Dark Castle Entertainment
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Type | Label |
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Industry | Motion pictures |
Founded | 1998 |
Founders | Joel Silver Robert Zemeckis Gilbert Adler |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
Key people | Susan Downey Steve Richards |
Parent | Silver Pictures |
Dark Castle Entertainment is an American film production label and a division of Silver Pictures, a production house formerly affiliated with Warner Bros. It was formed in 1998 by Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Gilbert Adler. Susan Downey was the Vice President of Development until February 2009, a term running congruent to her tenure as a VP of Production at parent company Silver Pictures.
Dark Castle Entertainment's name pays homage to William Castle, a horror filmmaker from the 1950s and 1960s. When first formed, the goal was to remake Castle's horror films. After two remakes, it moved on to producing original material, along with remakes of non-Castle films. Starting with RocknRolla, the company began producing films in genres other than horror. While most of the company's films were initially poorly reviewed by critics, their 2009 film Splice eventually received better reviews.
Dark Castle Entertainment originally acquired the US rights to The Loft, as they did for Splice, with the intention of releasing the film through Warner Bros. When Joel Silver moved his office to Universal Pictures, he took Dark Castle, and the film, with him. Universal planned to release the film on August 29, 2014, but the studio pulled it from the schedule in favor of As Above, So Below. Universal and Dark Castle dropped the film, which was then picked up by Open Road Films and released on January 30, 2015.[1][2][3][4]
Jason Blum reportedly has spoken to Silver twice about a co-production with Blumhouse Productions, for Universal to distribute, but they have yet to find the right project.[5]
The studio's logo depicts a roaring gargoyle head on the titular castle in front of a full yellow moon, while lightning strikes throughout.
Filmography[]
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Year | Film | Director |
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1999 | House on Haunted Hill | William Malone |
2001 | Thirteen Ghosts | Steve Beck |
2002 | Ghost Ship | |
2003 | Gothika | Mathieu Kassovitz |
2005 | House of Wax | Jaume Collet-Serra |
2007 | The Reaping | Stephen Hopkins |
Return to House on Haunted Hill | Víctor García | |
2008 | RocknRolla | Guy Ritchie |
2009 | Echelon Conspiracy | Greg Marcks |
Orphan | Jaume Collet-Serra | |
Whiteout | Dominic Sena | |
The Hills Run Red | Dave Parker | |
Ninja Assassin | James McTeigue | |
Splice | Vincenzo Natali | |
2010 | The Losers | Sylvain White |
2011 | Unknown | Jaume Collet-Serra |
2012 | Dragon Eyes | John Hyams |
Stash House | Eduardo Rodríguez | |
The Apparition | Todd Lincoln | |
Bullet to the Head | Walter Hill | |
The Factory | Morgan O'Neill | |
2013 | Getaway | Courtney Solomon |
2017 | Suburbicon[citation needed] | George Clooney |
2021 | Seance | Simon Barrett |
TBA | Orphan: First Kill | William Brent Bell |
The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh |
Lifetime grosses[]
Year | Film | Budget | Domestic Box Office | Foreign Box Office | Total | US DVD sales | Total (with DVD sales) |
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1999 | House on Haunted Hill | $37 million | $40.8 million[6] | $3.5 million (A) | $44.4 million | N/A | N/A |
2001 | Thirteen Ghosts | $42 million | $41.7 million[7] | $26.6 million[8] | $68.5 million | N/A | N/A |
2002 | Ghost Ship | $20 million | $30.1 million[9] | $38.2 million[9] | $68.3 million | N/A | N/A |
2003 | Gothika | $40 million | $59.7 million[10] | $81.7 million[10] | $141.6 million | N/A | N/A |
2005 | House of Wax | $40 million | $32.1 million[11] | $36.7 million[11] | $68.8 million | N/A | N/A |
2007 | The Reaping | $40 million | $25.1 million[12] | $37.6 million[12] | $62.8 million | $19.8 million[13] | $82.6 million |
2008 | RocknRolla | $15 million | $5.7 million[14] | $20 million | $25.7 million | $7.4 million[15] | $33.1 million |
2009 | Orphan | $20 million | $41,596,251[16] | $36,741,122[16] | $78,337,373 | $12,250,443[16] | $90,587,816 |
2009 | Whiteout | $35 million | $10,275,638[17] | $7,565,229[17] | $17,840,867 | $3,192,934[18] | $21,033,801 |
2009 | Ninja Assassin | $50 million | $38,122,883[19] | $23,471,000 | $61,593,883 | $13,841,623[20] | $75,435,506 |
2010 | The Losers | $25 million | $23,591,432[21] | $5,385,903 | $28,977,335 | $6,462,496[22] | $35,439,831 |
2010 | Splice | $30 million | $17,010,170[23] | $6,964,022 | $23,974,192 | $3,695,686 | $27,669,878 |
Budget | Overall Total | US DVD Sales | Total |
---|---|---|---|
$374 million | $646 million | $62.9 million | $708 million |
(A) Indicates minimum, as that is only two countries totals merged.
See also[]
- William Castle
- Susan Downey
- Joel Silver
- Robert Zemeckis
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Blumhouse Productions
- Ghost House Pictures
- Gold Circle Films
- Platinum Dunes
- Twisted Pictures
References[]
- ^ "'The loft' is gekocht door producent van 'Die hard'-films" ['The loft' bought by same producer as 'Die hard'-movies] (in Dutch). Belgium: Het Nieuwsblad. 9 June 2012.
- ^ "'The Loft' nog maar eens uitgesteld" ['The Loft' once again delayed] (in Dutch). Belgium: De Standaard. March 8, 2013.
- ^ "Universal Sets 'The Loft' For Summer 2014, Zac Efron's 'Townies' For May". Deadline. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Universal Pulls 'The Loft' From Sked, Moves Legendary Pic 'As Above/So Below' Into Slot". Deadline. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Twitter / @RyanLeger2 @blumhouse @DCastleE @UniversalPics twice". Twitter.com. 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
- ^ House on Haunted Hill (1999)
- ^ Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
- ^ Thirteen Ghosts (2001) - International Box Office Results
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ghost Ship (2002)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gothika (2003)
- ^ Jump up to: a b House of Wax (2005)
- ^ Jump up to: a b The Reaping (2007)
- ^ The Reaping DVD (2007)
- ^ RocknRolla (2008)
- ^ RocknRolla DVD (2008)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Orphan (2009)
- ^ Jump up to: a b Whiteout (2009)
- ^ Whiteout DVD (2009)
- ^ Ninja Assassin(2009)
- ^ Ninja Assassin DVD (2009)
- ^ The Losers (2009)
- ^ The Losers DVD (2010)
- ^ Splice (2010)
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