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| Company type | Film production company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film &television |
| Founded | 1987; 38 years ago (1987) |
| Founder | James G. Robinson Joe Roth |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica,, |
Key people | James G. Robinson (Chairman &CEO) Brian Robinson David C. Robinson |
| Divisions | Morgan Creek International Morgan Creek Music Morgan Creek Video Morgan Creek DVD |
| Website | morgancreek |
Morgan Creek is an American filmproduction company that has released box-office hits includingYoung Guns,Dead Ringers,Major League,True Romance,Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,The Crush,Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves andThe Last of the Mohicans. The studio was co-founded in 1987 by James G. Robinson andJoe Roth.[1] Robinson leads the company as chairman and CEO. His two sons, Brian Robinson and David C. Robinson, run the day-to-day operations.[citation needed] The company name comes from Roth's favorite film,The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.[2] Their most recent film isThe Exorcist: Believer, which was released on October 6, 2023.
Morgan Creek generally releases their films through larger studios while retaining the copyrights, and making autonomous decisions on home video and television rights. Their logo contains a stylized creek.
Morgan Creek's initial slate of films from 1988 to 1990 were released by20th Century Fox, except forRenegades andCoupe de Ville which were released byUniversal Pictures andMajor League which was released byParamount Pictures, and some home video releases of its early titles going toMedia Home Entertainment.[2] In 1991, beginning withRobin Hood: Prince of Thieves, they shifted their distribution of new films, as well as their previous catalog titles, toWarner Bros., where they remained until early 2005. Later that year, beginning withTwo for the Money, they released their newer films through Universal, though previous films were still handled in the United States by Warner Bros.
In 1996, Morgan Creek tried to expand into animated feature film production. Only one,The King & I was produced, and it flopped.[3]
On July 11, 1997,Gary Barber announced that he would leave Morgan Creek, and he subsequently went on to start outSpyglass Entertainment.[4] In 1998, Morgan Creek had a distribution deal withWarner Home Video to release its product through the Morgan Creek Video and the Morgan Creek DVD labels.[5]
On October 8, 1998, Morgan Creek andFranchise Pictures entered into an agreement where Morgan Creek would distribute Franchise's upcoming pictures domestically.[6] On July 2, 2001, Morgan Creek Productions sued Franchise Pictures for allegedly breaching an agreement giving the company the right of first refusal on some films.[7]
In October 2014, Morgan Creek sold the international distribution rights and copyrights to their films toRevolution Studios for $36.75 million.[8] In September 2015, Morgan Creek began negotiating the sale of rights for the remaining territories, though they intend to retain remake and television rights to theAce Ventura,Major League,Young Guns, andExorcist franchises.[9]
| Release date | Title | Director | Budget | Gross (worldwide) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 12, 1988 | Young Guns | Christopher Cain | $11 million | $45,661,556 | first Morgan Creek production distributed by20th Century Fox; international and home media distribution byVestron Pictures |
| September 23, 1988 | Dead Ringers | David Cronenberg | $13 million | $8,038,508 | co-production withTelefilm Canada and Mantle Clinic II |
| March 3, 1989 | Skin Deep | Blake Edwards | $8.5 million | $19,674,852 | |
| April 7, 1989 | Major League | David S. Ward | $11 million | $49,797,148 | co-production with Mirage Productions; U.S. distribution byParamount Pictures |
| June 2, 1989 | Renegades | Jack Sholder | $16 million | $9,015,164 | co-production withInterscope Communications; distributed byUniversal Pictures |
| December 13, 1989 | Enemies, a Love Story | Paul Mazursky | $9.5 million | $7,754,571 | |
| February 16, 1990 | Nightbreed | Clive Barker | $11 million | $8,862,354 | |
| March 9, 1990 | Coupe de Ville | Joe Roth | N/A | $715,983 | second and last Morgan Creek production distributed byUniversal Pictures until 2005 |
| August 1, 1990 | Young Guns II | Geoff Murphy | $10 million | $44,143,410 | |
| August 17, 1990 | The Exorcist III | William Peter Blatty | $11 million | $39,024,251 | |
| September 28, 1990 | Pacific Heights | John Schlesinger | $18 million | $44,926,706 | last Morgan Creek production distributed by 20th Century Fox |
| June 14, 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Kevin Reynolds | $48 million | $390,493,908 | first Morgan Creek production distributed byWarner Bros.; the film's score would become the music for Morgan Creek's animated logo |
| January 17, 1992 | Freejack | Geoff Murphy | $30 million | $17,129,000 | |
| April 24, 1992 | White Sands | Roger Donaldson | $22 million | $9,011,574 | |
| August 14, 1992 | Stay Tuned | Peter Hyams | $25 million | $10,736,401 | |
| September 25, 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Michael Mann | $40 million | $75,505,856 | co-production with 20th Century Fox |
| April 2, 1993 | The Crush | Alan Shapiro | $6 million | $13,609,396 | |
| September 10, 1993 | True Romance | Tony Scott | $13 million | $12,281,551 | co-production with Davis Films andA Band Apart |
| February 4, 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Tom Shadyac | $12 million | $107,217,396 | |
| March 30, 1994 | Major League II | David S. Ward | $25 million | $30,626,182 | |
| April 22, 1994 | Chasers | Dennis Hopper | $15 million | $1,596,687 | |
| September 9, 1994 | Trial by Jury | Heywood Gould | N/A | $6,971,777 | |
| October 14, 1994 | Imaginary Crimes | Anthony Drazan | N/A | $89,611 | |
| October 28, 1994 | Silent Fall | Bruce Beresford | $30 million | $3,180,674 | |
| November 10, 1995 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Steve Oedekerk | $30 million | $212,385,533 | |
| January 12, 1996 | Two If by Sea | Bill Bennett | N/A | $10,658,278 | |
| January 26, 1996 | Big Bully | Steve Miner | $15 million | $2,042,530 | |
| March 22, 1996 | Diabolique | Jeremiah S. Chechik | $45 million | $17,100,369 | |
| November 1, 1996 | Bad Moon | Eric Red | $7 million | $1,055,525 | |
| July 2, 1997 | Wild America | William Dear | $17 million | $7,324,662 | |
| March 13, 1998 | Incognito | John Badham | N/A | N/A | |
| April 17, 1998 | Major League: Back to the Minors | John Warren | $18 million | $3,572,443 | |
| August 21, 1998 | Wrongfully Accused | Pat Proft | N/A | $9,623,329 | co-production withConstantin Film |
| October 23, 1998 | Soldier | Paul W. S. Anderson | $60 million | $14,594,226 | co-production with Warner Bros. andJerry Weintraub Productions |
| March 19, 1999 | The King and I | Richard Rich | $25 million | $11,993,021 | Morgan Creek's first and, so far, only animated film; co-production withNest Family Entertainment,Rankin/Bass Productions andRich Animation Studios |
| September 1, 1999 | Chill Factor | Hugh Johnson | $34 million | $11,263,966 | |
| February 18, 2000 | The Whole Nine Yards | Jonathan Lynn | $41.3 million | $106,371,651 | select international distribution with Warner Bros. only; produced byFranchise Pictures, Rational Packaging and Lansdown Films |
| May 12, 2000 | Battlefield Earth | Roger Christian | $44 million | $29,725,663 | select international distribution with Warner Bros. only; produced by Franchise Pictures |
| July 19, 2000 | The In Crowd | Mary Lambert | $15 million | $5,217,498 | |
| August 25, 2000 | The Art of War | Christian Duguay | $60 million | $40,400,425 | select international distribution with Warner Bros. only; produced by Franchise Pictures and Amen-Ra Films |
| October 6, 2000 | Get Carter | Stephen Kay | $63.6 million | $19,412,993 | select international distribution with Warner Bros. only; produced by Franchise Pictures and TheCanton Company |
| January 19, 2001 | The Pledge | Sean Penn | $35 million | $29,419,291 | select international distribution with Warner Bros. only; produced by Franchise Pictures, Clyde Is Hungry Films and Epsilon Motion Pictures |
| February 23, 2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | Demian Lichtenstein | $62 million | $18,720,175 | select international distribution with Warner Bros. only; produced by Franchise Pictures |
| May 18, 2001 | Angel Eyes | Luis Mandoki | $53 million | $29,715,606 | select international distribution with Warner Bros. only; produced by Franchise Pictures and The Canton Company |
| August 17, 2001 | American Outlaws | Les Mayfield | $35 million | $13,342,790 | |
| November 9, 2001 | Heist | David Mamet | $39 million | $28,510,652 | select international distribution with Warner Bros. only; produced by Franchise Pictures |
| June 21, 2002 | Juwanna Mann | Jesse Vaughan | $15 million | $13,802,599 | |
| August 1, 2003 | I'll Be There | Craig Ferguson | N/A | N/A | |
| August 20, 2004 | Exorcist: The Beginning | Renny Harlin | $50 million | $78,000,586 | |
| May 20, 2005 | Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist | Paul Schrader | $30 million | $251,495 | last Morgan Creek production distributed by Warner Bros. |
| October 7, 2005 | Two for the Money | D. J. Caruso | $35 million | $30,526,509 | first Morgan Creek production distributed by Universal Pictures sinceCoupe de Ville |
| October 13, 2006 | Man of the Year | Barry Levinson | $20 million | $41,237,658 | |
| December 22, 2006 | The Good Shepherd | Robert De Niro | $85 million | $99,480,480 | co-production with Universal Pictures,TriBeCa Productions andAmerican Zoetrope |
| May 11, 2007 | Georgia Rule | Garry Marshall | $20 million | $25,992,167 | |
| September 21, 2007 | Sydney White | Joe Nussbaum | N/A | $13,620,075 | |
| March 3, 2009 | Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective | David Mickey Evans | $7.5 million | N/A | Released byWarner Home Video |
| September 30, 2011 | Dream House | Jim Sheridan | $50 million | $38,502,340 | select international distribution by Warner Bros. |
| October 14, 2011 | The Thing | Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | $38 million | $31,505,287 | co-production with Universal Pictures andStrike Entertainment |
| June 16, 2017 | All Eyez on Me | Benny Boom | $45 million | $54,876,855 | distributed byLionsgate; co-production withSummit Entertainment, Program Pictures andCodeblack Films |
| October 6, 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | David Gordon Green | $30 million | $136,998,069 | co-production with Universal Pictures andBlumhouse Productions; direct sequel tothe 1973 film[10][11][12] |
| Release date | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | UntitledExorcist film | Mike Flanagan | co-production with Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions andIntrepid Pictures; reboot of the franchise[13][14] |
| TBA | Dream House | TBA | remake ofthe 2011 film[15] |
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