Enjoy Movies Explained

Enjoy Movies
Foundation:2010
Defunct:2018
Location:Moscow, (Russian HQ)
Area Served:Europe, North America
Key People:Sarik Andreasyan (Director, screenwriter, Producer)
Gevond Andreasyan (Producer)
Georgiy Malkov (producer)
Industry:Cinema
Products:Motion pictures
Homepage:Enjoy-Movies.Ru (closed)

Enjoy Movies was a Russian production company, founded in 2010 by an Armenian director Sarik Andreasyan, his brother the producer Gevond Andreasyan and producer Georgy Malkov. The company is based in Moscow, Russia.

The company's first movie release was in September 2011, under the title of The Pregnant. In 2012, Enjoy Movies released 5 successful feature films, which allowed the company to gain 25% of the market share. In the process, Enjoy Movies gained on average around $27.9M, which was 10 times more than they had initially spent on movie production and placed 1st on Filmpro.rus top 10 list of most successful Russian production companies in 2012.[1]

In May 2013, during the annual Cannes film festival, Enjoy Movies announced the formation of their alliance company Glacier Films in cooperation with Hayden Christensen and his older brother Tove. During a 3-year term, Glacier Films intended to produce 11 micro-budget movies worth $1.5M each. Glacier's first movie, American Heist, starring Hayden Christensen himself, is based on the 1959 film The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, directed by Charles Guggenheim and John Stix.[2]

In July 2017, Enjoy Movies initially announced that it was declaring bankruptcy,[3] but shortly afterwards in September 2017 stated that they went out of bankruptcy.[4]

As of November 2021, Enjoy Movies did not produce newer films after they successfully went out of bankruptcy as well as their website was shut down.

List of films produced by Enjoy Movies

FilmYearBox officeNotes
The Pregnant2011$8.3M [5]
Moms2012$7.8M[6]
Some Sloppy Friend2012$11.3M[7]
Nannies2012$5.7M[8]
Guard on Warranty2012$4.8M[9]
I'll be Next by Your Side2012$38,000[10]
Happy New Year, Moms!2012$12.7M[11]
The Double2013$7.2M[12]
That Was The Men's World2013$11.3M[13]
Lucky Island2013
Friends' Friends2014
American Heist2015$2.34MBox office flop[14]
Guardians2017$15.1M-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chachelov. Arthur. Лидеры 2012: Самые кассовые кинокомпании и продюсерские центры России. The Leaders of 2012: The Most Successful Production Companies in Russia. December 2012. FilmPro. 2013-03-01. ru.
  2. Web site: Hayden Christensen Launching Glacier Films Slate . Dave McNary . May 16, 2013 . Variety.
  3. https://www.kinopoisk.ru/news/2989167/ Компания Enjoy Movies приготовилась признать себя банкротом – новости на КиноПоиске
  4. http://www.kinometro.ru/news/show/name/Enjoy_will_alive_8834 Enjoy Movies отзывает заявление к банкротству
  5. Web site: The Pregnant release details.
  6. Web site: Moms release details.
  7. Web site: Some Sloppy Friend release details.
  8. Web site: Nannies release details.
  9. Web site: Guard on Warranty release details.
  10. Web site: I'll Be Next by Your Side release details.
  11. Web site: Happy New Year, Moms! release details.
  12. Web site: The Double release details.
  13. Web site: That Was The Men's World release details.
  14. Web site: American Heist box office details.