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MTV Entertainment Studios is the film and television production arm of MTV Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Founded in 1991 as MTV Productions, it is a consolidation of the former MTV Films group established in 1996 and the MTV Production Development/MTV Studios group of 2003–2021, it has produced original television shows like Beavis and Butt-Head, Æon Flux, Jackass, My Super Sweet 16, Daria, Celebrity Deathmatch, Clone High and The Real World and films such as Election, Joe's Apartment and Napoleon Dynamite. Its films are released by fellow Paramount Global division Paramount Pictures. The MTV Films unit was part of Paramount Players until 2020.
History
MTV Productions started in 1991 and went into expansion two years later, with Doug Herzog serving as president of the unit. Its expansion was to produce shows for theatrical release, broadcast TV and cable, syndication and the international marketplace.[1] MTV then signed a two-picture deal with Geffen Pictures to start making motion pictures afterwards.[2]
Only one movie came out of the deal due to the 1994 acquisition of Paramount Pictures by MTV's parent company Viacom. Joe's Apartment, based on a short aired on MTV, came out on July 26, 1996, and grossed $4.6 million on a $13 million budget, making it a box office bomb.[3] Shortly afterwards, MTV Productions tried for an entertainment strip Real Time, to be distributed by Viacom Enterprises, which was owned by MTV's parent Viacom, and scheduled on air for the 1994–95 season, but never materialized.[4]
Shortly after Viacom bought out Paramount Pictures. Paramount began to distribute material from MTV and Nickelodeon.[5] Shortly after The Arsenio Hall Show was cancelled, Paramount began distributing and producing MTV's The Jon Stewart Show for the syndication market.[6]
In 1994, the Paramount Television Group and MTV Productions signed a deal to develop projects commissioned by MTV, and gave Paramount the right of first refusal on projects developed by MTV.[7] By 1995, David Gale was named head of MTV Films.[8]
MTV developed its first feature film in collaboration with Paramount Pictures, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, based on the MTV cartoon Beavis and Butt-Head. The film grossed $63.1 million on a $12 million budget.[9]
For the 1997–98 television season, MTV Productions dabbled in network television production, in conjunction with Paramount Network Television, sibling of Viacom, to produce the NBC comedy Jenny, the UPN (then-sister of MTV) comedy Hitz, and the WB drama Three. None of these lasted more than one season.[10]
On August 21, 1998, MTV Films has released another film, Dead Man on Campus, which starred Tom Everett Scott and Mark-Paul Gosselaar. It got negative reviews, and was a box office bomb, grossing $15.1 million on a $14 million budget.[11]
MTV Films' next feature project, 200 Cigarettes, released on February 26, 1999, was a box office bomb, grossing $6.8 million on a $6 million budget.[12]
In 2001, MTV produced Zoolander under the VH1 Films branding, which grossed $60.7 million on a $28 million budget.[13]
On August 21, 2006, Nickelodeon Movies, Comedy Central Films, and MTV Films became labels of the Paramount Motion Pictures Group. Less than eleven years later, in 2017, Paramount Players was created as a joint venture with MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, and BET Films. In 2019, MTV Studios launched MTV Documentary Films, a label producing and acquiring documentary features. In 2020, MTV Films was folded into MTV Studios. The following year, MTV Studios became MTV Entertainment Studios, encompassing content for and based on all of MTV Entertainment Group's brands.
Films
Theatrically released
| Title | Release date | Production company(s) | Distribution | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe's Apartment | July 26, 1996 | Geffen Pictures / Blue Sky Studios (animation) | Warner Bros. | $13 million | $4,619,014 |
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | December 20, 1996 | MTV Animation / Geffen Pictures / Judgemental Films | Paramount Pictures | $12 million | $63,118,386 |
| Dead Man on Campus | August 21, 1998 | Pacific Western Productions | $14 million | $15,064,946 | |
| Varsity Blues | January 15, 1999 | Tollin/Robbins Productions | $16 million | $54,294,169 | |
| 200 Cigarettes | February 26, 1999 | Lakeshore Entertainment | $6 million | $6,852,450 | |
| Election | May 7, 1999 | Bona Fide Productions | $25 million | $14,902,041 | |
| South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | June 30, 1999 | via Comedy Central Films; Scott Rudin Productions / Braniff Productions | Paramount Pictures (USA) Warner Bros. (International) |
$21 million | $83,137,603 |
| The Wood | July 16, 1999 | Paramount Pictures | $6 million | $25,059,640 | |
| The Original Kings of Comedy | August 18, 2000 | Latham Entertainment / 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks | $3 million | $38,182,790 | |
| Save the Last Dance | January 12, 2001 | Cort/Madden Productions | $13 million | $131,706,809 | |
| Pootie Tang | June 29, 2001 | Chris Rock Productions / HBO Downtown Productions / 3 Arts Entertainment / Alphaville Films | $7 million | $3,313,583 | |
| Zoolander | September 28, 2001 | via VH1 Films; Village Roadshow Pictures / NPV Entertainment / Red Hour Productions / Scott Rudin Productions | $28 million | $60,780,981 | |
| Orange County | January 11, 2002 | Scott Rudin Productions | $18 million | $41,032,915 | |
| Crossroads | February 15, 2002 | Zomba Films | $12 million | $61,141,030 | |
| Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat | August 2, 2002 | Runteldat Entertainment | $3 million | $19,184,820 | |
| Jackass: The Movie | October 25, 2002 | Dickhouse Productions / Lynch Siderow Productions | $5 million | $79,493,831 | |
| Better Luck Tomorrow | April 11, 2003 | $250,000 | $3,809,226 | ||
| The Fighting Temptations | September 19, 2003 | Handprint Films | $30 million | $32,750,821 | |
| Tupac: Resurrection | November 14, 2003 | Amaru Entertainment | $300,000 | $7,808,524 | |
| The Perfect Score | January 30, 2004 | Roger Birnbaum Productions / Tollin/Robbins Productions | $10,876,805 | ||
| Napoleon Dynamite | August 27, 2004 | HH Films | Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA) Paramount Pictures (International) |
$400,000 | $46,118,097 |
| Coach Carter | January 14, 2005 | Tollin/Robbins Productions | Paramount Pictures | $30 million | $76,669,806 |
| The Longest Yard | May 27, 2005 | Columbia Pictures / Happy Madison Productions / Callahan Filmworks | Paramount Pictures (USA) Sony Pictures (International) |
$82 million | $190,320,568 |
| Hustle & Flow | July 22, 2005 | Paramount Classics / New Deal Entertainment | Paramount Pictures | $2.8 million | $23,563,727 |
| Murderball | July 22, 2005 | Participant Media / A&E IndieFilms | THINKFilm | $350,000 | $1,750,211 |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | November 9, 2005 | G-Unit Films/Interscope/Shady/Aftermath Films | Paramount Pictures | $40 million | $46,442,528 |
| Æon Flux | December 2, 2005 | Lakeshore Entertainment / Valhalla Motion Pictures | $62 million | $52,304,001 | |
| Strangers with Candy | June 28, 2006 | via Comedy Central Films; Worldwide Pants / Robert/Davis Films | THINKFilm | $2.3 million | |
| Broken Bridges | September 6, 2006 | via CMT Films | Paramount Classics | $11 million | $252,539 |
| Jackass Number Two | September 22, 2006 | Dickhouse Productions / Lynch Siderow Productions | Paramount Pictures | $11.5 million | $84,618,532 |
| Freedom Writers | January 5, 2007 | Jersey Films / 2S Films | $21 million | $43,090,741 | |
| Reno 911!: Miami | February 23, 2007 | via Comedy Central Films; High Sierra Carpeting / Jersey Films / Double Feature Films / Principato-Young Entertainment | 20th Century Fox (USA) Paramount Pictures (International) |
$10 million | $22,021,262 |
| Blades of Glory | March 30, 2007 | DreamWorks Pictures / Red Hour Films / Smart Entertainment | Paramount Pictures | $53 million | $145,708,642 |
| How She Move | January 25, 2008 | Celluloid Dreams / Sienna Films | Paramount Vantage | $17 million | $8,533,187 |
| Stop-Loss | March 28, 2008 | Paramount Pictures | $25 million | $11,207,130 | |
| The Foot Fist Way | May 30, 2008 | Gary Sanchez Productions / You Know I Can't Kiss You, Inc. | Paramount Vantage | $79,000 | $245,292 |
| Dance Flick | May 22, 2009 | Wayans Bros. Entertainment | Paramount Pictures | $25 million | $31,439,140 |
| Jackass 3D | October 15, 2010 | Dickhouse Productions | $20 million | $170,256,125 | |
| Justin Bieber: Never Say Never | February 11, 2011 | Insurge Pictures / AEG Live / Island Records / Scooter Braun Films / L.A. Reid Media | $13 million | $98,441,954 | |
| Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain | September 9, 2011 | via Comedy Central Films; Codeblack Entertainment / Hartbeat Productions / Usual Suspects Productions | AMC Theatres | $750,000 | $7,706,436 |
| Footloose | October 14, 2011 | Spyglass Entertainment / Unique Features / Dylan Sellers / Weston Pictures / Zadan/Meron / Southern Cross the Dog / Storyline Entertainment | Paramount Pictures | $24 million | $62,701,289 |
| Katy Perry: Part of Me | July 3, 2012 | Insurge Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / AEG Live / Magical Elves Productions / Splinter Films / Pulse Films / EMI Music | $12 million | $31,911,815 | |
| Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | January 25, 2013 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Gary Sanchez Productions / Studio Babelsberg / Flynn Picture Company | $50 million | $225,703,475 | |
| Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | October 25, 2013 | Dickhouse Productions | $15 million | $151,826,547 | |
| Project Almanac | January 30, 2015 | Insurge Pictures / Platinum Dunes | $12 million | $32,200,000 | |
| 76 Days | December 4, 2020 | Distribution only; 76 Days LLC / Ford Foundation / XTR / Sundance Institute[14] | via MTV Documentary Films | ||
| Finding Yingying | December 11, 2020 | Distribution only; Kartemquin Films / Mitten Media / Nika Media[15] | |||
| 17 Blocks | February 19, 2021 | Distribution only; Beachside Films / Bunny Lake Films / 21 Balloons Productions[16] | |||
| Pink Skies Ahead | May 8, 2021 | Distribution only; Stampede Ventures / Divide/Conquer / Foton Pictures / Glanzrock Productions[17] | |||
| Ascension | October 8, 2021 | Distribution only; XTR / Firelight Media / Field of Vision / Cinereach / Chicken & Egg Pictures / The Sundance Institute / San Francisco Film Society[18] | via MTV Documentary Films | $17,200 | |
| Jackass Forever | February 4, 2022 | Dickhouse Productions / Gorilla Flicks | Paramount Pictures | $10 million | $60,850,771 |
| The Eternal Memory | August 11, 2023 | Micromundo / Fabula[19] | via MTV Documentary Films | $12,000 | |
| Pay or Die | November 1, 2023 | Sons of Rigor / Salty Features / Post Road Pictures / Artemis Rising Foundation |
Direct-to-video
| Title | Release date | Production company(s) | Distribution | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Save the Last Dance 2 | October 6, 2006 | Paramount Home Entertainment | $5 million | |
| Beneath | August 7, 2007 | Paramount Classics | ||
| Jackass Presents: Mat Hoffman's Tribute to Evel Knievel | May 27, 2008 | Dickhouse Productions | ||
| The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! | April 20, 2010 | Double Hemm / 6 Point Harness | $350,000 |
Streaming
| Title | Release date | Production company(s) | Service | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eli | October 18, 2019 | Paramount Players / Intrepid Pictures / Bellevue Productions | Netflix | $11 million |
| Madame X | September 23, 2021 | Paramount+ | ||
| South Park: Post Covid | November 25, 2021 | Comedy Partners / South Park Studios | ||
| South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid | December 16, 2021 | |||
| Three Months | February 23, 2022 | The Allegiance Theater | ||
| South Park The Streaming Wars | June 1, 2022 | Comedy Partners / South Park Studios | ||
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | June 23, 2022 | Titmouse, Inc. / Judgemental Films / 3 Arts Entertainment | ||
| South Park The Streaming Wars Part 2 | July 13, 2022 | Comedy Partners / South Park Studios | ||
| Teen Wolf: The Movie[20] | January 26, 2023 | First Cause, Inc. / Capital Arts Entertainment / MGM Television | ||
| Milli Vanilli | October 24, 2023 | MRC / Keep On Running Pictures / Fulwell 73 | ||
| South Park: Joining the Panderverse | October 27, 2023 | Comedy Partners / South Park Studios | ||
| Finestkind | December 15, 2023 | Between Two Trees Entertainment / Bosque Ranch Productions / 101 Studios | ||
| South Park (Not Suitable for Children) | December 20, 2023 | Comedy Partners / South Park Studios |
Upcoming films
| Title | Release date | Production company(s) | Distribution / Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finestkind | December 15, 2023 | Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment / Bosque Ranch Productions / 101 Studios | Paramount+ |
| Gay Kid and Fat Chick | TBA | Paramount Players |