What if DreamWorks Pictures was founded in 1980 as The Geffen Film Company?

== Changes ==
* It would be founded by David Geffen (along with Geffen Records).
* It will be known as The Geffen Film Company, Inc. (1980-1990), Geffen Pictures (1990-1994), DreamWorks Pictures (1994-present)
** it's distribution arm would be named DreamWorks Distribution (1997-present)
* It would be owned by General Electric (1990-2004) and NBCUniversal (2004-present)
* DreamWorks distributed its films through Warner Bros. (1980-1997) and Universal Pictures (1997-2004) until NBCUniversal was formed and become a division of Universal Pictures.
* DreamWorks would distribute the 1981 American supernatural horror film The Evil Dead in North America in 1982 rather than New Line Cinema in United States in 1983 in the real world.
* DreamWorks would distribute the 1987 American comedy horror film Evil Dead II in North America with Rosebud Releasing Corporation.
* DreamWorks would distribute the 1992 American comedy horror film Army of Darkness in North America rather than Universal Pictures in North America in the real world.
* DreamWorks would distribute Richard Williams' animated movie The Princess and the Cobbler (released in North America & United Kingdom as The Thief and the Cobbler) in North America and select territories in 1994 rather than Miramax Films in North America in 1995 in the real world.
* Small Soldiers would be the first film to be released by DreamWorks Animation before Antz as DreamWorks' first computer animated feature film & The Prince of Egypt as DreamWorks' first traditionally animated feature film, and the film would have several changes, for example, the Gorgonites are the villains, Arnold Schwarzenegger did get the part of Major Chip Hazard, and the film's budget would be higher.
*DreamWorks Animation will never spun off into a separate public company.
== Info ==
DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG and formerly The Geffen Company, The Geffen Film Company, Inc., Geffen Pictures, and later DreamWorks Studios, commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film production company, and a division of NBCUniversal. It was founded on 1980 known as The Geffen Film Company.
=== The Geffen Film Company: original founding ===
Geffen founded the company along with Geffen Records in 1980, having recruited Eric Eisner as president, and distributed its films through Warner Bros. Geffen operated it as a division of Warner Bros. In 1982, The Geffen Film Company release it's first film, Personal Best.
=== Acquisition by General Electric ===
In 1990 The Geffen Film Company (renamed as Geffen Pictures) & Geffen Records (After a decade of operating through WMG, when its contract with the company expired) was sold to General Electric. The deal ultimately earned David Geffen an estimated US$800 million in stock and an employment contract that ran until 1995. Following the sale, Geffen Pictures operated as a division of General Electric, and will continue to distribute its films through Warner Bros., while Geffen Records was transferred to Geffen Pictures.
=== Renamed as DreamWorks SKG ===
General Electric acquired Amblin Entertainment following Jeffrey Katzenberg's resignation from The Walt Disney Company in 1994. Katzenberg approached Steven Spielberg and David Geffen about renaming the studio, which had not been done in decades due to the risk and expense, but all three were very successful. They agreed on three conditions: They would make fewer than nine movies a year, they would be free to work for other studios if they chose, and they would go home in time for dinner. Geffen Pictures was renamed as DreamWorks SKG, which was later officially founded on October 12, 1994, while distributing its films through Warner Bros., with financial backing of $33 million from each of the three partners plus $500 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and $300 million from CJ Group heiress Miky Lee [ko]. Lee's CJ Group would acquire distribution rights to DreamWorks films in Asia except Japan. Their new studio was based at offices on the Universal Studios lot, in the same bungalow as Amblin Entertainment. Despite access to sound stages and sets, DreamWorks preferred to film motion pictures on location. Usually, however, the company would film in a soundstage or set in a major studio.
In December 1994, DreamWorks Television was formed as in conjunction with with NBC. The company was set up to produce series for broadcast networks, cable channels and first run syndication, with no first-look guarantee for NBC and off-network syndications such as ABC, UPN, Fox and The WB, but financial incentives favored the network. Their first show, Champs, was scheduled as a mid-season replacement for NBC. Dan McDermott was named the division's chief executive in June 1995. DreamWorks Television's first success was Spin City on UPN.
In 1995, traditional animation artists from Amblimation joined the new studio, which led to DreamWorks buying part of Pacific Data Images, a company specializing in visual effects, and renaming it PDI/DreamWorks. Both were software divisions and would merge later on. By then, DreamWorks had the traditional animators working for their animation department, and the computer animators worked on CG films. Amblimation would be shut down in 1997, leading the staff to join DreamWorks Animation.[citation needed] The same year, DreamWorks Interactive, a computer and video game developer and joint venture between DreamWorks and Microsoft, was founded. On February 24, 2000, Electronic Arts announced the acquisition of DreamWorks Interactive and merged it with EA Pacific and Westwood Studios to form EA Los Angeles, later Danger Close Games.[citation needed]
In June 1995, DreamWorks announced that it had signed a $1 billion deal with MCA Inc. (then parent company of Universal Pictures) to distribute its theatrical releases in other countries and its home video releases worldwide over 10 years, meaning that DreamWorks' distribution deal with Warner Bros. would set to expire in 1997 with the release of The Butcher Boy being released on July 13, 1997 in Ireland, February 20, 1998 in the UK & April 3, 1998 in the US as the final DreamWorks film distributed by Warner Bros. under their original distribution agreement. MCA also bought a 2% stake in the company for $54 million.
In 1996, the company's record label, DreamWorks Records, was founded, the first project of which was George Michael's album Older. The first band signed to the label was eels, who released their debut album Beautiful Freak that year. The record company never lived up to expectations, though, and was sold in October 2003 to Universal Music Group, which operated the label as DreamWorks Nashville.
In 1997, DreamWorks Pictures released its first three feature films, The Peacemaker, a film about terrorism; Amistad, Spielberg's first film for the studio about an African slave rebellion and the aftermath of the massacre; and Mouse Hunt, the studio's first family film about two brothers trying to fight a mischievous mouse, while Warner Bros. now owns the pre-1997 The Geffen Film Company/DW Studios, LLC library, with the exception of the 1996 Mike Judge comedy Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, which is owned by Paramount Pictures via Paramount Animation, MTV Entertainment Studios and MTV Animation.
In 1998, the United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lawsuit against DreamWorks for trademark infringement by Dreamwerks Production Group, Inc., a company mostly specializing in Star Trek conventions. The same year, PDI/DreamWorks produced its first full-length animated features, Small Soldiers, Antz and The Prince of Egypt, which were distributed by DreamWorks Pictures.
In 2000, DreamWorks was planning in building a studio backlot after buying 1,087 acres of land in the Playa Vista area in Los Angeles. It was to be complete with 18 sound stages, with many office buildings and a lake. There would also be new homes, schools, churches, and museums. The project was to be completed in 2001, but was cancelled for financial reasons. Starting in 1999, DreamWorks won three consecutive Academy Awards for Best Picture for American Beauty, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind (the latter two were co-productions with Universal Pictures). The same year, Go Fish Pictures, a division of DreamWorks with the objective to distribute art-house, independent and foreign films, was founded. The division experienced success with the anime films Millennium Actress (2003) and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004), respectively, which led them to venture into releasing live-action films, with the release of The Chumscrubber. However, The Chumscrubber was a commercial and critical failure, which led DreamWorks to shut down the division in 2007 shortly after the release of the Japanese film Casshern.[citation needed] In 2002, DreamWorks signed a deal with In Demand.
=== NBCUniversal era (2004-present) ===
On August 2, 2004, DreamWorks Pictures was transferred to Universal Pictures after NBCUniversal was formed.
On March 17, 2006, NBCUniversal agreed to sell a controlling interest in the DreamWorks Pictures library that was produced by Paramount Pictures, MTV Films & Nickelodeon Movies to Viacom (The company that acquired Lionsgate on February 1, 2006). The film library was valued at $900 million. The sale was completed on May 8, 2006.
On June 2008, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group signs the multi-year production deal with DreamWorks Pictures.
DreamWorks' slate of films in 2011, I Am Number Four, Cowboys & Aliens, and Fright Night failed, while The Help, Real Steel and Spielberg's War Horse had success at the box office. This left DreamWorks so financially drained that by 2011, the company was seeking additional funding from Reliance. Reliance gave a $200 million investment in April 2012. Under the deal, DreamWorks Pictures scaled back production to three films per year and sought co-financiers on big budget films, such as 20th Century Fox, who co-financed Lincoln and Bridge of Spies. The company continued to have Disney distribute and market their films. In August that year, after re-negotiating their agreement with Disney, DreamWorks formed a deal with Mister Smith Entertainment to distribute its films in EMEA, while Disney would continue to distribute in North America, Latin America, Australia, Russia, and some territories in Asia. In July 2012, NBCUniversal won a $155 million bid to acquire Classic Media, which has since been renamed to DreamWorks Classics.
In September 2015, it was reported that DreamWorks and Disney would not renew their distribution deal, which was set to expire in August 2016, with The Light Between Oceans being released in September as the final DreamWorks film distributed by Disney under their original distribution agreement. During that time, DreamWorks was in early negotiations with Universal Pictures to distribute its upcoming films. The contract allowing Spielberg to license the DreamWorks name and logo from Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation was set to expire on January 1, 2016, leading to media speculation that Spielberg would not renew the pact. Disney retained the film rights to the fourteen DreamWorks films it released, as well as acquiring the "DreamWorks II Distribution Co. LLC" copyright from DreamWorks and Reliance in December 2015.
On December 16, 2015, Spielberg, Reliance, Entertainment One, and Participant Media partnered to launch the content production company Amblin Partners, relegating DreamWorks to a brand for adult-themed films produced under the new company. In addition to DreamWorks, the new company also would produce films under the Amblin Entertainment and Participant banners. On the same day, Amblin Partners announced a five-year distribution deal with Universal, under which the company's films would be distributed and marketed by either the main Universal label or its specialty label, Focus Features. The Girl on the Train was the first film released under the new agreement, though a few films, like The Post and The Trial of the Chicago 7, were released by other distributors.
===Filmography===
====1980s====
Release Date 	Title 	Director 	Notes 	Names 	Budget 	Gross (worldwide)
February 5, 1982 	Personal Best 	Robert Towne 	First film from The Geffen Film Company. 	The Geffen Film Company	$15 million 	$5.6 million
October 8, 1982 	The Evil Dead 	Sam Raimi 	North American distribution only 	The Geffen Film Company	$2.7 million 	$29.4 million
Risky Business 	Paul Brickman 	 	$6.2 million 	The Geffen Film Company	$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 13, 1987 	Evil Dead II 	Sam Raimi 	North American co-distribution with Rosebud Releasing Corporation	The Geffen Film Company	$3.5 million 	$5.9 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
February 19, 1993 	Army of Darkness 	Sam Raimi 	North American Distribution, co-production with Dino De Laurentiis Communications, Renaissance Pictures and Introvision International 	Geffen Pictures 	$11 million	$21.5 million
October 1, 1993 	M. Butterfly 	David Cronenberg 	 	Geffen Pictures 	N/A 	$1.4 million
May 13, 1994 	The Thief and the Cobbler 	Richard Williams 	Distribution only 	Geffen Pictures 	$28 million	N/A
November 11, 1994 	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles	Neil Jordan 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	$60 million	$223.7 million
July 26, 1996 	Joe's Apartment 	John Payson 	co-production with MTV Productions 	DreamWorks Pictures 	$13 million	$4.6 million
October 11, 1996 	Michael Collins 	Neil Jordan 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	$25 million	$27.5 million
December 20, 1996 	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America 	Mike Judge 	co-production with Paramount Pictures, MTV Productions And Judgemental Films 	DreamWorks Pictures 	$12 million	$63.1 million
July 13, 1997 (Ireland)
February 13, 1998 (UK)
April 3, 1998 (US)	The Butcher Boy 	Neil Jordan 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	N/A 	$1.96 million
The Peacemaker 	September 23, 1997 	 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
Mouse Hunt 	December 19, 1997 	 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
Amistad 	December 25, 1997 	co-production with HBO Pictures; Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
Paulie 	April 17, 1998 	co-production with Mutual Film Company 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
May 8, 1998 	Deep Impact 	Mimi Leder 	co-production with Paramount Pictures 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
July 10, 1998 	Small Soldiers 	Joe Dante 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images and Amblin Entertainment; first film to be released by DreamWorks Animation 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
July 24, 1998 	Saving Private Ryan 	Steven Spielberg 	North American distribution, co-production with Paramount Pictures, Amblin Entertainment and Mutual Film Company; BAFTA Award for Best Film, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama; Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
Antz 	October 2, 1998 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation and Pacific Data Images; DreamWorks' first computer animated feature film 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
The Prince of Egypt	December 18, 1998 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation; DreamWorks' first traditionally animated feature film 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
In Dreams 	January 15, 1999 	co-production with Amblin Entertainment 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
Forces of Nature 	March 19, 1999 	 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
The Love Letter 	May 21, 1999 	 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
The Haunting 	July 22, 1999 	 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
American Beauty 	October 1, 1999 	Academy Award for Best Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
Galaxy Quest 	December 25, 1999 	 	 	DreamWorks Pictures 	 	
====2000s ====
Title 	Release date 	Notes
Road to El Dorado 	March 31, 2000 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation
Gladiator 	May 5, 2000 	co-production with Universal Pictures and Scott Free; Academy Award for Best Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Road Trip 	May 19, 2000 	co-production with The Montecito Picture Company
Small Time Crooks 	May 19, 2000 	
Chicken Run 	June 23, 2000 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation, Pathé and Aardman Animations, DreamWorks' first stop-motion animated feature film; Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
What Lies Beneath 	July 21, 2000 	North American distributor, co-production with 20th Century Fox and ImageMovers
Almost Famous 	September 22, 2000 	co-production with Vinyl Films and Columbia Pictures; Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film; Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Meet the Parents 	October 6, 2000 	International distributor, co-production with Universal Pictures and MTV Films
The Contender 	October 13, 2000 	co-production with Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG
The Legend of Bagger Vance 	November 3, 2000 	North American distributor, co-production with 20th Century Fox and Allied Filmmakers
Cast Away 	December 22, 2000 	International distributor, co-production with 20th Century Fox, ImageMovers and Playtone
An Everlasting Piece 	December 25, 2000 	co-production with Columbia Pictures
The Mexican 	March 2, 2001 	North American distributor, co-production with Newmarket Films
Shrek 	May 18, 2001 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation and PDI/DreamWorks; First winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature; Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film; Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Evolution 	June 8, 2001 	North American distribution, co-production with Columbia Pictures and The Montecito Picture Company
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 	June 29, 2001 	International theatrical and North American home video distribution, co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 	August 24, 2001 	in association with VCL Communications GmbH
The Last Castle 	October 19, 2001 	
A Beautiful Mind 	December 21, 2001 	co-production with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment; Academy Award for Best Picture, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama; Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film
The Time Machine 	March 8, 2002 	North American distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Hollywood Ending 	May 3, 2002 	
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 	May 24, 2002 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation; Nominee for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
Minority Report 	June 21, 2002 	International theatrical and North American home video distribution, co-production with 20th Century Fox and Amblin Entertainment
Road to Perdition 	July 12, 2002 	co-production with 20th Century Fox; Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
The Tuxedo 	September 27, 2002 	co-production with Vanguard Films, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions
The Ring 	October 18, 2002 	co-production with MacDonald/Parkes Productions, MTV Films and BenderSpink, Inc.
Catch Me If You Can 	December 25, 2002 	co-production with Amblin Entertainment; Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Biker Boyz 	January 31, 2003 	
Old School 	February 21, 2003 	co-production with The Montecito Picture Company
Head of State 	March 28, 2003 	
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 	July 2, 2003 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation; DreamWorks' last traditionally animated feature film
Seabiscuit 	July 25, 2003 	co-production with Universal Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, and The Kennedy/Marshall Company; Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Anything Else 	September 19, 2003 	co-production with Hyde Park Entertainment
The Cat in the Hat 	November 21, 2003 	International distribution, co-production with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment
House of Sand and Fog 	December 19, 2003 	co-production with Cobalt Media Group
Paycheck 	December 25, 2003 	co-production with Paramount Pictures
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 	January 23, 2004 	
Eurotrip 	February 20, 2004 	co-production with The Montecito Picture Company
Envy 	April 30, 2004 	co-production with Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Baltimore/Spring Creek Pictures
Shrek 2 	May 19, 2004 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation and PDI/DreamWorks; Nominated - Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The Stepford Wives 	June 11, 2004 	co-production with Paramount Pictures
The Terminal 	June 18, 2004 	co-production with Amblin Entertainment, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 	July 9, 2004 	co-production with Apatow Productions and MTV Films
Collateral 	August 6, 2004 	North American distributor, co-production with Paramount Pictures, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Shark Tale 	October 1, 2004 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation
Surviving Christmas 	October 22, 2004 	
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	December 17, 2004 	International distributor, co-production with Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Meet the Fockers 	December 22, 2004 	International distributor, co-production with Universal Pictures, MTV Films and Everyman Pictures
The Ring Two 	March 18, 2005 	co-production with Parkes/MacDonald Productions and MTV Films
Madagascar 	May 27, 2005 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation and PDI/DreamWorks
War of the Worlds 	June 29, 2005 	International theatrical and domestic home media distribution only; co-production with Paramount Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
The Island 	July 22, 2005 	co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, and Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Red Eye 	August 19, 2005 	
Just Like Heaven 	September 16, 2005 	co-production with Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 	October 7, 2005 	co-production with DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations; Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio 	October 14, 2005 	co-production with Revolution Studios and ImageMovers
Dreamer 	October 21, 2005 	
Memoirs of a Geisha 	December 9, 2005 	studio credit only, co-production with Columbia Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Red Wagon Entertainment; Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
Munich 	December 23, 2005 	co-production with Universal Pictures, Alliance Atlantis, Amblin Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company; Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture
Match Point 	December 28, 2005 	USA distribution, co-production with BBC Films; Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
She's the Man 	March 17, 2006 	co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment and The Donners' Company
Over the Hedge 	May 19, 2006 	co-production with DWA Glendale
The Last Kiss 	September 15, 2006 	co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment
Flags of Our Fathers 	October 20, 2006 	co-production with Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions and Amblin Entertainment
Flushed Away 	November 3, 2006 	co-production with Aardman Animationsand DWA Glendale
Dreamgirls 	December 25, 2006 	co-production with Paramount Pictures
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 	January 5, 2007 	co-production with Summit Entertainment, Constantin Film, Bernd Eichinger Productions and Davis Films
Letters from Iwo Jima 	February 2, 2007 	co-production with Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions and Amblin Entertainment
Norbit 	February 9, 2007 	co-production with Davis Entertainment and Eddie Murphy Productions
Blades of Glory 	March 30, 2007 	co-production with MTV Films, Red Hour Films and Smart Entertainment
Disturbia 	April 13, 2007 	co-production with Cold Spring Pictures and The Montecito Picture Company
Shrek the Third 	May 18, 2007 	co-production with Pacific Data Images and DWA Glendale
The Heartbreak Kid 	October 5, 2007 	
Things We Lost in the Fire 	October 19, 2007 	
Bee Movie 	November 2, 2007 	co-production with Columbus 81 Productions & DWA Glendale
The Kite Runner 	December 14, 2007 	co-production with Paramount Classics, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Participant Productions
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 	December 21, 2007 	co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, Parkes/MacDonald Productions and The Zanuck Company
The Ruins 	April 4, 2008 	co-production with Spyglass Entertainment and Red Hour Films
Kung Fu Panda 	June 6, 2008 	co-production with James Baxter Animation (opening sequence only) and DWA Glendale
Tropic Thunder 	August 13, 2008 	co-production with Red Hour Productions
Ghost Town 	September 19, 2008 	co-production with Spyglass Entertainment and Pariah
Eagle Eye 	September 26, 2008 	co-production with K/O Paper Products
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 	November 7, 2008 	co-production with Pacific Data Images and DWA Glendale
Revolutionary Road 	December 26, 2008 	co-production with BBC Films and Paramount Vantage
The Uninvited 	January 30, 2009 	co-production with Cold Spring Pictures, Parkes/MacDonald Productions, The Montecito Picture Company and Vertigo Entertainment
I Love You, Man 	March 20, 2009 	co-production with De Line Pictures and The Montecito Picture Company
Monsters vs. Aliens 	March 27, 2009 	co-production with DWA Glendale
The Soloist 	April 24, 2009 	studio credit only, co-production with Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Participant Media, Between Two Trees, Working Title Films and Krasnoff Foster Entertainment
The Lovely Bones 	December 11, 2009 (premiere) January 15, 2010 (wide)	co-production with Paramount Pictures, Film4 and Wingnut Films
Up in the Air 	 	Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, produced with Cold Spring Pictures, The Montecito Picture Company, Rickshaw Productions, Right of Way Films
====2010s====
Title 	Release date 	Notes 	U.S. distributor 	International distributor
She's Out of My League 	March 12, 2010 	co-production with Paramount Pictures and Mosaic Media Group 	Paramount Pictures 	DreamWorks Pictures
How to Train Your Dragon 	March 26, 2010 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Shrek Forever After 	May 21, 2010 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Dinner for Schmucks 	 	co-production with Spyglass Entertainment, Parkes/MacDonald Productions and Everyman Pictures, Reliance Entertainment 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Megamind 	November 5, 2010 	co-production with Pacific Data Images and DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Little Fockers 	 	produced with Relativity Media, TriBeCa Productions and Everyman Pictures 	DreamWorks Pictures	Paramount Pictures
No Strings Attached 	 	produced with Cold Spring Pictures LLC and Spyglass Entertainment Funding, LLC Montecito Picture Co. 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
I Am Number Four 	February 18, 2011 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Kung Fu Panda 2 	May 26, 2011 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Cowboys & Aliens 	July 29, 2011 	co-production with Relativity Media, Reliance Entertainment and Imagine Entertainment 	DreamWorks Pictures	Paramount Pictures
The Help 	August 10, 2011 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Imagenation Abu Dhabi, 1492 Pictures, and Harbinger Pictures; nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Fright Night 	August 19, 2011 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Real Steel 	October 7, 2011 	co-production with ImageMovers, Reliance Entertainment and 21 Laps Entertainment 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Puss in Boots 	October 28, 2011 	co-production with DWA Glendale and DWA India 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
War Horse 	December 25, 2011 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment and the Kennedy/Marshall Company; nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
A Thousand Words 	 	produced with Saturn Films, Eddie Murphy Productions and Work After Midnight Films 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 	June 8, 2012 	co-production with Pacific Data Images and DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
People Like Us 	June 29, 2012 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment and K/O Paper Products 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Lincoln 	November 16, 2012 	co-production with 20th Century Fox, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Amblin Entertainment, and The Kennedy/Marshall Company; nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture 	DreamWorks Pictures	20th Century Fox
Rise of the Guardians 	November 21, 2012 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
The Croods 	March 22, 2013 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Turbo 	July 7, 2013 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
The Fifth Estate 	October 18, 2013 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media and Anonymous Content 	DreamWorks Pictures	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)
Delivery Man 	November 22, 2013 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment 	DreamWorks Pictures	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman 	March 14, 2014 	co-production with Pacific Data Images, Bullwinkle Studios and DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Need for Speed 	March 14, 2014 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment, Electronic Arts, and Bandito Brothers 	DreamWorks Pictures	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 	June 13, 2014 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
The Hundred-Foot Journey 	August 8, 2014 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Image Nation, Amblin Entertainment and Harpo Films 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Penguins of Madagascar 	November 26, 2014 	co-production with Pacific Data Images, DWA Glendale and DWA India 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Home 	March 27, 2015 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Bridge of Spies 	October 16, 2015 	co-production with Fox 2000 Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Marc Platt Productions, TSG Entertainment, Studio Babelsberg and Amblin Entertainment; nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture	DreamWorks Pictures	20th Century Fox
Kung Fu Panda 3 	January 29, 2016 	co-production with China Film Group Corporation, Oriental DreamWorksZhong Ming You Ying Film & DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
The Light Between Oceans 	September 2, 2016 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media and Heyday Films 	DreamWorks Pictures	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)
The Girl on the Train 	 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment and Marc Platt Productions 	Universal Pictures 	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA) Universal Pictures (International)
Trolls 	November 4, 2016 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Office Christmas Party 	December 9, 2016 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment, Entertainment 360 and Bluegrass Films 	DreamWorks Pictures	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA) Paramount Pictures (International)
Ghost in the Shell 	March 31, 2017 	North American theatrical distribution only, co-production with Reliance Entertainment and Arad Productions 	DreamWorks Pictures	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA) Paramount Pictures (International)
The Boss Baby 	March 31, 2017 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie 	June 2, 2017 	co-production with Scholastic Entertainment, Mikros Image (Montreal) & Technicolor Animation Productions 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Thank You for Your Service 	October 27, 2017 	co-production with Reliance Entertainment and Rahway Road Productions 	Universal Pictures 	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA) DreamWorks Pictures (International)
The Post 	December 22, 2017 	co-production with TSG Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, Participant Media, Pascal Pictures and Star Thrower Entertainment; nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture 	20th Century Fox 	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA) DreamWorks Pictures (International)
First Man 	October 12, 2018 	co-production with Temple Hill Entertainment and Perfect World Pictures 	Universal Pictures 	Universal Pictures
Green Book 	November 16, 2018 	co-production with Participant Media; winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture 	Universal Pictures 	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)Universal Pictures (International)
Welcome to Marwen 	December 21, 2018 	co-production with ImageMovers and Perfect World Pictures 	Universal Pictures 	Universal Pictures
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	February 22, 2019 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Abominable 	September 27, 2019	co-production with Pearl Studio and DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
1917 	December 25, 2019 	co-production with Neal Street Productions, Mogambo and New Republic Pictures; nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture 	Universal Pictures 	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)Universal Pictures (International)
 	 	 	Universal Pictures 	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)Universal Pictures (International)
====2020s====
Title 	Release date 	Notes 	U.S. distributor 	International distributor
The Turning 	January 24, 2020 	co-production with Amblin Entertainment and Vertigo Entertainment 	DreamWorks Pictures	
Trolls World Tour 	April 19, 2020 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures
Hulu	DreamWorks Pictures
Netflix
The Trial of the Chicago 7 	September 25, 2020	co-production with Paramount Pictures, Cross Creek Pictures and Marc Platt Productions; nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture	DreamWorks Pictures
Peacock	Paramount Pictures
Netflix
The Croods: A New Age 	November 25, 2020 	co-production with DWA Gelndale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Oslo 	May 29, 2021 	co-production with HBO Films, Bold Films, and Marc Platt Productions 	Warner Bros. Pictures
HBO Max	DreamWorks Pictures
Spirit Untamed 	June 4, 2021 	co-production with Jellyfish Pictures88 Pictures 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Stillwater 	July 30, 2021 	co-production with Participant, Anonymous Content, Slow Pony and 3dot Productions 	Focus Features 	Mister Smith Entertainment (EMEA)Universal Pictures (International)
The Boss Baby: Family Business	July 7, 2021 	co-production with DWA Glendale and Jellyfish Pictures 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 	February 18, 2022 	International distributor, co-production with Legendary Pictures, Exurbia Films and Bad Hombre 	Warner Bros. Pictures
New Line Cinema
HBO Max	DreamWorks Pictures
Netflix
The Bad Guys 	April 22, 2022 	co-production with Scholastic Entertainment 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Easter Sunday 	August 5, 2022 	co-production with Rideback 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 	December 21, 2022 	co-production with DWA Glendale 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Distant 	January 27, 2023 	co-production with Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Automatik Entertainment and Six Foot Turkey Productions 	DreamWorks Pictures	DreamWorks Pictures
Silent Night 	TBA 	co-production with Thunder Road Pictures and Capstone Studios 	DreamWorks Pictures	Universal Pictures
====Primary owners and distributors==== 
*Warner Bros. (since 1982 for pre-1997 The Geffen Film Company/DW Studios, LLC catalog, except for Beavis and Butt-Head Do America owned by Paramount Global's Paramount Pictures, released on home video since 2021 by Studio Distribution Services, LLC., a joint venture between Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)
*Universal Pictures (since 1997 for post-1997 DW Studios, LLC catalog, excluding DreamWorks' co-productions with MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies owned by Paramount Global's Paramount Pictures, released on home video since 2021 by Studio Distribution Services, LLC., a joint venture between Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)
== See also ==
What if News Corporation acquired Marvel Entertainment Group in 1989?
What if The Walt Disney Company merged with Capital Cities/ABC in 1993?
What if News Corporation acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. in 1999?
What if ViacomCBS was founded in 2000?
What if Disney-ABC Enterprises acquired Fox Entertainment Group in 2001?
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