Industrial Light & Magic
Template:Short description Template:Infobox company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects, computer animation and stereo conversion digital studio founded by George Lucas on May 26, 1975.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It is a division of the film production company Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when he began production on the original Star Wars,<ref>Template:Cite book (2006 Template:ISBN)</ref> now the fourth episode of the Skywalker Saga.
ILM originated in Van Nuys, California, then later moved to San Rafael in 1978, and since 2005 it has been based at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio of San Francisco. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired ILM as part of its purchase of Lucasfilm.<ref name=latimes>Template:Cite news</ref> As of 2025, Industrial Light & Magic has won 15 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects.<ref name=details/>
History
[edit]Lucas wanted his 1977 film Star Wars to include visual effects that had never been seen on film before.<ref name=SW>Template:Cite web</ref> After discovering that the in-house effects department at 20th Century Fox was no longer operational, Lucas approached Douglas Trumbull, best known for the effects on 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Silent Running (1972). Trumbull declined as he was already committed to working on Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), but suggested his assistant John Dykstra to Lucas. Dykstra brought together a small team of college students, artists, and engineers and set them up in a warehouse in Van Nuys, California.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After seeing the map for the location was zoned as light industrial, Lucas named the group Industrial Light and Magic,<ref>Template:CitationTemplate:Cbignore</ref> which became the Special Visual Effects department on Star Wars. Alongside Dykstra, other leading members of the original ILM team were Ken Ralston, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Robert Blalack, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett, Steve Gawley, Lorne Peterson, and Paul Huston.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In late 1978, when in pre-production for The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas reformed most of the team into Industrial Light & Magic in Marin County, California. From here on, the company expanded and has since gone on to produce special effects for over three hundred films, including the entire Star Wars saga, the Indiana Jones series, and the Jurassic Park series.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
After the success of the first Star Wars movie, Lucas became interested in using computer graphics on the sequel. He contacted Triple-I, known for their early computer effects in movies like Westworld (1973), Futureworld (1976), Tron (1982), and The Last Starfighter which ended up making a computer-generated test of five X-wing fighters flying in formation. He found it to be too expensive and returned to handmade models. Nevertheless, the test had shown him it was possible, and he decided he would create his own computer graphics department instead. As a result, they started investing in Apple and SGI computers. One of Lucas' employees was given the task to find the right people to hire. His search would lead him to NYIT, where he found Edwin Catmull and his colleagues. Catmull and others accepted Lucas' job offer, and a new computer division at Lucasfilm, named The Graphics Group, was created in 1979, which technically belonged to another division than ILM, with the hiring of Ed Catmull as the first NYIT employee who joined the company.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Lucas' list for them was a digital film editing system, a digital sound editing system, a laser film printer, and further exploration of computer graphics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> John Lasseter, who was hired a few years later, worked on computer-animation as part of ILM's contribution to Young Sherlock Holmes. The Graphics Group was later sold to Steve Jobs, named Pixar Animation Studios, and created the first CGI-animated feature, Toy Story.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2000, ILM created the OpenEXR format for high-dynamic-range imaging.<ref name="About OpenEXR">Template:Cite web</ref>
ILM operated from an inconspicuous property in San Rafael, California until 2005. The company was known to locals as The Kerner Company, a name that did not draw any attention, allowing the company to operate in secret, thus preventing the compromise of sensitive information on its productions to the media or fans.<ref>Rubin (2006); p. 253</ref><ref name="EmpireOfDreams">Template:Cite video</ref> In 2005, when Lucas decided to move locations to the Presidio of San Francisco and focus on digital effects, a management-led team bought the five physical and practical effects divisions and formed a new company that included the George Lucas Theater, retained the "Kerner" name as Kerner Technologies, Inc. and provided physical effects for major motion pictures, often working with ILM, until its Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2005, ILM extended its operations to Lucasfilm Singapore, which also includes the Singapore arm of Lucasfilm Animation. In 2006, ILM invented IMoCap (Image Based Motion Capture Technology).<ref name="beforesandafters.com">Template:Cite web</ref> By 2007, ILM was one of the largest visual effects vendors in the motion picture industry and had one of the largest render farms (named Death Star).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2011, it was announced the company was considering a project-based facility in Vancouver.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> ILM first opened a temporary facility in Vancouver before relocating to a new 30,000-square-foot studio on Water Street in the Gastown district in 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In October 2012, Disney bought ILM's parent company, Lucasfilm, acquiring ILM, Skywalker Sound, and LucasArts in the process.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Disney stated that it had no immediate plans to change ILM's operations,<ref name=latimes/> but began to lay off employees by April of the next year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following the restructuring of LucasArts in April 2013, ILM was left overstaffed and the faculty was reduced to serve only ILM's visual effects department.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> ILM opened a London studio headquartered in the city's Soho district on October 15, 2014.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
On November 7, 2018, ILM opened a new division targeted at television series called ILM TV. It will be based in ILM's new 47,000-square-foot London studio with support from the company's locations in San Francisco, Vancouver and Singapore.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In July 2019, ILM announced the opening of a new facility in Sydney, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the same year, ILM introduced StageCraft.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Also known as "The Volume", it uses high-definition LED video walls to generate virtual sceneries and was first used in The Mandalorian.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Fox VFX Lab was folded into ILM, including the Technoprops division.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In October 2022, ILM opened a new studio in Mumbai.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In May 2023, ILMxLAB was rebranded as ILM Immersive.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In August 2023, Lucasfilm announced it would close the ILM studio in Singapore due to economic factors affecting the industry and the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. The closure affected 340 Singapore-based jobs. Employees continued working until the end of the year. Disney confirmed that it would be helping employees to either find work with local companies with similar skills requirements or relocate to ILM's other studios in London, Vancouver, Sydney and Mumbai.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> An ILM Singapore employee confirmed that the closure of the Singaporean studio was linked to the strike.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Milestones
[edit]- 1975: ILM used VistaVision for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1980: ILM's first use of Go motion was used to animate the Tauntaun creatures and AT-ATs of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1982: ILM's first in-house completely computer-generated sequence was the "Genesis sequence" in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. (Former computer graphics in Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope were done outside of ILM.)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1985: ILM's first completely computer-generated character, the "stained glass man", featured in Young Sherlock Holmes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1988: ILM did their first morphing sequence in Willow<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1989: The first digital compositing of a full-screen live-action image was done by ILM during the final sequence in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1989: ILM created their first computer-generated 3-D character to show emotion, the pseudopod creature in The Abyss<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1991: ILM created their first dimensional matte painting – where a traditional matte painting was mapped onto 3-D geometry, allowing for camera parallax, in Hook.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1991: ILM created their first computer-generated main character, the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1992: ILM generated the texture of human skin for the first time in Death Becomes Her<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1993: The first time digital technology was used to create complete and detailed living creatures, the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, earned ILM its thirteenth Oscar<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1994: The first extensive use of digital manipulation of historical and stock footage was done to integrate characters in Forrest Gump.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1995: ILM created their first fully synthetic speaking computer-generated character, with a distinct personality and emotion, to take a leading role in Casper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1995: ILM created their first computer-generated photo-realistic hair and fur (used for the digital lion and monkeys) in Jumanji<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1996: ILM's first completely computer-generated main character, Draco, was featured in Dragonheart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999: ILM's first computer-generated character to have a full human anatomy, Imhotep, was featured in The Mummy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 1999: ILM's first fully computer-generated character in a live-action film using motion-capture, Jar Jar Binks, was featured in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2000: ILM created the OpenEXR imaging format.<ref name="About OpenEXR"/>
- 2006: ILM developed the iMocap system, which uses computer vision techniques to track live-action performers on set. It was used in the creation of Davy Jones and ship's crew in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest<ref name="beforesandafters.com"/>
- 2011: The first animated feature produced by ILM, Rango, was released.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2019: ILM used real-time rendering (with Unreal Engine) and digital LED displays as a virtual set (known as StageCraft or The Volume) for the first time in The Mandalorian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2025: Rob Bredow unveiled Star Wars test footage using a text-to-video model to generate fictional creatures. This was ILM's first implementation of generative artificial intelligence.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable employees and clients
[edit]Photoshop was first used at Industrial Light & Magic as an image-processing program. Photoshop was created by ILM Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll and his brother Thomas as a summer project. It was used on The Abyss. The Knoll brothers sold the program to Adobe in 1989.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Thomas Knoll continues to work on Photoshop at Adobe and is featured in the billing on the Photoshop splash screen. John Knoll continues to be ILM's top visual effects supervisor, and was one of the executive producers and writers of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
In addition to their work for George Lucas, ILM also collaborates with Steven Spielberg on many films that he directs and produces. Dennis Muren has acted as Computer Animation Supervisor on many of these films. For Jurassic Park in 1993, ILM used the program Viewpaint, which allowed the visual effects artists to paint color and texture directly onto the surface of the computer models.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Former ILM CG Animator Steve "Spaz" Williams said that it took nearly a year for the shots that involved computer-generated dinosaurs to be completed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The film is noted for its groundbreaking use of computer-generated imagery,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and is regarded as a landmark for visual effects.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The company also works on more subtle special effects—such as widening streets, digitally adding more extras to a shot, and inserting the film's actors into preexisting footage—in films such as in Forrest Gump in 1994.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Adam Savage, Grant Imahara and Tory Belleci of MythBusters fame have all worked at ILM.<ref>Template:Cite episode</ref>
ILM is also famous for their commercial work. Their clients include Energizer,<ref name="WP95">Template:Cite news</ref> and Oldsmobile.<ref name="WP95"/> They also animated Yoda for a series of 2012 commercials for Vodafone, which were broadcast in the UK.<ref name=YodaVodafoneDigitalSpy>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=YodaVodafoneDigitalSpysecondref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=YodaVodafoneTheDrum>Template:Cite web</ref>
Actor Masi Oka worked on several major ILM productions as a programmer, including Revenge of the Sith, before joining the cast of the NBC show Heroes as Hiro Nakamura.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
American film director David Fincher worked at ILM for four years in the early 1980s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Film director Joe Johnston was a Visual effects artist and an Art Director.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Film director Mark A.Z. Dippé was a Visual Effects animator who directed Spawn which was released in 1997.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Sound editor and film producer James "Jim" Nelson served as an associate producer of the original Star Wars and helped build Industrial Light & Magic alongside George Lucas, overseeing the company's administration and management.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Live-action films
[edit]1970s–1980s
[edit]| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Star WarsTemplate:Efn (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope) |
George Lucas | 20th Century Fox Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$11 million | $775.5 million |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes BackTemplate:Efn (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back) |
Irvin Kershner | $33 million | $547.9 million | |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost ArkTemplate:Efn (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) |
Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$18 million | $389.9 million |
| Dragonslayer | Matthew Robbins | Paramount Pictures Walt Disney Pictures |
$18 million | $14 million | |
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name=Cinema&SorceryBook>Template:Cite book</ref> | John Milius | Universal Pictures 20th Century Fox |
$20 million | $68.9 million |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Nicholas Meyer | Paramount Pictures | $11.2 million | $97 million | |
| E.T.: The Extra-TerrestrialTemplate:Efn (also 20th Anniversary re-issue in 2002) |
Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$10 million | $792.9 million | |
| The Dark Crystal | Jim Henson and Frank Oz | Universal Pictures | $15 million | $40 million | |
| Poltergeist | Tobe Hooper | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $10.7 million | $121.7 million | |
| 1983 | Return of the JediTemplate:Efn (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi) |
Richard Marquand | 20th Century Fox Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$42.7 million | $480 million |
| Twice Upon a Time | John Korty and Charles Swenson | Warner Bros. Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$3 million | TBC | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomTemplate:Efn | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$28.2 million | $333.1 million |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Leonard Nimoy | Paramount Pictures | $16 million | $87 million | |
| The NeverEnding Story | Wolfgang Petersen | Warner Bros. | $27 million | $100 million | |
| Starman | John Carpenter | Columbia Pictures | $24 million | $28.7 million | |
| 1985 | The Goonies | Richard Donner | Warner Bros. | $19 million | $61.5 million |
| CocoonTemplate:Efn | Ron Howard | 20th Century Fox | $17.5 million | $85.3 million | |
| Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis | Universal Pictures | $19 million | $389.1 million | |
| Explorers | Joe Dante | Paramount Pictures | $25 million | $9.9 million | |
| Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters | Paul Schrader | Warner Bros. Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$5 million | $502,758 | |
| Young Sherlock Holmes | Barry Levinson | Paramount Pictures | $18 million | $19 million | |
| Out of Africa | Sydney Pollack | Universal Pictures | $28 million | $128.5 million | |
| Enemy Mine | Wolfgang Petersen | 20th Century Fox | $29 million | $12 million | |
| 1986 | The Money Pit | Richard Benjamin | Universal Pictures | $10 million | $54 million |
| Labyrinth | Jim Henson | TriStar Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$27.68 million | $11.6 million | |
| Howard the Duck | Willard Huyck | Universal Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd |
$37 million | $38 million | |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Leonard Nimoy | Paramount Pictures | $21 million | $133 million | |
| The Golden Child | Michael Ritchie | $25 million | $79.8 million | ||
| 1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | William Dear | Universal Pictures | $16 million | $49 million |
| The Witches of Eastwick | George Miller | Warner Bros. | $22 million | $63.8 million | |
| InnerspaceTemplate:Efn | Joe Dante | $27 million | $25 million | ||
| Empire of the Sun | Steven Spielberg | $35 million | $22.2 million | ||
| Batteries Not Included | Matthew Robbins | Universal Pictures | $25 million | $65.1 million | |
| Spaceballs | Mel Brooks | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $22.7 million | $38.1 million | |
| 1988 | Willow | Ron Howard | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$35 million | $57.3 million |
| Who Framed Roger RabbitTemplate:Efn | Robert Zemeckis | Touchstone Pictures | $58 million | $329.8 million | |
| Caddyshack II | Allan Arkush | Warner Bros. | $20 million | $11.8 million | |
| The Last Temptation of Christ | Martin Scorsese | Universal Pictures | $7 million | $8.4 million | |
| Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Francis Ford Coppola | Paramount Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$24 million | $19.7 million | |
| Cocoon: The Return | Daniel Petrie | 20th Century Fox | $17.5 million | $25 million | |
| 1989 | The 'Burbs | Joe Dante | Universal Pictures | $18 million | $49 million |
| Skin Deep | Blake Edwards | 20th Century Fox | $9 million | $19 million | |
| Field of Dreams | Phil Alden Robinson | Universal Pictures Carolco Pictures |
$15 million | $84.4 million | |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$48 million | $474.2 million | |
| Ghostbusters II | Ivan Reitman | Columbia Pictures | $37 million | $215.4 million | |
| The AbyssTemplate:Efn | James Cameron | 20th Century Fox | $70 million | $90 million | |
| Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | Universal Pictures | $40 million | $332 million | |
| Always | Steven Spielberg | $31 million | $74 million |
1990s
[edit]| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
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| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | John McTiernan | Paramount Pictures | $30 million | $200.5 million |
| Joe Versus the Volcano | John Patrick Shanley | Warner Bros. | $25 million | $39 million | |
| Back to the Future Part III | Robert Zemeckis | Universal Pictures | $40 million | $244.5 million | |
| Total Recall | Paul Verhoeven | TriStar Pictures | $50 million | $300 million | |
| Die Hard 2 | Renny Harlin | 20th Century Fox | $70 million | $240 million | |
| Ghost | Jerry Zucker | Paramount Pictures | $22 million | $505.7 million | |
| Arachnophobia | Frank Marshall | Hollywood Pictures | $31 million | $53.2 million | |
| Dreams | Akira Kurosawa | Warner Bros. | $12 million | $2 million | |
| The Godfather Part III | Francis Ford Coppola | Paramount Pictures | $54 million | $136.8 million | |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | John Milius | $35 million | $14 million | |
| The Doors | Oliver Stone | TriStar Pictures | $38 million | $34.4 million | |
| Switch | Blake Edwards | Warner Bros. | $15 million | $15.5 million | |
| Backdraft | Ron Howard | Universal Pictures | $75 million | $152.3 million | |
| Hudson Hawk | Michael Lehmann | TriStar Pictures | $65 million | $17.2 million | |
| The Rocketeer | Joe Johnston | Walt Disney Pictures Touchstone Pictures |
$40 million | $46.7 million | |
| Terminator 2: Judgment DayTemplate:Efn | James Cameron | TriStar Pictures Lightstorm Entertainment Carolco Pictures Pacific Western Productions |
$94 million | $519.8 million | |
| Hook | Steven Spielberg | TriStar Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$70 million | $300.9 million | |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Nicholas Meyer | Paramount Pictures | $27 million | $96.9 million | |
| 1992 | Memoirs of an Invisible Man | John Carpenter | Warner Bros. | $40 million | $14.4 million |
| Death Becomes HerTemplate:Efn | Robert Zemeckis | Universal Pictures | $55 million | $149 million | |
| 1993 | Alive | Frank Marshall | Touchstone Pictures Paramount Pictures |
$32 million | $36.7 million |
| Fire in the Sky | Robert Lieberman | Paramount Pictures | $15 million | $19.9 million | |
| Jurassic ParkTemplate:Efn | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$63 million | $1.046 billion | |
| Last Action Hero | John McTiernan | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$85 million | $137.3 million | |
| Rising Sun | Philip Kaufman | 20th Century Fox | $35 million | $107.2 million | |
| The Meteor Man | Robert Townsend | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $30 million | $8 million | |
| Manhattan Murder Mystery | Woody Allen | TriStar Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$13.5 million | $11 million | |
| Malice | Harold Becker | Columbia Pictures New Line Cinema |
$20 million | $46 million | |
| The Nutcracker | Emile Ardolino | Warner Bros. | $19 million | $2 million | |
| Schindler's List | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures | $22 million | $322.1 million | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Joel and Ethan Coen | Warner Bros. Universal Pictures |
$25 million | $2.8 million |
| Forrest GumpTemplate:Efn | Robert Zemeckis | Paramount Pictures | $55 million | $677.9 million | |
| Maverick | Richard Donner | Warner Bros. | $75 million | $183 million | |
| The Flintstones | Brian Levant | Universal Pictures | $46 million | $341.6 million | |
| Wolf | Mike Nichols | Columbia Pictures | $70 million | $131 million | |
| Baby's Day Out | Patrick Read Johnson | 20th Century Fox | $48 million | $16.8 million | |
| The Mask | Chuck Russell | New Line Cinema | $23 million | $351.6 million | |
| Radioland Murders | Mel Smith | Universal Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$15 million | $1.3 million | |
| Disclosure | Barry Levinson | Warner Bros. | $55 million | $214 million | |
| Star Trek Generations | David Carson | Paramount Pictures | $35 million | $118 million | |
| In the Mouth of Madness | John Carpenter | New Line Cinema | $8 million | $8.9 million | |
| 1995 | Village of the Damned | Universal Pictures | $22 million | $9.4 million | |
| Congo | Frank Marshall | Paramount Pictures | $50 million | $152 million | |
| The Indian in the Cupboard | Frank Oz | Paramount Pictures Columbia Pictures |
$45 million | $35 million | |
| Casper | Brad Silberling | Universal Pictures | $55 million | $287.9 million | |
| Jumanji | Joe Johnston | TriStar Pictures | $65 million | $262.8 million | |
| The American President | Rob Reiner | Columbia Pictures Universal Pictures |
$62 million | $107 million | |
| Sabrina | Sydney Pollack | Paramount Pictures | $50 million | $53 million | |
| 1996 | Twister | Jan de Bont | Warner Bros. Universal Pictures |
$92 million | $494.4 million |
| Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | Paramount Pictures | $80 million | $457.7 million | |
| DragonHeart | Rob Cohen | Universal Pictures | $57 million | $115 million | |
| Eraser | Chuck Russell | Warner Bros. | $100 million | $242.3 million | |
| The Trigger Effect | David Koepp | Gramercy Pictures | $8 million | $3 million | |
| Sleepers | Barry Levinson | Warner Bros. Universal Pictures |
$44 million | $165.6 million | |
| Star Trek: First Contact | Jonathan Frakes | Paramount Pictures | $45 million | $146 million | |
| 101 Dalmatians | Stephen Herek | Walt Disney Pictures | $75 million | $320.6 million | |
| Daylight | Rob Cohen | Universal Pictures | $80 million | $159.2 million | |
| Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton | Warner Bros. | $70 million | $101.3 million | |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$75 million | $618.6 million |
| Speed 2: Cruise Control | Jan de Bont | 20th Century Fox | $110 million | $164.5 million | |
| Men in Black | Barry Sonnenfeld | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$90 million | $589.4 million | |
| Contact | Robert Zemeckis | Warner Bros. | $90 million | $171.1 million | |
| Spawn | Mark A.Z. Dippé | New Line Cinema | $40 million | $87.8 million | |
| Starship Troopers | Paul Verhoeven | TriStar Pictures Touchstone Pictures |
$105 million | $121.2 million | |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. | $30 million | $25.1 million | |
| Flubber | Les Mayfield | Walt Disney Pictures | $80 million | $177.9 million | |
| Amistad | Steven Spielberg | DreamWorks Pictures | $36 million | $44.2 million | |
| Deconstructing Harry | Woody Allen | Fine Line Features | $20 million | $10 million | |
| Titanic | James Cameron | Paramount Pictures 20th Century Fox Lightstorm Entertainment |
$200 million | $2.256 billion | |
| 1998 | Deep Rising | Stephen Sommers | Hollywood Pictures | $45 million | $11.2 million |
| Mercury Rising | Harold Becker | Universal Pictures | $60 million | $93 million | |
| Deep Impact | Mimi Leder | Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures |
$80 million | $349.4 million | |
| Small Soldiers | Joe Dante | DreamWorks Pictures Universal Pictures |
$40 million | $54.7 million | |
| Saving Private Ryan | Steven Spielberg | DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures |
$70 million | $481.8 million | |
| Snake Eyes | Brian De Palma | Paramount Pictures Touchstone Pictures |
$73 million | $103.8 million | |
| Reach the Rock | William Ryan | Gramercy Pictures Universal Pictures |
TBC | $4,960 | |
| Meet Joe Black | Martin Brest | Universal Pictures | $90 million | $142 million | |
| Celebrity | Woody Allen | Miramax Films | $12 million | $5 million | |
| Jack Frost | Troy Miller | Warner Bros. | $85 million | $34.6 million | |
| Mighty Joe Young | Ron Underwood | Walt Disney Pictures | $90 million | $50 million | |
| 1999 | October Sky | Joe Johnston | Universal Pictures | $25 million | $34.7 million |
| The Mummy | Stephen Sommers | $80 million | $415.9 million | ||
| Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | George Lucas | 20th Century Fox Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$115 million | $1.027 billion | |
| Wild Wild West | Barry Sonnenfeld | Warner Bros. | $170 million | $222.1 million | |
| The Haunting | Jan de Bont | DreamWorks Pictures | $80 million | $177.3 million | |
| Deep Blue Sea | Renny Harlin | Warner Bros. | $60 million | $164.6 million | |
| Bringing Out the Dead | Martin Scorsese | Paramount Pictures Touchstone Pictures |
$55 million | $16.8 million | |
| Sleepy Hollow | Tim Burton | Paramount Pictures | $100 million | $206 million | |
| The Green Mile | Frank Darabont | Warner Bros. | $60 million | $290.7 million | |
| Magnolia | Paul Thomas Anderson | New Line Cinema | $37 million | $48.5 million | |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | Scott Hicks | Universal Pictures | $35 million | $23 million | |
| Galaxy Quest | Dean Parisot | DreamWorks Pictures | $45 million | $90.7 million | |
| Sweet and Lowdown | Woody Allen | Sony Pictures Classics | $29.7 million | $4 million |
2000s
[edit]| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
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| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Brian De Palma | Touchstone Pictures | $100 million | $110.9 million |
| The Perfect Storm | Wolfgang Petersen | Warner Bros. | $120 million | $328.7 million | |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Des McAnuff | Universal Pictures | $76 million | $35 million | |
| Space Cowboys | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. | $60 million | $128.9 million | |
| Pollock | Ed Harris | Sony Pictures Classics | $6 million | $10 million | |
| Pay It Forward | Mimi Leder | Warner Bros. | $40 million | $55 million | |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Sean Penn | $35 million | $29.4 million | |
| Sweet November | Pat O'Connor | $40 million | $65 million | ||
| The Mummy Returns | Stephen Sommers | Universal Pictures | $98 million | $433 million | |
| Pearl Harbor | Michael Bay | Touchstone Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
$140 million | $449.2 million | |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Steven Spielberg | Warner Bros. DreamWorks Pictures |
$100 million | $235.9 million | |
| Jurassic Park III | Joe Johnston | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$93 million | $368.8 million | |
| Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton | 20th Century Fox | $100 million | $362.2 million | |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Chris Columbus | Warner Bros. | $125 million | $1.024 billion | |
| The Majestic | Frank Darabont | $72 million | $37.3 million | ||
| Imposter | Gary Fleder | Dimension Films | $40 million | $8 million | |
| 2002 | The Time Machine | Simon Wells | DreamWorks Pictures Warner Bros. |
$80 million | $123.7 million |
| Big Trouble | Barry Sonnenfeld | Touchstone Pictures | $40 million | $8.5 million | |
| Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | George Lucas | 20th Century Fox Lucasfilm Ltd |
$115 million | $649.4 million | |
| The Bourne Identity | Doug Liman | Universal Pictures | $60 million | $214 million | |
| Minority Report | Steven Spielberg | DreamWorks Pictures 20th Century Fox |
$102 million | $358.4 million | |
| Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$140 million | $441.8 million | |
| K-19: The Widowmaker | Kathryn Bigelow | Paramount Pictures | $100 million | $65.7 million | |
| Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | Touchstone Pictures | $72 million | $408.2 million | |
| Blood Work | Clint Eastwood | Warner Bros. | $50 million | $31 million | |
| Punch-Drunk Love | Paul Thomas Anderson | Columbia Pictures New Line Cinema |
$25 million | $24.7 million | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Chris Columbus | Warner Bros. | $100 million | $879 million | |
| Gangs of New York | Martin Scorsese | Miramax Films Touchstone Pictures |
$97 million | $193.8 million | |
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | Antoine Fuqua | Columbia Pictures | $100.5 million | $86.5 million |
| The Hunted | William Friedkin | Paramount Pictures | $55 million | $45 million | |
| Dreamcatcher | Lawrence Kasdan | Warner Bros. | $68 million | $75.7 million | |
| Hulk | Ang Lee | Universal Pictures | $137 million | $245.4 million | |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Jonathan Mostow | Warner Bros. Columbia Pictures |
$187 million | $433.4 million | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Gore Verbinski | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
$140 million | $654.3 million | |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Stephen Norrington | 20th Century Fox | $78 million | $179.3 million | |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Robert Rodriguez | Columbia Pictures Dimension Films |
$28 million | $98.1 million | |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Peter Weir | 20th Century Fox Universal Pictures |
$150 million | $212 million | |
| Timeline | Richard Donner | Paramount Pictures | $80 million | $34 million | |
| Stuck on You | Peter and Robert Farrelly | 20th Century Fox | $55 million | $65 million | |
| Peter Pan | P. J. Hogan | Universal Pictures Columbia Pictures |
$130 million | $122 million | |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | John Hamburg | Universal Pictures | $42 million | $171 million |
| Twisted | Philip Kaufman | Paramount Pictures | $50 million | $41 million | |
| Hidalgo | Joe Johnston | Touchstone Pictures | $40 million | $108.1 million | |
| Van Helsing | Stephen Sommers | Universal Pictures | $160 million | $300.3 million | |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Roland Emmerich | 20th Century Fox | $125 million | $544.3 million | |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Alfonso Cuarón | Warner Bros. | $130 million | $796.7 million | |
| The Chronicles of Riddick | David Twohy | Universal Pictures | $105 million | $115.8 million | |
| The Bourne Supremacy | Paul Greengrass | $75 million | $288.5 million | ||
| The Village | M. Night Shyamalan | Touchstone Pictures | $60 million | $256.7 million | |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Kerry Conran | Paramount Pictures | $70 million | $58 million | |
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Brad Silberling | Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures |
$140 million | $209.1 million | |
| Eros | Wong Kar-wai Steven Soderbergh Michelangelo Antonioni |
Warner Independent Pictures Artificial Eye |
TBC | $1 million | |
| 2005 | Are We There Yet? | Brian Levant | Columbia Pictures | $32 million | $97 million |
| Son of the Mask | Lawrence Guterman | New Line Cinema | $84 million | $57.6 million | |
| The Pacifier | Adam Shankman | Walt Disney Pictures | $56 million | $198.6 million | |
| The Amityville Horror | Andrew Douglas | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Dimension Films |
$19 million | $108 million | |
| xXx: State of the Union | Lee Tamahori | Columbia Pictures | $87—113 million | $71 million | |
| Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | George Lucas | 20th Century Fox Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$113 million | $848.8 million | |
| The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D | Robert Rodriguez | Dimension Films Columbia Pictures |
$50 million | $69.4 million | |
| Herbie: Fully Loaded | Angela Robinson | Walt Disney Pictures | $50 million | $144.1 million | |
| War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Pictures |
$132 million | $591.7 million | |
| The Island | Michael Bay | DreamWorks Pictures Warner Bros. |
$126 million | $162.9 million | |
| Jarhead | Sam Mendes | Universal Pictures | $72 million | $96.9 million | |
| Rent | Chris Columbus | Columbia Pictures | $40 million | $31.6 million | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Mike Newell | Warner Bros. | $150 million | $896.9 million | |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson | Walt Disney Pictures | $180 million | $745 million | |
| Munich | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Pictures |
$70 million | $130.4 million | |
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Adam Shankman | 20th Century Fox | $60 million | $129.1 million | |
| 2006 | Eight Below | Frank Marshall | Walt Disney Pictures | $40 million | $120.4 million |
| Mission: Impossible III | J. J. Abrams | Paramount Pictures | $150 million | $397.9 million | |
| Poseidon | Wolfgang Petersen | Warner Bros. | $160 million | $181.7 million | |
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Justin Lin | Universal Pictures | $85 million | $159 million | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's ChestTemplate:Efn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Gore Verbinski | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
$225 million | $1.066 billion | |
| Lady in the Water | M. Night Shyamalan | Warner Bros. | $70 million | $72.8 million | |
| Eragon | Stefen Fangmeier | 20th Century Fox | $100 million | $249.5 million | |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Gore Verbinski | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
$300 million | $963.4 million |
| Evan Almighty | Tom Shadyac | Universal Pictures | $175 million | $173.4 million | |
| Transformers | Michael Bay | DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures |
$150 million | $709.7 million | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | David Yates | Warner Bros. | $150 million | $939.9 million | |
| Rush Hour 3 | Brett Ratner | New Line Cinema | $140 million | $258 million | |
| Lions for Lambs | Robert Redford | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 20th Century Fox |
$35 million | $63.2 million | |
| National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Jon Turteltaub | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
$130 million | $457.4 million | |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | Paramount Vantage Miramax Films |
$25 million | $76.2 million | |
| 2008 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mark Waters | Paramount Pictures | $90 million | $162 million |
| Iron Man | Jon Favreau | Paramount Pictures Marvel Studios |
$140 million | $585.2 million | |
| Speed Racer | The Wachowskis | Warner Bros. | $120 million | $93.9 million | |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Steven Spielberg | Paramount Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$185 million | $786.6 million | |
| The Happening | M. Night Shyamalan | 20th Century Fox | $48 million | $163.4 million | |
| Miracle at St. Anna | Spike Lee | Touchstone Pictures | $45 million | $9.3 million | |
| Twilight | Catherine Hardwicke | Summit Entertainment | $37 million | $408.4 million | |
| The Tale of Despereaux | Sam Fell Robert Stevenhagen |
Universal Pictures | $60 million | $86.9 million | |
| 2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | P. J. Hogan | Touchstone Pictures | $55 million | $108.3 million |
| Star Trek | J. J. Abrams | Paramount Pictures Bad Robot |
$150 million | $385.7 million | |
| Terminator Salvation | McG | Warner Bros. Columbia Pictures |
$200 million | $371.4 million | |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Michael Bay | DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures |
$200 million | $836.3 million | |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | David Yates | Warner Bros. | $250 million | $934.4 million | |
| Avatar | James Cameron | 20th Century Fox Lightstorm Entertainment |
$237 million | $2.923 billion |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 | Jon Favreau | Paramount Pictures Marvel Studios |
$200 million | $623.9 million |
| The Last Airbender | M. Night Shyamalan | Paramount Pictures | $150 million | $319.7 million | |
| 2011 | I Am Number Four | D. J. Caruso | DreamWorks Pictures Touchstone Pictures |
$50 million | $149.9 million |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Rob Marshall | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
$378.5 million | $1.046 billion | |
| Super 8 | J. J. Abrams | Paramount Pictures | $50 million | $260.1 million | |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Michael Bay | $195 million | $1.124 billion | ||
| Cowboys & Aliens | Jon Favreau | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Pictures |
$163 million | $174 million | |
| Hugo | Martin Scorsese | Paramount Pictures | $150 million | $185.8 million | |
| Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Brad Bird | Paramount Pictures Skydance Productions Bad Robot |
$145 million | $694.7 million | |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Anthony Hemingway | 20th Century Fox Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$58 million | $50.4 million |
| The Avengers<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Joss Whedon | Marvel Studios | $220 million | $1.520 billion | |
| Battleship | Peter Berg | Universal Pictures Hasbro |
$220 million | $303 million | |
| Cloud Atlas | The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer | Warner Bros. | $128.5 million | $130.5 million | |
| 2013 | Identity Thief | Seth Gordon | Universal Pictures | $35 million | $174 million |
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Jon M. Chu | Paramount Pictures | $130 million | $375.7 million | |
| Pain & Gain | Michael Bay | $26 million | $86.2 million | ||
| The Great Gatsby | Baz Luhrmann | Warner Bros. | $105 million | $351 million | |
| Now You See Me | Louis Leterrier | Universal Pictures | $75 million | $351.7 million | |
| Star Trek Into Darkness | J. J. Abrams | Paramount Pictures Skydance Productions Bad Robot |
$185 million | $467.4 million | |
| World War Z | Marc Forster | Paramount Pictures Skydance Productions |
$190 million | $540 million | |
| The Lone Ranger | Gore Verbinski | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
$225 million | $260.5 million | |
| Pacific Rim | Guillermo del Toro | Warner Bros. Legendary Pictures |
$190 million | $411 million | |
| RED 2 | Dean Parisot | Summit Entertainment | $84 million | $148.1 million | |
| Elysium | Neill Blomkamp | TriStar Pictures | $115 million | $286.1 million | |
| Lone Survivor | Peter Berg | Universal Pictures | $49 million | $149.3 million | |
| 2014 | Noah | Darren Aronofsky | Paramount Pictures | $125 million | $362.6 million |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony and Joe Russo | Marvel Studios | $170 million | $714.4 million | |
| Transformers: Age of Extinction | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures | $210 million | $1.104 billion | |
| Lucy | Luc Besson | Universal Pictures | $40 million | $463.4 million | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Jonathan Liebesman | Paramount Pictures | $125 million | $493.3 million | |
| Unbroken | Angelina Jolie | Universal Pictures | $65 million | $163.3 million | |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Joss Whedon | Marvel Studios | $279.9 million | $1.405 billion |
| Tomorrowland | Brad Bird | Walt Disney Pictures | $190 million | $209.2 million | |
| Jurassic World | Colin Trevorrow | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment Legendary Pictures |
$150 million | $1.672 billion | |
| Terminator Genisys | Alan Taylor | Paramount Pictures Skydance Productions |
$155 million | $440.6 million | |
| Ant-Man | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios | $130 million | $519.3 million | |
| Hitman: Agent 47 | Aleksander Bach | 20th Century Fox | $35 million | $82.3 million | |
| The Martian | Ridley Scott | $108 million | $630.2 million | ||
| Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension | Gregory Plotkin | Paramount Pictures | $10 million | $78.1 million | |
| Spectre | Sam Mendes | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Columbia Pictures |
$250 million | $880.7 million | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | J. J. Abrams | Lucasfilm Ltd. Bad Robot |
$200 million | $2.071 billion | |
| The Revenant | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | 20th Century Fox | $135 million | $533 million | |
| The Big Short | Adam McKay | Paramount Pictures | $28 million | $133.4 million | |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | Michael Bay | $50 million | $69.4 million | |
| Captain America: Civil War | Anthony and Joe Russo | Marvel Studios | $250 million | $1.155 billion | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Dave Green | Paramount Pictures | $135 million | $245.6 million | |
| Warcraft | Duncan Jones | Universal Pictures Legendary Pictures |
$160 million | $433.7 million | |
| Deepwater Horizon | Peter Berg | Summit Entertainment | $110 million | $121.7 million | |
| Doctor Strange<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Scott Derrickson | Marvel Studios | $165 million | $677.6 million | |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Gareth Edwards | Lucasfilm Ltd. | $200 million | $1.058 billion | |
| Silence | Martin Scorsese | Paramount Pictures | $40 million | $23.7 million | |
| 2017 | The Great Wall | Zhang Yimou | Universal Pictures Legendary Pictures |
$150 million | $334 million |
| Kong: Skull Island | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Warner Bros. Legendary Pictures |
$185 million | $566.7 million | |
| Life | Daniel Espinosa | Columbia Pictures Skydance |
$58 million | $100.5 million | |
| The Mummy | Alex Kurtzman | Universal Pictures | $125 million | $409 million | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
$230 million | $794.9 million | |
| Transformers: The Last Knight | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures | $260 million | $605 million | |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Jon Watts | Columbia Pictures Marvel Studios Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$175 million | $880 million | |
| Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Luc Besson | STX EntertainmentEuropaCorp | $209 million | $225 million | |
| Mother! | Darren Aronofsky | Paramount Pictures | $33 million | $44.5 million | |
| Only the Brave | Joseph Kosinski | Columbia Pictures | $38 million | $25.6 million | |
| Thor: Ragnarok<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Taika Waititi | Marvel Studios | $180 million | $854.3 million | |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Rian Johnson | Lucasfilm Ltd. | $200 million | $1.333 billion | |
| Downsizing | Alexander Payne | Paramount Pictures | $76 million | $55 million | |
| 2018 | 12 Strong | Nicolai Fuglsig | Warner Bros. Pictures Lionsgate |
$35 million | $70.8 million |
| The Cloverfield Paradox | Julius Onah | Netflix Paramount Pictures |
$45 million | N/A | |
| Black Panther<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Ryan Coogler | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $1.349 billion | |
| Monster Hunt 2 | Raman Hui | Edko Film Lionsgate |
$143 million | $361.7 million | |
| A Wrinkle in Time | Ava DuVernay | Walt Disney Pictures | $100 million | $132.7 million | |
| Ready Player One | Steven Spielberg | Warner Bros. Amblin Entertainment |
$175 million | $582.2 million | |
| A Quiet Place | John Krasinski | Paramount Pictures | $17 million | $340.7 million | |
| Avengers: Infinity War<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Anthony and Joe Russo | Marvel Studios | $300 million | $2.052 billion | |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | Ron Howard | Lucasfilm Ltd. | $275 million | $392.9 million | |
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | J.A. Bayona | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment Legendary Pictures |
$170 million | $1.309 billion | |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios | $162 million | $622.7 million | |
| Skyscraper | Rawson M. Thurber | Universal Pictures | $125 million | $304.1 million | |
| The Other Side of the Wind | Orson Welles | Netflix | $6 million | N/A | |
| Overlord | Julius Avery | Paramount Pictures | $38 million | $41.2 million | |
| Aquaman | James Wan | Warner Bros. | $200 million | $1.148 billion | |
| Bumblebee | Travis Knight | Paramount Pictures | $102 million | $465.9 million | |
| Bird Box | Susanne Bier | Netflix | $19.8 million | N/A | |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | Marvel Studios | $152 million | $1.131 billion |
| Us | Jordan Peele | Universal Pictures | $20 million | $254.7 million | |
| Avengers: Endgame<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Anthony and Joe Russo | Marvel Studios | $356 million | $2.799 billion | |
| Aladdin | Guy Ritchie | Walt Disney Pictures | $183 million | $1.054 billion | |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | Jon Watts | Columbia Pictures Marvel Studios Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$160 million | $1.132 billion | |
| The Irishman | Martin Scorsese | Netflix | $159 million | $8 million<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Tim Miller | Paramount Pictures Tencent Pictures 20th Century Fox Skydance Media |
$186 million | $261.1 million | |
| Playing with Fire<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Andy Fickman | Paramount Pictures | $29.9 million | $64.4 million | |
| 6 Underground | Michael Bay | Netflix | $150 million | N/A | |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | J. J. Abrams | Lucasfilm Ltd. Bad Robot |
$275 million<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | $1.077 billion |
2020s
[edit]| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Kenneth Branagh | Walt Disney Pictures Disney+ |
$125 million<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | N/A |
| Mank<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | David Fincher | Netflix | $20–30 million<ref name="Moreau-Oct2020">Template:Cite web</ref> | $99,752<ref name="NUM">Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| We Can Be Heroes | Robert Rodriguez | N/A | N/A | ||
| The Midnight Sky<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | George Clooney | $100 million<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | $62,557<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 2021 | Finding 'Ohana<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Jude Weng | N/A | N/A | |
| Chaos Walking | Doug Liman | Lionsgate | $100 million | $21.9 million | |
| Coming 2 America<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Craig Brewer | Amazon Studios Paramount Pictures |
$60 million | N/A | |
| A Quiet Place Part II<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | John Krasinski | Paramount Pictures | $61 million | $293.5 million | |
| F9<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Justin Lin | Universal Pictures | $200–225 million | $726.2 million | |
| Black Widow<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Cate Shortland | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $379.6 million | |
| Space Jam: A New Legacy | Malcolm D. Lee | Warner Bros. | $150 million | $162.8 million | |
| Malignant<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | James Wan | New Line Cinema | $40 million | $30.3 million | |
| Jungle Cruise<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Jaume Collet-Serra | Walt Disney Pictures | $200 million | $220.9 million | |
| Free Guy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Shawn Levy | 20th Century Studios | $100–125 million | $331.5 million | |
| No Time to Die<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Universal Pictures |
$250 million | $774 million | |
| Eternals | Chloé Zhao | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $402.1 million | |
| Red Notice<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Rawson Marshall Thurber | Netflix | $200 million | $2 million | |
| 2022 | The Batman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Matt Reeves | Warner Bros. Pictures | $200 million | $770.8 million |
| The Bubble<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Judd Apatow | Netflix | $100 million | N/A | |
| Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> | Sam Raimi | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $955.8 million | |
| Jurassic World Dominion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Colin Trevorrow | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$165–185 million | $1.003 billion | |
| Thor: Love and Thunder<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Taika Waititi | Marvel Studios | $250 million<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | $760.9 million | |
| The Gray Man<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Anthony and Joe Russo | Netflix | $200 million | $454,023 | |
| Prey | Dan Trachtenberg | Hulu/20th Century Studios | $65 million | N/A | |
| Good Night Oppy<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Ryan White | Amazon Studios | N/A | $3,663<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Ryan Coogler | Marvel Studios | $250 million | $859.2 million | |
| The Fabelmans<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures | $40 million | $45.1 million | |
| Avatar: The Way of Water<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | James Cameron | 20th Century Studios Lightstorm Entertainment |
$350–460 million | $2.320 billion | |
| Babylon<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Damien Chazelle | Paramount Pictures | $78–80 million | $63.4 million | |
| The Pale Blue Eye<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Scott Cooper | Netflix | $72 million | $129,928 | |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios | $250–275 million | $476.1 million |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Jonathan Goldstein John Francis Daley |
Paramount Pictures | $150 million<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | $208.2 million | |
| Renfield<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Chris McKay | Universal Pictures | $65 million | $26.9 million | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | James Gunn | Marvel Studios | $250 million | $845.6 million | |
| Fast X<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Louis Leterrier | Universal Pictures | $340 million | $714.6 million | |
| The Little Mermaid | Rob Marshall | Walt Disney Pictures | $240.2 million | $569.6 million | |
| Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | James Mangold | Walt Disney Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. Paramount Pictures |
$295 million | $384 million | |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures | $219–291 million | $567.5 million | |
| Haunted Mansion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Justin Simien | Walt Disney Pictures | $150 million | $117.5 million | |
| Blue Beetle<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Ángel Manuel Soto | Warner Bros. Pictures | $104–125 million | $130.8 million | |
| The Creator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Gareth Edwards | 20th Century Studios | $80 million | $104 million | |
| Killers of the Flower Moon<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Martin Scorsese | Paramount Pictures Apple Original Films |
$200 million | $156.9 million | |
| The Marvels<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Nia DaCosta | Marvel Studios | $220–378 million | $206.1 million | |
| Napoleon<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Ridley Scott | Columbia Pictures Apple Original Films Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$130–200 million | $220.9 million | |
| Candy Cane Lane<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Reginald Hudlin | Amazon Prime Video | N/A | N/A | |
| Rebel Moon<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Zack Snyder | Netflix | $90–166 million | ||
| Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | James Wan | Warner Bros. Pictures | $205–215 million | $434.3 million | |
| The Boys in the Boat<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | George Clooney | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | $40 million | $55.3 million | |
| 2024 | Madame Web | S. J. Clarkson | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$80–100 million | $100.3 million |
| Road House<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Doug Liman | Amazon Prime Video | $85 million | N/A | |
| Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Zack Snyder | Netflix | $83–166 million | N/A | |
| Atlas<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Brad Peyton | $100 million | |||
| A Quiet Place: Day One<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Michael Sarnoski | Paramount Pictures | $67 million | $261.8 million | |
| Twisters<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Lee Isaac Chung | Universal Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$155–200 million | $371 million | |
| Deadpool & Wolverine<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Shawn Levy | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $1.338 billion | |
| Alien: Romulus<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Fede Álvarez | 20th Century Studios | $80 million | $350.8 million | |
| Rez Ball<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Sydney Freeland | Netflix | Template:TBA | N/A | |
| Joker: Folie à Deux<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Todd Phillips | Warner Bros. Pictures | $200 million | $206.4 million | |
| Venom: The Last Dance<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Kelly Marcel | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$120 million | $479 million | |
| Blitz<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Steve McQueen | Apple TV+ | Template:TBA | N/A | |
| Gladiator II<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Ridley Scott | Paramount Pictures | $250–310 million | $461.9 million | |
| Wicked<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Jon M. Chu | Universal Pictures | $145–150 million | $728.1 million | |
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Jeff Fowler | Paramount Pictures | $122 million<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | $483.3 million | |
| 2025 | Back in Action<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Seth Gordon | Netflix | $158.9–207.2 million | N/A |
| The Electric State<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Anthony and Joe Russo | $320 million | |||
| The Amateur<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | James Hawes | 20th Century Studios | $60 million | $80.8 million | |
| Sinners<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Ryan Coogler | Warner Bros. Pictures | $90–100 million | ||
| Thunderbolts*<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Jake Schreier | Marvel Studios | $180 million | ||
| Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures | $400 million |
Upcoming
[edit]| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lilo & Stitch<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Dean Fleischer Camp | Walt Disney Pictures | $150 million | |
| F1<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Joseph Kosinski | Warner Bros. Pictures Apple Original Films |
$300 million | ||
| Jurassic World Rebirth<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Gareth Edwards | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
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| Superman<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | James Gunn | Warner Bros. Pictures | Template:TBA | ||
| The Fantastic Four: First Steps<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Matt Shakman | Marvel Studios | Template:TBA | ||
| Tron: Ares<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Joachim Rønning | Walt Disney Pictures | Template:TBA | ||
| Predator: Badlands<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Dan Trachtenberg | 20th Century Studios | Template:TBA | ||
| Wicked: For Good<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref> | Jon M. Chu | Universal Pictures | $150–165 million | ||
| 2026 | The Mandalorian and Grogu<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Jon Favreau | Lucasfilm Ltd. | Template:TBA |
Animated films
[edit]| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rango<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Gore Verbinski | Paramount Pictures | $135 million | $245.7 million |
| 2015 | Strange Magic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Gary Rydstrom | Touchstone Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. |
$70 million | $13.6 million |
| 2021 | Wish Dragon<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> | Chris Appelhans | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Netflix |
$25 million | $25.9 million |
| 2024 | Ultraman: Rising<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Shannon Tindle | Netflix | Template:TBA | N/A |
| Transformers One<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Josh Cooley | Paramount Pictures | $75–147 million | $128.9 million |
Television
[edit]1980s
[edit]| Year | Series | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 1985–87 | Amazing Stories | NBC |
| 1987–94 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Syndicated |
1990s
[edit]| Year | Series | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt (Season 6) Episode: "You, Murderer" |
HBO |
| 1992–93 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | ABC |
2010s
[edit]| Year | Series | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | The Big Bang Theory (Season 7) Episode: "The Proton Transmogrification"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
CBS |
| 2015 | Agent Carter (Season 1)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ABC |
| 2019 | Krypton (Season 2) | Syfy |
| The Mandalorian (Season 1)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Disney+ |
2020s
[edit]Upcoming
[edit]| Year | Series | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ironheart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Disney+ |
Television films and specials
[edit]| Year | Films | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=EwoksMashable>Template:Cite web</ref> | ABC |
| 1985 | Ewoks: The Battle for Endor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=EwoksMashable/> | |
| 1994 | Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies | |
| 1995 | Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | |
| Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen | ||
| 1996 | Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father | |
| 2022 | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special<ref>Template:Citation</ref> | Disney+ |
Live concerts
[edit]| Year | Concert | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2022–2026 | ABBA Voyage<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ABBA Arena (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom) |
| 2023–2024 | U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Sphere (Paradise, Nevada, United States) |
| 2024 | Dead & Company: Dead Forever Live at Sphere<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Sphere (Paradise, Nevada, United States) |
Commercials
[edit]- General Cinema (1986, 1993, 1996)
- THX (1988, 1993)
- Merrill Lynch "Desert Skies" and "Bullseye" (1990)
- Nike (1992, 1999)
- BP (1993)
- Perrier (1993)
- Intel (1993)
- 3M "Imagine" (1994)
- Ford Mercury "Launch" (1995)
- TGI Fridays (1995)
- Supercuts "Stylin'" (1995)
- Coca-Cola Classic (1995)
- BMW (1996)
- Snapple "Mikey" (1996)
- Canada Dry "Domino" (1996)
- General Motors EV1 "Appliances" (1996)
- DreamWorks Pictures (1997)
- Pontiac "Coyote" (1998, with Warner Bros. Classic Animation)
- Armor All (1998)
- First Union Bank (1998)
- GoodHome.com (1999)
- Honey Comb "Crazy Craving" (2000, 2003)
- Gatorade "Raptor" (2000)
- California Raisin Marketing Board (print ads, 2000)
- Budweiser "Come Home" (2001)
- Alcatel "MLK" (2001)
- Vodafone commercials featuring Yoda (2002)<ref name=YodaVodafoneDigitalSpy/><ref name=YodaVodafoneDigitalSpysecondref/><ref name=YodaVodafoneTheDrum/>
- Reese's Pieces "E.T." (2002)
- Walt Disney Pictures (2022)
See also
[edit]- Wētā FX
- Wētā Workshop
- Moving Picture Company (MPC)
- Digital Domain
- DNEG
- Framestore
- Animal Logic
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Pacific Data Images
- Blue Sky Studios
- Rhythm & Hues Studios
- Blur Studio
- Image Engine
- Square Enix Image Studio Division
- Pixar
- Polygon Pictures
- Softimage 3D
- Tippett Studio
- University of California, Berkeley
- Pixar RenderMan
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]External links
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- Lucasfilm
- Computer animation
- Visual effects companies
- Entertainment companies based in California
- Entertainment companies established in 1975
- Mass media companies established in 1975
- 1975 establishments in California
- Companies based in San Francisco
- National Medal of Technology recipients
- Disney acquisitions
- Academy Award for Technical Achievement winners