WWE Studios is a
Los Angeles-based subsidiary of
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., created in 2002 as
WWE Films to develop and produce
feature film properties.
[WWE Announces WWE Studios]
History
To date, it has co-produced three films as well as independently
produced three more with
The Marine being the first developed solely by the company to reach the filming stage, while the first one to be theatrically released is
See No Evil.
Stone Cold Steve Austin is signed to star in three movies for WWE Films.
[WWE.com] Before the formation of WWE Films the WWF had produced the 1989 film
No Holds Barred featuring
Hulk Hogan.
In 2006, WWE Films chose to further expand the variety of projects that it intends to pursue by also focusing
made-for-television films and
direct-to-video movies as well as other media platforms. WWE Films was renamed
WWE Studios on July 21, 2008 to further represent the expansion of the WWE subsidiary.
Due to the
TV-PG rating by the WWE, all movies are switched from rated
R to PG-13 in order to target a younger audience.
[www.themovieblog.com/2008/03/wwe-films-switching-from-r-to-pg-13]
Filmography
- As co-producers
- As sole producers
Box office performance
| Film
| Release date
| Box office revenue
| Box office ranking
| Reference
|
|
| Domestic
| Foreign
| Worldwide
| United States
|
| See No Evil
| May 19, 2006
| $15,032,800
| $3,388,168
| $18,420,968
| #6
| |
| The Marine
| October 13, 2006
| $18,844,784
| $3,320,824
| $22,165,608
| #6
| |
| The Condemned
| April 27, 2007
| $7,371,706
| $1,263,477
| $8,635,183
| #9
| |
| 12 Rounds
| March 27, 2009
| $12,234,694
| $2,498,325
| $14,733,019
| #6
| |
Rental performance
