Sommers Company

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The Sommers Company
Industry Movie studio
Founded2004;19 years ago (2004)
Founder Stephen Sommers
Bob Ducsay
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Stephen Sommers
Bob Ducsay
Matthew Stuecken

The Sommers Company is a film production company founded by Stephen Sommers and Bob Ducsay in 2004. [1]

Filmography

Release DateTitleNotesBudgetBox office
May 7, 2004 Van Helsing co-production with Stillking Films [2] $160–170 million [3] [4] $300.2 million [3]
August 1, 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor co-production with Relativity Media and Alphaville Films$145 million [5] $403.4 million [5]
August 19, 2008 The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
January 10, 2012 The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption co-production with Universal 1440 Entertainment
February 28, 2014 Odd Thomas co-production with Fusion Films$27 million$1.3 million [6]

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References

  1. "Stephen Sommers". Variety .
  2. "Van Helsing". www.filmcommission.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Van Helsing". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  4. "Van Helsing (2004)". The Numbers. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)". Box Office Mojo . August 1, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  6. "Odd Thomas (2014) - Financial Information". The Numbers . Retrieved 31 January 2021.