Blumhouse Productions

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Blumhouse Productions

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legal form Privately held company
founding 2000
Seat Los Angeles , California
management Jason Blum
Branch Film production
Website blumhouse.com

Blumhouse Productions is an American film production company founded by Jason Blum in 2000 . The company is best known for its cheaply produced and therefore mostly very profitable horror films.

history

Blum, who previously worked as a freelance film producer for several years, founded Blumhouse Productions in 2000. The company's first major success was the horror film Paranormal Activity , which was produced for only $ 15,000 . Blumhouse released the film in 2009 through Paramount Pictures . Already on the opening weekend the film grossed 20 million US dollars, which corresponded to an average income of around 25,000 US dollars per cinema. In total, the film grossed almost $ 200 million worldwide. The film was followed by several sequels.

Then Blumhouse Productions specialized in the production of low-cost genre productions. Many of the films produced by the company grossed multiple times their production costs, making them highly profitable. The company provides an average of 4.5 million US dollars for the productions. As long as a film stays below these costs, according to Blum, it will also bring in its money if “everything goes wrong” (“The model is, really, if everything goes wrong, we will recoup.”). In return, Blum waives his own advance payment as a producer and only pays the actors and staff the minimum wages agreed by the union. However, if the film works at the box office, Blum takes 12.5% ​​of every dollar earned and shares the rest with the main cast and the staff. In return, he assures the filmmakers the greatest possible creative freedom: the scripts are no longer revised by the studio and the director receives a guarantee for the final cut . In order to keep costs down, however, the directors are instructed to limit the number of speaking roles and, if possible, to film at only one location . The costs are also kept low by the fact that post-production is not outsourced as is usual, but is taken over directly by Blumhouse employees.

With this recipe for success, films produced by Blumhouse have already grossed over 4 billion US dollars at box offices around the world as of 2018.

In 2011, Blumhouse concluded a first-look deal with Universal Pictures , which was initially designed for three years. The contract between the two companies was then extended for a further 10 years.

In addition to feature films, Blumhouse also produces television series such as Into the Dark , Sharp Objects and The Purge, as well as television films such as The Normal Heart and Run for Your Life .

The company also owns BH Tilt ( film rental ), Blumhouse Television ( television production ), Blumhouse Books ( book publisher ), CryptTV (video platform) and Blumhouse Live (live events).

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  2. ↑ a b Paranormal Activity . In: boxofficemojo.com, accessed February 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c d Amy Nicholson: Can Budget Slasher Jason Blum Prove the Way Hollywood Makes Movies Is Horrifyingly Wrong? . In: laweekly.com, accessed February 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ Nick Summers: Jason Blum, the Penny-Pinching Horror Movie Maestro . In: businessweek.com, accessed February 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ Rebecca Rubin: With 'Halloween,' Blumhouse Crosses $ 4 Billion at Global Box Office . In: Variety.com of November 5, 2018.
  6. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr: Universal Makes First-Look Deal With Jason Blum Of 'Paranormal Activity' And 'Insidious' . In: deadline.com , accessed on February 1, 2018
  7. ^ Todd Cunningham: Blumhouse Signs 10-Year Production Deal With Universal Pictures . In: thewrap.com, accessed February 1, 2018
  8. ↑ About Blumhouse and Jason Blum . In: blumhouse.com, accessed March 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ Ryan Faughnder: Horror video start-up Crypt TV is building a scary universe for the smallest screens . In: Los Angeles Times , accessed February 1, 2018.