Industry | Film |
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Founded | Culver City, California (November 1995 ) |
Founder | Mike Medavoy Arnold Messer |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California , United States |
Website | phoenixpictures.com |
Phoenix Pictures is an American independent film production company that has produced films since the mid to late 1990s with features including The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), The Thin Red Line (1998), Zodiac (2007), Black Swan (2010), and Shutter Island (2010). [1]
Producers Mike Medavoy and Arnold Messer founded Phoenix in November 1995 as an independent production company. They acquired financing from Onex Corporation, Pearson Television, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. [2] [3] It struck a deal with CBS to air its movies on network television. [4] Its business model was based on packaging films to present to studios and to then navigate the films' development.
In 1996, the studio struck an exclusive deal with Showtime Networks to air its networks on pay television. [5]
Variety said Phoenix Pictures was one of the few companies to produce more than 25 films with the same executive team in place. [1]
The films that are produced by Phoenix.
Release Date | Title | Notes | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
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November 15, 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | co-production with Arnon Milchan Productions, Barwood Films and TriStar Pictures | $42 million | $91.6 million |
December 25, 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt | co-production with Ixtlan Productions and Columbia Pictures | $35 million | $20.3 million |
October 3, 1997 | U Turn | co-production with Illusion Entertainment Group and Clyde is Hungry Films; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the TriStar Pictures label | $19 million | $6.6 million |
January 23, 1998 | Swept from the Sea | co-production with Tapson Steel Films; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the TriStar Pictures label | N/A | $283,081 |
September 25, 1998 | Urban Legend | co-production with Original Film; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the TriStar Pictures label | $14 million | $72.5 million |
October 23, 1998 | Apt Pupil | co-production with Bad Hat Harry Productions; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the TriStar Pictures label | $14 million | $8.9 million |
December 25, 1998 | The Thin Red Line | co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures and Geisler-Roberdeau Productions; distributed by 20th Century Fox | $52 million | $98.1 million |
July 16, 1999 | Lake Placid | co-production with Rocking Chair Productions and Fox 2000 Pictures; distributed by 20th Century Fox | $27–35 million | $56.9 million |
August 4, 1999 | Dick | co-production with Pacific Western Productions; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Columbia Pictures label | $13 million | $6.3 million |
Release Date | Title | Notes | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
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March 31, 2000 | Whatever It Takes | distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Columbia Pictures label | $32 million | $9 million |
August 4, 2000 | Mad About Mambo | co-production with USA Films | N/A | $65,283 |
September 22, 2000 | Urban Legends: Final Cut | co-production with Original Film; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Columbia Pictures label | $14 million | $38.6 million |
November 17, 2000 | The 6th Day | distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Columbia Pictures label | $82 million | $96.1 million |
April 3, 2003 | Basic | co-production with Intermedia Films and Columbia Pictures | $50 million | $42.8 million |
April 18, 2003 | Holes | co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, Walden Media and Chicago Pacific Entertainment; distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution | $20 million | $71.4 million |
March 11, 2004 | In My Country | co-production with The Film Consortium, Merlin Films, UK Film Council, Industrial Development Corporation, South Africa Limited, Inside Track Productions and Robert Chartoff Productions; distributed by Sony Pictures Classics | $12 million | $1.49 million |
July 29, 2005 | Stealth | co-production with Columbia Pictures, Original Film and Laura Ziskin Productions | $135 million | $76.9 million |
September 22, 2006 | All the King's Men | co-production with Columbia Pictures and Relativity Media | $55 million | $9.5 million |
March 2, 2007 | Zodiac | co-production with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures | $65 million | $84.8 million |
March 9, 2007 | Miss Potter | co-production with the UK Film Council, BBC Films, Grosvenor Park Media and Isle of Man Film; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and The Weinstein Company | $30 million | $35.9 million |
April 13, 2007 | Pathfinder | co-production with 20th Century Fox | $45 million | $30.8 million |
July 3, 2007 | License to Wed | co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Robert Simonds Productions, Undergorund Films and Management and Proposal Productions | $35 million | $70.2 million |
August 24, 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | co-production with Alberta Film Entertainment, Battleplan Productions and Yari Film Group | $13 million | $3.2 million |
Release Date | Title | Notes | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
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February 19, 2010 | Shutter Island | co-production with Sikelia Productions, Appain Way Productions and Paramount Pictures | $80 million | $294.8 million |
December 3, 2010 | Black Swan | co-production with Cross Creek Pictures, Protoza Pictures, Dune Entertainment and Fox Searchlight Pictures | $13 million | $330.4 million |
May 18, 2012 | What to Expect When You're Expecting | co-production with Alcon Entertainment, What to Expect Productions and Lionsgate | $40 million | $84.4 million |
October 2, 2015 | Shanghai | co-production with Barry Mendel Productions and The Weinstein Company | $50 million | $9.24 million |
November 13, 2015 | The 33 | co-production with Alcon Entertainment and RatPac-Dune Entertainment; distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures | $26 million | $24.9 million |
May 12, 2017 | Absolutely Anything | uncredited; co-production with Bill & Ben Productions, GFM Films and Premiere Pictures; distributed by Atlas Distribution Company | N/A | $3.8 million |
Release Date | Title | Notes | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
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August 11, 2023 | The Last Voyage of the Demeter | co-production with New Republic Pictures, Latina Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures; distributed by Universal Pictures | TBA | TBA |
Start Date | End Date | Title | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
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November 7, 1999 | November 10, 1999 | Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story | CBS | miniseries; co-production with Morling Manor Music & Media and CBS Productions | 1 | 2 |
March 12, 2001 | March 25, 2004 | The Chris Isaak Show | Showtime | co-production with C.I. Productions, Once and Future Films, Viacom Productions and Showtime Networks | 3 | 47 |
November 7, 2017 | December 19, 2017 | The Long Road Home | National Geographic | miniseries; co-production with Finngate Television and Fuzzy Door Productions | 1 | 8 |
February 2, 2018 | February 27, 2020 | Altered Carbon | Netflix | co-production with Virago Productions, Mythology Entertainment and Skydance Television | 2 | 18 |
Release Date | Title | Network | Notes |
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October 21, 2001 | In the Time of the Butterflies | Showtime | uncredited; co-production with MGM Television and Ventanarosa |
December 16, 2001 | Off Season | co-production with Palm Avenue Pictures and Hallmark Entertainment | |
November 10, 2002 | The Outsider | co-production with Coote Hayes Productions, DEJ Productions and Hallmark Entertainment |
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