Annapurna Pictures

Annapurna Pictures

Type	Private
Industry	Film
Founded	2011
Founder	Megan Ellison
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, USA
Products	Film Production Film Distribution

Annapurna Pictures is a film production and distribution company founded by Megan Ellison in 2011. Annapurna also invests in financing, production and sales entity Panorama Media,^[1] later renamed Annapurna International.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Film Title	Director	Notes
2012	Lawless	John Hillcoat	co-production with The Weinstein Company
2012	The Master	Paul Thomas Anderson	co-production with The Weinstein Company
2012	Killing Them Softly	Andrew Dominik	co-production with The Weinstein Company
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	Kathryn Bigelow	co-production with Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios
2013	Spring Breakers	Harmony Korine	co-production with A24 Films
2013	Her	Spike Jonze	co-production with Warner Bros.
2013	American Hustle	David O. Russell	co-production with Columbia Pictures and Atlas Entertainment
2014	Foxcatcher	Bennett Miller	co-production with Sony Pictures Classics
2015	Joy	David O. Russell	co-production with 20th Century Fox
2016	Everybody Wants Some!!	Richard Linklater	co-production with Paramount Pictures[3]
2016	Sausage Party	Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan	co-production with Columbia Pictures and Point Grey Pictures Announced [4]
2016	Wiener-Dog	Todd Solondz	co-production with Amazon Studios and Killer Films Announced [5]
2016	The Bad Batch	Ana Lily Amirpour	co-production with Lionsgate
2016	20th Century Women	Mike Mills	co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures
2017	The Haunted Fright	Doug Hadders	co-production with 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios
2017	Downsizing	Alexander Payne	co-production with Paramount Pictures

Reception

Many of the films produced by the company have received widespread critical acclaim. In 2013 alone, Her and American Hustle had a combined fifteen Academy Award nominations. In the box office results have been mixed. While some films such as The Master have failed to gross their budget, films such as Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle have grossed more than $100 million, the latter grossing more than a quarter of a billion worldwide.^[6][7]

Year	Film	Metacritic	Rotten Tomatoes	Box Office (USD)
2012	Lawless	58	67%	53,700,000
2012	The Master	86	85%	28,300,000
2012	Killing Them Softly	64	75%	37,500,000
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	95	93%	138,700,000
2013	Spring Breakers	63	65%	31,700,000
2013	The Grandmaster	72	75%	64,000,000
2013	Her	90	94%	34,800,000
2013	American Hustle	90	93%	250,600,000
2014	Foxcatcher	82	87%	8,740,000
2015	Joy	56	60%	95,700,000

References

1. Fleming, Jr., Mike (April 26, 2012). "Megan Ellison To Back New Shingle Panorama Media, Launching At Cannes". Deadline. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
2. Tartaglione, Nancy (May 12, 2014). "Cannes: Panorama Media Rebrands As Annapurna International, Boards Charlize Theron Project ‘American Express’". Deadline. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
3. Patches, Matt (September 30, 2014). "Megan Ellison's Annapurna to produce Richard Linklater's 'Dazed' spiritual Sequel, 'That's What I'm Talking About's". HitFix. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
4. Siegel, Tatiana (September 24, 2013). "Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Sell Sony on Raunchy Animated Film 'Sausage Party'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
5. Seetoodeh, Ramin (January 26, 2016). "Sundance: Amazon Lands Todd Solondz Comedy ‘Wiener-Dog". Variety.com. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
6. "Zero Dark Thirty". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database.
7. "American Hustle". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database.

External links

• Official Website
• Annapurna Pictures at the Internet Movie Database