List of Orion Pictures films explained

This is a list of films released by the American film production and distribution company Orion Pictures.

Films that won the Oscar for Best Picture are noted with one asterisk (*). Films that were nominated for Best Picture but did not win are noted with two asterisks (**).

1970s

Release dateTitleNotesBudgetGross
April 27, 1979 A Little Romance[1] $3 million
May 1, 1979 Over the Edge
July 4, 1979 The Wanderers[2] $4 million $23,000,000
August 17, 1979 Life of Brian[3] [4] $20,045,115
August 31, 1979 Time After Time $3.5 million $13,000,000
October 5, 1979 10 $7 million $74,865,517
October 26, 1979 The Great Santini $4 million $4,702,575
November 2, 1979 Promises in the Dark $5 million

1980s

Release dateTitleNotesBudgetGross
February 1, 1980 Simon $3.5 million $6,000,000
April 19, 1980 Die Laughing $4 million $4,000,000
April 25, 1980 Heart Beat $3.5 million $954,046
July 25, 1980 Caddyshack $6 million$39,846,344
August 8, 1980 The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu $10 million $10,697,276
September 8, 1980 Battle Beyond the Stars $2,000,000 $7.5 million
October 31, 1980 The Awakening[5] distribution only; co-production with EMI Films and Warner Bros.$8,415,112
February 11, 1981 Sphinx $14 million$2,022,771
April 10, 1981 Excalibur co-production with Warner Bros.$11 million$34,967,437
April 24, 1981 The Hand $6.5 million$2,447,576
July 17, 1981 Arthur $7 million$95,461,682
July 24, 1981 Wolfen co-production with Warner Bros.$17 million$10,626,725
July 31, 1981 Under the Rainbow $20 million$18,826,490
August 21, 1981 Prince of the City co-production with Warner Bros. $8.6 million$8,124,257
December 11, 1981 Rollover $16 million$10,851,261
December 18, 1981 Sharky's Machine $17.5 million$35,856,053
May 28, 1982 The Escape Artist[6] $143,369
July 16, 1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy[7] $9,077,269
September 17, 1982 Hammett $7 million $42,914
September 24, 1982 [8] $11,328,000
October 3, 1982 Split Image[9] $8 million$263,635
October 22, 1982 First Blood $14 million$125,212,904
April 15, 1983 Lone Wolf McQuade $5 million$12,232,628
May 13, 1983 Breathless $7 million $19,910,002
June 24, 1983 Yellowbeard $10 million$4,300,000
July 6, 1983 Class $7 million $21,667,789
July 15, 1983 Zelig Final Orion Pictures feature released through Warner Bros. $11,798,616
August 19, 1983 Easy Money $29,309,766
September 16, 1983 Strange Invaders co-production with EMI Films $5.5 million$1,362,303
October 21, 1983 Under Fire $9.5 million $5,696,391
November 18, 1983 Amityville 3-D produced by Dino De Laurentiis Corporation $6,333,135
December 15, 1983 Gorky Park co-production with Eagle Associates $15 million $15,856,028
January 20, 1984 Scandalous $5 million$526,805
January 27, 1984 Broadway Danny Rose $8 million $10,600,497
March 2, 1984 Harry & Son $16 million$4,864,980
March 9, 1984 The Hotel New Hampshire[10] $7.5 million$5,142,858
April 6, 1984 Up the Creek $7 million$11,708,269
May 4, 1984 The Bounty $20-25 million$8,613,462
June 8, 1984 Beat Street $9.5 million$16,595,791
July 27, 1984 Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers $3,772,785
August 15, 1984 The Woman in Red $9 million$25,308,147
September 19, 1984 Amadeus $18 million $51,973,029
September 28, 1984 Heartbreakers $148,750
October 26, 1984 The Terminator produced by the Hemdale Film Corporation
Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2008
$6.5 million$78,371,200
December 14, 1984 The Cotton Club[13] Co production with Zoetrope Studios $58 million$25,928,721
January 25, 1985 The Falcon and the Snowman $12 million$17,130,087
February 15, 1985 The Mean Season $10 million$4,300,000
The Bay Boy $162,364
March 1, 1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo $15 million$10,631,333
March 29, 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan $4.5 million$27,398,584
May 3, 1985 Code of Silence $7 million$20,345,561
June 14, 1985 Secret Admirer $7 million$8,622,757
July 26, 1985 The Heavenly Kid $3,852,271
August 16, 1985 The Return of the Living Dead $4 million $14,237,880
August 30, 1985 Flesh & Blood $6.5 million$100,000
Beer
September 27, 1985 Maxie $7 million$2,564,278
October 11, 1985 $40 million$12,421,181
The Piece Maker The film was abandoned after 1985 proved to be a disappointing box office year for Orion.[14]
January 17, 1986 The Longshot $256,301
February 7, 1986 F/X $10 million$20,603,715
March 14, 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters$6.4 million $59,000,000
March 21, 1986 Just Between Friends $6,408,791
April 18, 1986 At Close Range $6.5 million $2,347,000
Absolute Beginners £8.4 million $930,211
June 13, 1986 Back to School $11 million $91,258,000
July 11, 1986 Miracles
July 25, 1986 Haunted Honeymoon $13 million$8,033,397
August 1986 Opposing Force
September 26, 1986 Foreign Body
November 7, 1986 Something Wild $7 million $8,362,969
November 14, 1986 Hoosiers produced by the Hemdale Film Corporation
Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2001
$9 million $28,607,524
December 12, 1986 Three Amigos[15] $25 million$39,246,734
December 19, 1986 Platoonproduced by the Hemdale Film Corporation
Inducted into the National Film Registry in 2019
$6.5 million$138,530,565
January 30, 1987 Radio Days $16 million$14,792,779
April 3, 1987 Making Mr. Right $9 million$1,584,970
May 1, 1987 Malone $10 million $3,060,858
June 10, 1987 The Believers $13 million $18,753,438
June 26, 1987 Jean de Florette US distribution $17 million$87,000,000
July 17, 1987 RoboCop $13 million$53,424,681
August 14, 1987 No Way Out $15 million $35,509,515
Lionheart[16] US distribution
September 18, 1987 Hotel Colonial $9,526
September 25, 1987 Best Seller $4,278,150
October 11, 1987 House of Games $2,585,639
October 23, 1987 No Man's Land $8 million$2,877,571
December 4, 1987 Manon of the Spring[17] US distribution
December 11, 1987 Throw Momma from the Train $14 million $57,915,972
December 18, 1987 September $10 million$486,434
December 19, 1987 Terror at the Opera[18] co-production of ADC Films, Cecchi Gori Group, and Tiger Cinematografica $8 million
January 15, 1988 The Couch Trip $17 million$11,005,304
February 5, 1988 Cherry 2000 $10 million$14,000
The Unbearable Lightness of Being[19] $17 million $10,006,806
February 12, 1988 The In Crowd $124,880
March 4, 1988 The House on Carroll Street $14 million $459,824
March 18, 1988 Dominick and Eugene $5 million $3,076,031
March 25, 1988 Johnny Be Good $17,550,399
April 15, 1988 Colors $10 million $46,616,067
June 15, 1988 Bull Durham $7 million$50,888,729
July 29, 1988 Monkey Shines $7 million$5,344,577
August 12, 1988 Mac and Me U.S. distribution only; produced by Vision International $13 million$6,424,112
August 19, 1988 Married to the Mob $10 million$21,486,757
September 2, 1988 Eight Men Out $6 million$5,680,515
October 21, 1988 Without a Clue[20] $8,539,181
November 18, 1988 Another Woman $1,562,749
December 9, 1988 Mississippi Burning$15 million$34,603,943
December 14, 1988 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels $42,039,085
February 17, 1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure US distribution only; co-production of Interscope Communications and Nelson Entertainment $10 million $40,485,039
March 3, 1989 Farewell to the King $16 million $2,420,917
April 21, 1989 Speed Zone $18 million$3.007 million
May 5, 1989 Lost Angels $1,247,946
June 30, 1989 Great Balls of Fire! $16 million $13,741,060
July 21, 1989 UHF $5 million$6,157,157
August 16, 1989 Rude Awakening $10 million$3,169,719
August 25, 1989 The Package $16 million $10,647,219
Heart of Dixie $8 million$1,097,333
September 22, 1989 Erik the Viking US distribution only $1,932,642
October 13, 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors $13 million$18,254,702
November 17, 1989 Valmont $33 million $1,132,112
Prancer $7 million$18,587,135
December 8, 1989 She-Devil $16 million $15,351,421

1990s

Release dateTitleNotesBudgetGross
January 19, 1990 Everybody Wins $19 million$1,372,350
February 16, 1990 Madhouse $21,036,771
March 9, 1990 The Last of the Finest $12 million$1,531,489
Love at Large $1,436,308
April 6, 1990 The First Power US distribution; co-production of Interscope Communications and Nelson Entertainment $10 million $22,424,195
April 20, 1990 Miami Blues $11 million $9,888,167
May 18, 1990 Cadillac Man $15 million$27,627,310
June 22, 1990 RoboCop 2 $35 million $45,681,173
July 20, 1990 Navy SEALs $21 million $25,069,101
September 14, 1990 State of Grace $1,911,542
October 26, 1990 The Hot Spot $13 million$1,293,976
November 21, 1990 Dances with Wolves$22 million $424,208,848
December 14, 1990 Mermaids $20 million$35,419,397
December 25, 1990 Alice $12 million $7,331,647
January 18, 1991 Eve of Destruction US distribution; co-production of Interscope Communications and Nelson Entertainment $13 million $5,451,119
February 1, 1991 Off and Running The film was not widely distributed
February 14, 1991 The Silence of the Lambs$19 million $272,742,922
May 10, 1991 F/X2 $16.4 million $21,082,165
July 19, 1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey US distribution; co-production of Interscope Communications and Nelson Entertainment $20 million $38,037,513
August 16, 1991 Mystery Date $10 million $6,166,819
October 11, 1991 Little Man Tate $25,010,896
November 16, 1991 The Addams Family[21] $30 million $191,502,246
March 13, 1992 Article 99 $18 million $6,375,979
March 20, 1992 Shadows and Fog $14 million $2,735,731
December 11, 1992 Love Field $18 million$1,014,726
March 26, 1993 Married to It $14 million $2,059,832
April 23, 1993 The Dark Half $15 million $10,611,160
October 22, 1993 Me and the Kid $4 million $60,473
November 5, 1993 RoboCop 3 $22 million $10,600,000
January 1, 1994 Playmaker
January 28, 1994 Car 54, Where Are You? $10.7 million$1,238,080
March 4, 1994 China Moon $15 million$3,038,499
April 1, 1994 Clifford co-production with Morra, Brezner, Steinberg and Tenenbaum Entertainment (MBST) $19 million$7,411,659
April 29, 1994 The Favor $12 million $3,134,381
September 2, 1994 There Goes My Baby $10.5 million $123,509
September 16, 1994 Blue Sky $16 million$3,359,465
April 19, 1996 The Substitute[22] $14,818,176
May 10, 1996 Original Gangstas $3.6 million $3,000,000
May 31, 1996 The Arrival $25 million $14,031,906
August 2, 1996 Phat Beach $100,000$1,383,553
January 1, 1997 Retroactive
April 18, 1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag $3 million$3,602,884
May 14, 1997 City of Industry $8 million$1,568,328
May 23, 1997 Behind Enemy Lines
July 18, 1997 Ulee's Gold co-production with Clinica Estetico and Nunez-Gowan $2.7 million $9,054,736
October 3, 1997 The Locusts co-production with Renegade Films
October 8, 1997 Gang Related co-production with Kouf/Bigelow Productions $5,906,773
October 17, 1997 Best Men $4,000,000 $5,000
March 27, 1998 Storefront Hitchcock
April 27, 1998 Music from Another Room $118,475
October 13, 1998 US distribution only; produced by Starway International $650,000
September 24, 1999 One Man's Hero co-production with Hool/Macdonald Productions

2010s

Release dateTitleCo-production with DistributorNotesBudgetGross
October 4, 2013 Grace Unplugged Roadside Attractions and Coram Deo Studios $1.7 million $2.5 million
August 7, 2014 Vestido Pra Casar MGM Studios, New Group Cine y TV, Raconto Produções Artísticas, and Sophia Filmes Imagem Filmes Brazilian film
October 14, 2014 The Town That Dreaded Sundown Blumhouse Productions and Ryan Murphy Productions Orion Releasing$120,459
December 4, 2014 Tell
January 22, 2015 We'll Never Have Paris Bifrost Pictures, The Bridge Finance Company, E2B Capital, H3 Films, Marc Platt Productions, PalmStar Entertainment, K5 International and Dog Eared Pictures
March 13, 2015 Night Owls Haven Entertainment and Pan & Scan Pictures
April 30, 2015 Entre Abelhas (A Man Amidst Bees) MGM, Fondo Filmes, Globo Filmes and Mixer Imagem Filmes Co-distribution, Brazilian film
May 8, 2015 Gearhead Films, Mollette and Sontalia Filmbuff
June 5, 2015 Night and Day Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Latin American) $71,021
June 19, 2015 Balls Out Ralph Smyth Entertainment and Red Productions co-distribution
August 14, 2015 Fort Tilden
December 4, 2015 The Wannabe Electric Entertainment and Traction Media co-distribution $272
January 8, 2016 Diablo Diablo Movie and Space Rock Studios
March 4, 2016 Ava's Possessions ODD NY, Off Hollywood Pictures, Ravenous Films and Traction Media
March 11, 2016 Pet Magic Lantern and Revolver Picture Company co-distribution $10,900
March 25, 2016 Jane Wants a Boyfriend Copperline Creative Filmbuff
May 20, 2016 Welcome to Happiness Minutehand Pictures $5,083
June 17, 2016 No Stranger Than Love Pangaea Pictures and Innis Lake Entertainment
July 1, 2016 Buddymoon roundthecornerfudge, LLC
July 15, 2016 Outlaws and Angels No Remake Pictures, Burnt Pictures, Redwire Pictures, Avery Productions, Casadelic Pictures and New Golden Age Films
How He Fell in Love Ibid Filmworks co-distribution $8,892
July 22, 2016 Don't Worry Baby Manamarin and The Sight Group FilmBuff
August 19, 2016 Spaceman Podium Pictures and Rhino Films;
August 19, 2016 Billionaire Ransom Gravitas Ventures
September 1, 2016 Summer of 8 Organically Grown Productions, Provenance Pictures and TrustFall Films Gunpowder & Sky co-distribution
September 9, 2016 Happy Birthday $500,000
September 12, 2016 The People Garden Scythia Films, Aiken Heart Films, JoBro Productions & Film Finance, Nortario Films and Vigilante Productions Gunpowder & Sky and Pacific Northwest Pictures
September 23, 2016 My Blind Brother Low Spark Films, Safehouse Pictures and Think Media Studios
October 28, 2016 Recovery Diablo Entertainment and EBF Productions
November 3, 2016 My Dead Boyfriend Cohen Media Group
November 4, 2016 Trash Fire Circle of Confusion and Snowfort Pictures
November 11, 2016 Dreamland Beachwood Park Films and Tilt/Shift Films Gunpowder & Sky
December 1, 2016 Pocket Listing Helios Productions and Mythmaker Productions
December 2, 2016 Run the Tide1821 Pictures
O Caseiro (Haunted Minds) Nexus Cinema e Vídeo and Urano Films BRL, Spcine and Europa Filmes co-distribution, Brazilian film $4.5 million
December 9, 2016 Burn Country ACE Productions co-distribution
January 13, 2017 Go North Mother + Father and 77 Films Gunpowder & Sky
January 27, 2017 Lost in Florence Filmbuff
Get the Girl Diablo Entertainment
February 3, 2017 Youth in Oregon Sundial Pictures and Campfire Samuel Goldwyn Films
February 17, 2017 My Name Is Emily Newgrange Pictures, Kennedy Films, Garage Film and Paradox Monument Releasing and Eclipse Pictures
March 17, 2017 The Belko Experiment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Safran Company and Troll Court Entertainment $5 million $11.1 million
May 5, 2017 Sunswept Entertainment
May 12, 2017 Tracktown Bay Bridge Productions Inc., Bunkhouse Films, Good Wizard, Jay Smith Productions, Joint, Salem Street Entertainment and Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment Samuel Goldwyn Films
June 2, 2017 Past Life Metro Communications, Artomas Communications, Ars Veritas Productions, Sunshine Films and United King Films
July 14, 2017 Wish Upon Busted Shark Productions $12 million $23.5 million
August 3, 2017 The Movie of My Life Globo Filmes, RioFilme Vitrine Filmes Co-production, Brazilian film
September 29, 2017 The Sound Hackybox Pictures, North Hollywood Films and WeatherVane Productions
October 5, 2017 Chocante Casé Filmes, Globo Filmes, RioFilme Imagem Filmes Co-production, Brazilian film
October 25, 2017 God's Own Country BFI, Creative England, Met Film Production, Shudder Films, Inflammable Films and Magic Bear Productions £1 million £1,061,770
October 17, 2017 Maya Dardel The Winter Film Company, Greyshack Films and Message Film
October 27, 2017 The Poughkeepsie Tapes home video release only, plastering MGM's credits
November 3, 2017 Most Beautiful Island Glass Eye Pix co-distribution
Bad Match
November 10, 2017 The Price Hacienda Motion Picture Company, Infinitum Productions, Ten on 5 Productions and Water's End Productions
November 17, 2017 Almost Friends Let It Play and Animus Films $46,376
February 23, 2018 Every Day Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Likely Story and FilmWave $4.9 million $10.4 million
December 7, 2018 Anna and the Apocalypse $670,430
February 8, 2019 The Prodigy Vinson Films $6 million $21.1 million
June 21, 2019 Child's Play Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and KatzSmith ProductionsUnited Artists Releasing$10 million $45 million

2020s

Release dateTitleCo-production with DistributorNotesBudgetGross
January 31, 2020 Gretel & Hansel $5 million $22.1 million
August 28, 2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music Dial 9 and Hammerstone Studios VOD release; UK distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures; other territories distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer via third party distributors $25 million $6.3 million
March 26, 2021 Bad Trip Gorilla Flicks, The District, and Helo Originally for theatrical release
May 13, 2022 On the Count of Three Werner Entertainment and Valparaiso Pictures $62,155
July 22, 2022 Anything's Possible$10 million
October 28, 2022 TillEon Productions, Whoop, Inc. and Frederic Zollo Productions $20 million $11.4 million
December 23, 2022 Women TalkingPlan B Entertainment and Hear/Say Productions International distribution by Universal Pictures; last film by United Artists Releasing$9 million
August 25, 2023 Bottoms Brownstone ProductionsInternational distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures, and released by Amazon Prime Video in some countries $11.3 million$13.6 million
December 15, 2023 American FictionMRC, T-Street Productions, Almost Infinite and 3 Arts EntertainmentAmazon MGM StudiosFirst film to be distributed by Amazon MGM Studios< $10 million$15.1 million

Upcoming films

Release dateTitleNotes
October 25, 2024[23] Nickel Boys[24] co-production with Plan B Entertainment, Louverture Films and Anonymous Content; distributed by Amazon MGM Studios
2025 Preparation for the Next Life co-production with Plan B Entertainment, Regency Enterprises and Pastel Productions; distributed by Amazon MGM Studios
TBA Crying in H Martdistributed by Amazon MGM Studios in the United States and Warner Bros. Pictures internationally[25] [26]
Hedda co-production with Plan B Entertainment and Viva Maude;[27] distributed by Amazon MGM Studios
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter co-production with MACRO, Anonymous Content and Aevitas Creative Management; distributed by Amazon MGM Studios[28]
If I Had Your Face co-production with Concordia Studio and Hopscotch Pictures; distributed by Amazon MGM Studios[29]
Momo[30] co-production with TEK Productions; distributed by Amazon MGM Studios

Notes and References

  1. Released through Warner Bros. Unless otherwise noted, Warner retains complete ownership.
  2. Owned by the film's producers, although Orion's successor MGM holds the copyright.
  3. Originally released through Warner Bros. but now has Sony Pictures handling distribution.
  4. Owned by Python (Monty) Pictures
  5. Owned by StudioCanal
  6. Owned by American Zoetrope, with U.S. distribution handled by Lionsgate
  7. Owned by MGM
  8. With a few exceptions, all films from this point forward are currently owned by MGM.
  9. Owned by Universal Pictures
  10. Owned by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (via Screen Media Films)
  11. Owned by The Saul Zaentz Company with Warner Bros. handling distribution
  12. Owned by Teatro della Pace Films
  13. Owned by Zoetrope Studios in conjunction with Lionsgate and Orion Pictures
  14. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The Piece Maker (1985/1986) Video Sales Promo . YouTube.
  15. U.S. rights owned by Warner Bros. (via HBO Films)
  16. Owned by Warner Bros. (via Taliafilm II Productions)
  17. Owned by Pathé
  18. U.S. home video distribution rights currently owned by Scorpion Releasing and previously held by Anchor Bay Entertainment and Blue Underground respectively
  19. Rights shared between MGM and Saul Zaentz with Warner Bros. handling distribution
  20. Co-owned by ITV Studios
  21. U.S. rights owned by Paramount Pictures
  22. Owned by Lionsgate
  23. Web site: Amazon MGM Studios & Orion Set Fall Release For Feature Take Of Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel ‘Nickel Boys’. Deadline Hollywood. Anthony. D'Alessandro. April 29, 2024. April 30, 2024.
  24. Web site: Grobar . Matt . October 27, 2022 . Aunjanue Ellis & Four Others Set For RaMell Ross' Colson Whitehead Adaptation 'The Nickel Boys' For MGM's Orion; Plan B, Anonymous Producing . January 1, 2023 . Deadline Hollywood. January 1, 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230101014319/https://deadline.com/2022/10/aunjanue-ellis-four-others-set-for-ramell-ross-colson-whitehead-adaptation-the-nickel-boys-for-mgms-orion-plan-b-anonymous-producing-1235156604/.
  25. Web site: Galuppo . Mia . June 7, 2021 . 'Crying in H Mart' Set for Feature Adaptation at MGM's Orion Pictures (Exclusive) . . June 7, 2021 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607170408/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/crying-in-h-mart-movie-1234963458/ . live .
  26. https://deadline.com/2023/05/amazon-mgm-studios-distribution-la-screenings-1235356076/
  27. Web site: Eve Hewson Joins Tessa Thompson In Nia DaCosta's 'Hedda' For Orion & Plan B. Deadline Hollywood. Matt. Grobar. 5 June 2023. 6 June 2023.
  28. Web site: America Ferrera's Feature Directorial Debut 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter' In Development At Amazon MGM Studios' Orion Pictures . Cordero. Rosy. Deadline Hollywood. February 5, 2024. February 5, 2024 .
  29. Web site: Orion Acquires Horror Screenplay If I Had Your Face From Ran Ran Wang; Concordia Studio & Hopscotch Pictures Producing. Complex. Valerie. Deadline Hollywood. July 15, 2024. July 16, 2024.
  30. News: Boucher. Geoff. Remember Momo? Orion Pictures Adapting Viral Hoax As A Horror Film. 10 July 2019. Deadline. 10 July 2019. 10 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190710174817/https://deadline.com/2019/07/momo-challenge-orion-pictures-the-ring-producers-1202643927/. live.