Dark Castle Entertainment

Dark Castle Entertainment

Type	Production company
Industry	Motion pictures
Founded	1999
Founder(s)	Joel Silver Robert Zemeckis Gilbert Adler
Key people	Susan Downey Steve Richards
Parent	Silver Pictures Optimum Releasing (UK)

Dark Castle Entertainment is a division of Silver Pictures, a production house affiliated with Warner Bros. It was formed in 1999 by Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Gilbert Adler. Susan Downey was the Vice President of Development until February 2009, a term running congruent to her tenure as a VP of Production at parent company Silver Pictures.

Dark Castle Entertainment's name pays homage to William Castle, a horror filmmaker from the 1950s and 1960s. When first formed, the goal was to remake Castle's horror films (very similar to another production company Platinum Dunes). After two remakes, it moved on to producing original material, along with remakes of non-Castle films. Starting with RocknRolla, the company began producing films in genres other than horror.

Initially, most of the company's films were mostly critically panned, however, most recently their films began to garner critical acclaim starting with Orphan, Splice and Unknown.

Filmography of Dark Castle Entertainment

Year	Film	Director
1999	House on Haunted Hill	William Malone
2001	Thir13en Ghosts	Steve Beck
2002	Ghost Ship
2003	Gothika	Mathieu Kassovitz
2005	House of Wax	Jaume Collet-Serra
2007	The Reaping	Stephen Hopkins
	Return to House on Haunted Hill	Víctor García
2008	RocknRolla	Guy Ritchie
2009	The Hills Run Red	Dave Parker
	Orphan	Jaume Collet-Serra
	Whiteout	Dominic Sena
	Ninja Assassin	James McTeigue
	Echelon Conspiracy	Greg Marcks
2010	The Losers	Sylvain White
	Splice	Vincenzo Natali
2011	Unknown	Jaume Collet-Serra
	The Devil & Windows	Kim-Sang-Man
2012	The Apparition	Todd Lincoln
2013	Ben 10	Unknown

Lifetime grosses

Year	Film	Budget	Domestic Box Office	Foreign Box Office	Total	US DVD sales	Total (with DVD sales)
1999	House on Haunted Hill	$37 Mio.	$40,846,082[1]	$3,515,228 (A)	$44,361,370	N/A	N/A
2001	Thirteen Ghosts	$42 Mio.	$41,867,960[2]	$26,600,000[3]	$68,467,960	N/A	N/A
2002	Ghost Ship	$20 Mio.	$30,113,491[4]	$38,236,393[4]	$68,349,884	N/A	N/A
2003	Gothika	$40 Mio.	$59,694,580[5]	$81,896,744[5]	$141,591,324	N/A	N/A
2005	House of Wax	$40 Mio.	$32,064,800[6]	$36,701,321[6]	$68,766,121	N/A	N/A
2007	The Reaping	$40 Mio.	$25,126,214[7]	$37,644,845[7]	$62,771,059	$19,784,364[8]	$82,555,423
2008	RocknRolla	$15 Mio.	$5,700,626[9]	$20,027,463	$25,728,089	$7,400,623[10]	$33,139,638
2009	Orphan	N/A	$41,596,251[11]	$36,741,122[11]	$78,337,373	$12,250,443[11]	$90,587,816
2009	Whiteout	$35 Mio.	$10,275,638[12]	$7,565,229[12]	$17,840,867	$3,192,934 [13]	$21,033,801
2009	Ninja Assassin	$50 Mio.	$38,122,883[14]	$23,471,000	$61,593,883	$13,841,623 [15]	$75,435,506
2010	The Losers	$25 Mio.	$23,591,432[16]	$5,385,903	$28,977,335	$6,462,496 [17]	$35,439,831
2010	Splice	$30 Mio.	$17,010,170[18]	$6,964,022	$23,974,192	$3,695,686	$27,669,878

Overall Total	US DVD Sales	Total
$646,033,429	$62,932,483	$708,965,912

(A) Indicates minimum, as that is only two countries totals merged.

See also

• Gilbert Adler
• William Castle
• Susan Downey
• Joel Silver
• Robert Zemeckis
• Warner Bros. Pictures

References

1. ^ House on Haunted Hill (1999)
2. ^ Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
3. ^ Thirteen Ghosts (2001) - International Box Office Results
4. ^ ^{a b} Ghost Ship (2002)
5. ^ ^{a b} Gothika (2003)
6. ^ ^{a b} House of Wax (2005)
7. ^ ^{a b} The Reaping (2007)
8. ^ The Reaping DVD (2007)
9. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=rocknrolla.htm
10. ^ RocknRolla DVD (2008)
11. ^ ^{a b c} Orphan (2009)
12. ^ ^{a b} Whiteout (2009)
13. ^ Whiteout DVD (2009)
14. ^ Ninja Assassin(2009)
15. ^ Ninja Assassin DVD (2009)
16. ^ The Losers (2009)
17. ^ The Losers DVD (2010)
18. ^ Splice (2010)