Open Road Films

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Open Road Films
Private
Industry Film
Founded March 28, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-03-28)
Key people
 Tom Ortenberg (CEO)
Elliott Kleinberg (COO)
Steven Andriuzzo Elliott (CFO)[1]
Owner Regal Entertainment Group
AMC Theatres
Website www.openroadfilms.com

Open Road Films (sometimes written as Open Road or ORF) is an American film production company based in Los Angeles, California. It was launched in March 2011 by the two largest U.S. theatrical exhibitors, AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group.

Company history

AMC Entertainment and Regal Entertainment Group hired Tom Ortenberg, as CEO. He is a former executive of Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company.[2] On April 13, 2011 Tom Ortenberg hired Jason Cassidy (president of marketing), Elliott Kleinberg (General Counsel and executive vice president of operations and business affairs), Steven Andriuzzo (chief financial officer), and Ben Cotner (senior vice president of acquisitions).[3] The studio released its first film, Killer Elite, on September 23, 2011.[4] Killer Elite was directed by Gary McKendry and starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro.

Open Road's release of Spotlight (film) received 6 Academy Award nominations for the year 2015 and became the one of the biggest surprise winners for Best Picture in recent memory at the 2016 Oscars ceremony taking home two, which included another for Best Original Screenplay. This win became the first for the company.[5]

Open Road titles are distributed in the home entertainment market by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.[6] On June 28, 2011 Open Road Films signed a pay-TV deal with Netflix,[7] which expires in 2016. On October 1, 2013, the studio signed a new pay-TV deal with Showtime that begins in 2017 and expires in 2020.[8] On February 10, 2014, Open Road extended its ancillaries deal with USHE.[9]

Filmography

Release Date Title Director Budget Gross
September 23, 2011 Killer Elite Gary McKendry $70 million $56,383,756
January 27, 2012 The Grey Joe Carnahan $25 million $77,278,331
March 9, 2012 Silent House Chris Kentis, Laura Lau $2 million $13,101,672
August 24, 2012 Hit and Run David Palmer, Dax Shepard $2 million $14,453,354
September 21, 2012 End of Watch David Ayer $7 million $48,126,384
October 26, 2012 Silent Hill: Revelation 3D Michael J. Bassett $20 million $52,302,796
January 11, 2013 A Haunted House[10] Michael Tiddes $2.5 million $60,141,683
February 8, 2013 Side Effects Steven Soderbergh $30 million $63,372,757
March 29, 2013 The Host Andrew Niccol $40 million $63,327,201
August 16, 2013 Jobs[11] Joshua Michael Stern $12 million $35,931,410
October 11, 2013 Machete Kills[12] Robert Rodriguez $20 million $15,008,161
November 29, 2013 Homefront[12] Gary Fleder $22 million $43,058,898
December 27, 2013 Justin Bieber's Believe Jon M. Chu $5 million $10,980,157
January 17, 2014 The Nut Job[13] Peter Lepeniotis $42 million $120,885,527
March 28, 2014[14] Sabotage[15] David Ayer $35 million $17,508,518
April 18, 2014 A Haunted House 2[16] Michael Tiddes $4 million $23,959,486
May 9, 2014 Chef[17] Jon Favreau $11 million[18] $45,967,935
July 25, 2014 The Fluffy Movie[19] Manny Rodriguez $2,827,393
October 31, 2014 Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy $8.5 million $38,697,217
November 14, 2014 Rosewater Jon Stewart $10 million $3,158,135
January 30, 2015 The Loft Erik Van Looy $14 million $10,076,790
March 20, 2015 The Gunman Pierre Morel $40 million $15,859,440
April 24, 2015 Little Boy Alejandro Gómez Monteverde $20 million $6,485,961
June 19, 2015 Dope[20][21] Rick Famuyiwa $7 million[22] $16,752,298
October 23, 2015 Rock the Kasbah[23] Barry Levinson $15 million[24] $3,175,704[25]
November 6, 2015 Spotlight[26] Tom McCarthy $20 million[27] $90,206,716[28]
January 29, 2016 Fifty Shades of Black[29] Michael Tiddes $5 million[30] $20,724,655[31]
February 26, 2016 Triple 9[32] John Hillcoat $20 million[33] $22,242,490[34]
April 29, 2016 Mother's Day[35] Garry Marshall $25 million $34,788,574

Upcoming films

Release Date Title Director
July 29, 2016 Gleason [36] Clay Tweel
August 19, 2016 Life on the Road [37] Ricky Gervais
August 19, 2016 Collide Eran Creevy
August 26, 2016 Max Steel[38] Stewart Hendler
September 16, 2016 Snowden[39] Oliver Stone
February 24, 2017 Sleepless[40] Baran Bo Odar
May 19, 2017 The Nut Job 2[41][42] Cal Brunker
August 4, 2017 Blazing Samurai[43] Chris Bailey
Mark Koetsier
January 18, 2019 Playmobil: Robbers, Thieves & Rebels Lino DiSalvo[44]
TBA The Key Man[45][46] TBA
TBA All Eyez on Me Benny Boom

International distribution

Open Road distributes their films to other countries as well, through another distributor originating in that country.

UK/Ireland

Australia/New Zealand

  • Icon Films International (2011–present)

Canada

References

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