Legendary Pictures

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.

Legendary Pictures, Inc.
Company typePrivate
Headquarters,
Key people
Owner
Divisions
  • Digital
Subsidiaries
  • Legendary Comics, LLC
  • Legendary East Ltd. (40%)
  • Legendary Pictures, LLC
  • Nerdist Industries, LLC
Websitewww.legendary.com

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

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

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

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

Year Title Director Co-production company(s) Distributor(s) Box office Ref.
2005 Batman Begins Nolan, ChristopherChristopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $372,710,015 [8]
2006 Superman Returns Singer, BryanBryan Singer Bad Hat Harry Productions / Peters Entertainment Warner Bros. $391,081,192 [9]
2006 Lady in the Water Shyamalan, M. NightM. Night Shyamalan Blinding Edge Pictures Warner Bros. $72,785,169 [10]
2006 The Ant Bully Davis, John A.John A. Davis Playtone / DNA Productions Warner Bros. $55,181,129 [11]
2006 Beerfest Chandrasekhar, JayJay 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 Snyder, ZackZack Snyder Virtual Studios Warner Bros. $456,068,181 [14]
2008 10,000 BC Emmerich, RolandRoland Emmerich Centropolis Warner Bros. $269,784,201 [15]
2008 The Dark Knight Nolan, ChristopherChristopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $1,001,921,825 [16]
2009 Watchmen Snyder, ZackZack Snyder Lawrence Gordon Productions Warner Bros. / Paramount $185,258,983 [17]
2009 Observe and Report Hill, JodyJody Hill DeLine Pictures Warner Bros. $26,973,554 [18]
2009 The Hangover Phillips, ToddTodd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $467,483,912 [19]
2009 Trick 'r Treat Dougherty, MichaelMichael Dougherty Bad Hat Harry Productions Warner Premiere [20]
2009 Where the Wild Things Are Jonze, SpikeSpike Jonze Playtone / Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. $100,086,793 [21]
2009 Ninja Assassin McTeigue, JamesJames McTeigue Dark Castle Entertainment / Anarchos Productions Warner Bros. $61,601,280 [22]
2010 Clash of the Titans Leterrier, LouisLouis Leterrier Thunder Road Films / The Zanuck Company Warner Bros. $493,214,993 [23]
2010 Jonah Hex Hayward, JimmyJimmy Hayward Mad Chance / Weed Road Pictures Warner Bros. $10,903,112 [24]
2010 Inception Nolan, ChristopherChristopher Nolan Syncopy Films Warner Bros. $825,532,764 [25]
2010 The Town Affleck, BenBen Affleck GK Films / Thunder Road Films Warner Bros. $154,026,136 [26]
2010 Due Date Phillips, ToddTodd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $211,780,824 [27]
2011 Sucker Punch Snyder, ZackZack Snyder Cruel and Unusual Films Warner Bros. $89,792,502 [28]
2011 The Hangover Part II Phillips, ToddTodd Phillips Green Hat Films Warner Bros. $581,464,305 [29]
2012 Wrath of the Titans Liebesman, JonathanJonathan Liebesman Thunder Road Films Warner Bros. $301,970,083 [30]
2012 The Dark Knight Rises Nolan, ChristopherChristopher 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

Legendary Pictures Media

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