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Hughes Entertainment

Hughes Entertainmentwas an American film production company and music label founded by filmmakerJohn Hughes.It was closed in 2002.

Hughes Entertainment
Company typePrivate
IndustryFilm
GenreVarious
Founded1987;37 years ago(1987)
inChicago,United States
FounderJohn Hughes
Defunct2002(2002)
FateClosed
HeadquartersChicago,United States
ProductsMotion pictures

Foundation

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The studio was founded in 1987 by American film producer John Hughes as The John Hughes Company. It was initially based atUniversal Pictures,through a three-year production agreement, in order to produce, direct and write two to three pictures a year in order to develop from their own development ideas.[1]The company was subsequently moved toParamount Picturesin 1985.[2]The company then spent various deals atWarner Bros.and20th Century Foxthroughout the end of the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s.[3]The company produced movies such asCurly Sue,Home AloneandMiracle on 34th Street.

Films

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List of the films writer produced and directors:[4][5]

Year Title Director Distributor Co-production companies Budget Gross
1987 Some Kind of Wonderful Howard Deutch Paramount Pictures N/A $18.5 Million[6]
Planes, Trains & Automobiles John Hughes Paramount Pictures N/A $30 Million $49.5 Million
1988 She's Having a Baby John Hughes Paramount Pictures N/A $20 Million[7] $16 Million (domestic)[8]
The Great Outdoors Howard Deutch Universal Pictures N/A $24 Million $43.4 Million[9]
1989 Uncle Buck John Hughes Universal Pictures N/A $15 Million $79.2 Million[10]
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Jeremiah S. Chechik Warner Bros. N/A $25 Million[11] $71.3 Million[12]
1990 Home Alone Chris Columbus[13] 20th Century Fox N/A $18 Million[14][15] $476.7 Million[14][15]
1991 Career Opportunities Bryan Gordon Universal Pictures N/A $11.3 Million[16]
Only the Lonely Chris Columbus 20th Century Fox N/A $25 Million[17]
Dutch Peter Faiman 20th Century Fox N/A $17 Million $4.6 Million[18]
Curly Sue John Hughes Warner Bros. N/A $25 Million[19] $33.7 Million
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chris Columbus 20th Century Fox N/A $28 Million[20] $359 Million[21]
1993 Dennis the Menace Nick Castle Warner Bros. N/A $35 Million $117.2 Million
1994 Miracle on 34th Street Les Mayfield 20th Century Fox Fox Family Films $46.3 Million[22][23]
Baby's Day Out Patrick Read Johnson 20th Century Fox N/A $48 Million[24] $16.7 Million[24]
1997 Home Alone 3 Raja Gosnell 20th Century Fox Fox Family Films $32 Million[25] $79.1 Million[25]
2001 New Port South Kyle Cooper Buena Vista Pictures Touchstone Pictures
2002 Maid in Manhattan Wayne Wang Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia PicturesandRevolution Studios $55 Million $163 Million[26]

Notes

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  1. ^Greenberg, James (1984-04-18). "U Signs Hughes To 3-Year Pact for Medium-Cost Comedies".Variety.p. 8.
  2. ^"HANDICAPPING THE OSCAR FIELD".Los Angeles Times.1985-03-22.Retrieved2022-01-06.
  3. ^"Fox Says 'Big Deal' to New Hollywood Frugality: Movies: Writer-director John Hughes reportedly will get more than $200 millionfrom Fox. Included is a sequel to the box-office hit".Los Angeles Times.1991-02-14.Retrieved2022-01-06.
  4. ^"With Hughes Entertainment (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)".IMDb.Retrieved2020-05-14.
  5. ^"Hughes Entertainment Movies List".Ranker.Retrieved2020-05-14.
  6. ^"Some Kind of Wonderful".Box Office Mojo.Retrieved2009-03-22.
  7. ^"AFI|Catalog".
  8. ^Hughes EntertainmentatBox Office Mojo
  9. ^"The Great Outdoors".Box Office Mojo.RetrievedMay 25,2008.
  10. ^"Uncle Buck (1989)".Box Office Mojo.
  11. ^Harmetz, Ajean (December 7, 1989)."It's Fade-Out for the Cheap Film As Hollywood's Budgets Soar".The New York Times.RetrievedDecember 20,2012.
  12. ^"Christmas Vacation (1989)".Box Office Mojo.IMDb.RetrievedDecember 20,2012.
  13. ^Wilkinson, Amy (November 6, 2015)."Home Alone turns 25: A deep dive with director Chris Columbus".Entertainment Weekly.Archived fromthe originalon December 29, 2019.RetrievedJune 10,2016.
  14. ^ab"Home Alone (1990)".Box Office Mojo.Archivedfrom the original on February 11, 2020.RetrievedNovember 19,2011.
  15. ^abBucklow, Andrew (December 4, 2019)."Home Alonesecrets revealed in Netflix show 'The Movies That Made Us'".news.au.Archived fromthe originalon February 12, 2020.RetrievedDecember 4,2019.
  16. ^"Career Opportunities (1991)".Box Office Mojo.IMDb.RetrievedDecember 6,2011.
  17. ^"Only the Lonely (1991) - Financial Information".The Numbers.
  18. ^"Dutch (1991)".Box Office Mojo.RetrievedApril 2,2009.
  19. ^"Curly Sue (1991)".IMDb.
  20. ^Putzer, Gerald (January 3, 1993)."Sequels are B.O. Winners".Variety.RetrievedOctober 12,2019.
  21. ^Hughes EntertainmentatBox Office Mojo
  22. ^Welkos, Robert W. (November 22, 1994)."Weekend Box Office: Appealing to All 'Generations'".Los Angeles Times.Retrieved2012-06-05.
  23. ^Miracle on 34th StreetatBox Office Mojo
  24. ^ab"Baby's Day Out (1994)".Box Office Mojo.Amazon.RetrievedJune 19,2009.
  25. ^ab"Home Alone 3 (1997)".Box Office Mojo.IMDb.RetrievedApril 9,2018.
  26. ^"Maid in Manhattan".Box Office Mojo.
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