Heyday Films

Heyday Films Limited

Logo used since 2008
Formerly	Cherubs Limited (October–December 1996)
Company type	Private
Industry	Film industry
Founded	1997 (1997)
Founder	David Heyman
Key people	David Heyman
Products	Harry Potter
Services	Film production Television production
Divisions	Heyday Television (joint venture with Universal International Studios)

Heyday Films Limited is a British film studio founded in 1997 by producer David Heyman. ^[1] The studio made its feature film debut with the production of Ravenous in 1999, and is best known for producing the Harry Potter film series and upcoming television series, based on the series of popular fantasy novels of the same name by author J. K. Rowling. ^[2]

Productions

Film

Year	Film	Director	Distributor(s)	Budget	Gross	Notes
1999	Ravenous	Antonia Bird	20th Century Fox	$12 million	$2 million
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Chris Columbus	Warner Bros. Pictures	$125 million	$1.024 billion	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets			$100 million	$879 million
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Alfonso Cuarón		$130 million	$796.7 million
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Mike Newell		$150 million	$897 million	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	David Yates		$150 million	$942 million
	I Am Legend	Francis Lawrence	Warner Bros. Pictures / Roadshow Entertainment	$150 million	$585.3 million
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Mark Herman	Miramax	$12.5 million	$44 million
	Is Anybody There?	John Crowley	Optimum Releasing	—	$3 million
	Yes Man	Peyton Reed	Warner Bros. Pictures	$70 million	$223.2 million
2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	David Yates		$250 million	$934.4 million
2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1			$250 million	$976.3 million
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2				$1.342 billion
2013	We're the Millers	Rawson Marshall Thurber	Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema	$37 million	$270 million
	Gravity	Alfonso Cuarón	Warner Bros. Pictures	$100 million	$723.2 million	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film
2014	Testament of Youth	James Kent	Lionsgate	$10 million	$5.3 million
	Paddington	Paul King	StudioCanal / TWC-Dimension	$55 million	$268 million	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
2016	The Light Between Oceans	Derek Cianfrance	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	$20 million	$23.5 million
	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	David Yates	Warner Bros. Pictures	$180 million	$814 million	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
2017	Paddington 2	Paul King	StudioCanal / Warner Bros. Pictures	$40 million	$227 million
2018	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	David Yates	Warner Bros. Pictures	$200 million	$654 million
2019	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Quentin Tarantino	Sony Pictures Releasing	$100 million [3]	$366 million	Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film
	Marriage Story	Noah Baumbach	Netflix	$18 million	$2.3 million	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
2020	The Secret Garden	Marc Munden	StudioCanal	$20 million [4]	$8.7 million [5]
2022	Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore	David Yates	Warner Bros. Pictures	$200 million	$407.2 million
	White Noise	Noah Baumbach	Netflix	$100 million	$79,040
2023	Barbie	Greta Gerwig	Warner Bros. Pictures	$145 million	$1.446 billion	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
	Wonka	Paul King		$125 million	$634.4 million
2025	Jay Kelly [6]	Noah Baumbach	Netflix
TBA	Klara and the Sun	Taika Waititi	Sony Pictures Releasing
	The Rivals of Amziah King	Andrew Patterson	Black Bear Pictures

TV Films

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2010	Awkward Situations for Men	Executive producer
2011	Page Eight
2013	The Thirteenth Tale
2014	Turks & Caicos	Executive producer
	Salting the Battlefield	Executive producer

Television

Heyday have produced a number of television series. ^[7]

Show	First aired	Last aired	Co-production	Network	Ref.
Threshold	16 September 2005	1 February 2006	Paramount Network Television Phantom Four Films Braga Productions	CBS
The Long Song	December 18, 2018	December 20, 2018		BBC One
The InBetween	29 May 2019	14 August 2019	Universal Television Look at My New Bag	NBC
The Capture	3 September 2019	12 September 2022	NBCUniversal International Studios	BBC One
The Adventures of Paddington	20 December 2019	present	StudioCanal Blue Zoo Animation Studio Superprod Studio	Nickelodeon
Clickbait	20 August 2021		NBCUniversal International Studios Matchbox Pictures Tony Ayres Productions	Netflix
Apples Never Fall	14 March 2024		Universal Content Productions Universal International Studios Matchbox Pictures Call Me Mel Productions Inc.	Peacock
Harry Potter	TBA	TBA	Warner Bros. Television Brontë Film and Television	HBO	[2] [8]

References

1. Macnab, Geoffrey (1 July 2011). "David Heyman: Man behind the magic". The Independent. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
2. "Harry Potter | 'We'll get to have fun with Peeves!' - new details for the Harry Potter TV series revealed, alongside 2025 production date at Leavesden | Wizarding World". www.harrypotter.com. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
3. Patten, Dominic (20 November 2017). "Quentin Tarantino's New Film Among 11 Features Awarded Latest CA Tax Credits". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 28 June 2018.
4. "Reimagining 'The Secret Garden' for a New Generation". New York Times . 8 August 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
5. "The Secret Garden (2020)". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
6. Hammond, Pete (9 December 2024). "Amy Pascal On Challenges And 'Challengers', Spidey's Future & Why Being A Studio Head Is "Everyone Doing What You Say Because You Have A Loaded Gun Under The Table" – Behind The Lens". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 29 December 2024.
7. Otterson, Joe (12 January 2018). "NBC Orders Supernatural Drama Pilot From David Heyman's Heyday Television". Variety. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
8. "HBO HARRY POTTER Series Finds Its Writer And Director | Pressroom". press.wbd.com. Retrieved 8 February 2025.