American media company
RatPac Entertainment, LLC is an American media and entertainment company that finances and produces motion pictures, television, documentaries, live theater, and podcasts, owned by
Brett Ratner and
James Packer .
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History
RatPac Entertainment was formed in 2013 by Hollywood director and producer
Brett Ratner and media and resort billionaire
James Packer .
In September 2013, RatPac partnered with Dune Entertainment on a multi-year motion picture co-financing arrangement with Warner Bros., financing over $1 billion for 75 of the studio's films
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[3]
In December 2013, RatPac signed a deal starting as of January 1, 2014 to finance films as part of a production deal between
Plan B Entertainment and
New Regency .
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RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 81 theatrically released motion pictures exceeding $17 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac's co-financed films have been nominated for 59 Academy Awards, 25 Golden Globes and 43 BAFTAs and have won 25 Academy Awards, 8 Golden Globes and 24 BAFTAs.
In late 2017, Access Entertainment bought Packer's controlling stake in the company. In 2019,
Georgetown directed by
Christoph Waltz , was released by
Paramount Pictures .
[5]
In 2021, Reddit
r/wallstreetbets founder Jaime Rogozinski sold the rights to his life story to the company following the
short squeeze of GameStop's stocks .
[6] The documentary "The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution" directed by
Ondi Timoner debuted on
Netflix on January 1, 2024.
[7]
Dune Entertainment
Dune Entertainment was a company founded by
Steven Mnuchin in 2004. Dune and RatPac partnered on many films.
Mnuchin founded Dune Entertainment as a side business. It financed a number of large-budget films, mostly for
20th Century Fox , including
the X-Men film franchise and
Avatar .
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[10] In 2012, after Dune's deal with 20th Century Fox ended, Mnuchin worked with the filmmaker
Brett Ratner and the Australian businessman
James Packer to merge his Dune Entertainment company with Ratner and Packer's newly founded RatPac Entertainment joint venture. This formed RatPac-Dune Entertainment, which agreed to a financing deal with Warner Bros.
Between 2013 and 2018, RatPac-Dune financed many films for Warner Bros., including
American Sniper and
Mad Max: Fury Road . Mnuchin was co-chairman of the trio's movie company,
Relativity Media , but left seven months before it went bankrupt.
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RatPac-Dune Entertainment partnership
RatPac-Dune Entertainment, LLC was formed in September 2013 by RatPac and Dune with a multi-year 75-picture co-financing arrangement with
Warner Bros. Pictures .
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[13] On November 26, 2013, RatPac-Dune finalized a $300 million credit facility with a group of banks, led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, that has an option to be extended to $400 million.
[14]
In November 2018, RatPac-Dune's minority ownership stake in a library of 76 Warner Bros. films was put for sale, with investors in the fund backing the library to cash out.
[15]
Vine Alternative Investments made a high bid for the library, but in January 2019, Warner Bros. exercised its rights to match the bid for the library, and essentially acquired RatPac-Dune's stakes. The cost was estimated at nearly $300 million.
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The 75-picture deal passively covered all movies including those from another production financing deal with
Village Roadshow Pictures , with
Alcon Entertainment and all
Harry Potter films being exemption.
[14]
RatPac-Dune Entertainment films
Financed with
Warner Bros. Pictures
Gravity (2013)
[14] (co-production with
Heyday Films )
Grudge Match (2013)
[14] (co-production with Gerber Pictures)
The Lego Movie (2014) (with
Warner Animation Group ) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures ,
Lego System A/S ,
Vertigo Entertainment and
Lin Pictures )
Winter's Tale (2014) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures and
Weed Road Pictures )
Blended (2014) (co-production with
Happy Madison Productions ,
Flower Films and Gulfstream Pictures)
Godzilla (2014) (co-finance with
Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.) (copyright holder)
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures )
Jersey Boys (2014) (co-production with
GK Films )
Tammy (2014) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Gary Sanchez Productions )
Into the Storm (2014) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures )
This Is Where I Leave You (2014) (co-production with Spring Creek Pictures and
21 Laps Entertainment )
Annabelle (2014) (with
New Line Cinema )
The Judge (2014) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures )
Inherent Vice (2014) (co-production with
IAC Films and Ghoulardi Film Company)
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) (with
New Line Cinema )
American Sniper (2014) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures )
Jupiter Ascending (2015) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures )
Focus (2015) (co-production with
Overbrook Entertainment and Di Novi Pictures)
Run All Night (2015) (co-production with
Vertigo Entertainment )
Get Hard (2015) (co-production with
Gary Sanchez Productions )
The Water Diviner (2015) (U.S. distribution only)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures and
Kennedy Miller Mitchell )
San Andreas (2015) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures )
Entourage (2015) (co-production with
HBO Films )
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
The Gallows (2015) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Blumhouse Productions ; uncredited)
Vacation (2015) (with
New Line Cinema )
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)
Black Mass (2015) (co-production with
Cross Creek Pictures )
The Intern (2015)
Pan (2015) (co-production with
Berlanti Productions )
Our Brand Is Crisis (2015) (co-production with
Participant Media and
Smokehouse Pictures )
In the Heart of the Sea (2015) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures ,
Roth Films , Spring Creek Pictures and
Imagine Entertainment )
How to Be Single (2016) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer )
Midnight Special (2016)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (co-production with
DC Entertainment ,
Cruel and Unusual Films and Atlas Entertainment)
Keanu (2016) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Monkeypaw Productions and Principato-Young Entertainment)
Central Intelligence (2016) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Universal Pictures ,
Perfect World Pictures , Bluegrass Films and Principato-Young Entertainment; U.S. distribution only)
The Conjuring 2 (2016) (with
New Line Cinema )
The Legend of Tarzan (2016) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures ,
Jerry Weintraub Productions , and
Dark Horse Entertainment )
Lights Out (2016) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Atomic Monster and Grey Matter Productions)
Suicide Squad (2016) (co-production with
DC Films and
Atlas Entertainment )
War Dogs (2016) (co-production with Joint Effort and
The Mark Gordon Company )
Sully (2016) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures ,
The Kennedy/Marshall Company , Flashlight Films and
Malpaso Productions )
Storks (2016) (with
Warner Animation Group ) (co-production with
Stoller Global Productions )
The Accountant (2016)
Live by Night (2016)
Collateral Beauty (2016) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures ,
Overbrook Entertainment ,
Anonymous Content ,
PalmStar Media and
Likely Story )
The Lego Batman Movie (2017) (with
Warner Animation Group ) (co-production with
DC Entertainment ,
Lego System A/S ,
Vertigo Entertainment ,
Lin Pictures and Lord Miller Productions)
Going in Style (2017) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures )
Fist Fight (2017) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures ,
21 Laps Entertainment , and Rickard Pictures)
CHiPs (2017) (co-production with Panay Films and Primate Pictures)
Unforgettable (2017) (co-production with
Di Novi Pictures )
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures and
Weed Road Pictures )
Wonder Woman (2017) (co-production with
DC Films , Atlas Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films)
The House (2017) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Village Roadshow Pictures ,
Gary Sanchez Productions and
Good Universe )
Dunkirk (2017) (co-production with
Syncopy Inc. )
Annabelle: Creation (2017) (with
New Line Cinema ,
Atomic Monster and
The Safran Company )
It (2017) (with
New Line Cinema ) (co-production with
Vertigo Entertainment ,
Lin Pictures and
KatzSmith Productions )
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) (with
Warner Animation Group ) (co-production with
Lego System A/S ,
Vertigo Entertainment ,
Lin Pictures and Lord Miller Productions)
Geostorm (2017) (co-production with
Electric Entertainment and
Skydance Media )
Under Access Entertainment
Financed with
Regency Enterprises and
20th Century Fox
Financed with
Universal Pictures
Financed with
Sony Pictures
Financed with
RKO Pictures
Dune Entertainment partnership
Dune Entertainment was led by
Steven Mnuchin and had been co-financing Fox films since 2006.
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[21]
[22] On March 17, 2006,
Viacom agreed to sell a controlling interest in the
DreamWorks Pictures live-action film library to
Soros Strategic Partners and Dune Entertainment II.
[23] The sale was completed on May 8, 2006.
[24] The company is the result of a 2013 joint venture between RatPac Entertainment and Dune Entertainment, following a collapse in negotiations between Dune and
20th Century Fox – which led the company to close a deal with
Warner Bros. Pictures instead, replacing
Legendary Pictures as Warner Bros.'s key co-financing partner.
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[22]
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Dune Entertainment films
Produced with
20th Century Fox ,
Fox Searchlight Pictures ,
Fox Atomic and
Fox 2000 Pictures as Dune Entertainment, Dune Entertainment LLC or Dune Entertainment III LLC.
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) (co-production with
Marvel Entertainment and
The Donners' Company )
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) (co-production with
Davis Entertainment and
Ingenious Film Partners )
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures )
John Tucker Must Die (2006) (co-production with Tall Trees)
Borat (2006)
Eragon (2006) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Davis Entertainment )
Night at the Museum (2006) (co-production with
21 Laps Entertainment and
1492 Pictures )
Pathfinder (2007)
The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) (co-production with
Marvel Entertainment ,
Constantin Film and
1492 Pictures )
28 Weeks Later (2007) (with
Fox Atomic )
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures )
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) (co-production with
Walden Media )
Hitman (2007)
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises , Cass Film and
Bagdasarian Company )
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) (co-production with
Davis Entertainment and
Brandywine Productions )
Choke (2008) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures )
27 Dresses (2008) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Spyglass Entertainment )
Jumper (2008) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises )
Street Kings (2008) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures ) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises and 3 Arts Entertainment)
What Happens in Vegas (2008) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises ,
21 Laps Entertainment and Mosaic Media Group)
Meet Dave (2008) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises , Friendly Films, Deep River Productions and Walks Into a Bar Productions)
The Happening (2008) (co-production with
UTV Motion Pictures and
Spyglass Entertainment )
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Babylon A.D. (2008)
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures ) (co-production with
Overbrook Entertainment and
The Donners' Company )
Max Payne (2008)
Australia (2008)
The Rocker (2008) (co-production with
Fox Atomic and
21 Laps Entertainment )
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) (co-production with
3 Arts Entertainment )
Marley & Me (2008) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises and Sunswept Entertainment)
Bride Wars (2009) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises ,
New Regency , Birdie and Riche Ludwig)
Dragonball Evolution (2009)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) (co-production with
Marvel Entertainment , The Donners' Company and
Seed Productions )
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) (co-production with
21 Laps Entertainment and
1492 Pictures )
Aliens in the Attic (2009) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises and Josephson Entertainment)
Post Grad (2009) (co-production with
Fox Atomic and
The Montecito Picture Company )
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) (co-production with
Fox Atomic and
1492 Pictures )
All About Steve (2009) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Fortis Films )
Whip It (2009) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures ) (co-production with
Flower Films )
Jennifer's Body (2009) (co-production with
Fox Atomic )
Amelia (2009) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures )
Crazy Heart (2009) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures )
Avatar (2009) (co-production with
Lightstorm Entertainment )
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises ,
Bagdasarian Company and Tall Trees)
Tooth Fairy (2010) (co-production with
Walden Media , Blumhouse and Mayhem Pictures)
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
1492 Pictures and Sunswept Entertainment)
Our Family Wedding (2010) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures )
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Color Force )
Date Night (2010) (co-production with
21 Laps Entertainment )
Just Wright (2010) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures )
Marmaduke (2010) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises and
Davis Entertainment )
Cyrus (2010) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures ) (co-production with
Scott Free Productions )
The A-Team (2010) (co-production with
Scott Free Productions ,
Top Cow Productions and Stephen J. Cannell)
Knight and Day (2010) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises and Pink Machine)
Ramona and Beezus (2010) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Walden Media )
Predators (2010) (co-production with
Troublemaker Studios and
Davis Entertainment )
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Love & Other Drugs (2010) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises ,
New Regency ,
Stuber Pictures and
Bedford Falls Productions )
Machete (2010) (co-production with
Troublemaker Studios )
127 Hours (2010) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures ) (co-production with Everest Entertainment)
Black Swan (2010) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures ) (co-production with
Cross Creek Pictures and
Phoenix Pictures )
Unstoppable (2010) (co-production with
Scott Free Productions )
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Walden Media )
Gulliver's Travels (2010) (co-production with
Davis Entertainment )
Win Win (2011) (with
Fox Searchlight Pictures )
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Color Force )
Water for Elephants (2011) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
3 Arts Entertainment )
X-Men: First Class (2011) (Co-production with
Marvel Entertainment ,
Bad Hat Harry Productions and
The Donners' Company )
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) (co-production with
Davis Entertainment )
Monte Carlo (2011) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises and Di Novi Pictures)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) (co-production with Chernin Entertainment)
The Big Year (2011) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Red Hour Films , Sunswept Entertainment, and Deuce Three)
The Sitter (2011) (co-production with
Michael De Luca Productions )
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Regency Enterprises and
Bagdasarian Company )
We Bought a Zoo (2011) (co-production with Vinyl Films and LBI Entertainment)
Chronicle (2012) (co-production with
Davis Entertainment )
This Means War (2012) (co-production with
Overbrook Entertainment )
Prometheus (2012) (co-production with
Scott Free Productions )
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
The Watch (2012) (co-production with
21 Laps Entertainment )
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Color Force )
Chasing Mavericks (2012) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures ) (co-production with
Walden Media and Deuce Three Productions)
Life of Pi (2012) (with
Fox 2000 Pictures )
Lincoln (2012) (co-production with
Touchstone Pictures ,
DreamWorks Pictures ,
Reliance Entertainment ,
Participant Media ,
Amblin Entertainment and
The Kennedy/Marshall Company )
Parental Guidance (2012) (co-production with
Walden Media ,
Chernin Entertainment and
Face Productions )
RatPac Documentary Films
RatPac Television
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