List of Silver Pictures productions

This is a list of produced films and television series by Los Angeles–based production company Silver Pictures, established on June 24, 1980, by Hollywood producer Joel Silver, currently run by Hal Sadoff as CEO and Susan Downey. Silver Pictures is also owner of his subsidiary Dark Castle Entertainment, established in 1999 by Silver with Robert Zemeckis and Gilbert Adler, currently run by Downey and Steve Richards.

Films

Year Film Director Distributor Notes
1984 Streets of Fire[1] Walter Hill Universal Pictures co-produced with RKO Pictures and Gordon Company Productions; first film
1985 Brewster's Millions
Weird Science John Hughes co-produced with Hughes Entertainment
Commando Mark L. Lester 20th Century Fox
1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash Penny Marshall co-produced with Lawrence Gordon Productions
1987 Lethal Weapon[2] Richard Donner Warner Bros.
Predator John McTiernan 20th Century Fox
1988 Die Hard[3] co-produced with Gordon Company
Action Jackson Craig R. Baxley Lorimar Film Entertainment
1989 Road House[4] Rowdy Herrington United Artists[4]
Lethal Weapon 2 Richard Donner Warner Bros.
1990 Die Hard 2 Renny Harlin 20th Century Fox
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Predator 2 Stephen Hopkins
1991 Hudson Hawk Michael Lehmann TriStar Pictures
Ricochet Russell Mulcahy Warner Bros. co-produced with HBO Pictures, Cinema Plus L.P. and Indigo Productions
The Last Boy Scout Tony Scott co-produced with The Geffen Film Company
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 Richard Donner
1993 Demolition Man[5] Marco Brambilla
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Joel and Ethan Coen Warner Bros. (North America)
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (International)
co-produced with Working Title Films
Richie Rich Donald Petrie Warner Bros. co-produced with Davis Entertainment and The Harvey Entertainment Company
1995 Assassins Richard Donner co-produced with Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
Fair Game Andrew Sipes
1996 Executive Decision Stuart Baird
1997 Fathers' Day Ivan Reitman co-produced with Northern Lights Entertainment
Conspiracy Theory Richard Donner co-produced with Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Clint Eastwood co-produced with Malpaso Productions
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 Richard Donner co-produced with Doshudo Productions
1999 The Matrix The Wachowskis co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Groucho II Film Partnership
2000 Dungeons & Dragons Courtney Solomon New Line Cinema co-produced with Behavior Worldwide and Sweetpea Entertainment
Romeo Must Die Andrzej Bartkowiak Warner Bros.[6]
2001 Exit Wounds co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures
Swordfish Dominic Sena
2003 Cradle 2 the Grave Andrzej Bartkowiak
The Matrix Reloaded The Wachowskis co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment
The Matrix Revolutions
2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Shane Black
2006 V for Vendetta James McTeigue co-produced with Virtual Studios, Anarchos Productions, DC/Vertigo Comics, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Fünfte Babelsberg Film GmbH
2007 The Invasion Oliver Hirschbiegel
James McTeigue (uncredited)
co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Vertigo Entertainment
The Brave One Neil Jordan co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures
Fred Claus David Dobkin
2008 Speed Racer The Wachowskis co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures, Anarchos Productions and Babelsberg Studio
2009 Ninja Assassin James McTeigue co-produced with Legendary Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment
Sherlock Holmes Guy Ritchie co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Wigram Productions
2010 The Book of Eli The Hughes Bros. co-produced with Alcon Entertainment
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Guy Ritchie co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures and Wigram Productions
2012 Project X Nima Nourizadeh co-produced with Green Hat Films
Dragon Eyes John Hyams After Dark Films co-produced with Dark Castle Entertainment and IM Global
Stash House Eduardo Rodríguez
El Gringo co-produced with G2 Pictures, IM Global and Tanweer Films
2014 Non-Stop Jaume Collet-Serra Universal Pictures co-produced with TF1 Films Production, Anton Capital Entertainment, Canal+, TF1 and LoveFilm
2015 The Gunman Pierre Morel Open Road Films co-produced with StudioCanal, Anton Capital Entertainment, Canal+, Nostromo Pictures and TF1 Films Production
2016 The Nice Guys Shane Black Warner Bros. co-produced with Waypoint Entertainment and Bloom
Collide Eran Creevy Open Road Films co-produced with IM Global, Sycamore Pictures, DMG Yinji, Hands-on Producers GmbH, 42 and Automatik
2017 Suburbicon[7] George Clooney Paramount Pictures[7] co-produced with Black Bear Pictures,[7] Dark Castle Entertainment, Huahua Media and Smoke House Pictures[7]
2018 Superfly Director X Sony Pictures Releasing co-produced by Columbia Pictures
2024 Road House Doug Liman Amazon MGM Studios co-produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
TBA Road House 2 Ilya Naishuller co-produced by Atlas Entertainment and Nine Stories Productions

Television series

Year Series Creator Network Notes
1999–2000 Action[8] Chris Thompson Fox co-production with Christopher Thompson Productions and Columbia TriStar Television
The Strip Alfred Gough
Miles Millar
UPN co-production with Millar Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television
2000 Freedom[9] Hans Tobeason co-production with Pandemonium Pictures Ltd. and Warner Bros. Television
2004 Next Action Star[10] N/A NBC co-production with Warner Bros. Television, NBC Studios and GRB Entertainment
2004–2007 Veronica Mars[11] Rob Thomas UPN (seasons 1–2)
The CW (season 3)
co-production with Rob Thomas Productions and Warner Bros. Television
2007–2008 Moonlight Ron Koslow
Trevor Munson
CBS co-production with Warner Bros. Television
2014 My Friends Call Me Johnny N/A Esquire Network

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films
Rank Title Year Worldwide gross Notes
1 The Matrix Reloaded 2003 $741,847,937[12] Co-produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment
2 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011 $543,848,418[13] Co-produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Wigram Productions
3 Sherlock Holmes 2009 $524,028,679[14] Co-produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Wigram Productions
4 The Matrix 1999 $467,841,735[15] Co-produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Groucho II Film
5 The Matrix Revolutions 2003 $427,344,325[16] Co-produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment
6 Lethal Weapon 3 1992 $321,731,527[17]
7 Lethal Weapon 4 1998 $285,444,603[18] Co-produced by Doshudo Productions
8 Die Hard 2 1990 $240,031,274[19] Co-produced by Gordon Company
9 Lethal Weapon 2 1989 $227,853,986[20]
10 Nonstop 2014 $222,200,000
11 Demolition Man 1993 $159,000,000
12 The Book of Eli 2010 $157,107,755[21] Co-produced by Alcon Entertainment
13 Swordfish 2001 $147,000,000
14 Conspiracy Theory 1997 $142,000,000
15 Die Hard 1988 $141,100,000
16 V for Vendetta 2005 $134,700,000
17 Executive Decision 1996 $122,100,000
18 Lethal Weapon 1987 $120,000,000
19 The Last Boy Scout 1991 $114,500,000
20 Project X 2012 $103,000,000
21 Predator 1987 $98,300,000
22 Fred Claus 2007 $97,800,000
23 Hudson Hawk 1991 $97,000,000
24 Speed Racer 2008 $93,000,000
25 Romeo Must Die 2001 $91,000,000

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