
2015	Pixels	Chris Columbus	Story by: Tim Herlihy Screenplay by: Tim Herlihy Tim Dowling	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, LStar Capital and China Film Group	$88–129 million	$244.9 million
	It Had to Be You	Sasha Gordon	Story by: Levi Abrino Sasha Gordon Screenplay by: Sasha Gordon	Samuel Goldwyn Films	co-production with Vandewater Media	$18 million	$7,162
2016	The Young Messiah [12]	Cyrus Nowrasteh	Cyrus Nowrasteh Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh	Focus Features	co-production with Hyde Park International, CJ Entertainment and Ocean Blue Entertainment	$18.5 million	$7.3 million
2017	I Kill Giants	Anders Walter	Joe Kelly	RLJE Films	co-production with Ocean Blue Entertainment, XYZ Films, uMedia, Man of Action Studios, Parallel Films and Adonais Productions	N/A	$342,558

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross
2020	Scoob!	Tony Cervone	Story by: Matt Lieberman Eyal Podell Jonathon E. Stewart Screenplay by: Adam Sztykiel Jack Donaldson Derek Elliott Matt Lieberman	Warner Bros. Pictures	uncredited; co-production with Warner Animation Group and Reel FX	$90 million	$28.5 million

Upcoming

Year	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Distributor	Notes
2027	Gremlins 3 [13]	Chris Columbus		Warner Bros. Pictures	co-production with Amblin Entertainment

Direct-to-video/streaming

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Distributor	Notes
2018	The Christmas Chronicles	Clay Kaytis	Story by: Matt Lieberman David Guggenheim Screenplay by: Matt Lieberman	Netflix	co-production with Wonder Worldwide

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Writer(s)	Distributor	Notes
2020	The Christmas Chronicles 2	Chris Columbus	Matt Lieberman Chris Columbus	Netflix	limited theatrical release; co-production with Wonder Worldwide and 20th Street
2023	Chupa	Jonás Cuarón	Story by: Sean Kennedy Moore Joe Barnathan Marcus Rinehart Brendan Bellomo Michael Dougherty Screenplay by: Sean Kennedy Moore Joe Barnathan Marcus Rinehart	Netflix	co-production with Pimienta Films

References

1. "NETFLIX INKS FIRST LOOK FEATURE FILM DEAL WITH CHRIS COLUMBUS'S 1492 PICTURES" (Press release). Netflix Media Center. December 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
2. Jami Philbirck, "IAR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Chris Columbus talks 'The Help'", Iamrogue.com, August 10, 2011.
3. "Fox signs deal with Columbus". UPI. Archived from the original on 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
4. Petrikin, Chris (1997-04-08). "Fox, ho! Columbus keeps anchor at 20th". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
5. Fleming, Michael (2009-11-09). "Columbus sails with CJ". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
6. "Is Hollywood Ready for Korean Comedies?". Chosun Ilbo. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
7. Peter Debruge, "The Help," Variety, August 8, 2011.
8. Gregg Goldstein, "A little 'Help' among friends," Variety, August 6, 2011.
9. Sneider, Jeff (2012-01-21). "1492, ro*co to partner on pics". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-08-28. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
10. Kroll, Justin (2018-12-05). "Netflix Signs First-Look Deal With Chris Columbus' Production Company". Variety. Archived from the original on 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
11. Grobar, Matt (June 26, 2023). "Chris Columbus' 26th Street Pictures Options David Michael Slater Novel 'The Vanishing' For Film; Jay Lender Set To Script Adaptation". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023. It originally was named 1492 Pictures, with Columbus opting to rechristen it just a year or two ago.
12. "The Young Messiah Film Set for March 2016 Release". CBN.com (beta). Archived from the original on 2021-10-05. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
13. Rubin, Rebecca (2025-11-06). "'Gremlins 3' Movie Sets November 2027 Release Date". Variety. Retrieved 2025-11-06.

External links

• Variety on the making of The Help