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Legendary Pictures

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Legendary Pictures, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2000
FounderThomas Tull
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
United States
Key people
Owner
Divisions
  • Digital
Subsidiaries
  • Legendary Comics, LLC
  • Legendary East Ltd. (40%)
  • Legendary Pictures, LLC
  • Nerdist Industries, LLC
Websitewww.legendary.com

Legendary Pictures, Inc. (also called Legendary Entertainment) is an American movie production company. The parent company is based in Burbank, California and was founded by Thomas Tull[1] in 2000. In 2005 the company made a 40-picture agreement to co-produce and co-finance with Warner Bros.

By 2011 the company was reported to have been valued at more than $1 billion.[2] In September 2011, Chief Creative Officer Jon Jashni was appointed to the new position of President.[3]

Legendary Comics

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In 2010, the company announced the launch of a comic book division called Legendary Comics, LLC. It is under the direction of editor-in-chief Bob Schreck.[4] The first graphic novel published by the company was Holy Terror by Frank Miller, which was released in 2011.[5]

Legendary Television

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In 2011, the company announced the creation of Legendary Television, LLC. The division was headed by Jeremy Elice and a co-financing contract with Warner Bros. Television was signed.[6] In 2012, Legendary decided to delay its expansion into television and shut down the division. The contract with Warner Bros. was ended and Elice left the company.[7]

Filmography

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Legendary Entertainment has co-produced 24 feature movies. The box office column shows the worldwide gross for the theatrical release of the movie in United States dollars.

Released

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Year Title Director Co-production company(s) Distributor(s) Box office Ref.
2005 Batman Begins Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $372,710,015 [8]
2006 Superman Returns Bryan Singer Bad Hat Harry Productions / Peters Entertainment Warner Bros. $391,081,192 [9]
2006 Lady in the Water M. Night Shyamalan Blinding Edge Pictures Warner Bros. $72,785,169 [10]
2006 The Ant Bully John A. Davis Playtone / DNA Productions Warner Bros. $55,181,129 [11]
2006 Beerfest Jay Chandrasekhar Gerber Pictures / Cataland Films / Broken Lizard Warner Bros. $20,387,597 [12]
2006 We Are Marshall McG Thunder Road Films / Wonderland Sound and Vision Warner Bros. $43,545,364 [13]
2007 300 Zack Snyder Virtual Studios Warner Bros. $456,068,181 [14]
2008 10,000 BC Roland Emmerich Centropolis Warner Bros. $269,784,201 [15]
2008 The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $1,001,921,825 [16]
2009 Watchmen Zack Snyder Lawrence Gordon Productions Warner Bros. / Paramount $185,258,983 [17]
2009 Observe and Report Jody Hill DeLine Pictures Warner Bros. $26,973,554 [18]
2009 The Hangover Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $467,483,912 [19]
2009 Trick 'r Treat Michael Dougherty Bad Hat Harry Productions Warner Premiere — [20]
2009 Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze Playtone / Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. $100,086,793 [21]
2009 Ninja Assassin James McTeigue Dark Castle Entertainment / Anarchos Productions Warner Bros. $61,601,280 [22]
2010 Clash of the Titans Louis Leterrier Thunder Road Films / The Zanuck Company Warner Bros. $493,214,993 [23]
2010 Jonah Hex Jimmy Hayward Mad Chance / Weed Road Pictures Warner Bros. $10,903,112 [24]
2010 Inception Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $825,532,764 [25]
2010 The Town Ben Affleck GK Films / Thunder Road Films Warner Bros. $154,026,136 [26]
2010 Due Date Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $211,780,824 [27]
2011 Sucker Punch Zack Snyder Cruel and Unusual Films Warner Bros. $89,792,502 [28]
2011 The Hangover Part II Todd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $581,464,305 [29]
2012 Wrath of the Titans Jonathan Liebesman Thunder Road Films Warner Bros. $301,970,083 [30]
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $1,011,011,261 [31]
2013 Jack the Giant Slayer Bryan Singer New Line Cinema / Original Film / Big Kid Pictures / Bad Hat Harry $197,687,603
2013 42 Brian Helgeland N/A $97,470,701
2013 The Hangover Part III Todd Phillips Green Hat Films / BenderSpink $362,000,072
2013 Man of Steel Zack Snyder DC Entertainment / Syncopy / Peters Entertainment $668,045,518
2013 Pacific Rim Guillermo del Toro DDY $411,002,906
2014 300: Rise of an Empire Noam Murro Cruel and Unusual Films / Atmosphere Pictures / Hollywood Gang $337,580,051
2014 Godzilla Gareth Edwards N/A Warner Bros. Pictures (Worldwide) / Toho-Towa (Japan) $529,076,069
2014 As Above, So Below John Erick Dowdle Brothers Dowdle Productions Universal Pictures $41,898,409
2014 Dracula Untold Gary Shore Michael De Luca Productions $217,124,280
2014 Interstellar Christopher Nolan Syncopy / Lynda Obst Productions Paramount Pictures (North America) / Warner Bros. Pictures (International) $675,120,017
2014 Seventh Son Sergei Bodrov Thunder Road Pictures / Wigram Productions Universal Pictures $114,178,613
2014 Unbroken Angelina Jolie Jolie Pas / 3 Arts Entertainment $163,278,357
2015 Blackhat Michael Mann Forward Pass $19,589,056
2015 The Hive David Yarovesky Midnight Road Entertainment / Witness Protection Films Nerdist —
2015 Dead Rising: Watchtower Zach Lipovsky Contradiction Films / Di Bonaventura Digital Crackle / Content Media —
2015 Jurassic World Colin Trevorrow Amblin Entertainment / The Kennedy/Marshall Company Universal Pictures $1,670,400,637
2015 Straight Outta Compton F. Gary Gray New Line Cinema / Cube Vision / Crucial Films / Broken Chair Flickz $201,634,991
2015 Steve Jobs Danny Boyle Scott Rudin Productions / Mark Gordon Company / Entertainment 360 / Decibel Films / Cloud Eight Films $34,441,873
2015 Crimson Peak Guillermo del Toro DDY $74,679,822
2015 Krampus Michael Dougherty Zam Pictures $61,548,707
2016 Fastball Jonathan Hock Major League Baseball Gravitas Ventures —
Warcraft Duncan Jones Atlas Entertainment / Blizzard Entertainment / Tencent Pictures / H. Brothers / Taihe Entertainment Universal Pictures $439,048,914
Dead Rising: Endgame Pat Williams DR2 / Contradiction Films Crackle —
The Thinning Michael Gallagher Cinemand/kidsatplay YouTube Red —
Spectral Nic Mathieu Universal Pictures Netflix —
The Great Wall Zhang Yimou Atlas Entertainment, Kava Productions and Le Vision Pictures Universal Pictures $334,993,831
2017 Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts Tencent Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures $566,652,812
Flesh and Sand Alejandro González Iñárritu ILMxLAB / Fondazione Prada Distribution only —
2018 Pacific Rim: Uprising Steven S. DeKnight DDY Universal Pictures $290,930,148
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom J. A. Bayona Amblin Entertainment / Perfect World Pictures / The Kennedy/Marshall Company $1,308,467,944
Skyscraper Rawson Marshall Thurber Flynn Picture Company / Seven Bucks Productions $304,868,961
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Ol Parker Littlestar / Playtone / Perfect World Pictures $402,264,003
BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee Blumhouse Productions / Monkeypaw Productions / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks / QC Entertainment / Perfect World Pictures Focus Features (United States) / Universal Pictures (International) $93,400,823
The Thinning: New World Order Michael J. Gallagher Cinemand / The Mark Gordon Company / Entertainment One YouTube Originals —
2019 Little Tina Gordon Chism Will Packer Productions / Perfect World Pictures Universal Pictures $48,987,096
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Rob Letterman The Pokémon Company / Toho Warner Bros. Pictures (Worldwide) / Toho-Towa (Japan) $433,005,346
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Michael Dougherty Huahua Media / Toho $386,600,138
2020 Enola Holmes Harry Bradbeer PCMA Productions Netflix —
Console Wars Jonah Tulis / Blake J. Harris CBS Television Studios CBS All Access —
2021 Godzilla vs. Kong Adam Wingard N/A Warner Bros. Pictures (Worldwide) / Toho-Towa (Japan) $470,067,014
Dune Denis Villeneuve Villeneuve Films Warner Bros. Pictures $401,847,900
2022 Texas Chainsaw Massacre David Blue Garcia Bad Hombre / Exurbia Films Netflix —
Fresh Mimi Cave Searchlight Pictures / Hyperobject Industries Hulu (United States) / Disney+ (Worldwide) —
Enola Holmes 2 Harry Bradbeer PCMA Productions Netflix —
A Christmas Story Christmas Clay Kaytis Wild West Picture Show Productions / Toberoff Productions Warner Bros. Pictures / Max —
2023 The Machine Peter Atencio Uh Hundred Percent Productions / Levity Productions Sony Pictures Releasing $10,664,328
The Toxic Avenger Macon Blair Troma Entertainment Cineverse $3,300,738
The Book of Clarence Jeymes Samuel Kilburn Lane Sony Pictures Releasing $6,132,813
2024 Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve Villeneuve Films Warner Bros. Pictures $711,844,358
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Adam Wingard N/A Warner Bros. Pictures (Worldwide) / Toho (Japan) $571,250,016
Brothers Max Barbakow Mad Chance Productions / Brolin Productions / Estuary Films Amazon MGM Studios —
2025 Marcus James The Movie Aaron Horvath Marcus James Studios / Vertigo Entertainment / WB Animation Warner Bros Pictures Animation $826,639,927
2025 A Minecraft Movie Jared Hess Mojang Studios / Vertigo Entertainment / On the Roam Warner Bros. Pictures $949,664,547

References

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  1. ↑ Brophy-Warren, Jamin (2009-02-27). "A Producer of Superheroes". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  2. ↑ Abrams, Rachel and Marc Graser (2011-04-15). "Legendary Pictures eyes new credit line". Variety. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  3. ↑ Weinstein, Joshua L. (2011-09-20). "Jon Jashni Promoted to President of Legendary Pictures". The Wrap. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  4. ↑ Eller, Claudia (2010-11-03). "Legendary Pictures forges into comic books". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  5. ↑ Boucher, Geoff (2011-06-30). "Frank Miller brings 'Holy Terror' to 9/11 anniversary: 'I hope it shakes people up'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
  6. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2011-01-18). "Legendary Pictures Forms TV Division To Be Based At WBTV & Taps AMC's Jeremy Elice". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  7. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2012-08-22). "Legendary Pictures Closes TV Division, Ends Deal With Warner Bros. Television". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-09-08.
  8. ↑ "Batman Begins (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  9. ↑ "Superman Returns (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  10. ↑ "Lady in the Water (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  11. ↑ "The Ant Bully (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  12. ↑ "Beerfest (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  13. ↑ "We Are Marshall (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  14. ↑ "300 (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  15. ↑ "10,000 B.C. (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  16. ↑ "The Dark Knight (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  17. ↑ "Watchmen (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  18. ↑ "Observe and Report (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  19. ↑ "The Hangover (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  20. ↑ "Trick 'r Treat (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  21. ↑ "Where the Wild Things Are (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  22. ↑ "Ninja Assassin (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  23. ↑ "Clash of the Titans (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  24. ↑ "Jonah Hex (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  25. ↑ "Inception (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  26. ↑ "The Town (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  27. ↑ "Due Date (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  28. ↑ "Sucker Punch (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  29. ↑ "The Hangover Part II (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  30. ↑ "Wrath of the Titans (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  31. ↑ "The Dark Knight Rises (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
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