C2 Pictures

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C2 Pictures
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Predecessor Carolco Pictures
Cinergi Pictures
Founded1998;27 years ago (1998)
Founder Mario Kassar
Andrew G. Vajna
Defunct2008;17 years ago (2008)
FateDissolved
Successor The Halcyon Company
Headquarters Santa Monica, California, United States
Products Motion pictures, television series and video games

C2 Pictures was an American independent media-entertainment company that specialized in film and television production. It was founded in 1998 and dissolved in 2008.

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History

The company was established in 1998 by Carolco Pictures co-founders Andrew G. Vajna (who had formed Cinergi Pictures until it folded in this same year) and Mario Kassar. [1] In 1999, VCL Communications and Toho-Towa were attached as partners on the then-upcoming feature film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines . [2] The company assigned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the right to co-produce Basic Instinct 2 . [3] Both sequels were co-produced by international backer Intermedia. [4]

The company's first production was the action comedy film I Spy (2002). Though this film was the company's first, Kassar and Vajna's initial purpose for forming the new company was to resurrect the Terminator franchise. [5] In 2008, the company fell into dormancy and eventually was dissolved. [6]

Filmography

Release dateTitleDirector(s)Production partner(s)Distributor(s)BudgetBox office
November 1, 2002 I Spy Betty Thomas Columbia Pictures,
Tall Trees Productions,
Sheldon Leonard Productions		 Sony Pictures Releasing $70 million [7] $60.3 million [7]
July 2, 2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [8] Jonathan Mostow Columbia Pictures, [9]
Intermedia Films [8] 		Warner Bros. Pictures
(United States/Canada),
Sony Pictures Releasing
(International)		$187.3 million ($167.3 million excluding production overhead)$433.3 million [10]
March 31, 2006 Basic Instinct 2 Michael Caton-Jones Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Intermedia Films		Sony Pictures Releasing$70 million$38.6 million [11]
November 10, 2006 Children of Glory Krisztina Goda N/ABunyik Entertainment
(United States)		N/AN/A

Television series

Year(s)TitleCreator(s)Production partner(s)Distributor(s)Original networkOther notes
2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Josh Friedman co-production with Sarah Connor Pictures, Bartleby Company and Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television Distribution Fox first season only

References

  1. ↑ Petrikin, Chris; Carver, Benedict (March 27, 1998). "Kassar & Vajna redux". Variety. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. ↑ Harris, Dana (July 12, 2000). "Cameron won't be back". Variety. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. ↑ DiOrio, Carl (August 16, 2000). "Lion rolls dice". Variety. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  4. ↑ DiOrio, Carl (July 6, 2003). "Arnold's back but B.O. isn't". Variety. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ Mario Kassar - Biography
  6. ↑ "Carolco Films: Another Independent Story Of Success And Demise". InSession Film. November 9, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Movie I Spy - Box Office Data". The Numbers. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  8. 1 2 "IM :: Internationalmedia AG". April 3, 2012. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  9. ↑ Brodesser, Claude; Harris, Dana (January 3, 2002). "Sony has 'T3' o'seas". Variety. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Basic Instinct 2 (2006) - Box Office Mojo". January 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 29, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
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