Cruise/Wagner Productions
Industry | Film |
---|---|
Founded | July 1992 |
Founder | Tom Cruise Paula Wagner |
Defunct | August 2008 |
Fate | Partnership dissolved |
Successor | TC Productions |
Headquarters | United States |
Owner | Tom Cruise Paula Wagner |
Cruise/Wagner Productions, also abbreviated as C/W Productions, was an American independent film production company. It was founded by actor Tom Cruise and his agent Paula Wagner in July 1992.[1][2][3] Wagner had been representing Cruise for eleven years before the formation of C/W Productions.[2][3] The company has grossed more than $2.9 billion in box office proceeds since its inception.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Cruise/Wagner Productions was formed to give Cruise more creative freedom over his film projects and to give him the opportunity to produce and direct motion pictures.
In November 2006, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) came to Cruise/Wagner with a deal that gave them a percentage of the ownership in United Artists (UA) in an effort to revive the floundering production company.[4][9] This deal fell apart when Wagner left the studio in August 2008.[17][18][19][20]
Productions
Feature films
Year | Title | Director | Distributor | Budget | Box office | Notes |
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1996 | Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | Paramount Pictures | $80 million | $457.7 million | Installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. |
1998 | Without Limits | Robert Towne | Warner Bros. | $25 million | $777,423 | |
2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | John Woo | Paramount Pictures | $125 million | $546.4 million | Installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. |
2001 | The Others | Alejandro Amenábar | Miramax Films
|
$17 million | $209.9 million | |
Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | Paramount Pictures | $68 million | $203.4 million | Remake of Open Your Eyes. | |
2002 | Narc | Joe Carnahan | $6.5 million | $12.6 million | ||
Minority Report | Steven Spielberg | 20th Century Fox
|
$102 million | $358.4 million | ||
2003 | Shattered Glass | Billy Ray | Lionsgate Films | $6 million | $2.9 million | |
The Last Samurai | Edward Zwick | Warner Bros. | $140 million | $456.8 million | ||
2004 | Suspect Zero | E. Elias Merhige | Paramount Pictures | $27 million | $11.4 million | |
2005 | War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg | $132 million | $603.9 million | Remake of The War of the Worlds. | |
Elizabethtown | Cameron Crowe | $45 million | $52 million | |||
2006 | Ask the Dust | Robert Towne | — | $2.5 million | ||
Mission: Impossible III | J. J. Abrams | $150 million | $398.5 million | Installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise. | ||
2007 | Lions for Lambs | Robert Redford | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (United States) 20th Century Fox (International) |
$35 million | $63.2 million | |
2008 | The Eye | David Moreau and Xavier Palud | Paramount Pictures Lionsgate Films |
$12 million | $56.7 million | Remake of The Eye. |
Death Race | Paul W. S. Anderson | Universal Pictures | $45–65 million | $76 million | Installment of the Death Race franchise. | |
Valkyrie | Bryan Singer | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (United States) 20th Century Fox (International) |
$75–90 million | $201.5 million |
References
- ^ "Cruise makes a picture deal". NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Lima News. November 4, 1992. p. A4.
- ^ a b "The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California on July 13, 1992 · Page 152". Newspapers.com. 13 July 1992. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ ISSN 2041-4404. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
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- ^ a b "MGM Partners With Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner to Form New United Artists". Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. PR Newswire. 2 November 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008.
- ^ Money Magazine with Reuters(c/o CNNMoney.com) - 23 August 2006
- ^ a b Atkins, Jill. "Sumner Redstone Rebuke of Tom Cruise: Now What? Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine - National Ledger - 24 August 2006
- ^ a b c Lieberman, David and Laura Petrecca. "Cruise seeks financial backing from hedge funds" - USA Today - 24 August 2006
- ^ a b Epstein, Edward Jay. The Financial Times: Paramount vs. Cruise: all down the killer cut - Financial Times - 24 August 2006
- ^ a b c d Clark, John. "The business of Cruise control" - New York Daily News - 23 August 2007
- ^ "Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England on October 29, 1992 · 19". Newspapers.com. 29 October 1992. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ "The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina on November 4, 1992 · Page 10". Newspapers.com. 4 November 1992. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b Gardner, Chris. "It's a war of the words" - Variety - August 22, 2006
- ^ Kimball, Trevor. "Paramount Gives Tom Cruise the Boot" Archived 2008-01-10 at the Wayback Machine - AnActorsJourney.com - 23 August 2006
- ^ Sperling, Nicole. "Biz eyeing economics of Cruise-Par breakup: DVD slowdown forcing restraint" Archived 2009-01-13 at the Wayback Machine - The Hollywood Reporter - 24 August 2006
- ^ Olson, Parmy. "Redskins' Snyder Gambles On Tom Cruise" - Forbes magazine - 29 August 2006
- ^ Fischer, Martha. "Cruise, Wagner Fight Back" - Cinematical - 23 August 2006
- ^ Finke, Nikki. "Tom Cruise's Movie Studio Imploding: Paula Wagner Is DOA At United Artists; But Was It Suicide or Murder By MGM? - Deadline Hollywood - 13 August 2008
- ^ Flemming, Michael. "Paula Wagner leaves UA - Variety (magazine) - 13 August 2008
- ^ Tom Cruise Splits From Long Time Partner (Sydney Morning Herald newspaper)
- ^ Cruise loses studio partner (The Guardian newspaper)