# Paramount Players

Paramount Players is an American film production label of Paramount Pictures, focusing on "contemporary properties" while working with other Paramount Global brands. The name alludes to the company's earliest origins as Famous Players Film Company, before its 1914 founding by William Wadsworth Hodkinson.

## History

On June 7, 2017, Jim Gianopulos, who joined Paramount Pictures as the Chairman and CEO in March, announced the launch of the Paramount Players division with Brian Robbins, the founder and former CEO of AwesomenessTV, as president. Robbins will work with Viacom's Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and BET operations to generate projects while the new division focuses on "contemporary properties." The division was created after Paramount and Viacom expressed disappointment at Comedy Central stars Jordan Peele and Amy Schumer producing their own films (2017's Get Out and 2015's Trainwreck, respectively) for Universal Pictures due to feeling "unwelcome" by Paramount's former executives.
On August 17, 2017, Paramount Players acquired its first project, which is a film adaptation of the book Vacation Guide to the Solar System by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley.
On October 1, 2018, Brian Robbins left his position as the president of Paramount Players after Viacom tapped him to be the president of Nickelodeon, ending his 16-month run at the studio. Despite leaving the studio, he will remain involved with Paramount Players' Nickelodeon films (Dora and the Lost City of Gold and Playing with Fire). Wyck Godfrey, the president of Paramount Motion Picture Group, is serving as interim and will oversee day-to-day operations with support from Robbins until Paramount finds a new president for the studio.
On June 30, 2020, Emma Watts replaced Wyck Godfrey as the president of Paramount Motion Picture Group and began on July 20 (Godfrey returned to producing). In October, Watts tapped Jeremy Kramer as president.
On March 8, 2022, Kramer stepped down and the studio's operations were merged into the purview of Mike Ireland and Daria Cercek, the head executives of the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group, though Paramount Players and its current film inventory remains otherwise unaffected.

## Films
### Released films

| Release date | Title | Notes |
| November 2, 2018 | Nobody's Fool | Co-produced by Tyler Perry Studios and BET Films |
| February 8, 2019 | What Men Want | Co-produced by Will Packer Productions and BET Films |
| August 9, 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Walden Media, Media Rights Capital and Burr! Productions |
| October 18, 2019 | Eli | Distributed by Netflix; co-produced by MTV Films, Intrepid Pictures and Bellevue Productions |
| November 8, 2019 | Playing with Fire | Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies, Walden Media and Broken Road Productions |
| May 19, 2020 | Body Cam | Co-produced by Ace Entertainment and BET Films |
| October 30, 2020 | Spell | Co-produced with LINK Entertainment and MC8 Entertainment |
| October 29, 2021 | Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin | Distributed by Paramount+; co-produced with Blumhouse Productions |
| February 11, 2022 | The In Between | Distributed by Paramount+ in United States and Netflix in all other regions |
| May 13, 2022 | Senior Year | Distributed by Netflix; co-produced with Broken Road Productions |
| June 17, 2022 | Jerry & Marge Go Large | Distributed by Paramount+; co-produced with Landline Films and Levantine Films |
| August 19, 2022 | Orphan: First Kill | Co-produced by Dark Castle Entertainment, Entertainment One and Sierra/Affinity |
| September 23, 2022 | On the Come Up | Distributed by Paramount+; co-produced with Temple Hill Entertainment and State Street Pictures |
| September 30, 2022 | Smile | Co-produced by Temple Hill Entertainment |
| October 7, 2022 | Significant Other | Distributed by Paramount+; co-production with Quay Street Productions |
| October 6, 2023 | Pet Sematary: Bloodlines | Distributed by Paramount+; co-production with Di Bonaventura Pictures and Room 101, Inc. |
| January 12, 2024 | Mean Girls | Co-produced by Broadway Video and Little Stranger |
| September 27, 2024 | Apartment 7A | Distributed by Paramount+; co-produced with Sunday Night Productions and Platinum Dunes |
| October 18, 2024 | Smile 2 | Co-produced with Temple Hill Entertainment |

### In development

| Title | Notes |
| American Son | Co-produced by Original Film |
| Born A Crime | Co-produced by Day Zero Productions, Mainstay Entertainment and Eba Productions |
| Coachella | Co-produced by Gotham Group |
| Creepy Crawlers | Co-produced by Original Film and Jakks Pacific |
| Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado | Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies |
| Double Fault | Co-produced by Broken Road Productions |
| Fashionista | Co-produced by Ethea Entertainment and Kellagio Entertainment |
| Frankly in Love | Co-produced by Alloy Entertainment |
| Gay Kid and Fat Chick | Co-produced by MTV Entertainment Studios |
| Gucci Mane | Co-produced by Imagine Entertainment |
| Indecent Proposal | |
| Koreatown Ghost Story | Co-produced by Original Film |
| Man of War | Co-produced by Vendetta Productions |
| Marked Man | |
| One Night in Compton | Co-produced by Khalabo Ink Society |
| Opposite of Always | Co-produced by Temple Hill Entertainment |
| Planet of the Nerds | Co-produced by Broken Road Productions |
| Pumpkinhead | |
| Queen for a Day | Co-produced by Brownstone Productions |
| Quinceanerx | Co-produced by 'Twas Entertainment |
| Razorblade Tears | Co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
| Shhh | Co-produced by Ace Entertainment |
| Slime | |
| The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik | Co-produced by Gotham Group |
| Vacation Guide to the Solar System | |
| White Smoke | Co-produced by Ace Entertainment |
| Whitney | Co-produced by Marginal Mediaworks and Peachtree & Vine Productions |
| Unboxing | Co-produced by PocketWatch |
| Untitled Aline Brosh McKenna film | |
| Untitled Colin Minihan film | Co-produced by Vertigo Entertainment |
| Untitled H. G. Wells film | Co-produced by OddBall Entertainment |
| Untitled Jay Longino film | |
| Untitled LeBron James film | Co-produced by SpringHill Company |

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films :
| Rank | Title | Year | Worldwide gross | Budget |
| 1 | Smile | 2022 | $217.4 million | $17 million |
| 2 | Smile 2 | 2024 | $138.1 million | $28 million |
| 3 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | 2019 | $120.6 million | $49 million |
| 4 | Mean Girls | 2024 | $104.4 million | $36 million |
| 5 | What Men Want | 2019 | $72.2 million | $20 million |
| 6 | Playing with Fire | 2019 | $68.6 million | $30 million |
| 7 | Orphan: First Kill | 2022 | $44 million | — |
| 8 | Nobody's Fool | 2018 | $33.5 million | $19 million |