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Hollywood Pictures | |
Company type | Label |
Industry | Film |
Founded | February 1, 1989 |
Founder | Michael Eisner Jeffrey Katzenberg |
Defunct | April 27, 2007 |
Fate | Inactive |
Headquarters | 500 South Buena Vista Street, , U.S. |
Products | Motion pictures |
Parent | Walt Disney Studios |
Divisions | Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment |
Hollywood Pictures Company was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Established in 1989, by Disney CEO Michael Eisner and studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, Hollywood Pictures was founded to increase the film output of the Walt Disney Studios, and release films similar to those of Touchstone Pictures. These films, featuring more mature themes, were targeted at adult audiences unlike the family-oriented productions of the studio's flagship Walt Disney Pictures division. After years of hiatus, the label was closed in 2007. The studio's most commercially successful film was M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, which grossed over $670 million worldwide upon its release in 1999.[1] Most of the Hollywood Pictures library is currently owned by Walt Disney Studios (via 20th Century Studios).