Atlas Entertainment, LLC is an American film financing and production company, started by Charles Roven, Bob Cavallo and Dawn Steel in 1994. Its logo features the Greek Titan Atlas, which was the basis for the company's name.
History In 1990, Charles Roven and partner Bob Cavallo formed Roven/Cavallo Entertainment. At the same time, wife Dawn Steel, who was formerly employee of Columbia Pictures formed Steel Pictures, and signed a deal with Walt Disney Studios to produce feature films.
In March 1994, they merged Roven/Cavallo Entertainment with Steel Pictures to create a new entity Atlas Entertainment, and it signed an exclusive feature film deal with Turner Pictures, with international backers, including TF1.
In 1997, Bob Cavallo left Atlas Entertainment to join Walt Disney Studios. Later that year, Dawn Steel, a manager in the company, died.
On July 29, 1999, Atlas Entertainment was merged with Gold/Miller Management to create Mosaic Media Group.
In 2008, Charles Roven split off their ties from Mosaic Media Group, and relaunched Atlas Entertainment with a first-look deal at Sony Pictures.
On May 6, 2014, Atlas promoted Curt Kanemoto from production executive to VP of production, joining Andy Horwitz and Jake Kurily, Topher Rhys-Lawrence from first assistant to creative executive, joining Rebecca Roven and Dan Wiedenhaupt, and promoted Patrick Blood from Atlas executive to VP of legal and business affairs. In December 2014, Atlas started its subsidiary, a management company called Atlas Artists, headed by Dave Fleming.
Charles Roven and Richard Suckle produced 2013 film American Hustle, for which both producers were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture. 12 Monkeys episode “Mentally Divergent” was also nominated for Cinematography Awards. Atlas also produced the films The Whole Truth with Suckle, while Warcraft (release date June 10, 2016) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (release date March 25, 2016) with Roven. Uncharted was also produced by Atlas along with Arad Productions. Atlas co-produced the 2023 film Oppenheimer with Syncopy Inc., which won multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture for Roven, Emma Thomas and director Christopher Nolan.
Filmography
Theatrical films
1990s YearTitleDistributorNotesBudgetGross (worldwide)1995AngusNew Line Cinemaco-production with Turner Pictures and the BBC$1.5 million$4.8 million12 MonkeysUniversal Picturesco-production with Classico$29.5 million$168.8 million1998FallenWarner Bros. Picturesco-production with Turner Pictures$46 million$25.2 millionCity of Angelsco-production with TaurusFilm and Regency Enterprises$55 million$198.7 million1999Three Kingsco-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Village-A.M. Film Partnership and Coast Ridge Films$48 million$107.7 million
2000s YearTitleDistributorNotesBudgetGross 2002RollerballMetro-Goldwyn-Mayerco-production with Helkon Media KG, Mosaic Media Group, Toho-Towa and Yorktown Productions$70 million$25.9 millionScooby-DooWarner Bros. Picturesco-production with Mosaic Media Group$84 million$275.7 million2004Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed$25–80 million$181.2 million2005The Brothers GrimmDimension Filmsco-production with Mosaic Media Group, Daniel Bobker Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer$80–88 million$105.3 million2006IdlewildUniversal Picturesco-production with Forensic Films, HBO Films and Mosaic Media Group$10 million$12.6 million2008Get SmartWarner Bros. Picturesco-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Mosaic Media Group, Mad Chance and Callahan Filmworks$80 million$230.7 million2009The InternationalSony Pictures Releasingco-production with Columbia Pictures and Relativity Media$50 million$60.2 million
2010s YearTitleDistributorNotesBudgetGross2011Season of the Witch Relativity Media co-production with Rogue$40 million$91.6 million2013Get LuckyUniversal Picturesunder Atlas Independent; co-production with Gateway Films$5 millionAmerican HustleSony Pictures Releasingco-production with Columbia Pictures and Annapurna Pictures$40 million$251.2 million2014Open GraveTribeca Filmsunder Atlas Independent; co-production with 852 Films and Speranza13 Media$489,8122016MojaveA24under Atlas Independent; co-production with Henceforth Pictures and MICA Entertainment$8,602Batman v Superman: Dawn of JusticeWarner Bros. Picturesco-production with DC Entertainment, RatPac Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films$250–300 million$873.6 millionWarcraftUniversal Picturesco-production with Legendary Pictures, Blizzard Entertainment, Tencent Pictures and Huayi Brothers$160 million$439 millionSuicide SquadWarner Bros. Picturesco-production with DC Films and RatPac Entertainment$175 million$746.8 millionThe Whole TruthLionsgate Premiereco-production with FilmNation Entertainment, PalmStar Entertainment, Likely Story and Merced Media$7.9 million$1.8 millionThe MonsterA24under Atlas Independent; co-production with Unbroken Pictures$3 million$74,700The Hollow PointVertical Entertainmentunder Atlas Independent$9,1492017The Great WallUniversal Picturesco-production with Legendary East, China Film Group, Le Vision Pictures, Dentsu Inc. and Fuji Television Network, Inc.$150 million$334.9 millionWonder WomanWarner Bros. Picturesco-production with DC Films, RatPac Entertainment, Cruel and Unusual Films, Tencent Pictures and Wanda Pictures$120–150 million$821.8 millionJustice Leagueco-production with DC Films, RatPac Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films$300 million$657 million
2020s YearTitleDistributorNotesBudgetGross2020Wonder Woman 1984Warner Bros. Picturesco-production with DC Films and The Stone Quarry$200 million$188.1 million2021The Suicide Squadco-production with DC Films and The Safran Company$185 million$167.4 million2022UnchartedSony Pictures Releasingco-production with Columbia Pictures, Arad Productions and PlayStation Productions$120 million$407.1 million2023OppenheimerUniversal Picturesco-production with Syncopy Inc.$100 million$976 million2026MercyAmazon MGM Studiosco-production with Bazelevs Company$60 million$54.6 million
Upcoming YearTitleDistributorNotes 2027 The Thomas Crown Affair Amazon MGM Studios co-production with Outlier Society TBA American SpeedAmazon MGM Studios Road House 2 co-production with Nine Stories Productions and Silver Pictures Redcoat TBA co-production with Ghost Machine
Direct-to-video/streaming films YearTitleDistributorNotes2007Live!Vivendi Entertainmentco-production with Vivendi2013Revenge for Jolly!Sony Pictures Releasingunder Atlas Independent; co-production with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and A Saboteur2019Triple FrontierNetflixco-production with Netflix Original Films2021Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueHBO Maxco-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Access / Dune Entertainment and The Stone Quarry2024The KillerPeacockco-production with Entertainment One, A Better Tomorrow Films and Taewon Entertainment2025ViciousParamount Picturesunder Atlas Independent
Television series YearsTitleNetworkNotesSeasonsEpisodes2015–201812 MonkeysSyfyco-production with Division Street (seasons 3–4) and Universal Cable Productions4472018–2020Dirty JohnBravo (season 1)USA Network (season 2)co-production with Universal Content Productions, Los Angeles Times Studios and Nutmegger2162019What/IfNetflixco-production with Page Fright, Compari Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television1102025Aka Charlie Sheenco-production with Skydance Television, Boardwalk Pictures and North of Now Group2
Television films YearTitleNetworkNotes2010Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake MonsterCartoon Networkco-production with Warner Premiere, Telvan Productions and Nine/8 Entertainment
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