Point Grey Pictures

Point Grey Pictures, Inc. (PGP) is a Canadian independent film and television production company.

Point Grey Pictures, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Film industry
Founded2011 (2011)
FounderSeth Rogen
Evan Goldberg
Headquarters
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
James Weaver (president)
ServicesFilm Production
Television Production

History

Founded by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in 2011, the company was named after Vancouver's Point Grey Secondary School, where Rogen and Goldberg met.[1] On September 24, 2013, it produced their first animated feature Sausage Party.[2] On February 6, 2014, the company had developed its first TV project Preacher on AMC.[3] On March 5, 2014, the company entered a pact with movie studio Good Universe in order to develop movie comedies.[4]

In 2018, the duo were in talks with the film studio Lionsgate.[5] The talks were finalised the next year.[6]

Filmography

Released
Year Title Co-production with Distributed by
2011 50/50 Mandate Pictures Summit Entertainment (United States)
Lionsgate (International)[7]
2013 This Is the End Columbia Pictures
2014 Neighbors Good Universe Universal Pictures
The Interview LStar Capital Columbia Pictures
2015 The Night Before Good Universe
2016 Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Good Universe
Perfect World Pictures		 Universal Pictures
Sausage Party[8] Annapurna Pictures[8]
Nitrogen Studios[8]		 Columbia Pictures[9]
2017 The Disaster Artist New Line Cinema
Good Universe
Rabbit Bandini Productions
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Ramona Films		 A24[10] (North America)
Warner Bros. Pictures (International)[11]
2018 Game Over, Man! Scott Rudin Productions
Mail Order Company		 Netflix
Blockers[12] DMG Entertainment
Good Universe
Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions		 Universal Pictures
2019 Long Shot[13] Summit Entertainment
Good Universe
Denver and Delilah Productions		 Lionsgate Films
Good Boys[14] Good Universe
Quantity Entertainment		 Universal Pictures
2020 An American Pickle[15] Sony Pictures
Warner Max		 HBO Max (United States)
Warner Bros. Pictures (International)

Upcoming
Year Title Co-production with Distributed by
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[16][17] Nickelodeon Animation Studio Paramount Pictures
TBA The Something[18] Good Universe Universal Pictures
Where's Waldo?[19] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
DreamWorks Classics		 United Artists Releasing (United States)
Universal Pictures (International)
Black and White[20][21] Stoller Global Solutions
HartBeat Productions		 Paramount Pictures
Memetic[22] Boom! Studios Lionsgate
Bubble[23] Sony Pictures Animation
Matt Tolmach Productions		 Columbia Pictures
Cobweb[24] Vertigo Entertainment Lionsgate
Video Nasty[25] Stampede Ventures
Invincible[26][27] Skybound Entertainment Universal Pictures
79ers[28] Gary Sanchez Productions Lionsgate

Television

All television series listed are produced by Sony Pictures Television, except when noted.

Year(s) Title Production companies Network Series Status
2016–19 Preacher Sony Pictures Television
AMC Studios
Woodbridge Productions
KFL Nightsky Productions
Short Drive Entertainment
Original Film
Kickstart Productions		 AMC Concluded after 4 Seasons
2017–20 Future Man[29] Sony Pictures Television
Matt Tolmach Productions
Turkeyfoot Productions		 Hulu Concluded after 3 Seasons
2019–21 Black Monday Sony Pictures Television
Jordan Productions
Shark vs. Bear		 Showtime Cancelled after 3 Seasons
2019–present The Boys[30][31] Sony Pictures Television
Amazon Studios
Kripke Enterprises
Original Film		 Amazon Prime Video Season 3 to Premiere June 3
2021–present Invincible Skybound Entertainment
Skybound North
Amazon Studios		 Amazon Prime Video Renewed for Seasons 2 and 3
2021 Santa Inc.[32] Stoopid Buddy Stoodios[33]
Lionsgate Television		 HBO Max Miniseries
2022 Pam & Tommy Annapurna Television
Limelight
Ramona Films		 Hulu Miniseries
2022 The Boys Presents: Diabolical[34] Sony Pictures Television
Amazon Studios
Titmouse, Inc.
Original Film		 Amazon Prime Video Pending
TBA Fear Agent Sony Pictures Television
Amazon Studios
Matt Tolmach Productions		 Amazon Prime Video TBA
TBA Console Wars[35][36] Flying Penguin Pictures
Legendary Television[37]
Scott Rudin Productions		 Paramount+ TBA
TBA Darkwing Duck[38] Disney Television Animation Disney+ TBA

Critical reception
Film Metacritic Rotten Tomatoes References
50/50 72 94% [39][40]
This Is the End 67 83% [41][42]
Neighbors 68 73% [43][44]
The Interview 52 51% [45][46]
The Night Before 58 65% [47][48]
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 58 62%
Sausage Party 66 82%
The Disaster Artist 82 95% [49]
Game Over Man! 32 20% [50]
Blockers 69 83% [51]
Long Shot 67 81%
Good Boys 60 79%
An American Pickle 58 73%
Average score62.471.73%

Commercial performance
Film Budget Domestic Gross Worldwide Gross Reference
50/50 $8,000,000 $35,014,192 $39,187,783 [52]
This Is the End $32,000,000 $101,470,202 $126,041,322 [53]
Neighbors $18,000,000 $150,157,400 $268,157,400 [54]
The Interview $44,000,000 $6,105,175 $11,305,175 [55]
The Night Before $25,000,000 $43,047,372 $52,395,996 [56]
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising $35,000,000 $55,340,730 $107,181,009 [57]
Sausage Party $19,000,000 $97,670,358 $140,753,274 [58]
The Disaster Artist $10,000,000 $21,120,616 $29,820,616 [59]
Game Over Man! N/A N/A N/A
Blockers $21,000,000 $59,630,490 $91,230,490 [60]
Long Shot $40,000,000 $30,316,271 $53,859,936
Good Boys $20,000,000 $83,140,306 $110,940,306
Total $212,000,000 $488,805,429 $745,021,959

See also

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