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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Production company |
| Founded | October 16, 2002 in Santa Clarita, California, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | Universal City, California, U.S. |
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Brownstone Productions, Inc. is an American film and television production company founded by actress, director and producer Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman. It is known for producing films in the Pitch Perfect franchise, Charlie's Angels (2019) and Cocaine Bear (2023).
Brownstone Productions was founded in October 2002 in Santa Clarita, California, U.S. by actress, director and producer Elizabeth Banks and her husband, sportswriter and producer Max Handelman.[ citation needed ] As of 2019, the company is headquartered inside the Universal Studios Lot in Universal City, California. [1]
In January 2015, the company signed a two-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures from 2015 to 2017. [2] In June 2015, the company signed a multi year production deal with Warner Bros. Television. [3]
In 2019, the company re-signed its first-look deal with Universal Pictures, and production deal with Warner Bros. Television. [1]
In June 2021, the company signed a first-look and multi-project development podcasting deal with Amazon, Inc.'s Audible. [4]
| Year | Title | Director | Gross (worldwide) | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Surrogates | Jonathan Mostow | $122.4 million | co-production with Mandeville Films, Top Shelf Productions and Touchstone Pictures | [5] |
| 2012 | Pitch Perfect | Jason Moore | $115.4 million | co-production with Gold Circle Films and Universal Pictures | [6] |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Elizabeth Banks | $287.5 million | [7] | |
| 2017 | The Most Hated Woman in America | Tommy O'Haver | — | co-production with Untitled Entertainment | [8] |
| Pitch Perfect 3 | Trish Sie | $185.4 million | co-production with Gold Circle Films and Universal Pictures | [9] | |
| Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber | Svetlana Cvetko | — | Short documentary co-production with Double Take Pictures and Metabook Films | [10] | |
| 2019 | Charlie's Angels | Elizabeth Banks | $73.3 million | co-production with 2.0 Entertainment, The Cantillon Company, Flower Films, Perfect World Pictures and Columbia Pictures | [11] |
| 2023 | Cocaine Bear | $90 million | co-production with Lord Miller Productions, Jurassic Party Productions and Universal Pictures | [12] | |
| Bottoms | Emma Seligman | $13.6 million | co-production with Orion Pictures | [13] |
| Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Resident Advisors | Hulu | co-production with 301 Productions, Relief Productions and Paramount Digital Entertainment | |
| 2019–2021 | Shrill | co-production with Broadway Video and Warner Bros. Television | [15] | |
| 2019–present | Press Your Luck | ABC | co-production with The Carruthers Company and Fremantle | |
| 2022 | Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin | Peacock | co-production with Mme. Anagram, Gold Circle Films and Universal Television | [16] |
| Year | Title | Host(s) | Provider | Genre | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–present | My Body, My Podcast | Elizabeth Banks | Audible | Wellness, sex, motherhood | with Audible Originals | [4] |
| Fugly | Comedy |
Elizabeth Banks is an American actress, producer and director. She is known for playing chaperone Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and an ICCA commentator in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She has since directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2019) and the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in 2002 with her husband, Max Handelman.
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