Heyday Films

{{Short description|British film and television production company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Heyday Films Limited

| logo = Heyday Films logo.svg

| logo_caption = Logo used since 2008

| logo_padding =

| former_name =

| type = Private

| industry = Film • Television

| fate =

| owner = David Heyman

| products = Harry Potter film series

| successor =

| founded = {{Start year and age|1997}}

| founder = David Heyman

| defunct =

| hq_location_city =

| hq_location_country = United Kingdom

| key_people =

| services = Film production
Television production

| divisions = Heyday Television (joint venture with Universal International Studios)

| website =

}}

Heyday Films Limited is a British film and television production company founded in 1997 by producer David Heyman. The company made its feature film debut with Ravenous (1999), and is most successful for producing the Harry Potter film series, based on the series of popular fantasy novels of the same name by J. K. Rowling.{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter {{!}} 'We'll get to have fun with Peeves!' - new details for the Harry Potter TV series revealed, alongside 2025 production date at Leavesden {{!}} Wizarding World |url=https://www.harrypotter.com/news/production-details-and-location-revealed-for-harry-potter-tv-series |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.harrypotter.com |language=en}} In 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that Heyman and Amy Pascal would oversee the franchise moving forward and produce future installments in the James Bond film series through their Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films banners, respectively.{{cite web|title=Amazon's James Bond Franchise Officially Sets Amy Pascal, David Heyman as Producers of New Film|website=Variety|first=Alex|last=Ritman|date=25 March 2025|access-date=25 March 2025|url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-bond-amazon-amy-pascal-david-heyman-producers-1236347697/}}

History

Heyday Films Limited began in 1997 by producer David Heyman, after Heyman returned to England from the US.{{Cite web |date=2011-07-01 |title=David Heyman: Man behind the magic |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/david-heyman-man-behind-the-magic-2305637.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Filmography

=Feature films=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:100%;" ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Distributor(s) ! Budget ! Gross ! Notes
style="text-align:left" \| 1999 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Ravenous \| Antonia Bird \| 20th Century Fox \| $12 million \| $2 million \|
style="text-align:left" \| 2001 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone \| rowspan="2" \| Chris Columbus \| rowspan="5" \| Warner Bros. Pictures \| $125 million \| $1.024 billion \| Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
style="text-align:left" \| 2002 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets \| $100 million \| $879 million \|
style="text-align:left" \| 2004 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban \| Alfonso Cuarón \| $130 million \| $796.7 million \|
style="text-align:left" \| 2005 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire \| Mike Newell \| $150 million \| $897 million \| Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" \| 2007 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix \| David Yates \| $150 million \| $942 million \|
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| I Am Legend \| Francis Lawrence \| Warner Bros. Pictures / Roadshow Entertainment \| $150 million \| $585.3 million \|
style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" \| 2008 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas \| Mark Herman \| Miramax \| $12.5 million \| $44 million \|
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Is Anybody There? \| John Crowley \| Optimum Releasing \| {{n/a}} \| $3 million \|
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Yes Man \| Peyton Reed \| rowspan="4" \| Warner Bros. Pictures \| $70 million \| $223.2 million \|
style="text-align:left" \| 2009 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince \| rowspan="3" \| David Yates \| $250 million \| $934.4 million \|
style="text-align:left" \| 2010 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 \|rowspan=2\| $250 million \| $976.3 million \|
style="text-align:left" \| 2011 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 \| $1.342 billion \|
style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" \| 2013 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| We're the Millers \| Rawson Marshall Thurber \| Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema \| $37 million \| $270 million \|
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Gravity \| Alfonso Cuarón \| Warner Bros. Pictures \| $100 million \| $723.2 million \| Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film
style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" \| 2014 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Testament of Youth \| James Kent \| Lionsgate \| $10 million \| $5.3 million \|
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Paddington \| Paul King \| StudioCanal / TWC-Dimension \| $55 million \| $268 million \| Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" \| 2016 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| The Light Between Oceans \| Derek Cianfrance \| Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures \| $20 million \| $23.5 million \|
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them \| David Yates \| Warner Bros. Pictures \| $180 million \| $814 million \| Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
style="text-align:left" rowspan="1" \| 2017 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Paddington 2 \| Paul King \| StudioCanal / Warner Bros. Pictures \| $40 million \| $227 million \|
style="text-align:left" \| 2018 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald \| David Yates \| Warner Bros. Pictures \| $200 million \| $654 million \|
style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" \| 2019 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood \| Quentin Tarantino \| Sony Pictures Releasing \| $100 million{{cite web\|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/quentin-tarantino-awarded-california-tax-credits-movie-list-call-of-the-wild-nicole-kidman-dan-gilroy-1202212101/\|title=Quentin Tarantino's New Film Among 11 Features Awarded Latest CA Tax Credits\|last=Patten\|first=Dominic\|date=20 November 2017\|work=Deadline Hollywood\|access-date=28 June 2018}} \| $366 million \| Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Marriage Story \| Noah Baumbach \| Netflix \| $18 million \| $2.3 million \| Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
style="text-align:left" rowspan="1" \| 2020 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| The Secret Garden \| Marc Munden \| StudioCanal \| $20 million{{Cite news\|url= https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/08/08/us/ap-us-film-the-secret-garden.html \|title= Reimagining 'The Secret Garden' for a New Generation \|website= New York Times\|language=en \|date= 8 August 2020 \|access-date= 7 June 2023}} \| $8.7 million{{cite web\|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2702920/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 \|title= The Secret Garden (2020)\|work=Box Office Mojo\|access-date= 7 June 2023}} \|
style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" \| 2022 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore \| David Yates \| Warner Bros. Pictures \| $200 million \| $407.2 million \|
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| White Noise \| Noah Baumbach \| Netflix \| $100 million \| $79,040 \|
style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" \| 2023 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Barbie \| Greta Gerwig \| rowspan="2" \| Warner Bros. Pictures \| $145 million \| $1.446 billion \| Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Wonka \| Paul King \| $125 million \| $634.4 million \|
style="text-align:left" \| 2025 ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Jay Kelly{{cite news \|last1=Hammond \|first1=Pete \|url=https://deadline.com/video/amy-pascal-interview-challengers-venom/ \|title=Amy Pascal On Challenges And 'Challengers', Spidey's Future & Why Being A Studio Head Is "Everyone Doing What You Say Because You Have A Loaded Gun Under The Table" – Behind The Lens \|access-date=29 December 2024 \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|date=9 December 2024 \|language=en}} \| Noah Baumbach \| Netflix \| \| \|
rowspan="3" style="text-align:left" \| TBA ! scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| Klara and the Sun \| Taika Waititi \| Sony Pictures Releasing \| \| \|
scope="row" style="text-align:left" \| The Rivals of Amziah King \| Andrew Patterson \| Black Bear Pictures \| \| \|
style="text-align: left;" \|Untitled James Bond film \| \|Universal Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer \| \| \|

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"

! Year

! Title

! Director

! Distributor(s)

! Budget

! Gross

! Notes

style="text-align:left" | 1999

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ravenous

| Antonia Bird

| 20th Century Fox

| $12 million

| $2 million

style="text-align:left" | 2001

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

| rowspan="2" | Chris Columbus

| rowspan="5" | Warner Bros. Pictures

| $125 million

| $1.024 billion

| Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film

style="text-align:left" | 2002

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

| $100 million

| $879 million

style="text-align:left" | 2004

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

| Alfonso Cuarón

| $130 million

| $796.7 million

style="text-align:left" | 2005

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

| Mike Newell

| $150 million

| $897 million

| Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film

style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | 2007

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

| David Yates

| $150 million

| $942 million

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | I Am Legend

| Francis Lawrence

| Warner Bros. Pictures / Roadshow Entertainment

| $150 million

| $585.3 million

style="text-align:left" rowspan="3" | 2008

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

| Mark Herman

| Miramax

| $12.5 million

| $44 million

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Is Anybody There?

| John Crowley

| Optimum Releasing

| {{n/a}}

| $3 million

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Yes Man

| Peyton Reed

| rowspan="4" | Warner Bros. Pictures

| $70 million

| $223.2 million

style="text-align:left" | 2009

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

| rowspan="3" | David Yates

| $250 million

| $934.4 million

style="text-align:left" | 2010

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1

|rowspan=2| $250 million

| $976.3 million

style="text-align:left" | 2011

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

| $1.342 billion

style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | 2013

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | We're the Millers

| Rawson Marshall Thurber

| Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema

| $37 million

| $270 million

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Gravity

| Alfonso Cuarón

| Warner Bros. Pictures

| $100 million

| $723.2 million

| Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film

style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | 2014

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Testament of Youth

| James Kent

| Lionsgate

| $10 million

| $5.3 million

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Paddington

| Paul King

| StudioCanal / TWC-Dimension

| $55 million

| $268 million

| Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film

style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | 2016

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Light Between Oceans

| Derek Cianfrance

| Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

| $20 million

| $23.5 million

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

| David Yates

| Warner Bros. Pictures

| $180 million

| $814 million

| Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film

style="text-align:left" rowspan="1" | 2017

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Paddington 2

| Paul King

| StudioCanal / Warner Bros. Pictures

| $40 million

| $227 million

style="text-align:left" | 2018

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

| David Yates

| Warner Bros. Pictures

| $200 million

| $654 million

style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | 2019

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

| Quentin Tarantino

| Sony Pictures Releasing

| $100 million{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/quentin-tarantino-awarded-california-tax-credits-movie-list-call-of-the-wild-nicole-kidman-dan-gilroy-1202212101/|title=Quentin Tarantino's New Film Among 11 Features Awarded Latest CA Tax Credits|last=Patten|first=Dominic|date=20 November 2017|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=28 June 2018}}

| $366 million

| Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Marriage Story

| Noah Baumbach

| Netflix

| $18 million

| $2.3 million

| Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama

style="text-align:left" rowspan="1" | 2020

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Secret Garden

| Marc Munden

| StudioCanal

| $20 million{{Cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/08/08/us/ap-us-film-the-secret-garden.html |title= Reimagining 'The Secret Garden' for a New Generation |website= New York Times|language=en |date= 8 August 2020 |access-date= 7 June 2023}}

| $8.7 million{{cite web|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2702920/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |title= The Secret Garden (2020)|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date= 7 June 2023}}

style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | 2022

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

| David Yates

| Warner Bros. Pictures

| $200 million

| $407.2 million

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | White Noise

| Noah Baumbach

| Netflix

| $100 million

| $79,040

style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | 2023

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Barbie

| Greta Gerwig

| rowspan="2" | Warner Bros. Pictures

| $145 million

| $1.446 billion

| Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Wonka

| Paul King

| $125 million

| $634.4 million

style="text-align:left" | 2025

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Jay Kelly{{cite news |last1=Hammond |first1=Pete |url=https://deadline.com/video/amy-pascal-interview-challengers-venom/ |title=Amy Pascal On Challenges And 'Challengers', Spidey's Future & Why Being A Studio Head Is "Everyone Doing What You Say Because You Have A Loaded Gun Under The Table" – Behind The Lens |access-date=29 December 2024 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=9 December 2024 |language=en}}

| Noah Baumbach

| Netflix

rowspan="3" style="text-align:left" | TBA

! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Klara and the Sun

| Taika Waititi

| Sony Pictures Releasing

scope="row" style="text-align:left" | The Rivals of Amziah King

| Andrew Patterson

| Black Bear Pictures

style="text-align: left;" |Untitled James Bond film

|Universal Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

=Television productions=

==Television films==

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Credit ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" \| Notes
2010	Awkward Situations for Men	Executive producer
2011	Page Eight
2013	The Thirteenth Tale
rowspan=2\| 2014	Turks & Caicos	Executive producer
Salting the Battlefield	Executive producer

==Television series==

Heyday have produced a number of television series.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/nbc-drama-pilot-in-between-lives-heyday-television-1202663324/|title=NBC Orders Supernatural Drama Pilot From David Heyman's Heyday Television|last=Otterson|first=Joe|date=12 January 2018|work=Variety|access-date=11 September 2018|language=en-US}}

class="wikitable"
Title ! First aired ! Last aired ! Co-production(s) ! Network ! Ref.
Threshold \| 16 September 2005 \| 1 February 2006 \| Paramount Network Television Phantom Four Films Braga Productions \| CBS \|
The Long Song \| 18 December 2018 \| 20 December 2018 \| \| BBC One \|
The InBetween \| 29 May 2019 \| 14 August 2019 \| Universal Television Look at My New Bag \| NBC \|
The Capture \| 3 September 2019 \| 12 September 2022 \| NBCUniversal International Studios \| BBC One \|
The Adventures of Paddington \| 20 December 2019 \| 21 February 2025 \| StudioCanal Blue Zoo Animation Studio Superprod Studio \| Nickelodeon \|
Clickbait \| colspan=2\|20 August 2021 \| NBCUniversal International Studios Matchbox Pictures Tony Ayres Productions \| Netflix \|
Apples Never Fall \| colspan=2\|14 March 2024 \| Universal Content Productions Universal International Studios Matchbox Pictures Call Me Mel Productions Inc. \| Peacock \|
Harry Potter \|TBA \|TBA \|Warner Bros. Television Brontë Film and Television \|HBO \|{{Cite web \|title=HBO HARRY POTTER Series Finds Its Writer And Director {{!}} Pressroom \|url=https://press.wbd.com/ca/media-release/hbo-0/hbo-harry-potter-series-finds-its-writer-and-director \|access-date=2025-02-08 \|website=press.wbd.com}}

class="wikitable"

Title

! First aired

! Last aired

! Co-production(s)

! Network

! Ref.

Threshold

| 16 September 2005

| 1 February 2006

| Paramount Network Television
Phantom Four Films
Braga Productions

| CBS

The Long Song

| 18 December 2018

| 20 December 2018

| BBC One

The InBetween

| 29 May 2019

| 14 August 2019

| Universal Television
Look at My New Bag

| NBC

The Capture

| 3 September 2019

| 12 September 2022

| NBCUniversal International Studios

| BBC One

The Adventures of Paddington

| 20 December 2019

| 21 February 2025

| StudioCanal
Blue Zoo Animation Studio
Superprod Studio

| Nickelodeon

Clickbait

| colspan=2|20 August 2021

| NBCUniversal International Studios
Matchbox Pictures
Tony Ayres Productions

| Netflix

Apples Never Fall

| colspan=2|14 March 2024

| Universal Content Productions
Universal International Studios
Matchbox Pictures
Call Me Mel Productions Inc.

| Peacock

Harry Potter

|TBA

|Warner Bros. Television
Brontë Film and Television

|HBO

|{{Cite web |title=HBO HARRY POTTER Series Finds Its Writer And Director {{!}} Pressroom |url=https://press.wbd.com/ca/media-release/hbo-0/hbo-harry-potter-series-finds-its-writer-and-director |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=press.wbd.com}}

References

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{{cite news|last1=Macnab|first1=Geoffrey|title=David Heyman: Man behind the magic|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/david-heyman-man-behind-the-magic-2305637.html|access-date=31 May 2017|work=The Independent|date=1 July 2011}}

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