Hughes Entertainment
Company typePrivate
IndustryFilm
GenreVarious
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)
in Chicago, United States
FounderJohn Hughes
Defunct2002; 22 years ago (2002)
FateClosed
HeadquartersChicago, United States
ProductsMotion pictures

Hughes Entertainment was an American film production company and music label founded by filmmaker John Hughes. It was closed in 2002.

Foundation

The studio was founded in 1987 by American film producer John Hughes as The John Hughes Company. It was initially based at Universal Pictures, through a three-year production agreement, in order to produce, direct and write two to three pictures a year in order to develop from their own development ideas.[1] The company was subsequently moved to Paramount Pictures in 1985.[2] The company then spent various deals at Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox throughout the end of the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s.[3] The company produced movies such as Curly Sue, Home Alone and Miracle on 34th Street.

Films

List of the films writer produced and directors:[4][5]

Year Title Director Distributor Co-production companies Budget Gross
1987 Some Kind of Wonderful Howard Deutch Paramount Pictures N/A $18.5 Million[6]
Planes, Trains & Automobiles John Hughes Paramount Pictures N/A $30 Million $49.5 Million
1988 She's Having a Baby John Hughes Paramount Pictures N/A $20 Million[7] $16 Million (domestic)[8]
The Great Outdoors Howard Deutch Universal Pictures N/A $24 Million $43.4 Million[9]
1989 Uncle Buck John Hughes Universal Pictures N/A $15 Million $79.2 Million[10]
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Jeremiah S. Chechik Warner Bros. N/A $25 Million[11] $71.3 Million[12]
1990 Home Alone Chris Columbus[13] 20th Century Fox N/A $18 Million[14][15] $476.7 Million[14][15]
1991 Career Opportunities Bryan Gordon Universal Pictures N/A $11.3 Million[16]
Only the Lonely Chris Columbus 20th Century Fox N/A $25 Million[17]
Dutch Peter Faiman 20th Century Fox N/A $17 Million $4.6 Million[18]
Curly Sue John Hughes Warner Bros. N/A $25 Million[19] $33.7 Million
1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chris Columbus 20th Century Fox N/A $28 Million[20] $359 Million[21]
1993 Dennis the Menace Nick Castle Warner Bros. N/A $35 Million $117.2 Million
1994 Miracle on 34th Street Les Mayfield 20th Century Fox Fox Family Films $46.3 Million[22][23]
Baby's Day Out Patrick Read Johnson 20th Century Fox N/A $48 Million[24] $16.7 Million[24]
1997 Home Alone 3 Raja Gosnell 20th Century Fox Fox Family Films $32 Million[25] $79.1 Million[25]
2001 New Port South Kyle Cooper Buena Vista Pictures Touchstone Pictures
2002 Maid in Manhattan Wayne Wang Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios $55 Million $163 Million[26]

Notes

  1. ^ Greenberg, James (1984-04-18). "U Signs Hughes To 3-Year Pact for Medium-Cost Comedies". Variety. p. 8.
  2. ^ "HANDICAPPING THE OSCAR FIELD". Los Angeles Times. 1985-03-22. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  3. ^ "Fox Says 'Big Deal' to New Hollywood Frugality: Movies: Writer-director John Hughes reportedly will get more than $200 millionfrom Fox. Included is a sequel to the box-office hit". Los Angeles Times. 1991-02-14. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  4. ^ "With Hughes Entertainment (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  5. ^ "Hughes Entertainment Movies List". Ranker. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  6. ^ "Some Kind of Wonderful". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  7. ^ "AFI|Catalog".
  8. ^ Hughes Entertainment at Box Office Mojo
  9. ^ "The Great Outdoors". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
  10. ^ "Uncle Buck (1989)". Box Office Mojo.
  11. ^ Harmetz, Ajean (December 7, 1989). "It's Fade-Out for the Cheap Film As Hollywood's Budgets Soar". The New York Times. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  12. ^ "Christmas Vacation (1989)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  13. ^ Wilkinson, Amy (November 6, 2015). "Home Alone turns 25: A deep dive with director Chris Columbus". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  14. ^ a b "Home Alone (1990)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 11, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
  15. ^ a b Bucklow, Andrew (December 4, 2019). "Home Alone secrets revealed in Netflix show 'The Movies That Made Us'". news.com.au. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  16. ^ "Career Opportunities (1991)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  17. ^ "Only the Lonely (1991) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
  18. ^ "Dutch (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
  19. ^ "Curly Sue (1991)". IMDb.
  20. ^ Putzer, Gerald (January 3, 1993). "Sequels are B.O. Winners". Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  21. ^ Hughes Entertainment at Box Office Mojo
  22. ^ Welkos, Robert W. (November 22, 1994). "Weekend Box Office: Appealing to All 'Generations'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  23. ^ Miracle on 34th Street at Box Office Mojo
  24. ^ a b "Baby's Day Out (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  25. ^ a b "Home Alone 3 (1997)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  26. ^ "Maid in Manhattan". Box Office Mojo.
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