List of films produced by CBS explained

Listing for films produced by the motion picture divisions of CBS (a subsidiary of Paramount Global), includes Cinema Center Films, CBS Theatrical Films and CBS Films.

Copyright status

Currently the rights to all of these films are owned by Paramount Pictures (through Viacom's acquisition of CBS in 2000), the CCF and CTF films are distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment in the home media market. As for CBS Films, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has the U.S. home entertainment distribution rights and the foreign theatrical and home entertainment distribution rights for all pre-2015 films,[1] while Lionsgate owns the distribution rights for the 2015–2019 releases. Paramount will assume distribution rights when their respective deals expire. As for TV rights for these libraries, they are owned by CBS Media Ventures, with the pay cable rights for CBS Films going though sister company Showtime Networks.

Cinema Center Films

Release Date Title Notes
August 7, 1968 With Six You Get Eggroll Co-production with Arwin Productions, Inc.
May 28, 1969 The April Fools Co-production with Jalem Productions, Inc.[2]
July 13, 1969 Me, Natalie Co-production with Nob Hill Productions
October 4, 1969 Hail, Hero! Co-production with Halcyon Productions[3]
October 6, 1969 The Royal Hunt of the Sun Co-production with Security Pictures
December 4, 1969 A Boy Named Charlie Brown Co-production with Lee Mendelson/Bill Melendez Productions and United Feature Syndicate
December 25, 1969 The Reivers Co-production with Duo Productions and Solar Productions, Inc.
March 17, 1970 The Boys in the Band
April 29, 1970 A Man Called Horse Co-production with Sandy Howard Productions Corp.
July 22, 1970 Something for Everyone Co-production with Media Productions
August 14, 1970 Darker than Amber
September 22, 1970 Adam at 6 A.M. Co-production with Solar Productions
September 30, 1970 Homer Co-production with Palomar Pictures
November 5, 1970 Scrooge
December 17, 1970 Rio Lobo Co-production with Malabar Productions
December 23, 1970 Little Big Man
May 26, 1971 Big Jake Co-production with Batjac Productions, Inc.
June 1, 1971 Blue Water, White Death Co-production with Blue Water Film Corporation Productions
June 15, 1971 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
June 23, 1971 Le Mans Co-production with Solar Productions
July 18, 1971 Figures in a Landscape Co-production with Cinecrest Film Ltd.
October 1, 1971 Come to Your Senses Co-production with Prana-Mendelson Productions
October 1971 The African Elephant Co-production with Dartmouth Productions
November 11, 1971 Something Big Co-production with Stanmore Productions, Inc. and Penbar Productions, Inc.
November 24, 1971 The Christian Licorice Store
March 1972 The Little Ark Co-production with Robert B. Radnitz Productions Ltd.
June 2, 1972 The War Between Men and Women Co-production with Jalem Productions, Inc. and Lienroc Productions
June 21, 1972 The RevengersCo-production with Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
June 28, 1972 Prime Cut Co-production with Wizan Productions
August 9, 1972 Snoopy Come Home Co-production with Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc. and Bill Melendez Productions

Unmade projects

Release Date Title Notes
1967 The Apollo of Bellac Based on the play by Jean Giradou
1967 Contrast Based on two short stories by W. Somerset Maugham
1967 Nelly Bly Biopic of the famous reporter
1968 Treasure Island Musical adaptation by Elliot Kastner and Jerry Gershwin[4]
1971 Yucatan Motorcycle adventure starring Steve McQueen[5]
1971 Man on a Nylon String Adventure tale set in the Alps, to be made by Solar Productions, but not starring Steve McQueen
1971 Applegate's Gold Western for Solar Productions
1970s Cutting Loose Unreleased documentary[6]

CBS Theatrical Films

Release DateTitle[7]
March 13, 1981 Back Roads
July 23, 1982 The Challenge
February 18, 1983 Table for Five
May 18, 1984 Finders Keepers
August 3, 1984 Grandview, U.S.A.
September 21, 1984 Windy City
October 26, 1984 American Dreamer
August 23, 1985 Better Off Dead
September 26, 1985 The Lightship
November 1, 1985 Eleni
November 8, 1985 Target

Cancelled film

Starblasters was to be a video game-themed movie, due to be released about Christmas time 1982, at least some of the film was to be computer-animated. It would have been the second video game-themed movie after Tron which was released in July of that year.[8]

CBS Films

Release Date Title Budget Gross (worldwide)Notes
January 22, 2010 Extraordinary Measures $30 million $15.1 million
April 23, 2010 The Back-up Plan $35 million $77.5 millionCo-production with Escape Artists
November 24, 2010 Faster $24 million $35.5 million
January 28, 2011 The Mechanic $40 million $51.0 million
March 4, 2011 Beastly $17 million $43.1 million
February 3, 2012 The Woman in Black $13 million $127.7 million
March 9, 2012 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen $14.5 million $34.6 million
September 7, 2012 The Words $6 million $13.2 million
October 12, 2012 Seven Psychopaths $15 million $33 million
March 1, 2013 The Last Exorcism Part II $5 million $15.2 million
May 31, 2013 The Kings of Summer n/a $1.4 million
July 26, 2013 The To Do List $1.5 million $3.9 million
November 1, 2013 Last Vegas $28 million $134.4 million
December 6, 2013 Inside Llewyn Davis $11 million $13+ million
April 4, 2014 Afflicted $318,000 $121,200
April 25, 2014 Gambit n/a $14.2 millionUS home video distribution only[9]
August 15, 2014 What If $11 million $7.8 million
September 26, 2014 Pride $16.7 million
February 20, 2015 The DUFF $8.5 million $43.5 millionCo-production with Wonderland Sound and Vision and Vast Entertainment
November 13, 2015 Love the Coopers $24 million $41.1 millionCo-production with Groundswell Productions, Imagine Entertainment, and Handwritten Films
March 25, 2016 Get a Job Co-production with Lionsgate Premiere and Double Feature Films
April 12, 2016 Flight 7500[10] $2.8 millionCo-distribution with Lionsgate Films
August 12, 2016 Hell or High Water $12 million $37.9 millionCo-production with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Odd Lot Entertainment, Film 44, and LBI Entertainment
October 7, 2016 Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life $8.5 million $23.3 million
December 21, 2016 Patriots Day $40 million[11] $52.4 million
March 10, 2017 The Sense of an Ending Co-distribution with Lionsgate[12]
June 2, 2017 Dean $950,000 $254,536
September 15, 2017 American Assassin $33 million $66.7 millionInternational distribution by Lionsgate Films
February 2, 2018 Winchester $3.5 million[13] $44 million[14]
September 28, 2018 Hell Fest[15] $5.5 million $18.2 million[16] Co-production with Valhalla Entertainment and Tucker Tooley Entertainment
November 16, 2018 At Eternity's Gate[17] $11.5 million[18] Co-production with Iconoclast and Riverstone Pictures
March 15, 2019 Five Feet Apart[19] $7 million $88.4 million[20] Co-distribution with Lionsgate Films
June 7, 2019 Pavarotti[21] $5.9 million[22]
August 9, 2019 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark[23] $25 million $104.5 million[24] Co-production with Lionsgate Films and Entertainment One
September 6, 2019 Strange but True[25] Co-production with Lionsgate Films
October 11, 2019 Jexi[26] $5 million $9.2 million Last cinema release.

Notes and References

  1. News: Waxman. Sharon. Sony to Distribute CBS Films Abroad. July 27, 2012. The Wrap. November 17, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091120001151/http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/sony-distribute-cbs-films-abroad-10323. November 20, 2009. live.
  2. Book: Bedell Smith. Sally. In All His Glory: The Life and Times of William S. Paley and the Birth of Modern Broadcasting. February 29, 2012. Random House Publishing Group. 9780307786715. https://books.google.com/books?id=W4IgALTXtH4C&dq=Cinema+Center+Films+Jack+Lemmon+-wiki4&pg=PT382. 5: The King.
  3. Web site: SEARCH RESULTS FOR Cinema Center Films . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . AFI . August 17, 2018 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20180817193523/https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=ProductionCompany&searchText=Cinema%20Center%20Films&sortType=sortByExactMatch . August 17, 2018 . live.
  4. News: Cinema by, but Not Necessarily for, Television. Warga, Wayne. Los Angeles Times. July 28, 1968. c14.
  5. News: Warga, Wayne. Film Star of Year Turns to Creative Extension: McQueen's Creative Film Kick. Los Angeles Times. September 21, 1969. u1.
  6. News: Cutting Loose': A Film That Never Made It. Warga, Wayne. Los Angeles Times. Dec 4, 1977. x46.
  7. News: Harmetz . Aljean . Abc, Cbs Drop Movie Interests . Orlando Sentinel . November 23, 1985 . May 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072634/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-11-23/lifestyle/0340460063_1_movie-business-theatrical-films-abc-motion . March 4, 2016 . live.
  8. Book: Bloom, Steve . Arco Publishing, Inc. . 1982 . Video Invaders . 132 . 0-668-05518-9.
  9. Web site: CBS Films Move 'Seven Psychopaths' up to October 12th, Delay 'Gambit' to Winter 2013. IndieWire. August 14, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121121162116/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cbs-films-move-seven-psychopaths-up-to-october-12th-delay-gambit-to-winter-2013–20120803. November 21, 2012. dead.
  10. News: CBS Films Shifts Dates For 'Gambit', '7500' . Deadline Hollywood . The Deadline Team . May 9, 2012 . May 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131213025640/http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/cbs-films-shifts-dates-for-gambit-7500/ . December 13, 2013 . dead.
  11. News: Patriots Day (2016) – Financial Information. The Numbers. 2018-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308165246/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Patriots-Day. 2018-03-08. live.
  12. Web site: 'The Sense Of An Ending' Trailer: Secrets Are Unearthed In Drama Starring Jim Broadbent & Charlotte Rampling. Deadline Hollywood. Amanda. N'Duka. December 13, 2016. December 13, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161214051358/http://deadline.com/2016/12/the-sense-of-an-ending-trailer-jim-broadbent-charlotte-rampling-1201869659/. December 14, 2016. dead.
  13. News: Winchester (2018) – Financial Information. The Numbers. 2018-03-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180308165235/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Winchester. 2018-03-08. live.
  14. Web site: Winchester . . January 21, 2023.
  15. Web site: Evry. Max. Jennifer Chambers Lynch to Direct Hellfest. August 11, 2016. Comingsoon.net. October 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171009100811/http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/756719-jennifer-chambers-lynch-to-direct-hellfest. October 9, 2017. live.
  16. Web site: Hell Fest (2018) . . August 12, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190615054128/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hellfest.htm . June 15, 2019 . live.
  17. Web site: Fleming. Mike Jr.. CBS Films Lands Julian Schnabel's 'At Eternity's Gate,' With Willem Dafoe As Van Gogh: Cannes. Deadline Hollywood. May 15, 2018. May 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180515093625/http://deadline.com/2018/05/willem-dafoe-vincent-van-gogh-julian-schnabel-cbs-films-at-eternitys-gate-cannes-1202390956/. May 15, 2018. live.
  18. Web site: At Eternity's Gate (2018). Box Office Mojo. August 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20181118081748/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ateternitysgate.htm. November 18, 2018. live.
  19. Web site: CBS Films Buys Untitled Justin Baldoni Pitch In Vein Of 'The Fault In Our Stars'. Anita. Busch. January 26, 2017. Deadline Hollywood. April 12, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202051427/http://deadline.com/2017/01/cbs-films-here-now-ya-movie-pitch-mikki-daughtry-tobias-iaconis-1201893672/. February 2, 2017. live.
  20. Web site: Five Feet Apart (2019). Box Office Mojo. August 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190812125844/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fivefeetapart.htm. August 12, 2019. live.
  21. Web site: Fleming . Mike Jr. . CBS Films Acquiring Ron Howard-Directed Luciano Pavarotti Documentary . Deadline . January 8, 2019 . en . January 8, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190108235733/https://deadline.com/2019/01/luciano-pavarotti-documentary-ron-howard-cbs-films-deal-1202531424/ . January 8, 2019 . dead.
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  23. Web site: Guillermo del Toro's 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' Set for August Release. Variety. Dave. McNary. December 14, 2018. December 14, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022257/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-august-release-1203090212/. December 15, 2018. live.
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