Roth/Kirschenbaum Films

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Roth/Kirschenbaum Films
FormerlyRoth Films (2007-16)
Company type Private
Industry Motion pictures
FoundedOctober 2007;16 years ago (2007-10)
Founder Joe Roth
Jeff Kirschenbaum
Headquarters Los Angeles, ,
U.S.
Key people

Roth/Kirschenbaum Films (formerly Roth Films) is an American production company formed in 2007 by producer Joe Roth, the founder of Revolution Studios and co-founder of Morgan Creek Productions and Caravan Pictures.

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History

Joe Roth announced that he signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures in October 2007, when Revolution Studios' deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment was about to end. [1]

The studio's first production, Alice in Wonderland in 2010, grossed $1 billion worldwide. [2]

In 2015, Jeff Kirschenbaum announced that he would leave Universal Pictures in order to join Roth Films, which he rebranded to its current name Roth/Kirschenbaum Films. [3] [4]

Filmography

Feature films

2010s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorCo-production companiesBudgetGross (worldwide)
as Roth Films
2010 Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Pictures
The Zanuck Company
Team Todd
$150–200 million$1.025 billion
2012 Snow White and the Huntsman Rupert Sanders Universal Pictures $170 million$396.6 million
2013 Oz the Great and Powerful Sam Raimi Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Pictures
Curtis-Donen Productions
$200–215 million$493.3 million
2014 Sabotage David Ayer Open Road Films Albert S. Ruddy Productions
Crave Films
QED International
$35 million$17.5-18.4 million
Heaven is for Real Randall Wallace Sony Pictures Releasing TriStar Pictures
Affirm Films
$12 million$101.3. million
Million Dollar Arm Craig Gillespie Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Pictures
Mayhem Pictures
$25 million$39.2 million
Maleficent Robert Stromberg Walt Disney Pictures
The Zanuck Company
$180–263 million$758.5 million
2015 In the Heart of the Sea Ron Howard Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
COTT Productions
Enelmar Productions A.I.E.
Spring Creek Pictures
Imagine Entertainment
Kia Jam
$100 million$93.9 million
2016 Miracles from Heaven Patricia Riggen Sony Pictures Releasing Affirm Films
Franklin Entertainment
Columbia Pictures
TriStar Pictures
$13 million$73.9 million
The Huntsman: Winter's War Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures $115 million$165 million
Alice Through the Looking Glass James Bobin Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Pictures
Team Todd
Tim Burton Productions
$170 million$299.5 million
as Roth/Kirschenbaum Films
2017 XXX: Return of Xander Cage D.J. Caruso Paramount Pictures Revolution Studios
One Race Films
$85 million$346.1 million
2019 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Joachim Rønning Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Pictures $185 million$491.7 million

2020s

YearTitleDirectorDistributorCo-production companiesBudgetGross
2020 Dolittle Stephen Gaghan Universal Pictures Perfect World Pictures
Team Downey
$175 million$222.3 million
2021 The United States vs. Billie Holiday Lee Daniels Hulu Lee Daniels Entertainment
New Slate Ventures
Sierra/Affinity
F9 Justin Lin Universal Pictures One Race Films
Perfect Storm Entertainment
Original Film
China Film Co.
$200 million$723 million
2022 Hustle Jeremiah Zagar Netflix Happy Madison Productions
SpringHill Company
N/AN/A
The Gray Man Anthony and Joe Russo AGBON/AN/A
The School for Good and Evil Paul Feig Feigco EntertainmentN/AN/A
2023 Fast X Louis Leterrier Universal Pictures One Race Films
Perfect Storm Entertainment
Original Film
N/AN/A
Anyone but You Will Gluck Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures
SK Global
Fifty-Fifty Films
Olive Bridge Entertainment
N/AN/A
2024 Damsel Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Netflix PCMAN/AN/A

Upcoming

YearTitleDirectorDistributorCo-production companies
2024 A Family Affair Richard LaGravenese Netflix N/A
2025Fast XI Louis Leterrier Universal Pictures One Race Films, Perfect Storm Productions, Original Film
TBAMovie Night Jason Bateman Netflix Aggregate Films
Invasion!TBAN/A
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Reyes Universal Pictures FlynnPictureCo., One Race Films, Chris Morgan Productions, Seven Bucks Productions, Original Film
Grand Death Lotto Amazon MGM Studios Feigco Entertainment

Television

YearTitleCreatorNetworkCo-production companiesSeasonsEpisodes
2020 The Plot Against America David Simon
Ed Burns
HBO Annapurna Television
Blown Deadline Productions
16
2021 Panic Lauren Oliver Amazon Prime Video Glasstown Entertainment
Adam Schroeder Entertainment
Picrow
Amazon Studios
110

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