Aurora Productions, Hollywood

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Aurora Productions
Company typeFilm Production Company
Industry Films
Founded1978
FoundersRich Irvine
James L. Stewart
Defunct1990
FateClosed
Headquarters,
ProductsFilm

Aurora Productions was a film production company established in Hollywood, California in 1978 by former executives of The Walt Disney Company Rich Irvine and James L. Stewart. [1] It became defunct in 1990.

Films

#TitleRelease dateBudgetGross RT Notes
1 The Secret of NIMH July 2, 1982$7 million [1] $14.7 million [2] 96% [3] co-production with Don Bluth Productions
2 Heart Like a Wheel April 1, 1983$7.5 million$272,278 [4] 100% [5]
3 Eddie and the Cruisers September 23, 1983$5 million$4.8 million [6] 36% [7]
4 Maxie September 27, 1985$7 million$2.6 million [8] N/A
5 Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! August 18, 1989$5 million$536,000 [9] N/A
6 Side Out March 30, 1990$6 million$450,000 [10] N/AFinal film

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  4. "Heart Like a Wheel". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2015-09-25.
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  10. "Side Out (1990)". The Numbers . Retrieved 2015-09-25.