# The Geffen Film Company

The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company, The Geffen Film Company, Inc., and later Geffen Pictures) is an American film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks. The spherical Geffen Pictures logo, based on the logo of its record-label counterpart, was created by Saul Bass. Their most famous films are Risky Business (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Beetlejuice (1988) and its 2024 sequel, and Interview with the Vampire (1994).

## History

Geffen founded the company in 1982, having recruited Eric Eisner as president, and distributed its films through Warner Bros. Geffen was operated as a division of Warner Bros. As a result, following the company's shutdown in 1998, Warner Bros. now owns the company's library, with the exception of the 1996 Mike Judge comedy Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, which is owned by Paramount Pictures through MTV Entertainment Studios and The Geffen Company.
In 1990, The Geffen Film Company was renamed and reorganized as Geffen Pictures.
In 1993, Geffen and MTV Productions struck a two-picture deal.
The Geffen Pictures brand continued to be used on films by David Geffen until 1998, when it was folded into Warner Bros. The Companys logo was reused for the 2024 film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

## Filmography
### Feature films
#### 1980s

| Release date | Title | Director | Notes | Names | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
| February 5, 1982 | Personal Best | Robert Towne | | The Geffen Film Company | $15 million | $5.6 million |
| August 5, 1983 | Risky Business | Paul Brickman | | The Geffen Film Company | $6.2 million | $63.5 million |
| March 15, 1985 | Lost in America | Albert Brooks | | The Geffen Film Company | $4 million | $10.1 million |
| September 13, 1985 | After Hours | Martin Scorsese | co-production with Double Play Productions | The Geffen Film Company | $4.5 million | $10.6 million |
| December 19, 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | Frank Oz | | The Geffen Film Company | $25 million | $39 million |
| March 30, 1988 | Beetlejuice | Tim Burton | | The Geffen Film Company | $15 million | $74.2 million |

#### 1990s

| Release Date | Title | Director | Notes | Names | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
| February 2, 1990 | Men Don't Leave | Paul Brickman | | The Geffen Film Company | $7 million | $6 million |
| March 22, 1991 | Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks | | Geffen Pictures | N/A | $16.4 million |
| December 13, 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | Tony Scott | co-production with Silver Pictures | Geffen Pictures | $43 million | $114.5 million |
| October 1, 1993 | M. Butterfly | David Cronenberg | | Geffen Pictures | N/A | $1.4 million |
| November 11, 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Neil Jordan | | Geffen Pictures | $60 million | $223.7 million |
| July 26, 1996 | Joe's Apartment | John Payson | co-production with MTV Productions | Geffen Pictures | $13 million | $4.6 million |
| October 11, 1996 | Michael Collins | Neil Jordan | | Geffen Pictures | $25 million | $27.5 million |
| December 20, 1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | Mike Judge | co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Productions | Geffen Pictures | $12 million | $63.1 million |
| April 3, 1998 | The Butcher Boy | Neil Jordan | | Geffen Pictures | N/A | $1.96 million |

#### 2020s

| Release Date | Title | Director | Notes | Names | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
| September 6, 2024 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | Tim Burton | co-production with Plan B Entertainment, Domain Entertainment and Tim Burton Productions | The Geffen Company | $100 million | $451.1 million |

### Television series

| Years | Title | Networks | Notes | Names | Seasons | Episodes |
| 1989–1996 | Tales from the Crypt | HBO | Co-production with Tales from the Crypt Holdings | Uncredited | 7 | 93 |
| 1989–1991 | Beetlejuice | ABC (seasons 1–3) Fox Kids (season 4) | Co-production with Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Tim Burton, Inc. and Nelvana | The Geffen Film Company (seasons 1–2) Geffen Pictures (seasons 3–4) | 4 | 94 |