Tencent Pictures
Tencent Pictures (simplified Chinese: 腾讯影业; traditional Chinese: 騰訊影業; pinyin: téng xùn yǐng yè) is a Chinese film distributor and production company owned by Tencent. It has created films based on books, manhua, donghua and video games.[1][2] In 2015, Tencent set up Tencent Penguin Pictures (Shanghai), a new movie production unit, focusing on online drama and minority investments in feature films.[3]
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Native name | 腾讯影业 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Chen Yingjie[1] |
| Parent | Tencent Interactive Entertainment Group[1] |
| Subsidiaries | Tencent Penguin Pictures |
Filmography
| Year | Film title | Director | Distributor | Gross (worldwide) | Gross (China) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Roco Kingdom 4 | Hughes Martel and Dongbiao Cao | Beijing Enlight Pictures | — | CN¥77 million | |
| 2016 | Warcraft | Duncan Jones | Universal Pictures (Worldwide) Legendary East (China) | $433 million | $213 million | |
| Rock Dog | Ash Brannon | Summit Premiere | $23 million | $24.1 million | Under Huayi Tencent Entertainment | |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull Island | Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Warner Bros. Pictures (Worldwide) Legendary East (China) | $566 million | $168 million | |
| Wonder Woman | Patty Jenkins | Warner Bros. Pictures | $821 million | $90 million | ||
| Our Shining Days | Wang Ran | Edko Films | — | $9 million | ||
| 2018 | Lost in Apocalypse | Sky Wang | Distribution Only | — | CNY2 million | |
| A First Farewell | Lina Wang | Distribution Only | — | CN¥214 Million | ||
| Animal World | Han Yan | Beijing Enlight Pictures | $74 million | $74 million | ||
| L Storm | David Lam | Pegasus Motion Pictures | $64 million | $63 million | ||
| Shadow | Zhang Yimou | Well Go USA Entertainment | $91 million | $90 million | ||
| Venom | Ruben Fleischer | Sony Pictures Entertainment (through Columbia Pictures) | $855 million | $272 million | ||
| Bumblebee | Travis Knight | Paramount Pictures | $467 million | $170 million | ||
| 2019 | Men in Black: International | F. Gary Gray | Sony Pictures Entertainment (through Columbia Pictures) | $253 million | $44 million | |
| Shanghai Fortress | Teng Huatao | China Film Group Corporation | — | $16 million | ||
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Tim Miller | Paramount Pictures (North America) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (International; through 20th Century Fox) | $261 million | $50 million | ||
| A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Marielle Heller | Sony Pictures Entertainment (through TriStar Pictures) | $67 million | $212,000 | ||
| 2020 | The Eight Hundred | Guan Hu | CMC Pictures Holdings | $63 million | $460 million | |
| Vanguard | Stanley Tong | Golden Screen Cinemas | $50 million | $50.6 million | ||
| Monster Hunter | Paul W. S. Anderson | Sony Pictures Entertainment (through Screen Gems) | $40 million | $5.3 million | ||
| The Rescue | Dante Lam | CMC Pictures Holdings | $63 million | $62 million | ||
| 2021 | Wish Dragon | Chris Appelhans | Netflix (Worldwide) Sony Pictures Entertainment (China; through Sony Pictures Animation) | — | $21 million | |
| 1921 | Huang Jianxin and Zheng Dasheng | Huaxia Film Distribution | — | $76 million | ||
| Raging Fire | Benny Chan | Emperor Motion Pictures | — | $213.4 million | ||
| Extinct | David Silverman | Huayi Brothers (China) Netflix (Worldwide) | — | Under Huayi Tencent Entertainment | ||
| 2022 | Moonfall | Roland Emmerich | Lionsgate Films | $58.9 million | — | |
References
- Kevin Ma (September 22, 2015). "Tencent forms film unit". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- Ali Jaafar (September 17, 2015). "China's Tencent Partners With Legendary And Wanda On 'Warcraft'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- "China's Tencent Hatches Penguin Pictures". Variety. September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- Frater, Patrick (September 18, 2016). "David Goyer Strikes Deal With China's Tencent Pictures". Variety. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
- "Aliens on the big screen[2]- Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
- Perez, Bien (September 19, 2016). "China's Tencent Pictures teams up with Turner Asia-Pacific to develop Tuzki animated movie". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
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