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

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, 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. The company was subsequently moved to

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in 1985. The company then spent various deals at

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and

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throughout the end of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The company produced movies such as

Curly Sue ''Curly Sue'' is a 1991 American comedy drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes, and starring James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, and Alisan Porter. It tells the story of a homeless con artist and his young orphan companion who gain ...

Home Alone ''Home Alone'' is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the ''Home Alone'' franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Hear ...

and

Miracle on 34th Street ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (initially released as ''The Big Heart'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American List of Christmas films, Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on ...

Films

List of the films writer produced and directors:

Notes

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