Amblin Entertainment

This article is about the company. For the movie, see Amblin'.

Amblin Entertainment

Type	Private
Industry	Film Television
Founded	1981
Headquarters	Universal City, California, United States
Key people	Steven Spielberg Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall
Products	Motion pictures
Services	Film production

Amblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1981.

Overview

Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its productions, needing the help of the studios that distributed it. Its logo features the silhouette of E.T. riding in the basket on Elliott's bicycle flying in front of the moon from the 1982 movie, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Amblin is named after Spielberg's first commercially released film, Amblin' (1968), a short independent film about a man and woman hitchhiking through the desert. The film, which cost $15,000 to produce, was shown for Universal Studios and won Spielberg more directing roles. Although Amblin is an independent production company, Universal distributes many Amblin productions and Amblin operates out of a building on the Universal lot.

In addition to various Spielberg films, Amblin has produced movies by other directors such as Joe Dante (Gremlins, Small Soldiers, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace), Robert Zemeckis (the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Brian Levant (the Flintstones duology), Matthew Robbins (*batteries not included ), Penelope Spheeris (the 1994 film remake of The Little Rascals), Brad Silberling (Casper), Don Bluth (An American Tail, The Land Before Time), Clint Eastwood (The Bridges of Madison County, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Hereafter), Gil Kenan (Monster House), Martin Campbell (The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro), Richard Donner (The Goonies), Jan de Bont (Twister), Barry Sonnenfeld (the Men in Black trilogy), Martin Scorsese (the remake of Cape Fear), Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III), J. J. Abrams (Super 8), The Coen Brothers (True Grit), and Simon Wells (An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Balto).

The majority of these directors are close friends of Spielberg, who has an executive producer or producer credit on many but not all of Amblin's non-Spielberg films. Amblin's most critically acclaimed production is Schindler's List (1993), which was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won seven, including Best Picture. A companion study guide for it, Facing History, was prepared through a grant from Amblin and Universal.

Amblin's television series credits include Amazing Stories, Tiny Toon Adventures, seaQuest DSV, Animaniacs, Earth 2, Pinky and the Brain, ER, Freakazoid!, Back to the Future, Family Dog, The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, Fievel's American Tails, The Land Before Time and Men in Black: The Series . The animated title Fievel's American Tails and others were produced by Amblin's animation division Amblimation, which was active from 1991 until 1995. Another studio which has distributed many Amblin productions is Warner Bros. Entertainment. DreamWorks (which was co-founded by Spielberg) has distributed a number of Amblin productions since 1994.

The Walt Disney Studios has also collaborated with Amblin in such films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Arachnophobia, Noises Off, A Far Off Place, War Horse and Lincoln (the latter two of which are DreamWorks productions but released by Disney`s Touchstone Pictures label as part of a 30-picture distribution deal between Disney and DreamWorks).

In 2011 in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox, the Terra Nova television series was released.

Motion pictures

Title	Release Date	Main Studio 1	Main Studio(s) 2	Other Production Companies	Budget	Gross Worldwide	RT	IMDb	Runtime (minutes)
Continental Divide	00 !09-18-1981	Universal Pictures			N/A	$15,578,237	78%	5.9	103
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	01 !06-11-1982	Universal Pictures			$10,500,000	$792,910,554	98%	7.9	115
Gremlins	02 !06-08-1984	Warner Bros.			$11,000,000	$153,083,102	79%	7.1	106
Fandango	03 !01-25-1985	Warner Bros.			$4,000,000	$91,666	50%	6.2	91
The Goonies	04 !06-07-1985	Warner Bros.			$19,000,000	$61,389,680	63%	7.6	114
Back to the Future	05 !07-03-1985	Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions	$19,000,000	$381,109,710	97%	8.4	116
Young Sherlock Holmes	06 !12-04-1985	Paramount Pictures			$18,000,000 (estimated)	$19,739,575	65%	6.6	109
The Color Purple	07 !12-18-1985	Warner Bros.		The Guber-Peters Company	$15,000,000	$142,000,000	88%	7.6	154
The Money Pit	08 !03-26-1986	Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions	$24,000,000	$54,999,651 (worldwide)	47%	5.9	91
An American Tail	09 !11-21-1986	Universal Pictures		Sullivan Bluth Studios U-Drive Productions	unknown	$84,542,002	64%	6.7	80
Harry and the Hendersons	10 !06-05-1987	Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions	$16,000,000	$49,998,613 (worldwide)	44%	5.6	110
Innerspace	11 !07-01-1987	Warner Bros.		The Guber-Peters Company	unknown	$25,893,810 (domestic)	80%	6.6	120
Empire of the Sun	12 !12-09-1987	Warner Bros.			$35,000,000	$66,240,000	81%	7.7	154
*batteries not included	13 !12-18-1987	Universal Pictures			$25,000,000 (est.)	$65,088,797	64%	6.2	106
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	14 !06-22-1988	Touchstone Pictures		Silver Screen Partners Walt Disney Feature Animation	$70,000,000	$329,803,958	98%	7.6	104
The Land Before Time	15 !11-18-1988	Universal Pictures		Lucasfilm Sullivan Bluth Studios U-Drive Productions	$12,500,000	$84,460,846	73%	7.1	69
Dad	16 !10-27-1989	Universal Pictures		Ubu Productions	$19,000,000	$27,503,037	56%	5.9	117
Back to the Future Part II	17 !11-22-1989	Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions	$40,000,000	$331,950,002	64%	7.6	108
Always	18 !12-22-1989	Universal Pictures	United Artists	U-Drive Productions	$29,500,000	$43,858,790	61%	6.2	122
Joe Versus the Volcano	19 !03-09-1990	Warner Bros.			$45,000,000	$39,404,261 (USA)	56%	5.4	102
Back to the Future Part III	20 !05-25-1990	Universal Pictures		U-Drive Productions	$40,000,000	$244,527,583	71%	7.2	118
Gremlins 2: The New Batch	21 !06-15-1990	Warner Bros.			$50,000,000	$41,482,207 (United States)	67%	6.1	106
Arachnophobia	22 !07-18-1990	Hollywood Pictures		Tangled Web Productions	$31,000,000	$53,208,180	88%	6.2	109
Cape Fear	24 !11-13-1991	Universal Pictures		Cappa Films TriBeCa Productions	$35,000,000	$182,291,969	76%	7.3	127
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	25 !11-22-1991	Universal Pictures			unknown	$65,435,625	40%	6.1	74
Hook	26 !12-11-1991	TriStar Pictures			$70,000,000	$300,854,823	29%	6.3	144
Noises Off*	28 !03-20-1992	Touchstone Pictures		Nothing On Productions Touchwood Pacific Partners	$19,000,000	$2,280,148	57%	7.1	103
A Far Off Place*	29 !03-12-1993	Walt Disney Pictures		Touchwood Pacific Partners	unknown	$12,890,752	33%	6.4	107
Jurassic Park	30 !06-11-1993	Universal Pictures			$63,000,000	$914,691,118	89%	7.9	127
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	31 !11-24-1993	Universal Pictures			unknown	$9,315,576 (USA)	27%	5.5	73
A Dangerous Woman*	32 !12-03-1993	Universal Pictures		Gramercy Pictures (distributing label) Island World Rollercoaster Productions	unknown	$1,497,222 (United States)	67%	5.8	93
Schindler's List	33 !12-15-1993	Universal Pictures			$22,000,000	$321,000,000	97%	8.9	195
The Flintstones	34 !05-27-1994	Universal Pictures		Hanna-Barbera Productions	$46,000,000	$341,631,208	22%	4.6	91
The Little Rascals*	35 !08-05-1994	Universal Pictures		King World Productions	unknown	$67,308,282	27%	5.7	82
Little Giants*	36 !10-14-1994	Warner Bros.			$20,000,000	$19,306,362	40%	5.8	106
Casper	37 !05-26-1995	Universal Pictures	The Harvey Entertainment Company		$55,000,000	$287,928,194	43%	5.7	100
The Bridges of Madison County*	38 !06-02-1995	Warner Bros.		Malpaso Productions	$22,000,000	$182,016,617	90%	7.3	135
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar*	39 !09-08-1995	Universal Pictures			unknown	$47,774,193	42%	5.8	109
How to Make an American Quilt*	40 !10-06-1995	Universal Pictures			unknown	$41,600,020	55%	5.9	117
Balto	41 !12-22-1995	Universal Pictures			unknown	$11,348,324	50%	6.7	78
Twister	42 !05-17-1996	Warner Bros.	Universal Pictures	Constant c Productions	$92,000,000	$494,471,524	59%	6.1	113
The Trigger Effect*	43 !08-30-1996	Universal Pictures		Gramercy Pictures (distributing label)	$8,000,000	$3,594,848	75%	5.6	94
The Lost World: Jurassic Park	44 !05-19-1997	Universal Pictures			$73,000,000	$618,638,999	52%	6.1	129
Men in Black	45a !07-02-1997	Columbia Pictures		Parkes/MacDonald Productions	$90,000,000	$589,390,539	91%	7.1	98
Deep Impact	45b !05-08-1998	Paramount Pictures	DreamWorks	Zanuck/Brown Company	$75,000,000	$349,000,000	46%	6.0	121
Small Soldiers*	46 !07-10-1998	DreamWorks	Universal Pictures		$40,000,000	$54,682,547	45%	5.9	110
The Mask of Zorro	47 !07-17-1998	TriStar Pictures			$96,000,000	$250,288,523	82%	6.7	136
Saving Private Ryan	48 !07-24-1998	DreamWorks	Paramount Pictures	Mark Gordon Productions The Mutual Film Company	$70,000,000	$481,840,909	93%	8.5	169
In Dreams*	49 !01-15-1999	DreamWorks			$30,000,000	$12,017,369	22%	5.3	98
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas*	51 !04-28-2000	Universal Pictures		Hanna-Barbera Productions	$83,000,000	$59,468,275	25%	3.3	90
A.I. Artificial Intelligence	52 !06-29-2001	DreamWorks	Warner Bros.	Stanley Kubrick Productions	$100,000,000	$235,926,552	73%	7.0	146
Jurassic Park III	53 !07-18-2001	Universal Studios			$93,000,000	$368,780,809	50%	5.8	94
Minority Report	54 !06-21-2002	20th Century Fox	DreamWorks	Blue Tulip Productions Cruise/Wagner Productions	$102,000,000	$358,372,926	92%	7.7	145
Men in Black II	55 !07-04-2002	Columbia Pictures		Parkes/MacDonald Productions	$140,000,000	$441,818,803	39%	5.7	88
Catch Me If You Can	56 !12-25-2002	DreamWorks		Kemp Company Parkes/MacDonald Productions Splendid Pictures	$52,000,000	$352,114,312	96%	7.8	141
The Terminal	57 !06-18-2004			Parkes/MacDonald Productions	$60,000,000	$219,417,255	60%	7.2	128
War of the Worlds	58 !06-29-2005	DreamWorks	Paramount Pictures	Cruise/Wagner Productions	$132,000,000	$591,745,550	74%	6.5	112
The Legend of Zorro	59 !10-28-2005	Columbia Pictures		Spyglass Entertainment Tornado Productions	$75,000,000	$142,400,065	26%	5.8	129
Memoirs of a Geisha	60 !12-09-2005	Columbia Pictures	DreamWorks	Red Wagon Productions Spyglass Entertainment	$85,000,000	$162,242,962	35%	7.1	145
Munich	61 !12-23-2005	Universal Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures	Alliance Atlantis Barry Mendel Productions The Kennedy/Marshall Company Peninsula Films	$77,000,000	$130,358,911	78%	7.7	163
Monster House	62 !07-21-2006	Columbia Pictures		ImageMovers Relativity Media	$75,000,000	$140,175,006	74%	6.7	91
Flags of Our Fathers	63 !10-20-2006	Warner Bros.	DreamWorks	Malpaso Productions	$55,000,000	$65,900,249	73%	7.1	132
Letters from Iwo Jima	64 !12-20-2006	Warner Bros.	DreamWorks	Malpaso Productions	$19,000,000	$68,673,228	91%	8.0	141
Hereafter	65 !10-15-2010	Warner Bros.		Malpaso Productions The Kennedy/Marshall Company	$50,000,000	$105,197,635	46%	6.6	129
True Grit	66 !12-22-2010	Paramount Pictures			$38,000,000	$251,123,791	96%	7.8	111
Super 8	67 !06-10-2011	Paramount Pictures		Bad Robot Productions	$50,000,000	$259,422,500	82%	7.3	112
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn	68 !12-21-2011	Paramount Pictures	Columbia Pictures	The Kennedy/Marshall Company WingNut Films Nickelodeon Movies	$135,000,000	$373,993,951	75%	7.7	107
War Horse	69 !12-25-2011	DreamWorks Pictures	Touchstone Pictures	The Kennedy/Marshall Company	$66,000,000	$177,059,441	76%	7.3	146
Men in Black 3	70 !05-25-2012	Columbia Pictures		Parkes/MacDonald ImageNation Media Magik Entertainment	$215,000,000	$615,685,795	69%	7.0	106
Lincoln	Limited: 71 !11-9-2012 Wide: 72 !11-16-2012	DreamWorks SKG	Touchstone Pictures 20th Century Fox	Participant Media The Kennedy/Marshall Company	$65,000,000	$263,651,736	89%	8.4	150
Robopocalypse	74 !04-25-2014	DreamWorks SKG	Touchstone Pictures 20th Century Fox		TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 2	75 !06-06-2014	Touchstone Pictures		Walt Disney Animation Studios	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Jurassic Park 4	76 !06-13-2014	Universal Pictures			TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
The 39 Clues	TBA-2014 !TBA-2014	Universal Pictures	DreamWorks SKG Touchstone Pictures Mister Smith Entertainment Entertainment One Constantin Film Nordisk Film Italia Film	Walden Media Scholastic Media	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
The Danish Girl	TBA-2014 !TBA-2014				TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun	TBA-2015 !TBA-2015	Columbia Pictures	Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies	Wingnut Films Hemisphere Media Capital	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

• Asterisked films indicate that Steven Spielberg is uncredited or uninvolved.

Short films

• Tummy Trouble (1989)
• Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990)
• Trail Mix-Up (1993)
• I'm Mad (Animaniacs short) (1994)

Direct to Video

• Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
• Wakko's Wish (1999)

Television films

• Class of '61 (1993)

Television shows

Live-action

With DreamWorks Television

• On the Lot (2007)
• The Talisman (TBA, miniseries)

With Universal Television

• Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
• Harry and the Hendersons (1991–1993, as MCA TV)
• seaQuest DSV (1993–1996)
• Earth 2 (1994–1995)
• Fudge (1995-1996 as MTE, 1996-1997 as Universal)

With Warner Bros. Television

• ER (1994–2009) production with Constant C Productions

With Paramount Television and Lucasfilm

• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1996)

With 20th Century Fox Television

• Terra Nova (2011)
• The Americans (2013)

With Showtime Television

• The Borgias (2011) (Season Two onwards)

Animated

With Universal Animation Studios

• Back to the Future: The Animated Series (1991–1992)
• A Wish for Wings That Work (1991)
• Fievel's American Tails (1992, also with Nelvana)
• The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996–1998)
• The Land Before Time (2007–2008)

With Warner Bros. Animation

• Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1995)
• The Plucky Duck Show (1992)
• Animaniacs (1993–1998)
• Freakazoid! (1995–1997)
• Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998)
• Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1998–1999)

With Universal, WB and Nelvana

• Family Dog (1993)

With Columbia Tristar Television

• Men in Black: The Series (1997-2001)

Theme park attractions

While Amblin has never had its own theme park, theme parks have made rides based on Amblin films and co-productions.

• Back to the Future: The Ride, a simulator ride at Universal Studios Japan. Also existed at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood.
• Gremlins Invasion, a ride at Movieworld.
• Jurassic Park: The Ride, a water ride at Universal Studios Hollywood.
• Men in Black: Alien Attack, a dark ride at Universal Studios Florida.
• Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin, a dark ride in Mickey's Toontown, a land at Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland.
• Twister...Ride it Out, a simulator ride at Universal Studios Florida.
• E.T. Adventure, a dark ride at Universal Studios Florida. Also existed at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Japan. It will soon be at Universal Studios South Korea and Universal Studios Dubailand in the near future.

External links

• Amblin Entertainment at the Internet Movie Database