WWE Studios

WWE Studios, Inc.
Type Subsidiary
Industry Motion pictures
Founded 2002
Headquarters Los Angeles, California, USA
Key people Michael Luisi
(President)
Parent WWE
Website WWE Studios

WWE Studios is a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of WWE, Inc., created in 2002 as WWF Films (until the initial change in May 2002) to develop and produce feature film properties.[1]

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History

As of 2011, WWE Studios has co-produced four films as well as independently produced six more. The Marine was the first developed solely by the company to reach the filming stage, while the first one to be theatrically released is See No Evil. Stone Cold Steve Austin is signed to star in three movies for WWE Studios.[2] Before the formation of WWE Films the WWF had produced the 1989 film No Holds Barred featuring Hulk Hogan.

In 2006, WWE Films chose to further expand the variety of projects that it intends to pursue by also focusing made-for-television films and direct-to-video movies as well as other media platforms. WWE Films was renamed WWE Studios on July 21, 2008 to further represent the expansion of the WWE subsidiary.

Due to the WWE's adherence to the TV-PG rating, all future movies were subsequently switched from rated R to PG-13 in order to target a younger audience. Only three of the films produced by WWE Studios have surpassed the PG-13 rating; The Condemned, See No Evil and The Marine 2, each rated R. [3] Former WWE Studios president Joel Simon died on June 19, 2011 after a four year battle with cancer.[4]

Filmography

As co-producer
As sole producer

Box office performance

Film Release date Box office revenue Box office ranking Reference
Domestic Foreign Worldwide United States
See No Evil May 19, 2006 $15,032,800 $3,388,168 $18,420,968 #6 [7]
The Marine October 13, 2006 $18,844,784 $3,320,824 $22,165,608 #6 [8]
The Condemned April 27, 2007 $7,371,706 $1,263,477 $8,635,183 #9 [9]
12 Rounds March 27, 2009 $12,234,694 $5,045,632 $17,280,326 #7 [10]
Legendary September 10, 2010 $200,393 - - #38 [11]
Knucklehead October 22, 2010 $1,000 $7,927 $8,927 [12]
The Chaperone February 18, 2011 $14,400 $29,395 $43,795 [13]
That's What I Am April 29, 2011 $6,400 - - [14]

Rental performance

Film Release Date Video Distributor Rental Gross Reference
See No Evil November 28, 2006 Lions Gate Entertainment $16.49 million [15]
The Marine January 30, 2007 20th Century Fox $30.53 million [16]
The Condemned September 18, 2007 Lions Gate Entertainment $22.30 million [17]

References

  1. ^ WWE Announces WWE Studios
  2. ^ WWE.com
  3. ^ http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/03/wwe-films-switching-from-r-to-pg-13
  4. ^ Finke, Nikki. "R.I.P. Joel Simon". Deadline. http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/r-i-p-joel-simon/. 
  5. ^ a b c d "WWE Studios". WWE. http://corporate.wwe.com/company/wwestudios.jsp. 
  6. ^ "No One Lives". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118036579?refCatId=13&query=%22wwe+studios%22. 
  7. ^ "See No Evil". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=seenoevil.htm. 
  8. ^ "The Marine". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marine.htm. 
  9. ^ "The Condemned". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=condemned.htm. 
  10. ^ "12 Rounds". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=12rounds.htm. 
  11. ^ "Legendary". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=legendary.htm. 
  12. ^ "Knucklehead - International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fKNUCKLEHEAD01. Retrieved 2011-07-26. 
  13. ^
  14. ^ "That's What I Am - Box Office Data". The Numbers. http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Thats-What-I-Am. Retrieved 2011-07-26. 
  15. ^ "See No Evil rentals". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=homevideo&id=seenoevil.htm. 
  16. ^ "The Marine rentals". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=homevideo&id=marine.htm. 
  17. ^ "Condemned rentals". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=homevideo&id=condemned.htm. 

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History
Draft
2002 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011
Accomplishments
Talent
Roster · Divas · Teams and stables · Hall of Fame · Alumni (A–C · D–H · I–M · N–R · S–Z)
Programming
Developmental
territories
Subsidiaries
Defunct subsidiaries
Notable acquisitions