Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects, computer animation and stereo conversion digital studio that was founded on May 26, 1975 by George Lucas.[9] 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,[10] now the fourth episode of the Skywalker Saga.
 Logo used since May 2023 | |
| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | |
| Founded | May 26, 1975 |
| Founder | George Lucas |
| Headquarters | 1110 Gorgas Ave. Letterman Digital Arts Center, Presidio of San Francisco, California, 94129 United States |
Key people | Rob Bredow (CCO) Janet Lewin (General Manager) Dennis Muren (Consulting Creative Director) |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company (since 2012)[1] |
Number of employees | 1,200 (2024)[2] |
| Parent | Lucasfilm[1] |
| Divisions | ILM Art[3] ILM Immersive[4] ILM StageCraft[5] ILM Technoprops[6] ILM TV[7] |
| Subsidiaries | ILM Vancouver ILM London ILM Sydney ILM Mumbai[8] ILM Singapore (Closed) |
| Website | ilm |
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.[1] As of 2024, Industrial Light & Magic has won 16 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects.[2]
History
editLucas wanted his 1977 film Star Wars to include visual effects that had never been seen on film before.[11] 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.[12] After seeing the map for the location was zoned as light industrial, Lucas named the group Industrial Light and Magic,[13] 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.[14][15]
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.[16][17]
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 showed 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 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.[18][19] 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.[20] 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.[21] In 2000, ILM created the OpenEXR format for high-dynamic-range imaging.[22]
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.[23][24] 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.[25]
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).[26] 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).[27][28] In 2011, it was announced the company was considering a project-based facility in Vancouver.[29] 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.[30]
In October 2012, Disney bought ILM's parent company, Lucasfilm, acquiring ILM, Skywalker Sound, and LucasArts in the process.[31][32][33][34] Disney stated that it had no immediate plans to change ILM's operations,[1] but began to lay off employees by April of the next year.[35] 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.[36][37] ILM opened a London studio headquartered in the city's Soho district on October 15, 2014.[38]
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.[39][40] In July 2019, ILM announced the opening of a new facility in Sydney, Australia.[41][42] In the same year, ILM introduced StageCraft.[43][44][45] Also known as "The Volume", it uses high-definition LED video walls to generate virtual sceneries and was first used in The Mandalorian.[46][47] Following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Fox VFX Lab was folded into ILM, including the Technoprops division.[48][49] In October 2022, ILM opened a new studio in Mumbai.[50][51] In May 2023, ILMxLAB was rebranded as ILM Immersive.[52]
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.[53][54][55] An ILM Singapore employee confirmed that the closure of the Singaporean studio was linked to the strike.[56]
Milestones
edit- 1975: Resurrected the use of VistaVision; first use of a motion control camera (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope)[57][58]
- 1980: First use of Go motion to animate the Tauntaun creatures and AT-ATs of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back[59]
- 1982: First in-house completely computer-generated sequence — the "Genesis sequence" in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. (Previous computer graphics in Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope were done outside of ILM.)[60]
- 1985: First completely computer-generated character, the "stained glass man" in Young Sherlock Holmes[61]
- 1988: First morphing sequence, in Willow[62][63]
- 1989: First digital compositing of a full-screen live action image during the final sequence in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade[64]
- 1989: First computer-generated 3-D character to show emotion, the pseudopod creature in The Abyss[65]
- 1991: First dimensional matte painting – where a traditional matte painting was mapped onto 3-D geometry, allowing for camera parallax, in Hook.[66]
- 1991: First partially computer-generated main character, the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day[67]
- 1992: First time the texture of human skin was computer generated, in Death Becomes Her[68]
- 1993: First time digital technology used to create a complete and detailed living creature, the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, which earned ILM its thirteenth Oscar[69]
- 1994: First extensive use of digital manipulation of historical and stock footage to integrate characters in Forrest Gump.[70]
- 1995: First fully synthetic speaking computer-generated character, with a distinct personality and emotion, to take a leading role in Casper[71]
- 1995: First computer-generated photo-realistic hair and fur (used for the digital lion and monkeys) in Jumanji[72]
- 1996: First completely computer-generated main character, Draco in Dragonheart[73]
- 1999: First computer generated character to have a full human anatomy, Imhotep in The Mummy[74]
- 1999: The first fully computer-generated character in a live-action film using motion capture, Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace[75]
- 2000: Creates OpenEXR imaging format.[22]
- 2006: Develops iMocap system, which uses computer vision techniques to track live-action performers on set. Used in the creation of Davy Jones and ship's crew in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest[26]
- 2011: First animated feature produced by ILM, Rango[76][77]
- 2019: First use of real time rendering (with Unreal Engine) and digital LED displays as a virtual set (known as StageCraft or The Volume), The Mandalorian[78][79]
Notable employees and clients
editPhotoshop 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.[80] 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.[81]
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.[82] 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.[83] The film is noted for its groundbreaking use of computer-generated imagery,[84][85][86] and is regarded as a landmark for visual effects.[87][88][89] 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.[90][91][92]
Adam Savage, Grant Imahara and Tory Belleci of MythBusters fame have all worked at ILM.[93]
ILM is also famous for their commercial work. Their clients include Energizer,[94] and Oldsmobile.[94] They also animated Yoda for a series of 2012 commercials for Vodafone, which were broadcast in the UK.[95][96][97]
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.[98]
American film director David Fincher worked at ILM for four years in the early 1980s.[99]
Film director Joe Johnston was a Visual effects artist and an Art Director.[100]
Film director Mark A.Z. Dippé was a Visual Effects animator who directed Spawn which was released in 1997.[101]
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.[102]
Films
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1970s–1980s
edit| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Star Wars (Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope) |
George Lucas | 20th Century Fox Lucasfilm Ltd |
$11 million | $775.5 million |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back) |
Irvin Kershner | $33 million | $547.9 million | |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (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 Productions |
$18 million | $14 million | |
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian[103][104] | 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-Terrestrial (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 Jedi (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. | $3 million | TBC | |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 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 |
| Cocoon | 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 | |
| Innerspace | 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 Rabbit | 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 Abyss | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Day | 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 Her | 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 Park | 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 Gump | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 3D | 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[105] | Justin Lin | Universal Pictures | $85 million | $159 million | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest[106] | 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'[107] | 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[108] | 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[109] | 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[110] | 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 |
| Life | Daniel Espinosa | Columbia Pictures Skydance |
$58 million | $100.5 million | |
| Kong: Skull Island | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Warner Bros. Legendary Pictures |
$185 million | $566.7 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[111] | 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[112] | 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[113] | 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[114] | 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[115] | Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck | Marvel Studios | $152 million | $1.131 billion |
| Us | Jordan Peele | Universal Pictures | $20 million | $254.7 million | |
| Avengers: Endgame[116] | 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[117] | |
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Tim Miller | Paramount Pictures Tencent Pictures 20th Century Fox Skydance Media |
$186 million | $261.1 million | |
| Playing with Fire[118] | 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[119] | $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[120] | N/A |
| Mank[121] | David Fincher | Netflix | $20–30 million[122] | $99,752[123] | |
| We Can Be Heroes | Robert Rodriguez | N/A | N/A | ||
| The Midnight Sky[124] | George Clooney | $100 million[125] | $62,557[126] | ||
| 2021 | Finding 'Ohana[127] | Jude Weng | N/A | N/A | |
| Chaos Walking | Doug Liman | Lionsgate | $100 million | $21.9 million | |
| Coming 2 America[128] | Craig Brewer | Amazon Studios Paramount Pictures |
$60 million | N/A | |
| A Quiet Place Part II[129] | John Krasinski | Paramount Pictures | $61 million | $293.5 million | |
| F9[130] | Justin Lin | Universal Pictures | $200–225 million | $726.2 million | |
| Black Widow[131] | 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[132] | James Wan | New Line Cinema | $40 million | $30.3 million | |
| Jungle Cruise[133] | Jaume Collet-Serra | Walt Disney Pictures | $200 million | $220.9 million | |
| Free Guy[134] | Shawn Levy | 20th Century Studios | $100–125 million | $331.5 million | |
| No Time to Die[135] | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Universal Pictures |
$250 million | $774 million | |
| Eternals | Chloé Zhao | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $402.1 million | |
| Red Notice[136] | Rawson Marshall Thurber | Netflix | $200 million | $2 million | |
| 2022 | The Batman[137] | Matt Reeves | Warner Bros. Pictures | $200 million | $770.8 million |
| The Bubble[138] | Judd Apatow | Netflix | $100 million | N/A | |
| Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness[139] | Sam Raimi | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $955.8 million | |
| Jurassic World Dominion[140] | Colin Trevorrow | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$165–185 million | $1.003 billion | |
| Thor: Love and Thunder[141] | Taika Waititi | Marvel Studios | $250 million[142] | $760.9 million | |
| The Gray Man[143] | Anthony and Joe Russo | Netflix | $200 million | $454,023 | |
| Prey | Dan Trachtenberg | Hulu/20th Century Studios | $65 million | N/A | |
| Good Night Oppy[144] | Ryan White | Amazon Studios | N/A | $3,663[145] | |
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever[146] | Ryan Coogler | Marvel Studios | $250 million | $859.2 million | |
| The Fabelmans[147] | Steven Spielberg | Universal Pictures | $40 million | $45.1 million | |
| Avatar: The Way of Water[148] | James Cameron | 20th Century Studios Lightstorm Entertainment |
$350–460 million | $2.320 billion | |
| Babylon[149] | Damien Chazelle | Paramount Pictures | $78–80 million | $63.4 million | |
| The Pale Blue Eye[150] | Scott Cooper | Netflix | $72 million | $129,928 | |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania[151] | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios | $250–275 million | $476.1 million |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves[152] | Jonathan Goldstein John Francis Daley |
Paramount Pictures | $150 million[153] | $208.2 million | |
| Renfield[154] | Chris McKay | Universal Pictures | $65 million | $26.9 million | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3[155] | James Gunn | Marvel Studios | $250 million | $845.6 million | |
| Fast X[156] | 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[157] | James Mangold | Walt Disney Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd. Paramount Pictures |
$295 million | $384 million | |
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One[158] | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures | $219–291 million | $567.5 million | |
| Haunted Mansion[159] | Justin Simien | Walt Disney Pictures | $150 million | $117.5 million | |
| Blue Beetle[160] | Ángel Manuel Soto | Warner Bros. Pictures | $104—125 million | $130.8 million | |
| The Creator[161] | Gareth Edwards | 20th Century Studios | $80 million | $104 million | |
| Killers of the Flower Moon[162] | Martin Scorsese | Paramount Pictures Apple Original Films |
$200 million | $156.9 million | |
| The Marvels[163] | Nia DaCosta | Marvel Studios | $220–378 million | $206.1 million | |
| Napoleon[164] | Ridley Scott | Columbia Pictures Apple Original Films Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$130–200 million | $220.9 million | |
| Candy Cane Lane[165] | Reginald Hudlin | Amazon Prime Video | N/A | N/A | |
| Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire[166] | Zack Snyder | Netflix | $90–166 million | ||
| Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom[167] | James Wan | Warner Bros. Pictures | $205–215 million | $434.3 million | |
| The Boys in the Boat[168] | 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[169] | Doug Liman | Amazon Prime Video | $85 million | N/A | |
| Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire[170] | Adam Wingard | Warner Bros. Pictures Legendary Pictures |
$135—150 million | $571.8 million | |
| Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver[171] | Zack Snyder | Netflix | $83–166 million | N/A | |
| Atlas[172] | Brad Peyton | $100 million | |||
| A Quiet Place: Day One[173] | Michael Sarnoski | Paramount Pictures | $67 million | $261.8 million | |
| Twisters[174] | Lee Isaac Chung | Universal Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
$155—200 million | $371 million | |
| Deadpool & Wolverine[175] | Shawn Levy | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $1.338 billion | |
| Alien: Romulus[176] | Fede Álvarez | 20th Century Studios | $80 million | $350.8 million | |
| Rez Ball[177] | Sydney Freeland | Netflix | TBA | N/A | |
| Joker: Folie à Deux[178] | Todd Phillips | Warner Bros. Pictures | $200 million | $206.4 million | |
| Venom: The Last Dance[179] | Kelly Marcel | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Entertainment |
$120 million | $436.1 million | |
| Blitz[180] | Steve McQueen | Apple TV+ | TBA | N/A | |
| Gladiator II[181] | Ridley Scott | Paramount Pictures | $250–310 million | $314 million | |
| Wicked[182] | Jon M. Chu | Universal Pictures | $145—150 million | ||
| Sonic the Hedgehog 3[183] | Jeff Fowler | Paramount Pictures | $122 million |
Upcoming
edit| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Back in Action[184] | Seth Gordon | Netflix | TBA | |
| Captain America: Brave New World[185] | Julius Onah | Marvel Studios | TBA | ||
| Sinners[186] | Ryan Coogler | Warner Bros. Pictures | $90 million | ||
| The Electric State[187] | Anthony and Joe Russo | Netflix | $320 million | ||
| Thunderbolts*[188] | Jake Schreier | Marvel Studios | TBA | ||
| Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning[189] | Christopher McQuarrie | Paramount Pictures | $400 million | ||
| Lilo & Stitch[190] | Dean Fleischer Camp | Walt Disney Pictures | TBA | ||
| F1[191] | Joseph Kosinski | Warner Bros. Pictures Apple Original Films |
TBA | ||
| Jurassic World Rebirth[192] | Gareth Edwards | Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment |
TBA | ||
| Superman[193] | James Gunn | Warner Bros. Pictures | $364 million | ||
| Tron: Ares[194] | Joachim Rønning | Walt Disney Pictures | TBA | ||
| Wicked: For Good[195] | Jon M. Chu | Universal Pictures | $150—165 million | ||
| 2026 | The Mandalorian & Grogu[196] | Jon Favreau | Lucasfilm Ltd. | TBA |
Animation
edit| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rango[197] | Gore Verbinski | Paramount Pictures | $135 million | $245.7 million |
| 2015 | Strange Magic[198] | Gary Rydstrom | Touchstone Pictures Lucasfilm Ltd |
$70 million | $13.6 million |
| 2021 | Wish Dragon[199] | Chris Appelhans | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Netflix |
$25 million | $25.9 million |
| 2024 | Ultraman: Rising[200] | Shannon Tindle | Netflix | TBA | N/A |
| Transformers One[201] | Josh Cooley | Paramount Pictures | $75–147 million | $128.9 million |
Television
edit1980s
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"[202] |
CBS |
| 2015 | Agent Carter (Season 1)[203] | ABC |
| 2019 | Krypton (Season 2) | Syfy |
| The Mandalorian (Season 1) | Disney+ |
2020s
editTelevision films & specials
editUpcoming
edit| Year | Series | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ironheart[227] | Disney+ |
Live concerts
edit| Year | Concert | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2022–2025 | ABBA Voyage[228] | ABBA Arena (Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, United Kingdom) |
| 2023–2024 | U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere[229] | Sphere (Paradise, Nevada, United States) |
| 2024 | Dead & Company: Dead Forever Live at Sphere[230] | 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" (2000–3)
- Gatorade, "Raptor" (2000)
- California Raisin Marketing Board (print ads; 2000)
- Budweiser "Come Home" (2001)
- Alcatel, "MLK" (2001)
- Vodafone commercials featuring Yoda[95][96][97]
- 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
- Blur Studio
- Image Engine
- Square Enix Image Studio Division
- Pixar
- Polygon Pictures
- Softimage 3D
- Tippett Studio
- University of California, Berkeley
- Pixar RenderMan
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