The Geffen Film Company

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The Geffen Company
The Geffen Film Company, Inc.
Geffen Pictures
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Film distributor and production company
Founded1982;43 years ago (1982) (Original) [1]
2024;1 year ago (2024) (Revival)
Founder David Geffen
Defunct1998;27 years ago (1998) (Original)
FateFolded into Warner Bros. (Original)
SuccessorsStudio:
DreamWorks Pictures
Library:
Warner Bros.
(through The Geffen Company)
Paramount Pictures
(through MTV Entertainment Studios and The Geffen Company)
( Beavis and Butt-Head Do America only)
Disney–ABC Domestic Television
( Tales from the Crypt syndication rights only)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States
Key people
David Geffen
Eric Eisner
Parent Warner Bros.
Divisions Geffen Records (1980–1999)
Geffen Television

The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company, The Geffen Film Company, Inc., and later Geffen Pictures) is an American film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks. The spherical Geffen Pictures logo, based on the logo of its record-label counterpart, was created by Saul Bass. Their most famous films are Risky Business (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Beetlejuice (1988) and its 2024 sequel, and Interview with the Vampire (1994).

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History

Geffen founded the company in 1982, [1] having recruited Eric Eisner as president, [2] and distributed its films through Warner Bros. [3] Geffen was operated as a division of Warner Bros. As a result, following the company's shutdown in 1998, Warner Bros. now owns the company's library, with the exception of the 1996 Mike Judge comedy Beavis and Butt-Head Do America , which is owned by Paramount Pictures through MTV Entertainment Studios and The Geffen Company. [4]

In 1990, The Geffen Film Company was renamed and reorganized as Geffen Pictures.

In 1993, Geffen and MTV Productions struck a two-picture deal. [5]

The Geffen Pictures brand continued to be used on films by David Geffen until 1998, when it was folded into Warner Bros., who later revived the brand for the 2024 release of the Beetlejuice sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice . [6]

Filmography

Feature films

1980s

Release dateTitleDirectorNotesNamesBudgetGross (worldwide)
February 5, 1982 Personal Best Robert Towne The Geffen Film Company$15 million$5.6 million
August 5, 1983 Risky Business Paul Brickman $6.2 million$63.5 million
March 15, 1985 Lost in America Albert Brooks $4 million$10.1 million
September 13, 1985 After Hours Martin Scorsese co-production with Double Play Productions$4.5 million$10.6 million
December 19, 1986 Little Shop of Horrors Frank Oz $25 million$39 million
March 30, 1988 Beetlejuice Tim Burton $15 million$74.2 million

1990s

Release DateTitleDirectorNotesNamesBudgetGross (worldwide)
February 2, 1990 Men Don't Leave Paul Brickman The Geffen Film Company$7 million$6 million
March 22, 1991 Defending Your Life Albert Brooks Geffen PicturesN/A$16.4 million
December 13, 1991 The Last Boy Scout Tony Scott co-production with Silver Pictures $43 million$114.5 million
October 1, 1993 M. Butterfly David Cronenberg N/A$1.4 million
November 11, 1994 Interview with the Vampire Neil Jordan $60 million$223.7 million
July 26, 1996 Joe's Apartment John Paysonco-production with MTV Productions $13 million$4.6 million
October 11, 1996 Michael Collins Neil Jordan $25 million$27.5 million
December 20, 1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Mike Judge co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Productions $12 million$63.1 million
April 3, 1998 The Butcher Boy Neil Jordan N/A$1.96 million

2020s

Release DateTitleDirectorNotesNamesBudgetGross (worldwide)
September 6, 2024 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Tim Burton co-production with Plan B Entertainment, Domain Entertainment and Tim Burton Productions The Geffen Company$100 million$451.1 million

Television series

YearsTitleNetworksNotesNamesSeasonsEpisodes
1989–1996 Tales from the Crypt HBO Co-production with Tales from the Crypt HoldingsUncredited793
1989–1991 Beetlejuice ABC (seasons 1–3)
Fox Kids (season 4)
Co-production with Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Tim Burton, Inc. and Nelvana The Geffen Film Company (seasons 1–2)
Geffen Pictures (seasons 3–4)
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