production company . for the former television syndication firm cbs films inc. see viacom original . cbs films inc. type division 1 industry motion pictures predecessor cbs theatrical films founded march 2007 ; 9 years ago march 2007 2 founder leslie moonves 1 headquarters brentwood los angeles 1 united states key people terry press president products films owner national amusements number of employees 18 2016 3 parent cbs corporation website www.cbsfilms.com cbs films is an american film production and distribution company founded in 2007 as a division of cbs corporation 3 and is considered a mini major studio . 4 cbs films will distribute develop and produce four to six 50 million budget movies a year . 2 contents 1 background 2 company history 3 filmography 3.1 upcoming 4 see also 5 references 6 external links background edit cbs made a brief move into film production in 1967 creating cinema center films 5 and closed in 1972 as an unprofitable unit . 6 in 1979 cbs launched a new theatrical films division which was officially named cbs theatrical films the following year . 7 while this was in operation cbs entered into a joint venture with columbia pictures and hbo called tri star pictures . 8 cbs eventually dropped out of the venture in 1985 9 and cbs theatrical films came to an end that same year . 10 in 2000 cbs was bought by viacom which also owned paramount pictures . citation needed company history edit in march 2007 following the 2006 split from viacom and paramount cbs corp. launched cbs films with the hiring of bruce tobey as head of business affairs legal finance and video distribution . amy baer was hired in september 2007 as president and ceo for cbs films . 2 with cbs owning a cable movie channel this division was created to make content for the channel . 3 on november 17 2009 cbs signed with sony pictures for a three year deal for international distribution . 11 12 the studio s launch seemed to well timed to its executives with the closure or restructuring of many film studios including the formerly prominent metro goldwyn mayer miramax films and warner independent pictures . also that cbs will be able to well market its films with all its parent corporation s advertising channels from broadcast to billboards . 1 the studio released its first film extraordinary measures on january 22 2010 1 and flopped . cbs films released its second film a romantic comedy the back up plan in april 2010 with so so results . opening over the five day thanksgiving weekend faster its third film and the dwayne johnson action flick was weak at the box office with a 12 million start . 13 in august the company purchased distribution rights for the first time for the remake movie the mechanic . 14 cbs moved to replace bruce tobey chief operations officer with wolfgang hammer in november 2010 . 13 after releasing five films and only one gross over 30 million cbs films s revenue are lower than expected . effectively after its march 2011 release cbs halts its film slate and moves to acquire films at film festivals . baer also is released after the ended of her contract in october with a trio of senior executives left to head up the division . 15 on april 23 2012 cbs films named hammer and terry press co presidents . press who had been consulting for the studio since 2010 oversees creative distribution marketing and physical production . hammer will oversees all business finance legal affairs and acquisitions including financed co financed and completed projects for the division . 16 hammer moved cbs films into becoming a major film acquisition mover thus allowing internal projects to development more . cbs s highest profile purchase was 4 million for inside llewyn davis which won cannes grand prix and nominations for two academy and 3 golden globe awards . 17 in july 2014 hammer moved from being co president to being a consultant for digital . 17 in 2015 lionsgate took over cbs films distribution functions . 18 filmography edit the pay cable rights to the new cbs films library are held by cbs s premium cable networks showtime and the movie channel . 2 sony pictures also has foreign theatrical and home entertainment distribution rights for all cbs films products . 11 release date title notes budget gross worldwide january 22 2010 extraordinary measures 30 million 15.1 million april 23 2010 the back up plan 35 million 77.5 million november 24 2010 faster co production with tristar pictures and castle rock entertainment 24 million 35.5 million january 28 2011 the mechanic co production with millennium films 40 million 51.0 million march 4 2011 beastly 17 million 28.8 million february 3 2012 the woman in black us distribution only produced by hammer pictures uk film council alliance films exclusive media group and cross creek pictures 13 million 127.7 million march 9 2012 salmon fishing in the yemen us distribution only produced by lionsgate films uk film council and bbc films 14.5 million 34.6 million september 7 2012 the words 6 million 13.2 million october 12 2012 seven psychopaths co production with the british film institute blueprint pictures and film4 productions 15 million 23.5 million march 1 2013 the last exorcism part ii co production with studiocanal and strike entertainment 5 million 15.2 million may 31 2013 the kings of summer co production with big beach films n a 1.3 million july 26 2013 the to do list 1.5 million 3.9 million november 1 2013 last vegas co production with good universe ; international distribution was held by universal studios 28 million 134.4 million december 6 2013 inside llewyn davis us distribution only produced by studiocanal 11 million 13 million 17 april 4 2014 afflicted co production with entertainment one and im global 318 000 121 200 april 25 2014 gambit us home video distribution only 19 n a 14.2 million august 15 2014 what if us distribution only produced by entertainment one and telefilm canada 11 million 7.8 million september 26 2014 pride us distribution only co production with 20th century fox bbc films british film institute canal cin ingenious media and path 16.7 million february 20 2015 the duff co production with wonderland sound and vision 8.5 million 43.5 million november 13 2015 love the coopers co production with lionsgate films imagine entertainment groundswell productions and handwritten films 24 million 41.1 million march 25 2016 get a job co production and distribution with lionsgate premiere april 12 2016 flight 7500 20 co distribution with lionsgate 2.8 million august 12 2016 hell or high water co distribution with lionsgate 12 million 22.8 million october 7 2016 middle school the worst years of my life co distribution with lionsgate upcoming edit title release date notes budget gross worldwide patriots day december 21 2016 co distribution with lionsgate the sense of an ending tba co production with bbc films who gets bob 21 22 tba freaky monday 23 tba co production with gunn films sleeper spy 24 tba co producted by mandeville films wwe studios and tree house films it takes a village 25 tba co production with tristar pictures warner bros. pictures village roadshow pictures and broken road productions american assassin 26 tba international distribution by lionsgate deus ex human revolution 27 tba co production with square enix and eidos montreal see also edit cinema center films cbs theatrical films references edit a b c d e eller claudia ; amy kaufman january 11 2010 . prime time for cbs movie bet . los angeles times . retrieved july 27 2012 . a b c d eller claudia september 26 2007 . cbs names head of movie division . los angeles times . retrieved july 27 2012 . a b c siegel tatiana may 15 2009 . cbs tackles feature films . variety . retrieved july 27 2012 . manis aimee march 20 2013 . beyond the big 6 mini majors gain momentum . studio system news . retrieved march 20 2013 . oliver myrna october 18 2000 . gordon t. stulberg ; studio executive lawyer negotiator . los angeles times . 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december 1 2010 . retrieved july 27 2012 . fleming mike august 8 2010 . cbs films to distribute millennium redo the mechanic with jason statham . deadline.com . retrieved july 27 2012 . fritz ben september 30 2011 . amy baer out as head of cbs films . los angeles times . retrieved july 27 2012 . fritz ben april 24 2012 . cbs names two co presidents of its small film studio . los angeles times . retrieved july 27 2012 . a b c fleming mike jr july 22 2014 . insiders confirm cbs films co president wolfgang hammer move to digital . deadline . retrieved november 13 2014 . lionsgate takes over cbs films distribution & global sales . deadline . penske business media . november 13 2014 . retrieved november 13 2014 . cbs films move seven psychopaths up to october 12th delay gambit to winter 2013 . indiewire . retrieved august 14 2012 . the deadline team may 9 2012 . cbs films shifts dates for gambit 7500 . deadline hollywood . cbs films last vegas seven psychopaths the woman in black movie news 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