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

WWE Studios is a Los Angeles-based subsidiary of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., created in 2002 as WWE Films to develop and produce feature film properties.[1]

Contents

History

To date, it has co-produced three films as well as independently produced three more with The Marine being 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 TV-PG rating by the WWE, all movies are switched from rated R to PG-13 in order to target a younger audience.[3]

Filmography

As co-producers
As sole producers

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 [8]
The Marine October 13, 2006 $18,844,784 $3,320,824 $22,165,608 #6 [9]
The Condemned April 27, 2007 $7,371,706 $1,263,477 $8,635,183 #9 [10]
12 Rounds March 27, 2009 $12,234,694 $2,498,325 $14,733,019 #6 [11]

Rental performance

Film Release Date Video Distributor Rental Gross Reference
See No Evil November 28, 2006 Lions Gate Entertainment $16.49 million [12]
The Marine January 30, 2007 20th Century Fox $30.53 million [13]
The Condemned September 18, 2007 Lions Gate Entertainment $22.30 million [14]
Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia January 6, 2009 20th Century Fox $4.37 million

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. ^ Grase, Marc (2008-08-20). "WWE pins film arm". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989230.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-08-26. 
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ [3]
  8. ^ "See No Evil". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=seenoevil.htm. 
  9. ^ "The Marine". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marine.htm. 
  10. ^ "The Condemned". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=condemned.htm. 
  11. ^ "12 Rounds". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=12rounds.htm. 
  12. ^ "See no evil rentals". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=homevideo&id=seenoevil.htm. 
  13. ^ "The Marine rentals". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=homevideo&id=marine.htm. 
  14. ^ "Condemned rentals". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=homevideo&id=condemned.htm. 

External links

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Simple English

WWE Studios (formerly known as WWE Films[1]) is a World Wrestling Entertainment movie and television production company that is starring, produced or directed by WWE talent.

Movies

  • See No Evil (2006) (with Lionsgate)
  • The Marine (2006) (with 20th Century Fox)
  • The Condemned (2007) (with Lionsgate)
  • 12 Rounds (2009) (with Fox Atomic)

References

  1. ↑ Marc Graser (July 20, 2008). "WWE pins film arm". Variety.com. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989230.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-07-22. 

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