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| Revolution Studios | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Film Television |
| Founded | January 12, 2000; 25 years ago (2000-01-12) |
| Founder | Joe Roth |
| Headquarters | 10877 Wilshire Blvd St.,Los Angeles,California, United States |
Key people | Scott Hemming (CEO)[1] |
| Products | Motion pictures Television series |
| Parent | Content Partners LLC[2] |
| Website | Official Website |
Revolution Studios Distribution Company, LLC (operating asRevolution Studios) is an American independent motion picture and foreign sales company headed by Chief Executive Officer Scott Hemming, founded byJoe Roth on January 12, 2000, and based inLos Angeles, California.[3]
The company focuses primarily on the distribution,remake, andsequel rights to titles in its library, which it continues to add to throughacquisitions and newproductions.
On January 12, 2000, after a successful run atWalt Disney Studios, and his time at20th Century Fox andCaravan Pictures,Joe Roth left Disney, to create a yet-unnamed venture.[4] On February 17, 2000, Roth signed an agreement with actressJulia Roberts to star in their films as well as producing through their Shoelace Productions banner.[5]
On June 7, 2000, Roth officially decided to name his new ventureRevolution Studios (the name coming fromthe song by The Beatles, as he has admitted to being a lifelong fan of the band) and announced thatTomcats would be the first film to be produced by the studio.[6] On the same day, Revolution Studios entered into an agreement withSony Pictures (which also owned a stake in the company) todistribute andmarket Revolution Studios' films. Roth owned thecontrolling interest in Revolution Studios. Other equity owners included Hollywood executivesTodd Garner,Rob Moore,Tom Sherak and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, as well asStarz Entertainment and20th Century Fox.[6] Starz owned exclusive cable distribution rights, with broadcast television licenses going to Fox.[6] The company sold their films to various distributors in Germany, Italy, Japan, Scandinavia, Portugal and Israel.
Soon afterwards, the company expanded into television production, under the moniker Revolution Television, withQueens Supreme as its first product,[7] followed by a deal withAmerican Girl.[8]
On January 5, 2005, Revolution Studios signed a television syndication distribution deal withDebmar-Mercury to market their library to syndication.[9]
In August 2006, Revolution Studios announced that it had licensed toUniversal Pictures the sequel rights to its comic-book-inspired hitHellboy (2004).[10] Universal releasedHellboy II: The Golden Army in the United States in 2008.
Coinciding with the end of its six-year distribution deal with Sony in 2007, Revolution Studios turned its attention to exploiting the remake, sequel and television rights to films in its library. Roth suddenly decided to move into a producing deal withSony Pictures to start hisown production company.[11]
Revolution Studios produced asitcom based on its comedy featureAre We There Yet?, which ran from June 1, 2010 to March 2, 2013 onTBS,[12] as well as asitcom adaptation ofAnger Management, which ran from June 28, 2012 to December 22, 2014 onFX.[13]
In June 2014, Roth announced that he had sold Revolution Studios to funds managed byFortress Investment Group for roughly $250 million. Roth continues to serve as a strategic adviser and develops television projects for the Revolution Studios through a first-look deal. Concurrent with the sale, former Chief Operating Officer Vince Totino was promoted to CEO, and former finance executive Scott Hemming was named COO.[3]
After the sale, the newly recapitalized Revolution Studios began adding to its library through a series of acquisitions. In October 2014, Revolution Studios acquired the foreign rights and copyrights ofMorgan Creek Productions.[14]
In October 2015, Revolution Studios acquiredCross Creek Pictures' 50% interests in feature filmsBlack Swan andThe Ides of March.[15] Later that month, Revolution Studios purchased the eight-film Cold Spring Pictures film library, including the 2009Academy Award nominee andGolden Globe Award winnerUp in the Air.[16]
Also in 2015, Revolution Studios announced a partnership withUniversal Pictures Home Entertainment to produce non-theatrical sequels, prequels, or other spinoffs based on the titles in Revolution Studios' library.[17]
In June 2016, Revolution Studios expanded its library to 126 films when it acquired worldwide rights to five films produced byGraham King'sGK Films:Hugo,The Tourist,Edge of Darkness,The Rum Diary andThe Young Victoria. The rights were previously held by Dallas-basedTango Films.[18] In January 2017, Revolution Studios returned to film production with their releaseXXX: Return of Xander Cage,[19] the company's first film since 2007'sThe Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.[20]
In January 2017, Content Partners LLC and its affiliate CP Enterprises acquired Revolution Studios from investment funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group for an undisclosed price.[21]
In October 2014, Revolution Studios forged a global licensing pact withMiramax, wherein Miramax would sell the worldwide television and digital distribution rights to Revolution Studios' library. Miramax has been handling U.S. sales of the Revolution Studios library since June 2012.[22]
In May 2016, Revolution Studios announced that it had made a seven-figure investment for a stake in Spanish-language digital services company Latin Everywhere, agreeing to license Spanish-dubbed versions of its library titles to Latin Everywhere's video streaming platform Pongalo (Spanish for "play it").[23]
In October 2019, Revolution Studios signed a worldwide television and digital distribution deal withSony Pictures Television, covering the Revolution Studios and Morgan Creek libraries.[24]
Here is a list of films independently produced by Revolution Studios:
| Release date | Title | Notes | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 30, 2001 | Tomcats[25] | co-production with Eagle Cove Entertainment | $11 million | $23,430,766 |
| June 1, 2001 | The Animal[25] | co-production withHappy Madison Productions | $47 million | $84,772,742 |
| July 20, 2001 | America's Sweethearts[25] | co-production with Face Productions, Roth-Arnold Productions and Shoelace Productions | $46 million | $138,191,428 |
| November 2, 2001 | The One[25] | co-production withHard Eight Pictures | $49 million | $72,689,126 |
| December 28, 2001 | Black Hawk Down[26] | co-production withJerry Bruckheimer Films andScott Free Productions | $92 million | $172,989,651 |
| May 10, 2002 | The New Guy[27] | $13 million | $31,167,388 | |
| August 2, 2002 | The Master of Disguise[28] | co-production withHappy Madison Productions | $16 million | $43,411,001 |
| August 9, 2002 | XXX | co-production withOriginal Film[26] | $70 million | $277,448,382 |
| September 13, 2002 | Stealing Harvard[29] | co-production withImagine Entertainment | $25 million | $14,277,032 |
| November 1, 2002 | Punch-Drunk Love[29] | co-production withNew Line Cinema | $25 million | $24,665,649 |
| December 13, 2002 | Maid in Manhattan[26] | co-production with Red OM Films | $55 million | $154,906,693 |
| January 24, 2003 | Darkness Falls[30] | co-production with Distant Corners | $11 million | $47,488,536 |
| March 7, 2003 | Tears of the Sun[30] | co-production withCheyenne Enterprises | $75 million | $86,468,162 |
| April 11, 2003 | Anger Management[26] | co-production withHappy Madison Productions | $75 million | $195,745,823 |
| May 9, 2003 | Daddy Day Care[26] | co-production withDavis Entertainment | $69 million | $164,433,867 |
| June 13, 2003 | Hollywood Homicide[30] | $75 million | $51,142,659 | |
| August 1, 2003 | Gigli[30] | co-production with City Light Films and Casey Silver Productions | $75 million | $7,266,209 |
| October 24, 2003 | Radio[30] | co-production withTollin/Robbins Productions | $35 million | $53,293,628 |
| November 26, 2003 | The Missing[30] | co-production withImagine Entertainment | $60 million | $38,364,277 |
| December 19, 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile | co-production with Red OM Films | $65 million | $141,337,989 |
| December 25, 2003 | Peter Pan[30] | studio credit only; co-production withUniversal Pictures (USA/Canada/UK/Ireland/Australia/New Zealand/France/South Africa),Columbia Pictures (International),Red Wagon Entertainment and Allied Stars Ltd. | $130 million | $121,975,011 |
| April 2, 2004 | Hellboy[26] | co-production with Lawrence Gordon Productions and Dark Horse Entertainment | $66 million | $99,318,987 |
| April 23, 2004 | 13 Going on 30[30] | $37 million | $96,455,697 | |
| June 23, 2004 | White Chicks[26] | co-production with Wayans Bros. Entertainment | $37 million | $113,086,475 |
| August 6, 2004 | Little Black Book[30] | $35 million | $22,034,832 | |
| September 24, 2004 | The Forgotten[30] | co-production with The Jinks/Cohen Company | $42 million | $117,592,831 |
| November 24, 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks[30] | co-production with1492 Pictures | $60 million | $96,572,480 |
| January 21, 2005 | Are We There Yet?[30] | co-production withCube Vision | $32 million | $97,918,663 |
| February 25, 2005 | Man of the House[30] | $40 million | $21,577,624 | |
| April 29, 2005 | XXX: State of the Union[26] | co-production withOriginal Film | $87 million | $71,022,693 |
| September 9, 2005 | An Unfinished Life[30] | co-production withMiramax Films,Initial Entertainment Group andThe Ladd Company | $30 million | $18,618,284 |
| October 14, 2005 | The Fog[30] | $18 million | $46,201,432 | |
| October 21, 2005 | The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio[30] | co-production withDreamWorks Pictures andImageMovers | $12 million | $689,028 |
| November 23, 2005 | Rent[30] | co-production with1492 Pictures andTribeca Productions | $40 million | $31,670,620 |
| February 17, 2006 | Freedomland[30] | co-production with Scott Rudin Productions | $30 million | $14,655,628 |
| April 7, 2006 | The Benchwarmers[30] | co-production withHappy Madison Productions | $33 million | $64,957,291 |
| June 23, 2006 | Click[30] | co-production withColumbia Pictures,Happy Madison Productions andOriginal Film | $82.5 million | $237,681,299 |
| July 14, 2006 | Little Man[30] | co-production with Wayans Bros. Entertainment | $64 million | $101,595,121 |
| August 11, 2006 | Zoom[30] | co-production with Team Todd Films andBoxing Cat Films | $35 million | $12,506,188 |
| December 20, 2006 | Rocky Balboa[30] | co-production withMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer andColumbia Pictures | $24 million | $155,721,132 |
| April 4, 2007 | Are We Done Yet?[30] | co-production withRKO Pictures andCube Vision | $28 million | $58,388,068 |
| April 13, 2007 | Perfect Stranger[30] | $60 million | $73,090,611 | |
| April 27, 2007 | Next[30] | co-production withSaturn Films,Virtual Studios andInitial Entertainment Group, distributed byParamount Pictures | $70 million | $76,066,841 |
| August 8, 2007 | Daddy Day Camp[30] | co-production withTriStar Pictures,Davis Entertainment and Blue Star Entertainment | $6 million | $18,197,398 |
| September 7, 2007 | The Brothers Solomon[30] | co-production withCarsey-Werner Productions, theatrically distributed byScreen Gems | $10 million | $1,035,056 |
| October 12, 2007 | Across the Universe[30] | co-production with Team Todd | $45 million | $29,367,143 |
| December 25, 2007 | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep[30] | co-production withWalden Media,Beacon Pictures and Ecosse Pictures | $40 million | $103,071,443 |
| January 20, 2017 | XXX: Return of Xander Cage[31] | co-production withParamount Pictures,One Race Films andRoth/Kirschenbaum Films | $85 million | $338,678,346 |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2006 | Hellboy: Sword of Storms | co-production withFilm Roman |
| March 17, 2007 | Hellboy: Blood and Iron | co-production withFilm Roman |
| January 29, 2019 | Benchwarmers 2: Breaking Balls | co-production withUniversal 1440 Entertainment |
| February 5, 2019 | Grand-Daddy Day Care | co-production withUniversal 1440 Entertainment |
| Start date | End date | Title | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2003 | May 16, 2003 | Queens Supreme[32] | CBS | as Revolution Television; co-production withRed Om Films, Shoelace Productions, Shadowland Productions,CBS Productions andSpelling Television | 1 | 13 |
| June 2, 2010 | March 1, 2013 | Are We There Yet?[33] | TBS | co-production with 5914 Productions, Ltd.,Cube Vision andDebmar-Mercury | 3 | 100 |
| April 11, 2011 | June 3, 2011 | Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza[34] | GSN | as Revolution Television; co-production with Three Foot Giant Productions and International Mammoth Television | 1 | 40 |
| November 29, 2011 | July 23, 2012 | Una Maid en Manhattan[35] | Telemundo | co-production withSony Pictures Television | 1 | 163[36] |
| June 28, 2012 | December 22, 2014 | Anger Management[37] | FX | co-production with Mohawk Productions,Estevez/Sheen Productions,Twisted Television,Debmar-Mercury andLionsgate Television | 2 | 100 |
| Release date | Title | Network | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 23, 2004 | Samantha: An American Girl Holiday[38] | The WB | as Revolution Television; co-production withRed Om Films,American Girl andWarner Bros. Television |
| November 29, 2005 | Felicity: An American Girl Adventure[39] | ||
| November 26, 2006 | Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front[40] | Disney Channel | |
| January 27, 2019 | Rent: Live[41] | Fox | co-production withMarc Platt Productions,Sony Pictures Television and20th Century Fox Television |