Syncopy

                                                                  Syncopy Inc.

Syncopy Films Inc. is a British film production company based in London, England. The company was founded by award-winning film director, screenwriter and producer Christopher Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas as co-founder. The name Syncopy Films derives from "syncope", the medical term for fainting or loss of consciousness.

History

In 2005, Christopher Nolan partnered with Legendary Pictures to produce Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006),The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012) for Warner Bros. Pictures. In 2013, Syncopy came out with Zack Snyder's Man of Steel (2013). Syncopy's most recent production is Interstellar (2014), directed by Nolan.

Syncopy Inc. will enter a partnership with Paramount Pictures after the contract with Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. ends.

Filmography

Released

Year	Title	Director	Co-production company(s)	Distributor(s)	Box office	Ref.	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
2005	Batman Begins	Christopher Nolan	Legendary Pictures	Warner Bros.	$374,218,673	[2]	85%	70%
2006	The Prestige	Christopher Nolan	Touchstone Pictures / Newmarket Films	Buena Vista / Warner Bros.	$109,676,311	[5]	76%	66%
2008	The Dark Knight	Christopher Nolan	Legendary Pictures	Warner Bros.	$1,004,558,444	[8]	94%	82%
2008	Batman: Gotham Knight	Bruce Timm	Warner Bros./Warner Premiere	Warner Bros.	$9,508,606	[11]	83%
2010	Inception	Christopher Nolan	Legendary Pictures	Warner Bros.	$825,532,764	[13]	86%	74%
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Christopher Nolan	Legendary Pictures	Warner Bros.	$1,081,041,287	[16]	88%	78%
2013	Man of Steel	Zack Snyder	Legendary Pictures	Warner Bros.	$668,045,518	[19]	56%	55%
2014	Interstellar	Christopher Nolan	Lynda Obst Productions / Legendary Pictures	Paramount / Warner Bros.	$662,578,526	[22]	72%	74%
Box office total:					$4,675,160,129	—

Legendary Pictures

                                                         Legendary Pictures

Legendary Pictures, officially Legend Pictures, LLC (also referred to as Legendary Entertainment), is an American film production company based in Burbank, California. The company was founded by Thomas Tull in 2000 and in 2005 the company concluded an agreement to co-produce and co-finance films with Warner Bros. In 2014, Legendary began a similar arrangement with Universal Studios.

Marketing:

In 2013, Legendary purchased film marketing agency Five33 Ltd. The company, which in the past has worked on marketing campaigns for various studios, will now work exclusively on marketing Legendary's films.

Box Office History for Legendary Pictures Movies

Release Date	Movie	Production Budget	Domestic Opening Weekend	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide Box Office
Jun 15, 2005	Batman Begins	$150,000,000	$48,745,440	$205,343,776	$359,142,724
Jun 28, 2006	Superman Returns	$232,000,000	$52,535,096	$200,120,000	$374,085,065
Jul 28, 2006	The Ant Bully	$45,000,000	$8,432,465	$28,142,536	$49,610,899
Aug 25, 2006	Beerfest		$7,031,228	$19,185,184	$20,159,316
Mar 9, 2007	300	$60,000,000	$70,885,301	$210,614,939	$454,161,935
Mar 7, 2008	10,000 B.C.	$105,000,000	$35,867,488	$94,784,201	$269,065,678
Jul 18, 2008	The Dark Knight	$185,000,000	$158,411,483	$533,345,358	$1,002,891,358
Mar 6, 2009	Watchmen	$138,000,000	$55,214,334	$107,509,800	$184,068,358
Jun 5, 2009	The Hangover	$35,000,000	$44,979,319	$277,322,503	$465,764,086
Oct 16, 2009	Where the Wild Things Are	$100,000,000	$32,695,407	$77,233,467	$99,123,656
Nov 25, 2009	Ninja Assassin	$50,000,000	$13,316,158	$38,122,884	$62,209,893
Apr 1, 2010	Clash of the Titans	$125,000,000	$61,235,105	$163,214,888	$493,214,888
Sep 17, 2010	The Town	$37,000,000	$23,808,032	$92,186,264	$152,566,883
Nov 5, 2010	Due Date	$65,000,000	$32,689,406	$100,539,043	$211,739,043
Mar 25, 2011	Sucker Punch	$75,000,000	$19,058,199	$36,392,504	$89,758,391
May 26, 2011	The Hangover Part II	$80,000,000	$85,946,294	$254,464,305	$586,464,305
Mar 30, 2012	Wrath of the Titans	$150,000,000	$33,457,188	$83,670,083	$301,970,083
Jul 20, 2012	The Dark Knight Rises	$275,000,000	$160,887,295	$448,139,104	$1,079,343,948
Mar 1, 2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	$195,000,000	$27,202,226	$65,187,604	$197,387,604
Apr 12, 2013	42	$40,000,000	$27,487,144	$95,020,216	$97,470,704
May 23, 2013	The Hangover 3	$103,000,000	$41,671,198	$112,200,072	$362,000,072
Jun 14, 2013	Man of Steel	$225,000,000	$116,619,362	$291,045,518	$667,999,518
Jul 12, 2013	Pacific Rim	$190,000,000	$37,285,325	$101,802,906	$411,002,906
May 16, 2014	Godzilla	$160,000,000	$93,188,384	$200,672,193	$508,172,193
Aug 29, 2014	As Above, So Below	$5,000,000	$8,632,820	$21,321,100	$41,860,541
Oct 10, 2014	Dracula Untold	$70,000,000	$23,514,615	$55,991,880	$215,782,636
Jan 16, 2015	Blackhat	$70,000,000	$3,901,815	$7,889,395	$16,957,877
Feb 6, 2015	Seventh Son	$95,000,000	$7,217,640	$16,043,236	$100,943,236
Oct 16, 2015	Crimson Peak			$0	$0
Dec 31, 2016	Esperanza			$0	$0
Apr 7, 2017	Pacific Rim 2			$0	$0
	Totals	$3,060,000,000		$3,937,504,959	$8,874,917,796
	Averages	$98,709,677	$42,965,025	$127,016,289	$286,287,671

paramount pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, and formerly known as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) is a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of US media conglomerate Viacom. Paramount is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).[2] It has distributed several successful film series, such as Transformers, Mission: Impossible, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series (2008–11), Indiana Jones (1981–2008), The Godfather, Star Trek, Jack Ryan, Jackass, The Bad News Bears, Beverly Hills Cop, "Crocodile" Dundee, Paranormal Activity, Friday the 13th and G.I. Joe.

In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all its films in digital-form only.

Paramount Pictures Corporation

Logo used as of 2011
Type	Subsidiary of Viacom
Industry	Film
Founded	1912 (as Famous Players Film Company) 1914
Founders	Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky W. W. Hodkinson
Headquarters	Hollywood, California,  United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Brad Grey (Chairman and CEO) Rob Moore (Vice chairman) Frederick D. Huntsberry (COO) Mark Badagliacca (CFO) Adam Goodman[1] President of Paramount Film Group
Products	Motion pictures
Revenue	$1.2 billion (2011)
Operating income	$300 million (2011)
Owner	Famous Players-LaskyCorporation (1916–1927) Independent (1927–1966) Gulf+Western (1966–1989) Paramount Communications Inc. (1989–1995) Viacom (original) (1994–2005) Viacom (2006–present)[note 1]
Divisions	Current: Paramount Home Media Distribution Insurge Pictures Paramount Famous Productions Paramount Vantage Paramount Animation Paramount Television Melange Pictures, LLC MTV Films Nickelodeon Movies Comedy Central FilmsFormer: Famous Studios Paramount Parks Paramount Stations Group
Website	www.paramount.com

                    Top-Grossing Movies and Box Office History                                  for Paramount Pictures Movies  1995-2015

    

Release Date	Movie	Production Budget	Domestic Opening Weekend	Domestic Box Office	Worldwide   Box Office	Trailer
Jan 15, 1993	Alive	$32,000,000	$8,624,292	$36,299,670	$36,299,670
Nov 22, 1995	Nick of Time		$2,781,601	$8,087,783	$8,087,783
Dec 17, 1997	Titanic	$200,000,000	$28,638,131	$658,672,320	$2,207,615,686	Play
Jul 30, 1999	Runaway Bride	$70,000,000	$35,055,556	$152,257,509	$310,138,178
Nov 19, 1999	Sleepy Hollow	$70,000,000	$30,060,467	$101,068,340	$207,068,340
Dec 15, 2000	What Women Want	$65,000,000	$33,614,543	$182,805,123	$372,100,000
Jun 15, 2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	$94,000,000	$47,735,743	$131,144,184	$273,330,186
Aug 6, 2004	Collateral	$60,000,000	$24,701,458	$100,170,152	$217,670,152
Dec 17, 2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	$100,000,000	$30,061,756	$118,627,120	$212,956,027
May 27, 2005	The Longest Yard	$82,000,000	$47,606,480	$158,119,460	$190,320,568
Jun 29, 2005	War of the Worlds	$132,000,000	$64,878,725	$234,280,354	$606,836,535
Dec 15, 2006	Charlotte's Web	$82,500,000	$11,457,353	$82,985,708	$143,985,708
Dec 15, 2006	Dreamgirls	$75,000,000	$378,950	$103,365,956	$154,965,956
Jul 2, 2007	Transformers	$151,000,000	$70,502,384	$319,246,193	$708,272,592
Nov 16, 2007	Beowulf	$150,000,000	$27,515,871	$82,195,216	$194,995,216
Dec 21, 2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street		$9,300,805	$52,898,073	$153,329,844
May 2, 2008	Iron Man	$186,000,000	$102,118,668	$318,604,128	$582,443,128
Dec 25, 2008	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	$160,000,000	$26,853,816	$127,509,328	$329,809,328
Jun 24, 2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$210,000,000	$108,966,307	$402,111,872	$836,519,701	Play
Aug 7, 2009	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	$175,000,000	$54,713,046	$150,201,504	$302,469,023	Play
Dec 4, 2009	Up in the Air	$30,000,000	$1,181,450	$83,823,384	$166,842,742	Play
May 7, 2010	Iron Man 2	$170,000,000	$128,122,480	$312,433,331	$623,561,331	Play
Jul 1, 2010	The Last Airbender	$150,000,000	$40,325,019	$131,772,187	$319,713,881	Play
Dec 22, 2010	True Grit	$35,000,000	$24,830,443	$171,243,005	$252,276,928	Play
Mar 4, 2011	Rango	$135,000,000	$38,079,323	$123,257,584	$245,504,577	Play
Jun 29, 2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$195,000,000	$97,852,865	$352,390,543	$1,123,794,076	Play
Jul 22, 2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	$140,000,000	$65,058,524	$176,654,512	$370,569,783	Play
Oct 14, 2011	Footloose	$24,000,000	$15,556,113	$51,802,744	$62,989,836	Play
Oct 21, 2011	Paranormal Activity 3	$5,000,000	$52,568,183	$104,028,808	$202,053,387	Play
Oct 28, 2011	Puss in Boots	$130,000,000	$34,077,439	$149,260,512	$554,987,485	Play
Dec 9, 2011	Young Adult	$12,000,000	$310,263	$16,311,572	$22,750,357	Play
Dec 16, 2011	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	$145,000,000	$12,785,204	$209,397,904	$694,713,231	Play
Dec 21, 2011	The Adventures of Tintin	$130,000,000	$9,720,993	$77,591,832	$373,993,952	Play
Feb 24, 2012	Tomorrow When the War Began		$3,172	$4,936	$13,404,936	Play
May 4, 2012	The Avengers	$225,000,000	$207,438,708	$623,279,552	$1,514,279,552	Play
May 16, 2012	The Dictator	$65,000,000	$17,435,092	$59,650,224	$180,148,899	Play
Oct 26, 2012	Fun Size	$14,000,000	$4,101,017	$9,409,538	$10,911,519	Play
Nov 2, 2012	Flight	$31,000,000	$24,900,566	$93,772,376	$159,584,159	Play
Dec 19, 2012	The Guilt Trip	$40,000,000	$5,290,629	$37,134,216	$37,134,216	Play
Dec 21, 2012	Jack Reacher	$60,000,000	$15,210,156	$80,070,736	$217,370,736	Play
Jan 25, 2013	Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters	$50,000,000	$19,690,956	$55,703,476	$214,949,717	Play
Mar 27, 2013	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	$140,000,000	$40,501,814	$122,523,060	$371,923,060	Play
May 3, 2013	Iron Man 3	$200,000,000	$174,144,585	$408,992,272	$1,172,805,920	Play
May 15, 2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	$190,000,000	$70,165,559	$228,778,661	$466,978,661	Play
Oct 25, 2013	Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa	$15,000,000	$32,055,177	$102,003,019	$160,903,019	Play
Feb 20, 2015	Hot Tub Time Machine 2	$14,000,000	$5,963,324	$5,963,324	$5,963,324	Play
	Totals	$4,439,500,000		$7,307,903,301	$17,589,322,905
	Averages	$96,510,870	$41,368,152	$158,867,463	$382,376,585