Blumhouse Productions Films

Blumhouse Productions (; also known as BH Productions or simply BH) is an American film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum.

It is known mainly for producing horror films, such as '' Paranormal Activity'', ''Insidious'', '' The Purge'', '' Split'', ''Get Out'', ''Happy Death Day'', ''Halloween'', '' Us'', '' The Invisible Man'', '' Freaky'' and ''The Black Phone''. It has also produced drama films, such as '' Whiplash'' and '' BlacKkKlansman'', which both earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ''Get Out'' and ''BlacKkKlansman'' won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively.

It has worked with directors such as Leigh Whannell, Jordan Peele, Scott Derrickson, Christopher Landon, James Wan, Mike Flanagan, James DeMonaco, Damien Chazelle, and M. Night Shyamalan.

Most of Blumhouse's theatrically-released films since 2014 are owned and distributed by Universal Pictures as part of a 10-year first-look deal.

Overview

Film

Blumhouse's company model is to produce films on a small budget, give directors creative freedom, and release films widely through the studio system. Blumhouse was originally known as Blum Israel Productions, with Amy Israel with a first-look deal at Miramax when the company was founded. In 2002, Blum and Israel parted ways, and the company became Blumhouse Productions. In 2015, Crypt TV was created by Jack Davis and Eli Roth which is backed Blum and the company.

Blumhouse's low-budget model began in 2007 with '' Paranormal Activity'', which was made for $15,000 and grossed over $193 million worldwide. It produced ''Insidious'', which grossed over $100 million worldwide on a budget of $1.5 million; and ''Sinister'', which grossed over $87 million worldwide from a budget of $3 million.

In 2010, Haunted Movies was formed as a division for Blumhouse which released ''Insidious'', '' The River'', '' The Bay'' and '' The Lords of Salem''.

In 2013, it produced '' The Purge'', '' Insidious: Chapter 2'', and '' Dark Skies''.

In 2014, it produced '' Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones'', '' The Purge: Anarchy'', ''Jessabelle'', '' Ouija'' and '' Whiplash''.

In 2015, it produced ''Unfriended'', '' Insidious: Chapter 3'', '' The Gift'' and '' The Visit''.

In 2016, it produced '' The Purge: Election Year'' and '' Ouija: Origin of Evil''.

In 2017, it produced '' Split'', ''Get Out'' and ''Happy Death Day''.

In 2018, it produced '' Insidious: The Last Key'', '' Truth or Dare'', '' The First Purge'', and ''Halloween''. Blumhouse announced a partnership with DreamWorks Animation to co-produce ''Spooky Jack'' but the film was removed from DreamWorks Animation's slate in 2019.

In 2019, it produced '' Glass'', '' Happy Death Day 2U'', '' Us'', '' Ma'', and '' Black Christmas''.

In 2020, it produced '' Fantasy Island'', '' The Invisible Man'', '' The Hunt'', ''You Should Have Left'', '' The Craft: Legacy'', '' Nocturne,'' and '' Freaky''.

In 2021, it produced '' The Forever Purge'', '' Halloween Kills'' and '' Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin''.

In 2022, it produced '' Dashcam'', ''The Black Phone'', ''Mr. Harrigan's Phone'', '' Halloween Ends'', ''Run Sweetheart Run'', ''Soft & Quiet'' and '' Nanny''.

On November 16, 2022, it was announced that James Wan's Atomic Monster Productions was in talks to merge with Blumhouse with Atomic Monster having a shared first look deal with Universal Pictures. Both companies would continue to operate as separate labels, with each maintaining its own creative autonomy and brand identity.

In 2023, they will release '' M3GAN'', '' Insidious: Fear the Dark'', ''They Listen'' and '' The Exorcist''. They are also in pre-production for '' Five Nights at Freddy's''.

Television, books, podcasts, and haunted houses

In 2012, Blumhouse opened the ''Blumhouse of Horrors'', an interactive haunted house experience in Downtown Los Angeles.
It had also collaborated with Halloween Horror Nights to bring mazes, a terror tram, and scare zones from films and properties such as ''Insidious'', '' The Purge'', ''Happy Death Day'', ''Sinister'', '' Truth or Dare'', ''Unfriended'', '' Us'', '' Freaky'', ''The Black Phone'' and Crypt TV.

On November 11, 2014, it launched Blumhouse Books, to publish original horror and thriller novels.

BH Tilt

BH Tilt was established on September 9, 2014 to produce movies from Blumhouse and other filmmakers for multi-platform release. On September 7, 2017, Blumhouse partnered up with distribution company Neon to manage BH Tilt. BH Tilt's releases are '' The Green Inferno'', ''The Darkness'', '' Incarnate'', ''The Resurrection of Gavin Stone'', '' The Belko Experiment'', '' Sleight'', ''Lowriders'', '' Birth of the Dragon'', '' Upgrade'', '' Unfriended: Dark Web'' and '' Don't Let Go''.

See also

* Jason Blum
* Dark Castle Entertainment
* Ghost House Pictures
* Gold Circle Films
* Platinum Dunes
* Twisted Pictures
* Bloody Disgusting

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Film production companies of the United States
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Television production companies of the United States
Mass media companies established in 2000
2000 establishments in California
American companies established in 2000
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