Dark Castle Entertainment

Dark Castle Entertainment is an American film production label and a division of Silver Pictures, a production house formerly 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

Type	Label
Industry	Motion pictures
Founded	1999
Founders	Joel Silver Robert Zemeckis Gilbert Adler Jared Bush
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Key people	Susan Downey Steve Richards
Parent	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. 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. While most of the company's films were initially poorly reviewed by critics, their 2009 film Splice eventually received better reviews.

Dark Castle Entertainment originally acquired the US rights to The Loft, as they did for Splice, with the intention of releasing the film through Warner Bros. When Joel Silver moved his office to Universal Pictures, he took Dark Castle, and the film, with him. Universal planned to release the film on August 29, 2014, but the studio pulled it from the schedule in favor of As Above, So Below. Universal and Dark Castle dropped the film, which was then picked up by Open Road Films and released on January 30, 2015.[1][2][3][4]

Jason Blum reportedly has spoken to Silver twice about a co-production with Blumhouse Productions, for Universal to distribute, but they have yet to find the right project.[5]

The studio's logo depicts a CGI gargoyle head roaring on the titular castle in front of a full yellow moon, while lightning strikes throughout.

Filmography of Dark Castle Entertainment

Year	Film	Director
1999	House on Haunted Hill	William Malone
2001	Thirteen 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	Echelon Conspiracy	Greg Marcks
	Orphan	Jaume Collet-Serra
	Whiteout	Dominic Sena
	The Hills Run Red	Dave Parker
	Ninja Assassin	James McTeigue
	Splice	Vincenzo Natali
2010	The Losers	Sylvain White
2011	Unknown	Jaume Collet-Serra
2012	Dragon Eyes	John Hyams
	Stash House	Eduardo Rodríguez
	The Apparition	Todd Lincoln
	Bullet to the Head	Walter Hill
	The Factory	Morgan O'Neill
2013	Getaway	Courtney Solomon
2017	Suburbicon	George Clooney
TBA	Seance	Simon Barrett
TBA	Orphan: First Kill	William Brent Bell

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 million	$40.8 million[6]	$3.5 million (A)	$44.4 million	N/A	N/A
2001	Thirteen Ghosts	$42 million	$41.7 million[7]	$26.6 million[8]	$68.5 million	N/A	N/A
2002	Ghost Ship	$20 million	$30.1 million[9]	$38.2 million[9]	$68.3 million	N/A	N/A
2003	Gothika	$40 million	$59.7 million[10]	$81.7 million[10]	$141.6 million	N/A	N/A
2005	House of Wax	$40 million	$32.1 million[11]	$36.7 million[11]	$68.8 million	N/A	N/A
2007	The Reaping	$40 million	$25.1 million[12]	$37.6 million[12]	$62.8 million	$19.8 million[13]	$82.6 million
2008	RocknRolla	$15 million	$5.7 million[14]	$20 million	$25.7 million	$7.4 million[15]	$33.1 million
2009	Orphan	$20 million	$41,596,251[16]	$36,741,122[16]	$78,337,373	$12,250,443[16]	$90,587,816
2009	Whiteout	$35 million	$10,275,638[17]	$7,565,229[17]	$17,840,867	$3,192,934[18]	$21,033,801
2009	Ninja Assassin	$50 million	$38,122,883[19]	$23,471,000	$61,593,883	$13,841,623[20]	$75,435,506
2010	The Losers	$25 million	$23,591,432[21]	$5,385,903	$28,977,335	$6,462,496[22]	$35,439,831
2010	Splice	$30 million	$17,010,170[23]	$6,964,022	$23,974,192	$3,695,686	$27,669,878

Budget	Overall Total	US DVD Sales	Total
$374 million	$646 million	$62.9 million	$708 million

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

See also

• Jared Bush
• William Castle
• Susan Downey
• Joel Silver
• Robert Zemeckis
• Warner Bros. Pictures

References

1. "'The loft' is gekocht door producent van 'Die hard'-films" ['The loft' bought by same producer as 'Die hard'-movies] (in Dutch). Belgium: Het Nieuwsblad. 9 June 2012.
2. "'The Loft' nog maar eens uitgesteld" ['The Loft' once again delayed] (in Dutch). Belgium: De Standaard. March 8, 2013.
3. "Universal Sets 'The Loft' For Summer 2014, Zac Efron's 'Townies' For May". Deadline. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
4. "Universal Pulls 'The Loft' From Sked, Moves Legendary Pic 'As Above/So Below' Into Slot". Deadline. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
5. "Twitter / @RyanLeger2 @blumhouse @DCastleE @UniversalPics twice". Twitter.com. 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2015-08-23.
6. House on Haunted Hill (1999)
7. Thirteen Ghosts (2001)
8. Thirteen Ghosts (2001) - International Box Office Results
9. Ghost Ship (2002)
10. Gothika (2003)
11. House of Wax (2005)
12. The Reaping (2007)
13. The Reaping DVD (2007)
14. RocknRolla (2008)
15. RocknRolla DVD (2008)
16. Orphan (2009)
17. Whiteout (2009)
18. Whiteout DVD (2009)
19. Ninja Assassin(2009)
20. Ninja Assassin DVD (2009)
21. The Losers (2009)
22. The Losers DVD (2010)
23. Splice (2010)