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Village Roadshow Pictures
American film production company
American film production company
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Village Roadshow Pictures | ||
| logo | [[File:Village-Roadshow-Pictures-Logo.svg | 250px | class=skin-invert]] |
| logo_caption | Logo used since 2019 | ||
| type | Subsidiary | ||
| industry | Film | ||
| founded | |||
| fate | Chapter 11 bankruptcy; library sold to Alcon Entertainment | ||
| founder | Greg Coote | ||
| area_served | Worldwide | ||
| products | Motion pictures | ||
| predecessor | De Laurentiis Entertainment Limited | ||
| successor | Alcon Entertainment (library only) | ||
| parent | Vine Alternative Investments and Falcon Investment Advisors (majority) | ||
| Village Roadshow (2%) | |||
| homepage | |||
| location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Village Roadshow (2%) Village Roadshow Pictures is an American film production company founded in 1989. It was a division of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG), which in turn was majority-owned by Vine Alternative Investments and Falcon Investment Advisors, with the Australian company Village Roadshow holding a 2% minority stake.
The company had produced films, including as co-productions with Warner Bros., such as The Matrix series, Ocean's series, The Lego Movie, Happy Feet, Mad Max: Fury Road, American Sniper, Sherlock Holmes, Cats & Dogs, and Joker. The films in the Village Roadshow library have achieved 34 No. 1 U.S. box office openings and won 19 Academy Awards (from 50 nominations) and six Golden Globe Awards.
Village Roadshow Pictures self-distributed its filmed entertainment through affiliates in several territories around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore (the latter through Golden Village). JPMorgan Chase and Rabobank also provide funding for the company's film slate with Warner Bros. Village Roadshow Pictures had a second slate co-financing agreement with Sony Pictures, which ended in 2016. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2025, with its library sold to Alcon Entertainment for $417.5 million on 18 June 2025.
History
Village Roadshow Pictures was founded in 1989 by Greg Coote, who served as president, when it purchased certain assets of De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. The company’s first film was The Delinquents and its first hit was Fortress in 1992. In 1993, Village Roadshow Pictures expanded into television production with the launch of its first television series Paradise Beach.
In 1995, Village Roadshow Pictures launched a television division headed by Jeffrey Hayes. Also that year, the company started an international sales division called Village Roadshow Pictures International, which was led by Bobby Myers. In 1996, Village Roadshow Pictures Television and Yoram Gross formed a joint venture focused on animation.
In April 1997, Village Roadshow Pictures and Intermedia formed a joint venture called Village Intermedia Pictures. The deal ended several months later when Village Roadshow Pictures and Intermedia decided to cut ties and became independent again. In September 1997, the company underwent restructuring with Michael Lake joined the company as managing director. In October 1997, Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow signed a co-production alliance with EM.TV & Merchandising a Munich-based distribution and merchandising company to partner on 10 animated series over the next five years.
In December 1997, Village Roadshow Pictures and Warner Bros. signed an agreement to co-finance and distribute at least 20 movies over the next five years. Under the deal, Village Roadshow would produce the films and Warner Bros. would market and release them worldwide, except in Australia and New Zealand. Bruce Berman, the former Warners’ theatrical production president, signed on as chairman and CEO of the company.
In 1998, Village Roadshow Pictures announced that it would sell its television division in a management buyout to Greg Coote and Jeffrey Hayes, who renamed Village Roadshow Pictures Television to Coote/Hayes Productions. Around the same time, the company announced it was shutting down the international sales unit. As part of its exit plan from the sales business, Roadshow sold international rights to its Western productions to Icon Entertainment International and the Australian films to Beyond Films Limited. Also that year, Village Roadshow Pictures sold off its 50% stake in the Yoram Gross animated studio venture to EM.TV & Merchandising, which would become Yoram Gross-EM.TV.
In 2006, through a group led by Act III Communications, Norman Lear and his partner Hal Gaba purchased 50% of Village Roadshow Pictures (VRP). Their entity, Crescent Film Group, included long-time colleague Michael Lambert through Lambert Media Group and Clarity Partners as investors. Crescent invested $115 million for its interest in VRP. Village Roadshow Pictures used the $115 million invested by Crescent to repay an inter-company loan of $100 million owed to its parent company, as well as pay a $15 million dividend to the existing VRP shareholders and management.
In 2008, Concord Music Group merged into Village Roadshow Pictures to form Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG). Investors in VREG included the shareholders of Crescent, as shown above, as well as Australia's Village Roadshow Limited and Tailwind Capital.
In 2012, Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures extended their co-financing first look deal through 2017. In May 2014, VRPG established a supplementary co-financing production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment which commenced with the release of The Equalizer and Annie. A second agreement was made due to the large amount of available capital. In 2013, Concord Music Group was sold to Wood Creek Capital, an affiliate of MassMutual, for approximately $120 million.
In 2015, VREG, the holding company of Village Roadshow Pictures and Village Roadshow Television, was recapitalized with a $480 million investment that included funds from Falcon Investment Advisors and Vine Alternative Investments. Vine Alternative Investments and Falcon Investment Advisors added additional capital in April 2017 to take a controlling stake in the company. This was to fund a new strategic plan for an expanded film slate and add production of television programs and other content offerings.
More recently, Phantom Four Films signed a first look deal with Village Roadshow Pictures. On 27 September 2021, Bruce Berman announced that he would step down as CEO of the company. On 24 December 2021, the company had signed a pact with Fox Entertainment to distribute pictures for Tubi and partnered with Kevin Garrett to launch Black Noir Cinema.
In March 2025, the Village Roadshow Entertainment Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing an overly ambitious studio expansion, staff layoffs, and an ongoing arbitration dispute with Warner Bros. for breach of contract over the simultaneous release of The Matrix Resurrections. The former Australian parent company had to issue press statements stating it has had no control over the company since 2017, and has since commenced action to revoke VREG of the right to use the company's name and logo. Around the time bankruptcy was filed, Content Partners had reportedly placed a stalking horse offer of $353-365 million for the assets of VREG. However, in April 2025, Alcon Entertainment outbid Content Partners with a higher offer of $416.5 million, with the company being approved as the new stalking horse bid by Delaware bankruptcy judge Thomas Horan, who also set a deadline of May 16 for other interested bidders, if any, and a 20 May auction date if more than one party showed up. VREG was to file notice within a day of the bidding deadline whether it would prefer holding an auction for its assets or sell them directly to Alcon, with Horan scheduling the hearing date for the transaction's approval for 11 June. On 18 June 2025, it was announced that Alcon's stalking horse bid worth $417.5 million had succeeded, giving it rights to VREG's library of 108 films, including intellectual properties, distribution rights, cash flows, overall rights and royalties, as well as its development slate of films and television series; distribution rights to titles co-financed with Warner Bros. were retained by the latter. On 5 November 2025, Alcon was also awarded derivative rights to most of the titles it had acquired for $18.5 million following a hearing in a Delaware court. Warner Bros. tried matching Alcon's offer, subsequently submitting a revised bid of $19.5 million, and offered to release certain claims from an arbitrary dispute with VREG, only for the latter to make a counterclaim of $30 million in cash and settlement of undisclosed claims from the dispute; Warner Bros. rebuked the counter offer and is considering appealing the Delaware court's decision.
Filmography
Feature films
1980s
| Title | Distributor | Release date | Notes | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Delinquents | Warner Bros. Pictures | December 21, 1989 | First film | $9 million | N/A |
1990s
| Title | Distributor | Release date | Notes | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodmoon | Carolco Pictures | March 22, 1990 | N/A | $419,769 | |
| Blood Oath | Skouras Pictures | July 26, 1990 | co-production with Sovereign Pictures, Charles Waterstreet Productions and Siege Productions | $10 million | $707,194 |
| Until the End of the World | Warner Bros. | December 25, 1991 | $23 million | $752,856 | |
| Dead Sleep | Vestron Video | January 29, 1992 | N/A | ||
| Hurricane Smith | Warner Bros. | January 31, 1992 | $5 million | $89,467 | |
| The Power of One | March 27, 1992 | co-production with Regency Enterprises, Le Studio Canal+ and Alcor Films | $18 million | $2.8 million | |
| Turtle Beach | May 1, 1992 | co-production with Regency Enterprises and Le Studio Canal+ | N/A | $778,535 | |
| Over the Hill | New Line Home Video | June 30, 1992 | N/A | ||
| Fortress | Dimension Films | 3 September 1993 | co-production with Davis Entertainment | $12 million | $48 million |
| Lightning Jack | Savoy Pictures | March 11, 1994 | co-production with Lightning Ridge Productions | N/A | $25 million |
| The Phantom | Paramount Pictures | June 7, 1996 | co-production with The Ladd Company | $45 million | $23.5 million |
| Hotel de Love | LIVE Entertainment | September 12, 1996 | co-production with Pratt Films | N/A | $747,372 |
| Bullet | New Line Home Video | October 1, 1996 | co-production with Clipsal Film Partnership | N/A | |
| Paradise Road | Fox Searchlight Pictures | April 11, 1997 | co-production with YTC Pictures and Planet Pictures | $19 million | $4 million |
| Broken English | Sony Pictures Classics | May 2, 1997 | N/A | $541,377 | |
| The Winner | LIVE Entertainment | July 25, 1997 | co-production with Clipsal Film Partnership | N/A | |
| Critical Care | October 31, 1997 | co-production with ASQA Film Partnership and Live Film and Mediaworks | $12 million | $271,000 | |
| Diana & Me | Hollywood Pictures Home Video | December 4, 1997 | N/A | $205,783 | |
| Joey | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | December 26, 1997 | co-production with Pratt Films | N/A | |
| Tarzan and the Lost City | Warner Bros. | April 24, 1998 | co-production with Clipsal Film Partnership, Dieter Geissler Productions and Alta Vista Productions | $20 million | $2.2 million |
| Disturbing Behavior | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (North America) | ||||
| Sony Pictures Releasing (International) | July 24, 1998 | co-production with Village-Hoyts Film Partnership and Beacon Pictures | $15 million | $17.5 million | |
| Practical Magic | Warner Bros. | October 16, 1998 | co-production with Fortis Films and Di Novi Pictures | $75 million | $68.3 million |
| Occasional Coarse Language | Roadshow Film Distributors | November 25, 1998 | $40,000 | $909,475 | |
| Analyze This | Warner Bros. | March 5, 1999 | co-production with NPV Entertainment, Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures, Face Productions and TriBeCa Productions | $30 million | $176.9 million |
| The Matrix | March 31, 1999 | co-production with Silver Pictures and Groucho II Film Partnership | $63 million | $467.2 million | |
| A Walk on the Moon | Miramax Films | April 2, 1999 | co-production with Punch Productions and Groucho Film Partnership | $14 million | $4.7 million |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Warner Bros. | June 23, 1999 | N/A | ||
| Deep Blue Sea | July 28, 1999 | co-production with Riche-Ludwig Productions and Groucho II Film Partnership | $60 million | $164.6 million | |
| Three Kings | October 1, 1999 | co-production with Village-A.M. Film Partnership, Coast Ridge Films and Atlas Entertainment | $48 million | $107.7 million | |
| Three to Tango | October 22, 1999 | co-production with Village-Hoyts Film Partnership and Outlaw Productions | $20 million | $10.6 million |
2000s
| Title | Distributor | Release date | Notes | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eye of the Beholder | Destination Films | January 28, 2000 | co-production with Ambridge Film Partnership, Behaviour Worldwide, Hit & Run Productions and Filmline International | $35 million | $17.6 million |
| Gossip | Warner Bros. Pictures | April 21, 2000 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Outlaw Productions | $24 million | $12 million |
| Space Cowboys | August 4, 2000 | co-production with Clipsal Films, Mad Chance Productions and Malpaso Productions | $60–65 million | $128.9 million | |
| Red Planet | November 10, 2000 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and The Canton Company | $80 million | $33.5 million | |
| Miss Congeniality | December 22, 2000 | co-production with Fortis Films and Castle Rock Entertainment | $45 million | $212.7 million | |
| Valentine | February 2, 2001 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Dylan Sellers Productions | $29 million | $36.7 million | |
| Saving Silverman | Sony Pictures Releasing | February 9, 2001 | co-production with Columbia Pictures, NPV Entertainment and Original Film | $22 million | $26 million |
| Down to Earth | Paramount Pictures | February 16, 2001 | co-production with NPV Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment and Alphaville | $30 million | $71.2 million |
| See Spot Run | Warner Bros. Pictures | March 2, 2001 | co-production with Robert Simonds Productions and NPV Entertainment | $16 million | $43 million |
| Exit Wounds | March 16, 2001 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Silver Pictures | $33 million | $80 million | |
| Swordfish | June 8, 2001 | co-production with NPV Entertainment, Silver Pictures and Jonathan D. Krane Productions | $102 million | $147.1 million | |
| Cats & Dogs | July 4, 2001 | co-production with NPV Entertainment, Mad Chance Productions, and Zide/Perry Productions | $60 million | $200.7 million | |
| Don't Say a Word | 20th Century Fox | September 28, 2001 | co-production with NPV Entertainment, Regency Enterprises, Further Films, and Kopelson Entertainment | $50 million | $100 million |
| Zoolander | Paramount Pictures | co-production with VH1 Films, NPV Entertainment, Red Hour Films and Scott Rudin Productions | $28 million | $60.8 million | |
| Hearts in Atlantis | Warner Bros. Pictures | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Castle Rock Entertainment | $31 million | $30.9 million | |
| Training Day | October 5, 2001 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Outlaw Productions | $45 million | $104.9 million | |
| Ocean's Eleven | December 7, 2001 | co-production with Jerry Weintraub Productions, NPV Entertainment and Section Eight Productions | $85 million | $450.7 million | |
| The Majestic | December 21, 2001 | co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment, NPV Entertainment and Darkwoods Productions | $72 million | $37.3 million | |
| Queen of the Damned | February 22, 2002 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Material Productions | $35 million | $45.4 million | |
| Showtime | March 15, 2002 | co-production with NPV Entertainment, Material Pictures and TriBeCa Productions | $85 million | $77.7 million | |
| Eight Legged Freaks | July 17, 2002 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Electric Entertainment | $30 million | $45 million | |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | August 16, 2002 | co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment, NPV Entertainment and Bregman Productions | $100 million | $7.1 million | |
| Ghost Ship | October 25, 2002 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Dark Castle Entertainment | $20 million | $68.3 million | |
| Analyze That | December 6, 2002 | co-production with NPV Entertainment, Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures, Face Productions and TriBeCa Productions | $60 million | $55 million | |
| Two Weeks Notice | December 20, 2002 | co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment, NPV Entertainment and Fortis Films | $60 million | $199 million | |
| Dreamcatcher | March 21, 2003 | co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment, NPV Entertainment, WV Films II and Kasdan Pictures | $68 million | $75.7 million | |
| Fat Pizza | Roadshow Films | April 10, 2003 | N/A | $2.1 million | |
| The Matrix Reloaded | Warner Bros. Pictures | May 15, 2003 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Silver Pictures | $127–150 million | $741.8 million |
| Mystic River | October 15, 2003 | co-production with Malpaso Productions and NPV Entertainment | $25–30 million | $156.6 million | |
| The Matrix Revolutions | November 5, 2003 | co-production with NPV Entertainment and Silver Pictures | $110–150 million | $427.3 million | |
| Torque | January 16, 2004 | co-production with Original Film | $40 million | $46.5 million | |
| Taking Lives | March 19, 2004 | co-production with Atmosphere Pictures | $45 million | $65.4 million | |
| Catwoman | July 23, 2004 | co-production with Di Novi Pictures, Frantic Films, Maple Shade Films and Catwoman Films | $100 million | $82.1 million | |
| Ocean's Twelve | December 10, 2004 | co-production with Jerry Weintraub Productions and Section Eight Productions | $110 million | $362.9 million | |
| Constantine | February 18, 2005 | co-production with Vertigo DC Comics, The Donners' Company, Weed Road Pictures and 3 Arts Entertainment | $70–100 million | $230.9 million | |
| Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | March 24, 2005 | co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment and Fortis Films | $45 million | $101.3 million | |
| House of Wax | May 6, 2005 | co-production with Dark Castle Entertainment | $40 million | $70.1 million | |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | July 15, 2005 | co-production with Theobald Film Productions, The Zanuck Company and Plan B Entertainment | $150 million | $475 million | |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | August 5, 2005 | co-production with Gerber Pictures | $53 million | $109.8 million | |
| Rumor Has It... | December 25, 2005 | co-production with Section Eight Productions and Spring Creek Productions | $70 million | $88.9 million | |
| Firewall | February 10, 2006 | co-production with Beacon Pictures and Thunder Road Pictures | $50 million | $82.8 million | |
| The Lake House | June 16, 2006 | co-production with Vertigo Entertainment and Sidus Pictures | $40 million | $114.8 million | |
| Happy Feet | November 17, 2006 | co-production with Animal Logic, Kennedy Miller Productions and Kingdom Feature Productions | $100 million | $384.3 million | |
| Unaccompanied Minors | December 8, 2006 | co-production with The Donners' Company | $25 million | $21.9 million | |
| Music and Lyrics | February 14, 2007 | co-production with Reserve Room Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment | $40 million | $145.9 million | |
| The Reaping | April 5, 2007 | co-production with Dark Castle Entertainment | $40 million | $62.8 million | |
| Lucky You | May 4, 2007 | co-production with Deuce Three Productions, Flower Films and Di Novi Pictures | $55 million | $8.4 million | |
| Ocean's Thirteen | June 8, 2007 | co-production with Jerry Weintraub Productions and Section Eight Productions | $85 million | $311.7 million | |
| License to Wed | July 3, 2007 | co-production with Phoenix Pictures, Robert Simonds Productions, Underground Films and Management and Proposal Productions | $35 million | $70.2 million | |
| No Reservations | July 27, 2007 | co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment | $28 million | $92.6 million | |
| The Invasion | August 17, 2007 | co-production with Silver Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment | $65–80 million | $40.2 million | |
| The Brave One | September 14, 2007 | co-production with Silver Pictures | $70 million | $69 million | |
| December Boys | Warner Independent Pictures | co-production with Becker Entertainment | $4 million | $1.2 million | |
| Rogue | Dimension Films | November 8, 2007 | co-production with Emu Creek Productions | $25 million | $4.6 million |
| I Am Legend | Warner Bros. Pictures | December 14, 2007 | co-production with Weed Road Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Heyday Films and Original Film | $150 million | $585.4 million |
| Speed Racer | May 9, 2008 | co-production with Silver Pictures and Anarchos Productions | $120 million | $93.9 million | |
| Get Smart | June 20, 2008 | co-production with Mosaic Media Group, Atlas Entertainment, Mad Chance Productions and Callahan Filmworks | $80 million | $230.7 million | |
| Nights in Rodanthe | September 26, 2008 | co-production with Di Novi Pictures | $30 million | $84.8 million | |
| Gran Torino | December 12, 0008 | co-production with Double Nickel Entertainment and Malpaso Productions | $25–33 million | $270 million | |
| Yes Man | December 19, 2008 | co-production with The Zanuck Company and Heyday Films | $70 million | $223.2 million | |
| Where the Wild Things Are | October 16, 2009 | co-production with Legendary Pictures, Playtone, Wild Things Productions, KLG Film Invest GmbH and The Worldwide Maurice International Company, Inc. | $100 million | $100.1 million | |
| Sherlock Holmes | December 25, 2009 | co-production with Silver Pictures and Wigram Productions | $90 million | $524 million |
2010s
| Title | Distributor | Release date | Notes | Budget | Box office | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex and the City 2 | Warner Bros. Pictures | May 27, 2010 | with New Line Cinema; co-production with HBO Films | $95 million | $294.7 million | ||||||
| Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | July 30, 2010 | co-production with CD2 Pictures, Mad Chance Productions and Polymorphic Pictures | $85 million | $112.5 million | |||||||
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | September 24, 2010 | co-production with Animal Logic and GOG Productions | $80 million | $140.1 million | |||||||
| Life as We Know It | October 8, 2010 | co-production with Gold Circle Films and Josephson Entertainment | $38 million | $105.71 million | |||||||
| Happy Feet Two | November 18, 2011 | co-production with Dr. D Studios and Kennedy Miller Mitchell | $135 million | $150.4 million | |||||||
| Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | December 16, 2011 | co-production with Silver Pictures and Wigram Productions | $125 million | $543.8 million | |||||||
| The Lucky One | April 10, 2012 | co-production with Di Novi Pictures | $25 million | $99.4 million | |||||||
| Dark Shadows | May 11, 2012 | co-production with Infinitum Nihil, GK Films and The Zanuck Company | $150 million | $245.5 million | |||||||
| Gangster Squad | January 11, 2013 | co-production with Lin Pictures and Kevin McCormick Productions | $60–75 million | $105.2 million | |||||||
| Journey to the West | Huayi Brothers | February 10, 2013 | as Village Roadshow Pictures Asia; co-production with Bingo Movie Development, Chinavision Media Group, Edko Films, China Film Group and Huayi Brothers | N/A | $215 million | ||||||
| 101 Proposals | New Classics Media | February 12, 2013 | as Village Roadshow Pictures Asia; co-production with Fuji Television Network, China Film Group and Asia Times Cultural Media | $31.2 million | |||||||
| The Great Gatsby | Warner Bros. Pictures | May 10, 2013 | co-production with A&E Television, Bazmark Productions and Red Wagon Entertainment | title=The Great Gatsby (2013) | website=Box Office Mojo | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greatgatsby2012.htm | access-date=October 24, 2017 | archive-date=September 13, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913211254/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=greatgatsby2012.htm | url-status=live}} | $353.6 million |
| Man of Tai Chi | RADiUS-TWC (North America) | ||||||||||
| Universal Pictures (International) | November 1, 2013 | as Village Roadshow Pictures Asia; co-production with China Film Group and Wanda Media | $25 million | $5.5 million | |||||||
| The Lego Movie | Warner Bros. Pictures | February 7, 2014 | co-production with Warner Animation Group, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment and Lin Pictures | $60–65 million | $468.1 million | ||||||
| Winter's Tale | February 14, 2014 | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Weed Road Pictures and Marc Platt Productions | $75 million | $30.8 million | |||||||
| Edge of Tomorrow | June 6, 2014 | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment, Viz Productions and TC Productions | $178 million | $370.5 million | |||||||
| Into the Storm | August 8, 2014 | with New Line Cinema, co-production with Broken Road Productions and RatPac-Dune Entertainment | $50 million | $161.7 million | |||||||
| The Equalizer | Sony Pictures Releasing | September 26, 2014 | co-production with Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Escape Artists, Mace Neufeld Productions and Zhiv Productions | $55–73 million | $192.3 million | ||||||
| The Judge | Warner Bros. Pictures | October 10, 2014 | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Team Downey and Big Kid Pictures | $45–50 million | $84.4 million | ||||||
| Annie | Sony Pictures Releasing | December 19, 2014 | co-production with Columbia Pictures, Overbrook Entertainment, Olive Bridge Entertainment and Marcy Media Films | $65–78 million | $133.8 million | ||||||
| American Sniper | Warner Bros. Pictures | December 25, 2014 | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Mad Chance Productions, 22nd & Indiana Pictures and Malpaso Productions | $59 million | $547.4 million | ||||||
| Jupiter Ascending | February 6, 2015 | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Anarchos Productions | $176–210 million | $183.9 million | |||||||
| Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal | Well Go USA Entertainment (United States) | ||||||||||
| Desen International Media (China) | |||||||||||
| Warner Bros. Pictures (Hong Kong) | February 19, 2015 | as Village Roadshow Pictures Asia; co-production with Beijing Enlight Pictures, K. Pictures and Shenzhen Wus Entertainment | $30 million | $64.47 million | |||||||
| Mad Max: Fury Road | Warner Bros. Pictures | May 15, 2015 | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Kennedy Miller Mitchell | $154.6-185.1 million | $415.2 million | ||||||
| San Andreas | May 29, 2015 | with New Line Cinema; co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Flynn Picture Company | $110 million | $474 million | |||||||
| Mountain Cry | Fortissimo Films | October 10, 2015 | as Village Roadshow Pictures Asia; co-production with Beijing Hairun Pictures | N/A | |||||||
| Goosebumps | Sony Pictures Releasing | October 16, 2015 | co-production with Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, LStar Capital, Original Film and Scholastic Entertainment | $58–84 million | $158.3 million | ||||||
| In the Heart of the Sea | Warner Bros. Pictures | December 11, 2015 | co-production with Imagine Entertainment, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Roth Films, COTT Productions, Enelmar Productions A.I.E., Spring Creek Pictures and Kia Jam | $100 million | $93.9 million | ||||||
| Concussion | Sony Pictures Releasing | December 25, 2015 | co-production with Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital and Scott Free Productions | $35–57 million | $48.6 million | ||||||
| The Brothers Grimsby | March 11, 2016 | co-production with Columbia Pictures. LStar Capital, Four by Two Films, Big Talk Productions and Working Title Films | $35 million | $28 million | |||||||
| The Legend of Tarzan | Warner Bros. Pictures | July 1, 2016 | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Jerry Weintraub Productions, Riche/Ludwig Productions and Beaglepug Films | $180 million | $356.7 million | ||||||
| Ghostbusters | Sony Pictures Releasing | July 15, 2016 | co-production with Columbia Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Pascal Pictures, Feigco Entertainment and Ghost Corps | $144 million | $229.1 million | ||||||
| Sully | Warner Bros. Pictures | September 9, 2016 | co-production with Flashlight Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Malpaso Productions and Orange Corp. | $60 million | $240.8 million | ||||||
| The Magnificent Seven | Sony Pictures Releasing | September 23, 2016 | co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Pin High Productions, Escape Artists and Fuqua Films | $90–107 million | $162.4 million | ||||||
| Hide and Seek | N/A | November 4, 2016 | as Village Roadshow Pictures Asia; co-production with New Clues Films | N/A | |||||||
| Collateral Beauty | Warner Bros. Pictures | December 16, 2016 | co-production with New Line Cinema, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Overbrook Entertainment, Anonymous Content, PalmStar Media and Likely Story | $36–40.3 million | $88.5 million | ||||||
| Passengers | Sony Pictures Releasing | December 21, 2016 | co-production with Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Wanda Pictures, Original Film, Company Films and Start Motion Pictures | $110–150 million | $303.1 million | ||||||
| url=https://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218043334/http://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php | title=Film releases | work=Variety Insight | archive-date=18 February 2017 | access-date=27 August 2018}} | Warner Bros. Pictures | February 17, 2017 | co-production with New Line Cinema, 21 Laps Entertainment, Wrigley Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment | $22–25 million | $41.1 million | |
| Going in Style | April 7, 2017 | co-production with New Line Cinema, RatPac-Dune Entertainment and De Line Pictures | $25 million | $84.9 million | |||||||
| King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | May 12, 2017 | co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Weed Road Pictures, Safehouse Pictures and Ritchie/Wigram Productions | $175 million | $148.7 million | |||||||
| The House | June 30, 2017 | co-production with New Line Cinema, Gary Sanchez Productions and Good Universe | $40 million | $34.2 million | |||||||
| Bleeding Steel | Lionsgate Films | December 22, 2017 | as Village Roadshow Pictures Asia; co-production with Heyi Pictures and Perfect World Pictures | $65 million | $48.8 million | ||||||
| url=https://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205105405/http://www.varietyinsight.com/print_featurefilm_releases.php | title=Film releases | work=Variety Insight | archive-date=5 February 2018 | access-date=10 February 2018}} | Warner Bros. Pictures | February 9, 2018 | co-production with Malpaso Productions | $30 million | $57.1 million | |
| Ready Player One | March 29, 2018 | co-production with Amblin Partners, Amblin Entertainment, De Line Pictures and Farah Films & Management | $155–175 million | $592.2 million | |||||||
| Ocean's 8 | June 8, 2018 | co-production with Smokehouse Pictures and Larger Than Life Productions | $70 million | $297.8 million | |||||||
| Joker | October 4, 2019 | co-production with Bron Creative, Joint Effort, and DC Films | $55–70 million | $1.074 billion |
2020s
| Title | Distributor | Release date | Notes | Budget | Box office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Matrix Resurrections | Warner Bros. Pictures | December 22, 2021 | co-production with Venus Castina Productions and Deutscher Filmförderfonds | $190 million | $159.2 million |
| Cinnamon | Tubi | June 23, 2023 | co-production with Fox Entertainment Studios and Content Cartel Studios | N/A | |
| Murder City | June 29, 2023 | ||||
| Wonka | Warner Bros. Pictures | December 15, 2023 | co-production with Heyday Films and The Roald Dahl Story Company | $125 million | $632.3 million |
| The Gutter | Magnolia Pictures | November 1, 2024 | co-production with Destro Films and ModelBoyz Entertainment | $17 million | $17,750 |
Upcoming
| Title | Distributor | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belly of the Beast | Lionsgate UK | TBA | co-production with Chapel Place |
| Eternal Return | TBA | TBA | co-production with MACRO, BK Studios, Picture Films, New Name Entertainment, Gatherer Entertainment, Little Walnut and The Post Republic |
Television series
| Year | Series | Network | Notes | Seasons | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1994 | Paradise Beach | Nine Network | co-production with Genesis Entertainment | 2 | 260 |
| 1995–1999 | Flipper | Syndication/PAX | first three seasons only; co-production with Samuel Goldwyn Television, Tribune Entertainment and MGM Television | 5 | 61 |
| 1995–1996 | Space: Above and Beyond | Fox | co-production with Hard Eight Pictures and 20th Century Fox Television | 1 | 23 |
| 1996–1997 | Pacific Drive | Nine Network | co-production with New World Entertainment | 2 | 390 |
| 1997–1998 | Night Man | Syndication | season 1 only; co-production with ProSieben Media, Glen Larson Entertainment Network, Atlantis Films and Tribune Entertainment | 1 | 22 |
| 1998–1999 | Tales of the South Seas | Network Ten | co-production with CLT-UFA, Gaumont Télévision and South Pacific Pictures | ||
| Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown | Nine Network | co-production with Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow, International Tele Images and Videal | 26 | ||
| Dumb Bunnies | CBS | co-production with Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow, Nelvana and Scottish Television Enterprises |
Television films
| Title | Network | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trapped in Space | Sci-Fi Channel | October 19, 1994 | co-production with CNM Entertainment and Wilshire Court Productions |
| Sahara | Showtime | April 25, 1995 | co-production with TriStar Television |
| The Ticket | USA Network | August 6, 1997 | co-production with CNM Entertainment and Wilshire Court Productions |
| Meteorites! | June 3, 1998 | co-production with Wilshire Court Productions | |
| The Fury Within | October 28, 1998 | ||
| Alien Cargo | UPN | January 28, 1999 | |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World | TNT | April 3, 1999 | pilot movie only; co-production with St. Clare Entertainment, Telescene and The Fremantle Corporation |
| Monster | UPN | November 12, 1999 | co-production with Wilshire Court Productions |
| The Magicians | March 10, 2000 | ||
| Code 11-14 | CBS | August 24, 2003 | co-production with Wilshire Court Productions and Carlton America |
Television miniseries
| Title | Network | Release date | Notes | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years | CBS | February 11–13 1996 | co-production with The Wolper Organization and Warner Bros. Television | 2 |
| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | ABC | May 11–12, 1997 | co-production with The Frederick S. Pierce Company |
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