LD Entertainment

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LD Entertainment, LLC
FormerlyLiddell Entertainment
(2007-2011)
Company type Private
Industry Film
PredecessorBerlanti/Liddell Productions
Founded2007;17 years ago (2007)
Founder Mickey Liddell
Headquarters,
Key people
Mickey Liddell
(Chairman & CEO)
Products Motion pictures
Website www.ldentertainment.com

LD Entertainment, LLC (formerly known as Liddell Entertainment) is an independent American film studio and sales company, founded in 2007 by Mickey Liddell, which finances, produces, acquires and distributes full-length theatrical motion pictures. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and is run by Mickey Liddell, who formerly worked with Greg Berlanti at Berlanti/Liddell Productions. [1] It expects to produce and release four to six films a year with production budgets of up to $25 million.[ citation needed ]

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Filmography

YearFilmDirectorBudgetWorldwide grossNotes
2008 The Haunting of Molly Hartley Mickey Liddell$5 million$15.4 million
2009 Good Hair Jeff Stilson $4.2 million
The Collector Marcus Dunstan $3 million$10.2 million
I Love You Phillip Morris John Requa and Glenn Ficarra $13 million$20.8 million
2010 Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu $35 million$25.1 million
2011 Albert Nobbs Rodrigo García $7.5 million$8.5 millionNominated:
Academy Award for Best Actress (Glenn Close)
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Janet McTeer)
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Silent House Chris Kentis and Laura Lau $2 million$16.5 million
The Grey Joe Carnahan $25 million$79.8 million
Killer Joe William Friedkin $10 million$4.6 million
The Details Jacob Aaron Estes $63,595
2012 The Collection Marcus Dunstan$10 million$9.9 million
Disconnect Henry-Alex Rubin $10 million$3.4 million
Black Rock [2] Katie Aselton $175,682
2013 In Secret Charlie Stratton$652,228
2014 The Devil's Hand Christian E. Christiansen $7 million$1.4 million
2016 Risen Kevin Reynolds $20 million$46.4 million
Anthropoid Sean Ellis $9 million$5.1 million
Jackie Pablo Larraín $9 million$36.6 millionNominated:
Academy Award for Best Actress (Natalie Portman)
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
2017 The Zookeeper's Wife Niki Caro $20 million$26.2 million
Megan Leavey Gabriela Cowperthwaite $14.5 million
2018 Forever My Girl Bethany Ashton Wolf $3.5 million$16.4 million
I Can Only Imagine Andrew and Jon Erwin $7 million$86.1 million
The Miracle Season [3] Sean McNamara $10.2 million
Dog Days Ken Marino $10 million$6.8 million
Ben Is Back [4] Peter Hedges $13 million$12.6 million
Teen Spirit Max Minghella $1.6 million
Fast Color Julia Hart $76,916
The Biggest Little Farm John Chester $6.5 million
2019 Jacob's Ladder David M. Rosenthal Released on DISH Network
Judy Rupert Goold $10 million$45.5 millionAcademy Award for Best Actress (Renée Zellweger)
Nominated:
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Big Time Adolescence Jason OrleyReleased on Hulu
2020 Looks That Kill Kellen MooreReleased digitally
The Sleepover Trish Sie Released on Netflix
Words on Bathroom Walls Thor Freudenthal $9.3 million$3.2 million
The Binge Jeremy Garelick Released on Hulu
The Glorias Julie Taymor $20 million$30,940
2021 The Ultimate Playlist of Noise Bennett LasseterReleased on Hulu
Plan B Natalie Morales
Introducing, Selma Blair Rachel Fleit$5,700
The Cursed Sean Ellis$4.6 million
2022 Crush Sammi CohenReleased on Hulu
The Binge 2: It's A Wonderful Binge Paul Scheer
2023 I.S.S. Gabriela Cowperthwaite$22.4 millionTBA
2024 Prom Dates Kim Nguyen Released on Hulu

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