MTV Films

MTV Films

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Motion pictures
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Key people	Van Toffler Albert Berger David Gale Ron Yerxa
Owner(s)	Paramount Pictures/Viacom
Parent	Paramount Motion Pictures Group
Website	www.mtvfilms.com

MTV Films is the American motion picture production arm of the cable channel MTV. Founded in 1996, it has produced films based on MTV programs such as Beavis and Butt-head Do America and Jackass: The Movie, as well as other adaptations and original projects. Its films are released by fellow Viacom division Paramount Pictures. On August 21, 2006, Nickelodeon Movies and MTV Films became full labels of the Paramount Motion Pictures Group.It currently has 38 films with 3 direct-to-video titles.

Films

Theatrically released

Title	Release Date	Production Company(s)	Budget	Gross
Joe's Apartment	July 26, 1996	Geffen Pictures (under Warner Bros.)	$13 million	$4,619,014
Beavis and Butt-head Do America	December 20, 1996	Paramount / MTV Animation / Geffen Pictures / Judgemental Films	$12 million	$123,118,386
Dead Man on Campus	August 21, 1998	Paramount / Pacific Western Productions	$14 million	$15,064,946
Varsity Blues	January 15, 1999	Paramount	$16 million	$54,294,169
200 Cigarettes	February 26, 1999	Paramount / Lakeshore Entertainment	$6 million	$6,852,450
Election	May 7, 1999	Paramount	$8.5 million	$14,902,041
The Wood	July 16, 1999	Paramount	$6 million	$25,059,640
The Original Kings of Comedy	August 18, 2000	Paramount / Latham Entertainment / 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks	$3 million	$38,182,790
Save the Last Dance	January 12, 2001	Paramount	$13 million	$131,706,809
Pootie Tang	June 29, 2001	Paramount / Chris Rock Productions	$7 million	$3,313,583
Orange County	January 11, 2002	Paramount	$18 million	$41,032,915
Crossroads	February 15, 2002	Paramount / Zomba Films	$12 million	$61,141,030
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat	August 2, 2002	Paramount / Runteldat Entertainment	$3 million	$19,184,820
Jackass: The Movie	October 25, 2002	Paramount / Dickhouse Productions	$5 million	$79,493,831
Better Luck Tomorrow	April 11, 2003	Paramount	$250,000	$3,809,226
The Fighting Temptations	September 19, 2003	Paramount	$30 million	$32,750,821
Tupac: Resurrection	November 14, 2003	Paramount / Amaru Entertainment		$7,808,524
The Perfect Score	January 30, 2004	Paramount		$10,876,805
Napoleon Dynamite	August 27, 2004	Fox Searchlight Pictures / Paramount / HH Films	$400,000	$46,118,097
Coach Carter	January 14, 2005	Paramount / Tollin/Robbins Productions	$30 million	$76,669,806
The Longest Yard	May 27, 2005	Paramount / Columbia / Happy Madison	$82 million	$190,320,568
Hustle & Flow	July 22, 2005	Paramount Classics / New Deal Entertainment	$2.8 million	$23,563,727
Murderball	July 22, 2005	THINKFilm / Participant Media / 1More Film		$1,750,211
Get Rich or Die Tryin'	November 9, 2005	Paramount / G-Unit Films / Aftermath Entertainment	$40 million	$46,442,528
Æon Flux	December 2, 2005	Paramount / Lakeshore Entertainment / Valhalla Motion Pictures	$62 million	$52,304,001
Broken Bridges	September 8, 2006	Paramount Classics / CMT Films		$252,539
Jackass Number Two	September 22, 2006	Paramount / Dickhouse Productions	$11.5 million	$84,618,532
Dirty Sanchez: The Movie	September 22, 2006	Vertigo Films / MTV Europe		$792,644
Freedom Writers	January 5, 2007	Paramount / Jersey Films / 2S Films	$21 million	$43,090,741
Blades of Glory	March 30, 2007	DreamWorks / Red Hour Films / Smart Entertainment	$53 million	$145,708,642
How She Move	January 25, 2008	Paramount Vantage / Celluloid Dreams / Sienna Films	$17 million	$8,533,187
Stop-Loss	March 28, 2008	Paramount	$25 million	$11,207,130
The Foot Fist Way	May 30, 2008	Paramount Vantage / Gary Sanchez Productions	$79,000	$245,292
Dance Flick	May 22, 2009	Paramount / Wayans Bros. Entertainment	$25 million	$31,439,140
Jackass 3D	October 15, 2010	Paramount / Dickhouse Productions	$20 million	$170,256,125
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	February 11, 2011	Paramount / Insurge Pictures / AEG Live / The Island Def Jam Music Group	$13 million	$98,441,954
Footloose	October 14, 2011	Paramount / Spyglass Entertainment	$24 million	$62,701,289
Katy Perry: Part of Me	July 3, 2012	Paramount / Insurge Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / AEG Live / Capitol Records	$12 million	$31,911,815
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters	January 25, 2013	Paramount / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Gary Sanchez Productions	$50 million	$211,809,041

Direct-to-video

Title	Release Date	Production Company(s)
Beneath	August 7, 2007	Paramount Classics
Jackass 2.5	December 26, 2007	Paramount / Dickhouse Productions
Jackass 3.5	June 14, 2011	Paramount Digital Entertainment / Dickhouse Productions

External links

• MTV Films at the Internet Movie Database