List of films based on Hasbro properties

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This is a list of films that are based on properties owned by international toy and entertainment company Hasbro. This includes films owned originally by Hasbro as well as properties the company has since acquired.

Contents

Animated films

Theatrical films

Direct-to-Video

TV specials

1 : Limited theatrical release.

Animated shorts

Direct-to-Video

Theatrical

Live-action films

Feature-length films

TitleProduction byYearBudgetBox officeNote
Clue December 13, 1985$15 million$14.6 million
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie June 30, 1995$66.4 million
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie March 28, 1997$8 million$9.6 million
Dungeons & Dragons
December 8, 2000$45 million$33.8 million
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God October 8, 2005$12 million
Transformers July 3, 2007$150 million$709.7 million [1]
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen June 24, 2009$200 million$836.3 million [2]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
August 7, 2009$175 million [3] $302.5 million [4]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Hasbro Studios
  • di Bonaventura Pictures
June 29, 2011$195 million$1.12 billion [5]
Battleship May 18, 2012$209–220 million [6] $303 million [7]
Dungeons & Dragons 3: The Book of Vile Darkness
  • Zinc Entertainment Inc.
August 9, 2012$12 million
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
March 28, 2013$155 million$375.7 million [8]
Transformers: Age of Extinction
June 27, 2014$210 million$1.104 billion [10]
Ouija
October 24, 2014$5 million$103.6 million [11]
Jem and the Holograms
  • Universal Pictures
  • Allspark Pictures
  • Blumhouse Productions
  • SB Projects
October 23, 2015$2.3 million [12] [13] [14]
Ouija: Origin of Evil
  • Universal Pictures
  • Allspark Pictures
  • Blumhouse Productions
  • Platinum Dunes
October 21, 2016$9–12 million$81.7 million [15] [16]
Power Rangers March 24, 2017$105 million$142.3 million [17]
Transformers: The Last Knight
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Hasbro Studios
  • di Bonaventura Pictures
  • Huahua Media
June 21, 2017$217 million$605.4 million [18] [19]
Bumblebee
  • Paramount Pictures
  • di Bonaventura Pictures
  • Allspark Pictures
  • Tencent Pictures
  • Bay Films
December 21, 2018$100–137 million [20] $468 million [21] [19]
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
  • Skydance Media
  • Entertainment One
  • di Bonaventura Pictures
July 16, 2021$88–110 million$40.1 million
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
March 31, 2023$150 million$202.6 million [22]
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Skydance Media
  • Hasbro
  • di Bonaventura Pictures
  • New Republic Pictures
  • Bayhem Films
June 9, 2023$195–200 million$341.2 million [23] [24]

Live-action shorts

TitleProduction byYearNote
Power Rangers: Legacy Wars - Street Fighter Showdown
October 11, 2018 [25] [26]

Upcoming films

TitleProduction byYearNote
Transformers One September 20, 2024 [27] [28] [29]

Films announced/in development

TitleProduction byNote
G.I. Joe: Ever Vigilant
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
  • Skydance Media
  • Hasbro Entertainment
  • di Bonaventura Pictures
[30] [31]
Beyblade
[32]
Monopoly [33] [34] [35] [36]
Hacker Camp [37]
Action Man
[38]
Clue [39] [40]
Furby [41]
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe film
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Amazon MGM Studios
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
  • Skydance Production
  • Hasbro Entertainment
  • di Bonaventura Pictures
  • Bayhem Films
[42]
Untitled Hanazuki: Full of Treasures film
[43]
Play-Doh
[44] [45]
Rom the Space Knight
  • Paramount Pictures
  • Hasbro Entertainment
[46]
M.A.S.K. [46]
Untitled Power Rangers film [47]
Untitled G.I. Joe spin-off film
  • Hasbro Entertainment
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Paramount Pictures
[48]

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