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Blumhouse Productions is an American film and television production company, founded by Jason Blum.[1] Blumhouse is known mainly for producing low-budget horror films, such as Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Get Out, Insidious, Split, Happy Death Day, Upgrade, Sinister, Halloween, and The Gift.[2][3] Blumhouse has also produced dramatic fare films, such as Whiplash, and BlacKkKlansman, which have earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture.[4][5] The company also produced The Normal Heart, which won the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Blumhouse has worked with directors such as Jordan Peele, James Wan, Mike Flanagan, James DeMonaco and M. Night Shyamalan.

In 2014, the company signed a 10-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures.[6]

Overview[]

Film[]

According to various stories, the company's model is to produce films on a small budget, give their directors creative freedom and release them wide through the studio system.[7] Blumhouse's low-budget model began in 2009 with Paranormal Activity, which was made for $15,000 and grossed over $193 million worldwide.[8] Blumhouse produced Insidious, which grossed over $97 million worldwide on a budget of $1.5 million,[9] and Sinister, which grossed over $87 million worldwide from a budget of $3 million.[2]

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, Blumhouse produced The Purge,[10] Insidious: Chapter 2,[11] and Dark Skies. In 2014, Blumhouse produced Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones,[12] The Purge: Anarchy, Jessabelle,[13] Ouija and Whiplash.

On September 9, 2014 Blumhouse established BH Tilt, dedicated to generating movies from Blumhouse and other filmmakers for multi-platform release.[14] On September 7, 2017 Blumhouse partners up with distribution company Neon to manage BH Tilt.[15] The films released by BH Tilt are The Green Inferno,[16] The Darkness,[17] Incarnate,[18] The Resurrection of Gavin Stone,[19] The Belko Experiment,[20] Sleight,[21] Lowriders,[22] Birth of the Dragon,[23] Upgrade[24] and Unfriended: Dark Web.[25]

In 2014, Blumhouse signed a first-look deal with Universal Pictures.[26]

In 2015, Blumhouse produced Unfriended, Insidious: Chapter 3, The Gift and The Visit. In 2016, Blumhouse produced The Purge: Election Year and Ouija: Origin of Evil.

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

In 2018, Blumhouse produced Insidious: The Last Key, Truth or Dare, The First Purge and Halloween. Spooky Jack was announced as an upcoming film.[27][28]

In December 2018, the company hired Netflix's head of public relations Karen Barragan, with Silicon Valley Business Journal noting at the time that Blumhouse was "pushing more aggressively into television and streaming." It had previously signed a deal with Amazon Studios for eight films.[29]

In 2019, Blumhouse produced Glass, Happy Death Day 2U and Ma. In June 2019, it was announced that Blumhouse would partner with Mattel Films to produce Magic 8 Ball, based on the children's toy of the same name.[30]

Television, books, podcasts, and haunted houses[]

In 2012, Blumhouse opened the Blumhouse of Horrors, an interactive haunted house experience in Downtown Los Angeles.[31] Blumhouse had also collaborated with Halloween Horror Nights to bring mazes, a terror tram and scare zones from films such as Insidious, The Purge, Happy Death Day, Sinister, Truth or Dare and Unfriended.

On November 11, 2014 the company launched Blumhouse Books, dedicated to having filmmakers and authors create original horror and thriller novels.[32][33]

On the television side, Blumhouse had a first look deal with Lionsgate, and the company produced the short-lived series Stranded for Syfy and executive produced The River with Amblin Television for ABC.[34][35] Recently, Blumhouse has a first look deal with Universal Television and had released a television series based on The Purge franchise in 2018.

On April 4, 2017, Blumhouse announced the launch of an independent television studio with ITV Studios acquiring a 45% stake. With this investment, Blumhouse Television became an independent television studio and has continued its growth by financing and producing original scripted and unscripted ‘dark’ genre programming for global audiences. [36]

Blumhouse is currently backing Jack Davis and Eli Roth's digital network titled Crypt TV where they release horror shorts and other content on social media outlets.[37] On May 11, 2016 Blumhouse launched their podcast titled Shock Waves with hosts Rob Galluzzo, Elric Kane, Rebekah McKendry and Ryan Turek.[38][39] On January 16, 2018 it was announced that Mick Garris' horror podcast Post Mortem would be joining Blumhouse's podcast network.[40]

Filmography[]

Year Film Director Release date Budget Gross
2006 Griffin & Phoenix Ed Stone November 20, 2006 $.500 !$500,000 $1.4 million
2007 The Fever Carlo Gabriel Nero June 13, 2007
The Darwin Awards Finn Taylor July 31, 2007 $.309 !$309,408
2008 Graduation Mike Mayer May 2, 2008
2009 Paranormal Activity Oren Peli September 25, 2009 $.0155 !$15,000 $193.4 million
The Accidental Husband Griffin Dunne November 10, 2009 $22.7 million
2010 Tooth Fairy Michael Lembeck January 22, 2010 $48 million $112.5 million
Paranormal Activity 2 Tod Williams October 22, 2010 $3 million $177.5 million
2011 Insidious James Wan April 1, 2011 $1.5 million $97 million
Paranormal Activity 3 Henry Joost

Ariel Schulman

October 21, 2011 $5 million $207 million
2012 The Babymakers Jay Chandrasekhar August 3, 2012 $.475 million !$475,511
Sinister Scott Derrickson October 12, 2012 $3 million $87.7 million
Paranormal Activity 4 Henry Joost

Ariel Schulman

October 19, 2012 $5 million $142.8 million
The Bay Barry Levinson November 2, 2012 $2 million $1.6 million
2013 Dark Skies Scott Stewart February 22, 2013 $3.5 million $26.4 million
The Lords of Salem Rob Zombie April 19, 2013 $1.5 million $1.5 million
The Purge James DeMonaco June 7, 2013 $3 million $89.3 million
Insidious: Chapter 2 James Wan September 13, 2013 $5 million $161.9 million
Plush Catherine Hardwicke $2 million $.028 million !$28,864
Best Night Ever Jason Friedberg

Aaron Seltzer

December 26, 2013 $.289 million !$289,511
2014 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones Christopher Landon January 3, 2014 $5 million $90.9 million
Oculus Mike Flanagan April 11, 2014 $44 million
13 Sins Daniel Stamm April 18, 2014 $4 million $.826 million !$826,252
Not Safe for Work Joe Johnston May 9, 2014 $2.5 million
The Normal Heart Ryan Murphy May 25, 2014
The Purge: Anarchy James DeMonaco July 18, 2014 $9 million $111.9 million
Mockingbird Bryan Bertino October 7, 2014
Mercy Peter Cornwell
Stretch Joe Carnahan $5 million
Whiplash Damien Chazelle October 10, 2014 $3.3 million $49 million
The Town That Dreaded Sundown Alfonso Gomez-Rejon October 16, 2014
Ouija Stiles White October 24, 2014 $5 million $103.6 million
Jessabelle Kevin Greutert November 7, 2014 $7 million
2015 The Boy Next Door Rob Cohen January 23, 2015 $4 million $52.4 million
The Lazarus Effect David Gelb February 27, 2015 $3.3 million $38.4 million
Unfriended Leo Gabriadze April 17, 2015 $1 million $64.1 million
Area 51 Oren Peli May 15, 2015 $5 million $.007556 million !$7,556
Insidious: Chapter 3 Leigh Whannell June 5, 2015 $10 million $113 million
Creep Patrick Brice June 23, 2015
Exeter Marcus Nispel July 2, 2015 $2 million $.291 !$291,097
The Gallows Chris Lofing

Travis Cluff

July 10, 2015 $2 million $43 million
The Gift Joel Edgerton August 7, 2015 $5 million $59 million
Sinister 2 Ciaran Foy August 21, 2015 $10 million $54.1 million
The Visit M. Night Shyamalan September 11, 2015 $5 million $98.5 million
The Green Inferno Eli Roth September 25, 2015 $12.9 million
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension Gregory Plotkin October 23, 2015 $10 million $78.9 million
Jem and the Holograms Jon M. Chu $5 million $2.3 million
2016 Visions Kevin Greutert January 19, 2016 $1 million
Curve Iain Softley
The Veil Phil Joanou $4 million
Martyrs Kevin Goetz

Michael Goetz

January 22, 2016 $1 million $.397 !$397,072
Hush Mike Flanagan April 8, 2016
The Darkness Greg McLean May 13, 2016 $4 million $10.9 million
The Purge: Election Year James DeMonaco July 1, 2016 $10 million $118.6 million
Viral Henry Joost

Ariel Schulman

July 29, 2016 $.551 !$551,760
In a Valley of Violence Ti West October 21, 2016 $.061797 !$61,797
Ouija: Origin of Evil Mike Flanagan $9 million $81.7 million
Incarnate Brad Peyton December 2, 2016 $5 million $9 million
2017 Split M. Night Shyamalan January 20, 2017 $9 million $278.5 million
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone Dallas Jenkins $2 million $2.3 million
Get Out Jordan Peele February 24, 2017 $4.5 million $255.2 million
The Belko Experiment Greg McLean March 17, 2017 $5 million $11.1 million
Sleight J.D. Dillard April 28, 2017 $.2 !$250,000 $4 million
Lowriders Ricardo de Montreuil May 12, 2017 $.9 !$916,000 $6.3 million
Birth of the Dragon George Nolfi August 25, 2017 $31 million $7.2 million
Happy Death Day Christopher Landon October 13, 2017 $4.8 million $122.6 million
Creep 2 Patrick Brice October 24, 2017
Amityville: The Awakening Franck Khalfoun October 28, 2017 $7.7 million
Like. Share. Follow. Glenn Gers October 31, 2017
Totem Marcel Sarmiento
2018 Insidious: The Last Key Adam Robitel January 5, 2018 $10 million $167.7 million
Benji Brandon Camp March 16, 2018 $6 million
Truth or Dare Jeff Wadlow April 13, 2018 $3.5 million $94.8 million
Stephanie Akiva Goldsman April 17, 2018
Family Blood Sonny Mallhi May 4, 2018
Delirium Dennis Iliadis May 22, 2018 $.378 million !$378,253
Upgrade Leigh Whannell June 1, 2018 $3 million $15.4 million
The First Purge Gerard McMurray July 4, 2018 $13 million $136.2 million
Unfriended: Dark Web Stephen Susco July 20, 2018 $1 million $9.6 million
The Keeping Hours Karen Moncrieff July 24, 2018
BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee August 10, 2018 $15 million $85.9 million
Seven in Heaven Chris Eigeman October 5, 2018
Halloween David Gordon Green October 19, 2018 $10 million $172.1 million
Cam Daniel Goldhaber November 16, 2018

Upcoming films[]

Year Film Director Release date
2019 Glass M. Night Shyamalan January 18, 2019
Happy Death Day 2U Christopher Landon February 14, 2019
Us Jordan Peele March 15, 2019
The Hunt Craig Zobel September 27, 2019
2021 Slendytubbies Spike Lee March 10, 2021
2021 Spooky Jack September 17, 2021
2022
Stockholm Robert Budreau
Boogeyman Pop Brad Michael Elmore
Hurt Sonny Mallhi
The Lie Veena Sud
Bloodline Henry Jacobson
Thriller Dallas Jackson
Only You Jacob Estes
The Gallows Act II Chris Lofing

Travis Cluff

Ma Tate Taylor
Once Upon a Time in Staten Island James DeMonaco
Prey Franck Khalfoun
Sweetheart J.D. Dillard
Adopt a Highway Logan Marshall-Green
Five Nights at Freddy's Chris Columbus
Island Jeff Wadlow
Spawn Todd McFarlane

See also[]

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