Digital Domain

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Digital Domain
Company type Private
Industry Motion picture
Founded1993;31 years ago (1993)
Founders James Cameron
Scott Ross
Stan Winston
Headquarters
Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Key people
 Daniel Seah (CEO)
Services
OwnerDigital Domain Holdings Limited
Website digitaldomain.com

Digital Domain (also known as Digital Domain Media Group or DDMG) is a global visual effects and digital production company headquartered in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California.

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Digital Domain produced effects for more than 500 films, including Dante's Peak, Titanic, Apollo 13, What Dreams May Come, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, Star Trek: Nemesis and The Day After Tomorrow. Other films include Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2012, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, TRON: Legacy, Thor, X-Men: First Class, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Real Steel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Oblivion, Iron Man 3, Her, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Into the Storm, Maleficent, Furious 7, Pixels, Deadpool, The Huntsman: Winter's War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, Beauty and the Beast, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Aquaman,and mlost recently Captain Marvel, Shazam, Avengers: Endgame, Terminator: Dark Fate, Black Widow , Free Guy , Spider-Man: No Way Home , Morbius , Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Blue Beetle, and Madame Web . [1]

The company is known for creating digital imagery for feature films, episodics, advertising and games, and virtual and immersive experiences from its nine locations across North America and Asia in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Hyderabad, Luxembourg, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. [2]

History

The company was founded by film director James Cameron, Stan Winston and Scott Ross in 1993. They began producing visual effects in 1993 with its first three films, True Lies , Interview with the Vampire , and Color of Night , being released in 1994.

From the film Stealth: the fictional F/A-37 Talon on USS Abraham Lincoln. ASW Fake FA37 2.jpg
From the film Stealth : the fictional F/A-37 Talon on USS Abraham Lincoln.

Early 2000s

In October 2002, Digital Domain launched a wholly owned subsidiary, D2 Software, Inc., to market and distribute its Academy Award-winning compositing software, Nuke. [3]

In 2002–2003, Digital Domain co-produced its first feature film, Secondhand Lions , written and directed by Tim McCanlies and starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, and Kyra Sedgwick. [4] [5]

The founders were known for feuding, principally due to internal conflicts over the film Titanic .[ citation needed ] Founder Scott Ross announced plans to raise $100 million in financing to become more active as a production company. [6] This plan never materialized, forcing management to seek a buyer of the company.

2006–present

In May 2006, Digital Domain was purchased by an affiliate of Wyndcrest Holdings, LLC, a private holding company. Wyndcrest's principals then included founder John Textor, director Michael Bay, former Microsoft executive Carl Stork and former NFL player and sports television commentator Dan Marino. [7] The buyers purchased the company for an estimated $35 million. Textor and Bay would become co-chairman of Digital Domain and Stork was named CEO.

In 2007, Wyndcrest also acquired The Foundry which was tasked with taking over the development of Nuke. The Foundry was subject to a management buy-out in 2009. [8]

In 2011, Digital Domain Media Group entered into the film production business with a major investment into the feature film Ender's Game , which was a co-production with OddLot Entertainment and Summit Entertainment. The film was released November 1, 2013. [9]

In November 2011, DDMG took the company public through an initial public offering (IPO), and the company was listed on the NYSE under the symbol DDMG, achieving a market valuation of more than $400 million. [10]

In 2012, subsidiary Digital Domain created a virtual likeness of the late rap star Tupac Shakur for Dr. Dre's and Snoop Dogg's show at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The performance earned Textor's studio the Titanium Award at the 59th annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. [11] [12] Digital Domain also announced that the company would create virtual Elvis Presley in partnership with CORE Media Group. [13]

In 2015, the UFC hired Digital Domain to create a commercial series for their UFC 189 event. [14]

In 2016, the Pokémon Company hired Digital Domain to create the visual effects for their "Train On" Super Bowl ad, released to celebrate the Pokémon series' 20th anniversary. [15]

In 2017, Voltron Chronicles, a VR game Digital Domain co-developed with Universal based on Netflix's Voltron Legendary Defender, went live. Fans can play this game on PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for $15. [16]

In 2018, Digital Domain celebrated its 25th anniversary while announcing the opening of its second Canadian studio in Montreal, Quebec. [17]

In 2019, Digital Domain Head of Software and virtual avatar DigiDoug presented a talk during TED2019 as the first digital human to give a TED Talk in real-time. [18]

In 2020, Digital Domain introduced Masquerade 2.0, the next iteration of its in-house facial capture system, rebuilt from the ground up to bring feature film-quality characters to next-gen games, episodics and commercials. [19] Masquerade 2.0 uses the same tech that was utilized to create Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. The development allows the technology to be applied to smaller projects, bringing the full depth and emotion of an actor’s performance to any screen. [20]

In 2021, Digital Domain utilized its new proprietary face-swapping tool, Charlatan, to create a realistic hologram/digital human combination of Vince Lombardi for Super Bowl LV. [21]

In 2022, Digital Domain announced “Zoey,” the world’s most advanced autonomous virtual human. [22] Powered by machine learning and created using an advanced version of the technology and process that helped bring Thanos to the big screen, the photorealistic Zoey can engage in conversations with multiple participants at once, remember people, access the internet to answer questions and more, paving the way for the next step in the evolution of AI.

Digital Humans Group

The company has a sub-division called New Media Group, which is currently led by Hanno Basse, the Chief Technology Officer. This sub-division provides machine learning-based scanning and digitization services to create immersive experiences for any screen.The process involves two programs called Masquerade and Direct Drive, which use high-resolution scans and motion capture technology. The data generated by these programs can be mapped and animated to create compelling visual experiences. [23]

Financial difficulties

In 2009, Digital Domain parent company DDMG launched Tradition Studios in Florida to develop and produce original, family-oriented CG animated features. The studio moved on January 3, 2012, to a new 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m2) facility in Port St. Lucie, built with the city's incentives. [24] The studio attracted a number of creators, including Aaron Blaise, the director of Brother Bear , and Brad Lewis, co-director of Cars 2 , who together were developing an animated feature film The Legend of Tembo for a planned 2014 release. [25] [26] [27] [28]

In November 2011, DDMG completed a successful IPO capital raise for $40 million. Textor's Florida expansion plans did not overcome the continuing negative cash flow of Digital Domain's primary visual effects business. In the summer of 2011, Lydian Private Bank failed. [29] As DDMG's principal lender and major shareholder, this had a major impact during the peak of DDMG's capital consumption. Lydian's sizable stake was sold to a hedge fund affiliated with Florida Power & Light which was then traded to hedge fund and lender Tenor Capital. Tenor Capital engaged in heavy short-selling of DDMG's publicly listed stock as a strategy to pull cash proceeds from the daily trading of DDMG stock. [ citation needed ]

Once considered critical funding for the future of DDMG, the IPO became the vehicle by which hedge funds could prevent the company from accessing capital while profiting from the decline in DDMG's stock price. [30] Tenor became a stakeholder in DDMG in early May 2012, with DDMG stock price trading at an all-time high, [31] but DDMG would soon be unable to access the cash needed to fund its Venice operations and its Florida studio growth. [32] Documents and emails demonstrate that Digital Domain senior management believed they had options to put cash into the company. However, Tenor Capital had significant weight as a chief lender and, according to Palm Beach Capital and the Tenor strategy, may have been shorting DDMG stock to profit from its failure. [33]

When a deal to fund the company failed on July 31, Tenor Capital cited a violation of a minimum cash covenant and demanded $51 million on August 20 as repayment for its $35 million loan made four months earlier. [30] The lenders appointed Mike Katzenstein as interim chief operating officer of the company who acted without conferring with DDMG senior management, [30] deciding to close the Florida studio, causing Chairman John Textor to submit a letter of resignation "in profound disagreement" with this decision. [34]

On September 7, 2012, it was announced that all of DDMG's Port St. Lucie's operations—including Tradition Studios—were to be shut down, laying off nearly 300 newly trained and recruited employees. [35]

Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring, and Lawsuits

On September 11, 2012, Digital Domain Media Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the company's hedge fund lenders alleged the company defaulted on a minimum cash covenant relating to a $35 million loan. DDMG's lenders proposed a deal to sell its operating businesses–Digital Domain and Mothership—to a private investment firm, Searchlight Capital Partners, for $15 million. At the public auction on September 21, 2012, Digital Domain's visual effects business and its principal animation feature film properties were instead acquired by a joint venture led by a leading DDMG shareholder Beijing Galloping Horse America, LLC in partnership with Reliance MediaWorks (USA) The sale was approved on September 24, 2012. [36]

In July 2013, approximately nine months after Digital Domain filed for bankruptcy, the majority ownership was acquired by Hong Kong listed public company Sun Innovation. This acquisition placed an approximate $3.5 billion valuation on Digital Domain, with Reliance MediaWorks continuing to own the minority stake. Daniel Seah was appointed CEO. [37] Seah spearheaded the bankruptcy acquisition and protection of Digital Domain by DDMG shareholder Beijing Galloping Horse America, LLC.

The bankruptcy and financial restructuring of Digital Domain triggered a number of lawsuits naming John Textor, former Apple CEO John Sculley and the entire Board of Directors, the auditors and others involved in the business and in the IPO offering. [38] [39] [40] [41]

In February 2015, the Supreme Court of New York and the Inspector General of the State of Florida cleared Textor of any financial wrongdoing, [42] [43] and The Athletic reported that he had received a settlement from the hedge fund that caused the collapse. [44] [45]

Palm Beach Capital, the largest investor in DDMG, identified hedge funds, Tenor Capital et al., as the primary cause of the company's difficulties. Palm Beach Capital cited unlawful finance penalties and possible illegal short selling strategies designed to damage the company's public stock price. [46] [47] Ultimately, the hedge fund lenders agreed to settle outstanding claims by the DDMG parties through a May 2016 settlement agreement awarding $8.5 million to former CEO John Textor and $3 million each to the city of Port Saint Lucie and the state of Florida. [48] The settlement also assigned all technology assets of Digital Domain's Florida studio.

Filmography

Films - 1990s

YearFilmsDirector(s)Studio(s) and distributor(s)BudgetGross
1994 Color of Night Richard Rush
  • Hollywood Pictures
$40 million$46.7 million
True Lies James Cameron
  • 20th Century Fox
  • Lightstorm Entertainment
$100–120 million$378.9 million
Interview with the Vampire Neil Jordan
  • Warner Bros. Pictures
$60 million$223.7 million
1995 Apollo 13 Ron Howard Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment		$52 million$355.2 million
Strange Days Kathryn Bigelow
  • Lightstorm Entertainment
  • 20th Century Fox
$42 million$17 million
1996 Sgt. Bilko Jonathan Lynn Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment		$39 million$7 million
Chain Reaction Andrew Davis 20th Century Fox$50 million$60.2 million
The Island of Dr. Moreau John Frankenheimer New Line Cinema$40 million$49.6 million
1997 Dante's Peak Roger Donaldson Universal Pictures$116 million$178.1 million
The Fifth Element Luc Besson Gaumont $90 million$263.9 million
Red Corner Jon Avnet Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $48 million$22 million
Titanic James Cameron20th Century Fox
Paramount Pictures
Lightstorm Entertainment		$200 million$2.264 billion
Kundun Martin Scorsese Touchstone Pictures $28 million$5.7 million
1998 Armageddon Michael Bay Touchstone Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films 		$140 million$553.7 million
What Dreams May Come Vincent Ward Polygram Filmed Entertainment $85‒90 million$75.4 million
1999 EDtv Ron Howard Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment		$80 million$35.2 million
Lake Placid Steve Miner 20th Century Fox $27–35 million$56.9 million
Fight Club David Fincher $63–65 million$101.2 million

Films - 2000s

YearFilmsDirector(s)Studio(s) and distributor(s)BudgetGross
2000 Supernova Walter Hill
Uncredited:
Jack Sholder
Francis Ford Coppola 		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $60–90 million$14.8 million
Rules of Engagement William Friedkin Paramount Pictures $60 million$71.7 million
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel and Ethan Coen Touchstone Pictures
Universal Pictures
StudioCanal 		$26 million$71.9 million
X-Men Bryan Singer 20th Century Fox $75 million$296.3 million
Red Planet Antony Hoffman Warner Bros. Pictures $80 million$33.5 million
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Ron Howard Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment		$123 million$345.8 million
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson New Line Cinema $93 million$898.2 million
Vanilla Sky Cameron Crowe Paramount Pictures
Summit Entertainment 		$68 million$203.4 million
A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard Universal Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures
Imagine Entertainment		$58 million$316.8 million
2002 We Were Soldiers Randall Wallace Paramount Pictures $75 million$115.4 million
The Time Machine Simon Wells DreamWorks Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures 		$80 million$123.7 million
xXx Rob Cohen Revolution Studios $88.3 million$277.4 million
Adaptation Spike Jonze Columbia Pictures $19 million$32.8 million
Star Trek: Nemesis Stuart Baird Paramount Pictures$60 million$67.3 million
2003 Daredevil Mark Steven Johnson 20th Century Fox$78 million$179.2 million
Willard Glen Morgan New Line CinemaTBA$8.5 million
The Italian Job F. Gary Gray Paramount Pictures $60 million$176.1 million
Secondhand Lions Tim McCanlies New Line Cinema$30 million$48.3 million
Looney Tunes: Back in Action Joe Dante Warner Bros. Pictures $80 million$68.5 million
The Missing Ron Howard Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios
Imagine Entertainment		$60 million$38.4 million
Peter Pan P.J. Hogan Universal Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios		$130 million$122 million
2004 The Day After Tomorrow Roland Emmerich 20th Century Fox
Lionsgate 		$125 million$552.6 million
I, Robot Alex Proyas 20th Century Fox$120 million$353.1 million
Flight of the Phoenix John Moore $45-75 million$34.5 million
2005 Cinderella Man Ron Howard Touchstone Pictures
Universal Pictures
Miramax
Imagine Entertainment		$88 million$108.5 million
Dark Water Walter Salles Touchstone PicturesTBA$44.4–49.5 million
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton Warner Bros. Pictures $150 million$475.8 million
Stealth Rob Cohen Columbia Pictures$135 million$79.3 million
Æon Flux Karyn Kusama Paramount Pictures
Lakeshore Entertainment 		$55-62 million$52.3 million
2006 My Super Ex-Girlfriend Ivan Reitman 20th Century Fox $30 million$61.1 million
Zoom Peter Hewitt Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios 		$75.6 million$12.5 million
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Johnathan Liebesman New Line Cinema $16 million$51.8 million
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood DreamWorks Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Amblin Entertainment		$90 million$65.9 million
Letters from Iwo Jima $19 million$68.7 million
The Nativity Story Catherine Hardwicke New Line Cinema$35 million$46.4 million
2007 The Hitcher Dave Meyers Rogue Pictures $10 million$25.4 million
Zodiac David Fincher Warner Bros. Pictures
Paramount Pictures		$65–85 million$84.7 million
Meet the Robinsons Stephen Anderson Walt Disney Pictures $150 million$169.3 million
Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End Gore Verbinski Walt Disney Pictures
Jerry Bruckheimer Films 		$300 million$963.4 million
We Own the Night James Gray Columbia Pictures $21–28 million$55.3 million
Transformers Michael Bay DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures		$150–200 million$709.7 million
The Seeker David L. Cunningham 20th Century Fox$45 million$31.8 million
The Golden Compass Chris Weitz New Line Cinema$180 million$372.2 million
2008 Jumper Doug Liman 20th Century Fox$85 million$225.1 million
Speed Racer The Wachowskis Warner Bros. Pictures $120 million$93.9 million
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Rob Cohen Universal Pictures $145 million$403.4 million
Gran Torino Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. Pictures$25–33 million$270 million
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher Warner Bros. Pictures
Paramount Pictures		$150–167 million$335.8 million
2009 Star Trek J.J. Abrams Paramount Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment 		$150 million$385.7 million
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Shawn Levy 20th Century Fox $150 million$413.1 million
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Michael Bay Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures		$200–210 million$836.5 million
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Stephen Sommers Paramount Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment		$175 million$302.5 million
2012 Roland Emmerich Columbia Pictures$200 million$791.2 million

Films - 2010s

YearFilmsDirector(s)Studio(s) and distributor(s)BudgetGross
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Chris Columbus 20th Century Fox $95 million$226.4 million
The A-Team Joe Carnahan $100–110 million$177.2 million
Tron: Legacy Joseph Kosinski Walt Disney Pictures $170 million$400.1 million
2011 Thor Kenneth Branagh Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures 		$150 million$449.3 million
X-Men: First Class Matthew Vaughn 20th Century Fox$140–160 million$353.6 million
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Michael Bay Paramount Pictures$195 million$1.124 billion
The Help Tate Taylor DreamWorks Pictures $25 million$216.6 million
Fright Night Craig Gillespie $30 million$41 million
Real Steel Shawn Levy $110 million$299.3 million
Killer Elite Gary McKendry Open Road Films $70 million$56.4 million
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo David Fincher Columbia Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 		$90 million$239.3 million
2012 Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Brad Peyton New Line Cinema $80 million$335 million
The Avengers Joss Whedon Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures		$220–225 million$1.519 billion
The Paperboy Lee Daniels Millennium Media $12.5 million$3.78 million
The Amazing Spider-Man Marc Webb Columbia Pictures $200–230 million$758 million
Rock of Ages Adam Shankman New Line Cinema $75 million$59.4 million
The Watch Akiva Schaffer 20th Century Fox$68 million$68.3 million
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Bryan Singer New Line Cinema
Legendary Pictures 		$185–200 million$197 million
G.I. Joe: Retaliation Jon M. Chu Paramount Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Skydance Media 		$130-155 million$375.7 million
Oblivion Joseph Kosinski Universal Pictures $120 million$287.9 million
Iron Man 3 Shane Black Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures		$200 million$1.215 billion
Her Spike Jonze Warner Bros. Pictures
Annapurna Pictures 		$23 million$48.3 million
Ender's Game Gavin Hood Summit Entertainment $110–115 million$125.5 million
47 Ronin Carl Rinsch Universal Pictures$175–225 million$151.8 million
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Bryan Singer 20th Century Fox $200–205 million$746 million
Lost River Ryan Gosling Warner Bros. Pictures TBA$615,500
Maleficent Robert Stromberg Walt Disney Pictures $180–263 million$758.5 million
Into the Storm Steven Quale New Line Cinema$50 million$161.7 million
Gone Girl David Fincher 20th Century Fox$61 million$369.3 million
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Shawn Levy $127 million$363.2 million
2015 Blackhat Michael Mann Universal Pictures
Legendary Pictures 		$70 million$19.7 million
Furious 7 James Wan Universal Pictures $190 million$1.515 billion
Pixels Chris Columbus Columbia Pictures $88–129 million$244.9 million
Eye in the Sky Gavin Hood Entertainment One $13 million$35.4 million
2016 Deadpool Tim Miller 20th Century Fox $58 million$782.8 million
Everybody Wants Some!! Richard Linklater Paramount Pictures
Annapurna Pictures 		$10 million$5.4 million
The Huntsmen: Winter's War Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Universal Pictures $115 million$165 million
The Jungle Book Jon Favreau Walt Disney Pictures $175–177 million$966.6 million
X-Men: Apocalypse Bryan Singer 20th Century Fox$178 million$543.9 million
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Akiva Schaffer
Jorma Taccone 		Universal Pictures$20 million$9.7 million
Independence Day: Resurgence Roland Emmerich 20th Century Fox$165 million$389.7 million
Free State of Jones Gary Ross STX Entertainment $50 million$25 million
Suicide Squad David Ayer Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Films 		$175 million$749.2 million
All I See Is You Marc Forster Open Road Films $30 million$678,150
Passengers Morten Tyldum Columbia Pictures $110–150 million$303.1 million
2017 Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon Walt Disney Pictures $160–255 million$1.266 billion
Power Rangers Dean Israelite Lionsgate $100‒105 million$142.5 million
The Fate of the Furious F. Gary Gray Universal Pictures $250–270 million$1.236 billion
The Mummy Alex Kurtzman $125–195 million$410 million
Spider-Man: Homecoming Jon Watts Columbia Pictures
Marvel Studios 		$175 million$880.2 million
Thor: Rangarok Taika Waititi Marvel Studios$180 million$865 million
2018 Black Panther Ryan Coogler $200 million$1.349 billion
A Wrinkle in Time Ava DuVernay Walt Disney Pictures$100–130 million$133.2 million
Ready Player One Steven Spielberg Warner Bros. Pictures $155–175 million$607.9 million
Avengers: infinity War Anthony and Joe Russo Marvel Studios$325–400 million$2.052 billion
Ant-Man and the Wasp Peyton Reed $130–195 million$622.7 million
Hidden Man Jiang Wen Gravity PicturesTBA$85 million
Shadow Zhang Yimou Tencent Pictures
Well Go USA Entertainment 		TBA$91.7 million
Aquaman James Wan Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Films		$160–200 million$1.152 billion
Hello Mr. Billionaire Fei Yan
Damo Peng		 Alibaba Pictures TBA$367 million
Taxiwaala Rahul Sankrityan GA2 Pictures ₹42 crore
2.0 S. Shankar Lyca Productions
AA Films 		₹400–600 crore₹699.89 crore
2019 NTR: Kathanayakudu Krish Jagarlamudi Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram ₹50 crore₹32 crore
Captain Marvel Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Marvel Studios$152–175 million$1.131 billion
The Curse of La Llorona Michael Chaves New Line Cinema $9 million$123.1 million
Shazam! David F. Sandberg New Line Cinema
DC Films		$90–100 million$367.8 million
Avengers: Endgame Anthony and Joe RussoMarvel Studios$356–400 million$2.799 billion
Terminator: Dark Fate Tim Miller Paramount Pictures
20th Century Fox
Skydance Media
Tencent Pictures
Lightstorm Entertainment		$185–196 million$261.1 million
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Surender Reddy Excel Entertainment
AA Films 		₹200–300 crore$34.2 million

Films - 2020s

YearFilmsDirector(s)Studio(s) and distributor(s)BudgetGross
2020 The Rescue Dante Lam Tencent Pictures
Bona Film Group 		$90 million$74.9 million
Sonic the Hedgehog Jeff Fowler Paramount Pictures $85–90 million$319.7 million
Stargirl Julia Hart Walt Disney Pictures TBAN/A
Children of the Corn Kurt Wimmer RLJE Films TBA$575,179
2021 Chaos Walking Doug Liman Lionsgate $100–125 million$27.1 million
Black Widow Cate Shortland Marvel Studios $288.5 million$379.8 million
After Yang Kogonada A24
Showtime 		$9–20 million$729,254
Free Guy Shawn Levy 20th Century Studios $100–125 million$331.5 million
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Destin Daniel Cretton Marvel Studios $150–200 million$432.2 million
Dune Denis Villeneuve Warner Bros. Pictures
Legendary Pictures 		$165 million$434.8 million
West Side Story Steven Spielberg 20th Century Studios
Amblin Entertainment 		$100 million$76 million
Spider-Man: No Way Home Jon Watts Columbia Pictures
Marvel Studios		$200 million$1.922 billion
2022 The Adam Project Shawn Levy Netflix
Skydance Media 		$116 millionTBA
Morbius Daniel Espinosa Columbia Pictures $75–83 million$167.5 million
RRR S. S. Rajamouli DVV Entertainments
Pen Studios 		₹400 crore₹1,387.26 crore
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures $200 million$407.2 million
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness Sam Raimi Marvel Studios$294.5 million$955.8 million
Thirteen Lives Ron Howard Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Amazon Studios
Imagine Entertainment 		$55 millionN/A
Black Adam Jaume Collet-Serra New Line Cinema
DC Films 		$190–260 million$393.5 million
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ryan Coogler Marvel Studios$200–250 million$859.2 million
Ordinary Hero Tony Chan Alibaba Pictures TBAN/A
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Peyton Reed Marvel Studios$275 million$476.1 million
The Mother Niki Caro Netflix TBAN/A
Extraction 2 Sam Hargrave
Hidden Strike Scott Waugh $80 million$917,381
Agent Surendra Reddy B4U Films₹85 crores₹8.5 crore
Ponniyin Selvan: II Mani Ratnam Madras Talkies
Lyca Productions
Red Giant Movies 		$63 million₹350 crore
Blue Beetle Angel Manuel Soto Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Studios 		$104–125 million$130.8 million
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Francis Lawrence Lionsgate $100 million$388.1 million
2024 Madame Web S. J. Clarkson Columbia Pictures $80–100 million$91 million
Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve Warner Bros. Pictures
Legendary Pictures 		$190 million
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Adam Wingard Warner Bros. Pictures
Legendary Pictures 		$135 million

Films - Upcoming

YearFilmsDirector(s)Studio(s) and distributor(s)BudgetGross
2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Wes Ball 20th Century Studios TBATBA
Devara: Part 1 Koratala Siva N. T. R. Arts ₹300 croreTBA
2025 Blade Yann Demange Marvel Studios TBATBA

Television series

YearTitleNetworkRef.
2013–2020 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ABC
2015–2016 Black Sails (seasons 2–3)Starz
2016–2020 The Good Place NBC
2017 The Mist Spike
Outlander Starz
2018–2019 A Series of Unfortunate Events (seasons 2–3)Netflix
2019–2020 The Twilight Zone CBS All Access
2019–2021 Lost In Space (seasons 2–3)Netflix
2020–present Perry Mason HBO
2021 WandaVision Disney+
2022 Ms. Marvel
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
2023 Citadel Amazon Prime Video

Awards

Film

YearAwardTitleResultRef.
1994Academy Award for Best Visual Effects True Lies Nominated
1995Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Apollo 13 Nominated
1997Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Titanic Won
1998Academy Award for Best Visual Effects What Dreams May Come Won
2004Academy Award for Best Visual Effects I, Robot Nominated
2008Academy Award for Best Visual Effects The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Won [49]
2011Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Real Steel Nominated
2011Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Transformers: Dark of the Moon Nominated

Digital Domain has also earned multiple British Academy (BAFTA) Awards for excellence in digital imagery and animation. [50]

Design

YearAwardRecipientsTitleRef.
1998Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Scientific and Technical Achievement AwardDr. Douglas R. RobleTrack (tracking software) [51]
2001AMPAS Scientific and Technical Achievement AwardBill Spitzak, Paul Van Camp, Jonathan Egstad and Price PethelNuke (compositing software) [52]
2004AMPAS Scientific and Technical Achievement AwardAlan KaplerStorm (volumetric renderer) [53]
2007AMPAS Scientific and Technical Achievement AwardDr. Douglas R. Roble, Nafees Bin Zafar and Ryo SakaguchiStorm (fluid simulation system) [54]

Awards

Digital Domain artists and technologists have been recognized with ten Academy Awards: three for Best Visual Effects ( Titanic, What Dreams May Come , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ); and seven for Scientific and Technical Achievement for its proprietary technology such as Track (tracking software), for Nuke (compositing software), for Storm (volumetric renderer), and for its fluid simulation system. [55]

The company's work has been nominated for eleven Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects ( Apollo 13 , True Lies , I, Robot , Real Steel , Transformers: Dark of the Moon , Iron Man 3 , X-Men: Days of Future Past , Avengers: Infinity War , Ready Player One , Spider-Man: No Way Home , and Free Guy). In addition, its excellence in digital imagery and animation has earned Digital Domain multiple British Academy (BAFTA) Awards. [55]

Digital Domain's advertising division provides digital imagery and animation for television commercials, working with top commercial directors. To date, it has been awarded 21 Clio Awards, 25 AICP Awards, 15 Cannes Lion Awards and numerous other advertising honors. [50] The advertising devision has also produced multiple music videos working with artists (including The Rolling Stones, Faith Hill, Creed, Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Björk, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson and Nine Inch Nails) which have earned Grammy and MTV "Music Video of the Year" Awards. [56]

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