Editing Brett Ratner (section)

=== RatPac Entertainment ===
In December 2012, Ratner and Australian media mogul [[James Packer]] formed a joint venture, RatPac Entertainment. The firm will produce independent films and co-produce big-budget films with a major studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/12/oz-billionaire-james-packer-partners-with-brett-ratner-on-ratpac-entertainment-386773/|title=Oz Billionaire James Packer Partners With Brett Ratner On RatPac Entertainment|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> Packer's stake in the company was later bought out by [[Leonard Blavatnik|Len Blavatnik]]'s [[First Access Entertainment]]. The company makes 25 films annually.<ref name="ScreenDaily2017">{{cite web|first=Geoffrey|last=Macnab|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/brett-ratner-in-cannes-television-is-obviously-the-future/5118212.article|title=Brett Ratner in Cannes:'Television is obviously the future'|website=ScreenDaily.com|date=May 20, 2017}}</ref> By 2017, the company co-financed over 50 films which had 51 Oscar nominations and earned a total of over $10 billion in box office.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/19/james-packer-sells-his-stake-in-hollywood-film-company-ratpac|title=James Packer sells his stake in Hollywood film company RatPac|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=April 18, 2017|agency=Australian Associated Press}}</ref>

RatPac and [[Dune Entertainment]] formed a film investment vehicle, which in September 2013, entered a multi-year, 75-film co-producing partnership with [[Warner Bros.]]<ref name=deadlinewb/> The company has partnered with [[Regency Enterprises|New Regency]], advertising firm [[WPP plc|WPP]], CMC Capital Partners, and [[Shanghai Media Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-brett-ratner-looking-finance-tv-series-us-network-1005398|title=Cannes: Brett Ratner Looking to Co-Finance TV Series With U.S. Network|website=HollywoodReporter.com|date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> Ratner worked with CMC to form a fund aimed at investments in Chinese media companies.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/10/28/prison-break-rush-hour-filmmaker-wants-a-piece-of-the-chinese-market/| title='Prison Break,' 'Rush Hour' Filmmaker Wants a Piece of the Chinese Market|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=October 27, 2014}}</ref>

Ratner made $40 million after the release of [[Gravity (2013 film)|''Gravity'']], which was RatPac's first investment.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Aly|last=Weisman|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/james-packer-and-brett-ratner-ratpac-betting-on-hollywood-being-like-casino-business-2014-3|title=Producer Brett Ratner Is On Fire After 'Gravity' And Says It Comes Down To 'Selling Adrenaline'|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=March 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Lucinda|last=Schmidt|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2014/01/29/packers-new-media-outfit-ratpac-entertainment-defies-gravity/#13d6948c4c4e|title=Gravity Raises Packer's New Media Outfit, RatPack Entertainment|website=[[Forbes]]|date=January 29, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Aly|last=Weisman|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/brett-ratner-made-40-million-from-gravity-2014-3|title=How Hollywood Mogul Brett Ratner Quietly Pocketed $US40 Million From 'Gravity'|magazine=[[Business Insider]]|date=March 5, 2014}}</ref>

In June 2014, Ratner's RatPac Entertainment and Class 5 Films acquired the film rights to the non-fiction article "American Hippopotamus", by [[Jon Mooallem]], about the meat shortage in the U.S. in 1910 to import hippopotamuses. The film was produced by Ratner in collaboration with [[Edward Norton]] and William Migliore.<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Fleming | first = Mike Jr. | title = RatPac, Edward Norton's Class 5 Options 'American Hippopotamus' | magazine= [[Deadline Hollywood]] | url = https://deadline.com/2014/06/ratpac-entertainment-edward-nortons-class-5-options-american-hippopotamus-740913/ | date=June 5, 2014|access-date =June 5, 2014 }}</ref>

On April 18, 2017, Access Entertainment, a subsidiary of [[Access Industries]], acquired [[James Packer]]'s ownership stake in RatPac.<ref name=dl>{{cite web|last=Hipes |first=Patrick |url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/len-blavatnik-ratpac-entertainment-stake-brett-ratner-1202071393/ |title=Len Blavatnik's Access Acquires RatPac Entertainment Stake |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=April 18, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> The next year, Warner Bros. announced that they were cutting ties with the company after Brett Ratner's sexual harassment allegations with ''[[Rampage (2018 film)|Rampage]]'' as the final film to be co-financed by the company with Warner Bros., and the final film produced by RatPac overall.<ref name="LopezVariety2018"/> In November 2018, RatPac-Dune's minority ownership stake in a library of 76 Warner Bros. films was put up for sale, with investors in the fund backing the library to cash out.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mike Jr. |last= Fleming |title=RatPac Dune's Warner Bros Film Library Sale: Who Wants Piece Of 'Wonder Woman,' 'American Sniper' & 'Gravity'? |url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/ratpac-dune-warner-bros-film-library-auction-wonder-woman-american-sniper-gravity-batman-v-superman-1202502857/ |access-date=January 14, 2019 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=November 15, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Vine Alternative Investments made a high bid for the library, but in January 2019, Warner Bros. exercised their rights to match the bid for the library and essentially acquired RatPac-Dune's stakes. The cost was estimated at nearly $300 million.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming |title=Warner Bros Exercises Matching Rights To Win RatPac Dune Library: $290M-$300M |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratpac-dune-library-warner-bros-300-million-dollar-deal-vine-alternative-investments-wonder-woman-batman-vs-superman-dunkirk-american-sniper-1202528281/ |access-date=January 14, 2019 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=January 2, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>