List of films produced by CBS
Listing for films produced by the motion picture divisions of CBS (a subsidiary of Paramount Global), includes Cinema Center Films, CBS Theatrical Films and CBS Films.
Copyright status[edit]
Currently the rights to all of these films are owned by Paramount Pictures (through Viacom's acquisition of CBS in 2000), the CCF and CTF films are distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment in the home media market. As for CBS Films, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has the U.S. home entertainment distribution rights and the foreign theatrical and home entertainment distribution rights for all pre-2015 films,[1] while Lionsgate owns the distribution rights for the 2015–2019 releases. Paramount will assume distribution rights when their respective deals expire. As for TV rights for these libraries, they are owned by CBS Media Ventures, with the pay cable rights for CBS Films going though sister company Showtime Networks.
Cinema Center Films[edit]
- With Six You Get Eggroll[2] (August 7, 1968) Arwin Productions, Inc.
- The April Fools[2] (May 28, 1969) Jalem Productions, Inc.
- Me, Natalie (July 13, 1969) Nob Hill Productions[3]
- Hail, Hero! (October 4, 1969) Halcyon Productions[3]
- The Royal Hunt of the Sun[2] (October 6, 1969)
- A Boy Named Charlie Brown (December 4, 1969) United Feature Syndicate[3]
- The Reivers[2] (December 25, 1969) Duo Productions, Solar Productions, Inc.[3]
- The Boys in the Band (March 17, 1970)[3]
- A Man Called Horse (April 29, 1970) Sandy Howard Productions Corp.[3]
- Something for Everyone (July 22, 1970) Media Productions[3]
- Darker than Amber (August 14, 1970)[3]
- Homer (September 21, 1970) Palomar Pictures[3]
- Scrooge (November 5, 1970) National General Pictures[3]
- Rio Lobo Western (December 17, 1970) Malabar Productions[3]
- Little Big Man[2] (December 23, 1970)
- Big Jake (May 26, 1971)[om 1] Batjac Productions, Inc.[3]
- Blue Water, White Death (June 1, 1971) Blue Water Film Corporation Productions[3]
- Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (June 15, 1971)[3]
- Le Mans (June 23, 1971) Solar Productions[3]
- Figures in a Landscape (July 18, 1971) Cinecrest Film Ltd.[3]
- Come to Your Senses (October 1, 1971) Prana-Mendelson Productions[3]
- The African Elephant(October 1971) Dartmouth Productions[3]
- Something Big (November 11, 1971) Stanmore Productions, Inc., Penbar Productions, Inc.[3]
- The Christian Licorice Store (November 24, 1971)[3]
- The Little Ark (March 1972) Robert B. Radnitz Productions Ltd.[3]
- The War Between Men and Women (June 2, 1972) Jalem Productions, Inc., Lienroc Productions[3]
- The Revengers (June 21, 1972)[3]
- Prime Cut (June 28, 1972) Wizan Productions[3]
- Snoopy, Come Home (August 9, 1972) Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc., Bill Melendez Productions [3]
Unmade projects[edit]
The following projects were announced but not made:
- The Apollo of Bellac (1967), based on the play by Jean Giradou
- Contrast (circa 1967), based on two short stories by W. Somerset Maugham
- Nelly Bly (circa 1967), a biopic of the famous reporter
- Musical adaptation of Treasure Island by Elliot Kastner and Jerry Gershwin[4]
- Yucatán (1971), a motorcycle adventure starring Steve McQueen[5]
- Man on a Nylon String (1971), an adventure tale to be made by Solar Productions but not starring Steve McQueen set in the Alps[5]
- Applegate's Gold (circa 1971), a Western for Solar Productions[5]
- Cutting Loose – unreleased documentary[6]
CBS Theatrical Films[edit]
| Release Date | Title[7] |
|---|---|
| March 13, 1981 | Back Roads |
| July 23, 1982 | The Challenge |
| February 18, 1983 | Table for Five |
| May 18, 1984 | Finders Keepers |
| August 3, 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. |
| September 21, 1984 | Windy City |
| October 26, 1984 | American Dreamer |
| August 23, 1985 | Better Off Dead |
| September 26, 1985 | The Lightship |
| November 1, 1985 | Eleni |
| November 8, 1985 | Target |
Cancelled film[edit]
Starblasters was to be a video game-themed movie, due to be released about Christmas time 1982, at least some of the film was to be computer-animated. It would have been the second video game-themed movie after Tron which was released in July of that year.[8]
CBS Films[edit]
| Release Date | Title | Budget | Gross (worldwide) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2010 | Extraordinary Measures | $30 million | $15.1 million | Co-production with Double Feature Films |
| April 23, 2010 | The Back-up Plan | $35 million | $77.5 million | Co-production with Escape Artists |
| November 24, 2010 | Faster | $24 million | $35.5 million | Co-production with TriStar Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment |
| January 28, 2011 | The Mechanic | $40 million | $51.0 million | Co-production with Millennium Films |
| March 4, 2011 | Beastly | $17 million | $43.1 million | |
| February 3, 2012 | The Woman in Black | $13 million | $127.7 million | US distribution only, produced by Hammer Pictures, UK Film Council, Alliance Films, Exclusive Media Group and Cross Creek Pictures |
| March 9, 2012 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $14.5 million | $34.6 million | US distribution only, produced by Lionsgate Films, UK Film Council and BBC Films |
| September 7, 2012 | The Words | $6 million | $13.2 million | |
| October 12, 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | $15 million | $33 million | Co-production with the British Film Institute, Blueprint Pictures and Film4 Productions |
| March 1, 2013 | The Last Exorcism Part II | $5 million | $15.2 million | Co-production with StudioCanal and Strike Entertainment |
| May 31, 2013 | The Kings of Summer | n/a | $1.4 million | Co-production with Big Beach Films |
| July 26, 2013 | The To Do List | $1.5 million | $3.9 million | |
| November 1, 2013 | Last Vegas | $28 million | $134.4 million | Co-production with Good Universe |
| December 6, 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | $11 million | $13+ million | US distribution only, produced by StudioCanal, Scott Rudin Productions, and Mike Zoss Productions |
| April 4, 2014 | Afflicted | $318,000 | $121,200 | Co-production with Entertainment One and IM Global |
| April 25, 2014 | Gambit | n/a | $14.2 million | US home video distribution only[9] |
| August 15, 2014 | What If | $11 million | $7.8 million | US distribution only, produced by Entertainment One and Telefilm Canada |
| September 26, 2014 | Pride | $16.7 million | US distribution only, co-production with 20th Century Fox, BBC Films, British Film Institute, Canal+, Ciné+, Ingenious Media and Pathé | |
| February 20, 2015 | The DUFF | $8.5 million | $43.5 million | Co-production with Wonderland Sound and Vision and Vast Entertainment |
| November 13, 2015 | Love the Coopers | $24 million | $41.1 million | Co-production with Groundswell Productions, Imagine Entertainment, and Handwritten Films |
| March 25, 2016 | Get a Job | Co-production with Lionsgate Premiere and Double Feature Films | ||
| April 12, 2016 | Flight 7500[10] | $2.8 million | Co-distribution with Lionsgate Films | |
| August 12, 2016 | Hell or High Water | $12 million | $37.9 million | Co-production with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Odd Lot Entertainment, Film 44, and LBI Entertainment |
| October 7, 2016 | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | $8.5 million | $23.3 million | Co-production with Lionsgate Films, James Patterson Entertainment, and Participant Media |
| December 21, 2016 | Patriots Day | $40 million[11] | $52.4 million[11] | Co-distribution with Lionsgate Films |
| March 10, 2017 | The Sense of an Ending | Co-distribution with Lionsgate[12] | ||
| June 2, 2017 | Dean | $950,000 | $254,536 | |
| September 15, 2017 | American Assassin | $33 million | $66.7 million | International distribution by Lionsgate Films |
| February 2, 2018 | Winchester | $3.5 million[13] | $44 million[14] | |
| September 28, 2018 | Hell Fest[15] | $5.5 million[16] | $18.2 million[16] | Co-production with Valhalla Entertainment and Tucker Tooley Entertainment |
| November 16, 2018 | At Eternity's Gate[17] | $11.5 million[18] | Co-production with Iconoclast and Riverstone Pictures | |
| March 15, 2019 | Five Feet Apart[19] | $7 million | $88.4 million[20] | Co-distribution with Lionsgate Films |
| June 7, 2019 | Pavarotti[21] | $5.9 million[22] | ||
| August 9, 2019 | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark[23] | $25 million | $104.5 million[24] | Co-production with Lionsgate Films and Entertainment One |
| September 6, 2019 | Strange but True[25] | Co-production with Lionsgate Films | ||
| October 11, 2019 | Jexi[26] | $5 million | $9.2 million | Last cinema release. |
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