Dark Castle Entertainment
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| Type | Production company |
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| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Founder(s) | Joel Silver Robert Zemeckis Gilbert Adler |
| Key people | Susan Downey Steve Richards |
| Parent | Silver Pictures |
Dark Castle Entertainment is a division of Silver Pictures, a production house affiliated with Warner Bros. It was formed in 1999 by Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Gilbert Adler. Susan Downey was the Vice President of Development until February 2009, a term running congruent to her tenure as a VP of Production at parent company Silver Pictures.
Dark Castle Entertainment's name pays homage to William Castle, a horror filmmaker from the 1950s and 1960s. When first formed, the goal was to remake Castle's horror films (very similar to another production company Platinum Dunes). After two remakes, it moved on to producing original material, along with remakes of non-Castle films. Starting with RocknRolla, the company began producing films in genres other than horror.
Initially, most of the company's films were mostly critically panned, however, most recently their films began to garner critical acclaim starting with Orphan, Splice and Unknown.
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[edit] Filmography of Dark Castle Entertainment
[edit] Lifetime grosses
| Year | Film | Budget | Domestic Box Office | Foreign Box Office | Total | US DVD sales | Total (with DVD sales) |
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| 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | $37 Mio. | $40,846,082[1] | $3,515,228 (A) | $44,361,370 | N/A | N/A |
| 2001 | Thirteen Ghosts | $42 Mio. | $41,867,960[2] | $26,600,000[3] | $68,467,960 | N/A | N/A |
| 2002 | Ghost Ship | $20 Mio. | $30,113,491[4] | $38,236,393[4] | $68,349,884 | N/A | N/A |
| 2003 | Gothika | $40 Mio. | $59,694,580[5] | $81,896,744[5] | $141,591,324 | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | House of Wax | $40 Mio. | $32,064,800[6] | $36,701,321[6] | $68,766,121 | N/A | N/A |
| 2007 | The Reaping | $40 Mio. | $25,126,214[7] | $37,644,845[7] | $62,771,059 | $19,784,364[8] | $82,555,423 |
| 2008 | RocknRolla | $15 Mio. | $5,700,626[9] | $20,027,463 | $25,728,089 | $7,400,623[10] | $33,139,638 |
| 2009 | Orphan | N/A | $41,596,251[11] | $36,741,122[11] | $78,337,373 | $12,250,443[11] | $90,587,816 |
| 2009 | Whiteout | $35 Mio. | $10,275,638[12] | $7,565,229[12] | $17,840,867 | $3,192,934 [13] | $21,033,801 |
| 2009 | Ninja Assassin | $50 Mio. | $38,122,883[14] | $23,471,000 | $61,593,883 | $13,841,623 [15] | $75,435,506 |
| 2010 | The Losers | $25 Mio. | $23,591,432[16] | $5,385,903 | $28,977,335 | $6,462,496 [17] | $35,439,831 |
| 2010 | Splice | $30 Mio. | $17,010,170[18] | $6,964,022 | $23,974,192 | $3,695,686 | $27,669,878 |
| Overall Total | US DVD Sales | Total |
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| $646,033,429 | $62,932,483 | $708,965,912 |
(A) Indicates minimum, as that is only two countries totals merged.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ House on Haunted Hill (1999)
- ^ Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
- ^ Thirteen Ghosts (2001) - International Box Office Results
- ^ a b Ghost Ship (2002)
- ^ a b Gothika (2003)
- ^ a b House of Wax (2005)
- ^ a b The Reaping (2007)
- ^ The Reaping DVD (2007)
- ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=rocknrolla.htm
- ^ RocknRolla DVD (2008)
- ^ a b c Orphan (2009)
- ^ a b Whiteout (2009)
- ^ Whiteout DVD (2009)
- ^ Ninja Assassin(2009)
- ^ Ninja Assassin DVD (2009)
- ^ The Losers (2009)
- ^ The Losers DVD (2010)
- ^ Splice (2010)
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