C2 Pictures

{{Infobox company

| name = C2 Pictures

| logo = C2 Pictures.jpg

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| predecessor = Carolco Pictures
Cinergi Pictures

| successor = The Halcyon Company

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1998}}

| defunct = {{Start date and age|2008}}

| fate = Dissolved

| location = Santa Monica, California, United States

| type = Private

| industry = Entertainment

| founder = Mario Kassar
Andrew G. Vajna

| products = Motion pictures, television series and video games

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C2 Pictures was an American independent media-entertainment company that specialized in film and television production.

History

The company was established in 1998 by Carolco Pictures co-founders Andrew G. Vajna (who had formed Cinergi Pictures until it folded in this same year) and Mario Kassar.{{Cite web|last1=Petrikin|first1=Chris|last2=Carver|first2=Benedict|date=1998-03-27|title=Kassar & Vajna redux|url=https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/kassar-vajna-redux-1117469201/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Variety|language=en-US}} In 1999, VCL Communications and Toho-Towa were attached as partners on the then-upcoming feature film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.{{Cite web|last=Harris|first=Dana|date=2000-07-12|title=Cameron won't be back|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/cameron-won-t-be-back-1117783604/|access-date=2021-12-11|website=Variety|language=en-US}} The company assigned Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the right to co-produce Basic Instinct 2.{{Cite web|last=DiOrio|first=Carl|date=2000-08-16|title=Lion rolls dice|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/lion-rolls-dice-1117785185/|access-date=2021-12-11|website=Variety|language=en-US}} Both sequels were co-produced by international backer Intermedia.{{Cite web|last=DiOrio|first=Carl|date=2003-07-06|title=Arnold's back but B.O. isn't|url=https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/arnold-s-back-but-b-o-isn-t-1117888875/|access-date=2021-12-11|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

The company's first production was action comedy film I Spy (2002). Though this film was the company's first, Kassar and Vajna's initial purpose for forming the new company was to resurrect the Terminator franchise.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440830/bio Mario Kassar - Biography] In 2008, the company fell into dormancy and eventually was dissolved.{{Cite web |date=2021-11-09 |title=Carolco Films: Another Independent Story Of Success And Demise |url=https://insessionfilm.com/carolco-films/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=InSession Film |language=en-US}}

Filmography

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! Release Date

! Title

! Director(s)

! Production partner(s)

! Distributor(s)

! Budget

! Box office

November 1, 2002

| I Spy

| Betty Thomas

| Columbia Pictures,
Tall Trees Productions,
Sheldon Leonard Productions

| Sony Pictures Releasing

| $70 million{{cite web|title=Movie I Spy - Box Office Data|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/I-Spy|publisher=The Numbers|access-date=15 August 2011}}

| $60.3 million

July 2, 2003

| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines{{Cite web|date=2012-04-03|title=IM :: Internationalmedia AG|url=http://www.internationalmedia.de/de/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=30|access-date=2021-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403165030/http://www.internationalmedia.de/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=30|archive-date=April 3, 2012}}

| Jonathan Mostow

| Columbia Pictures,{{Cite web|last1=Brodesser|first1=Claude |last2=Harris|first2=Dana|date=2002-01-03|title=Sony has 'T3' o'seas|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/news/sony-has-t3-o-seas-1117857897/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Variety|language=en-US}}
Intermedia Films

| Warner Bros. Pictures
{{small|(United States/Canada)}},
Sony Pictures Releasing
{{small|(International)}}

| $187.3 million ($167.3 million excluding production overhead)

| $433.3 million{{Cite web|title=Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3413476865/|access-date=2021-02-20|website=Box Office Mojo}}

March 31, 2006

| Basic Instinct 2

| Michael Caton-Jones

| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Intermedia Films

| Sony Pictures Releasing

| $70 million

| $38.6 million{{Cite web|date=2012-01-29|title=Basic Instinct 2 (2006) - Box Office Mojo|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=basicinstinct2.htm|access-date=2021-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129041357/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=basicinstinct2.htm|archive-date=January 29, 2012}}

November 10, 2006

| Children of Glory

| Krisztina Goda

| N/A

| Bunyik Entertainment
{{small|(United States)}}

| N/A