Alcon Entertainment

Alcon Entertainment
Private
Industry Film
Founded 1997[1]
Founder Broderick Johnson (president)
Andrew Kosove (president)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California
Key people
 Steven Wegner (VP of development)
Scott Parish (CFO)
Kira Davis (former VP of production & marketing)
Website www.alconent.com

Alcon Entertainment LLC is an American film production company, founded in 1997 by film producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Since its establishment, Alcon Entertainment has developed and financed films that are ultimately distributed (in US only) by Warner Bros. Pictures, following a ten-year motion picture production agreement.

Company

Alcon Entertainment was established in January 1997,[1] and founded by film producers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, who are the co-presidents of the company. The company is headquartered on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.[2] Both Johnson and Kosove presented FedEx founder and chairman Frederick W. Smith with a proposal suggesting that an independent film company, backed by a capitalized individual or company, and aligned with a major studio for an exclusive distribution arrangement would reap profits on copyrighted assets over a set period of time.[3]

Alcon's first major feature film was the 1999 comedy Lost & Found. In March 2000, following the success of its second film My Dog Skip, Alcon entered into an exclusive, long-term worldwide distribution agreement with Warner Bros. The agreement had Warner Bros. in charge of worldwide distribution of a minimum of 10 films produced and financed by Alcon over the next five years. The agreement also allowed Warner Bros. to co-finance certain pictures with Alcon.[4] Alcon and Warner Bros. signed a new agreement in February 2006, continuing their eight-year relationship, under which Warner Bros. would continue to distribute feature films developed and financed by Alcon.[5]

Filmography

Year Film Title Distributor Notes Budget Box office
1999 Lost & Found Warner Bros. First film $30 million $6,552,255
2000 My Dog Skip Warner Bros. $6 million $35,512,760
Dude, Where's My Car? 20th Century Fox $13 million $73,180,723
2001 The Affair of the Necklace Warner Bros. $30 million $471,210
2002 Insomnia Warner Bros. Co-produced with Section Eight Productions $46 million $113,714,830
2003 Love Don't Cost a Thing Warner Bros. $21 Million $21,924,226
2004 Chasing Liberty Warner Bros. $23 million $12,313,323
2005 Racing Stripes Warner Bros. Co-produced with Summit Entertainment $30 million $90,754,475
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Warner Bros. $25 million $42,000,000
2006 16 Blocks Warner Bros. Co-produced with Millennium Films, Equity Pictures, Nu Image, Emmett/Furla Films, Cheyenne Enterprises, and The Donners' Company $55 million $65,664,721
The Wicker Man Warner Bros. Co-produced with Millennium Films, Saturn Films, Equity Pictures, Emmett/Furla Films and Nu Image $40 million $38,755,073
2007 P.S. I Love You Warner Bros. Co-produced with Grosvenor Park Productions $30 million $156,835,339
2008 One Missed Call Warner Bros. Co-produced with Kadokawa Pictures, Equity Pictures and Intermedia $20 million $45,847,751
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Warner Bros. $27 million $44,352,417
2009 The Blind Side Warner Bros. 2009 Academy Award for Best Actress Sandra Bullock $29 million $309,208,309
2010 The Book of Eli Warner Bros. Co-produced with Silver Pictures $80 million $157,091,718
Lottery Ticket Warner Bros. Co-produced with Cube Vision $17 million $24,719,879
2011 Something Borrowed Warner Bros. Co-produced with 2S Films $35 million $60,183,821
Dolphin Tale Warner Bros. Co-produced with Arc Productions $37 million $95,404,397
2012 Joyful Noise Warner Bros. $25 million $31,158,113
What to Expect When You're Expecting Lionsgate Co-produced with Phoenix Pictures $40 million $41.102.171
Chernobyl Diaries Warner Bros. Co-produced with FilmNation Entertainment and Oren Peli/Brian Witten Productions $1 million $37,157,648
2013 Beautiful Creatures Warner Bros. $60 million $60,052,138
Prisoners Warner Bros. $46 million $122,126,687
2014 Transcendence Warner Bros. Co-produced with DMG Entertainment and Straight Up Films $100 million $103,039,258
Dolphin Tale 2 Warner Bros. Co-produced with Color Force and Boxing Cat Films $36 million $57,824,533
The Good Lie Warner Bros. Co-produced with Imagine Entertainment, Black Label Media and Reliance Entertainment $20 million $2,722,209
2015 The 33 Warner Bros. Co-produced with Phoenix Pictures $26 million $24,902,723
Point Break Warner Bros. Co-produced with DMG Entertainment, Taylor/Baldecchi/Wimmer Productions, and Babelsberg Studio[6] $100 million $131,338,490
2016 No Manches Frida Pantelion Films Co-produced with Constantin Film N/A $12,421,716
2017 Blade Runner 2049 Warner Bros./Sony Pictures Releasing Co-production with Columbia Pictures, Thunderbird Films, and Scott Free Productions $150–185 million $259,239,658
Father Figures Warner Bros. Co-production with The Montecito Picture Company and DMG Entertainment $25 million $25,601,244
2018 12 Strong Warner Bros. Co-production with Black Label Media and Jerry Bruckheimer Films $35 million $62,928,960

Upcoming

Television

Music

In 2014, Alcon partnered with Sleeping Giant Media to form ASG Music Group. ASG is a full service music company and record label. In 2017, ASG released the Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack, produced by Grammy nominated producer Michael Hodges, Kayla Morrison and Ashley Culp, with Epic Records. The Album reached #1 on the Billboard Soundtrack Sales Charts.[10][11][12][13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lost and Found". wb-lostandfound.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
  2. ↑ Alcon Entertainment - Los Angeles, California (CA) | Company Profile
  3. ↑ "Class Notes - June 7, 2000". www.princeton.edu.
  4. ↑ "Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon Entertainment HaveEntered Into an Exclusive Multipicture Worldwide DistributionDeal. - Media & Telecommunications > Movies & Sound Recording from AllBusiness.com".
  5. ↑ "Warner Bros and Alcon Entertainment sign new agreement".
  6. ↑ Marsh, James (December 3, 2015). "'Point Break': Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ McNary, Dave (23 May 2016). "'Garfield' Animated Movie in the Works at Alcon".
  8. ↑ "Alcon Plans A Series of Fully-CG 'Garfield' Features". 25 May 2016.
  9. ↑ Trumbore, Dave. "Animated 'Darkmouth' Adaptation Announced by Alcon; Skydance Launches an Animation Division". Collider. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Alcon, Sleeping Giant Launch ASG Group to Drive Down Music Cue Costs".
  11. ↑ Team, The Deadline (15 April 2014). "Alcon Partners With Sleeping Giant Media To Form Movie & TV Music Services Company".
  12. ↑ Morfoot, Addie (15 April 2014). "Alcon Entertainment Launches Music Division".
  13. ↑ "Soundtrack Album Sales : Oct 28, 2017 - Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.
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