THOMAS TULLLegendary Entertainment
FUNDS: $500 mil (raising another $700 mil)
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $5.4 bil worldwide; $2.6 bil domestic; Average: $130 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: The Dark Knight, 300, Inception, The Hangover, Clash of the Titans
THOMPSON BROTHERSCross Creek Pictures
FUNDS: $300 million
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $515 mil worldwide; $194 mil domestic;
Average: $65 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: Black Swan, The Woman in Black, Ides of March
JEFF SKOLLParticipant Media
FUNDS: $250 million
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $1.1 bil worldwide;$630 mil domestic;
Average: $20.3 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: The Help, Contagion, An Inconvenient Truth, The Crazies, Food Inc.
DAVID MIMRANand JORDAN SCHUR
Mimran Schur Pictures
FUNDS: unknown
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $32.7 mil worldwide; $15.6 mil domestic;
Average: $5.2 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: Warrior, Stone, Henry’s Crime
JEFF SAGANSKYHemisphere Capital
FUNDS: $200 million+
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $936 mil worldwide; $220 mil domestic;
Average: $110 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: The Smurfs, World War Z, The Adventures of Tintin; Men in Black III
STEVEN RALESIndian Paintbrush
FUNDS: unknown; worth $2.7 billion
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $103 mil worldwide;$52.8 mil domestic;
Average: $10.6 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Young Adult, The Darjeeling Limited, Like Crazy, Towelhead
BILL POHLADRiver Road
FUNDS: $65 million (in 2009)
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $380 mil worldwide; $128.8 mil domestic;
Average: $26 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: Tree of Life, Lust Caution, Into the Wild, Fair Game, Brokeback Mountain
TIM HEADINGTONFilmDistrict and GK Films
FUNDS: $300 million+
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $1.1 bil worldwide;$531 mil domestic; Average: $48 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: Hugo, Rango, The Rum Diary, Edge of Darkness, Insidious, The Tourist,
In the Land of Blood and Honey, Drive
GEORGE FURLA andRANDALL EMMETT
Emmet/Furla Films
FUNDS: $250 million
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $401 mil worldwide;$198 mil domestic; Average: $22 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: Rambo, Righteous Kill, 16 Blocks, Street Kings
MEGAN ELLISONAnnapurna Pictures
FUNDS: unknown; (paid $20 mil for Terminator)
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $251 mil worldwide;$171 mil domestic; Average: $57 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: True Grit, Passion Play, Main Street
DAVID ELLISONSkydance Prods.
FUNDS: $350 mil
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $923 mil worldwide;$392 mil domestic;
Average: $131 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: True Grit, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, Flyboys
RICHARD BRANSONVirgin Produced
FUNDS: unknown; worth $4.2 billion
BOX OFFICE TO DATE: $380 worldwide;$163 mil domestic;
Average: $54 mil domestic
FILM CREDITS: Limitless, Machine Gun Preacher, Immortals
W ith the studios swinging for the fences on tentpoles, a new roster of heavyhitting
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