private joint venture industry film founded march 28 2011 ; 5 years ago 2011 03 28 key people tom ortenberg ceo elliott kleinberg coo steven andriuzzo elliott cfo 1 owner regal entertainment group amc theatres both owning 50 % website www.openroadfilms.com open road films or simply open road is an american film production and distribution company based in los angeles california . it was launched in march 2011 by the two largest u.s. theatrical exhibitors amc theatres and regal entertainment group . contents 1 company history 2 filmography 2.1 upcoming films 3 international distribution 3.1 uk ireland 3.2 australia new zealand 3.3 canada 4 references 5 external links company history edit in march 2011 amc entertainment and regal entertainment group announced the hiring of tom ortenberg as chief executive officer of their new production company open road films . ortenberg previously an executive of lionsgate and the weinstein company 2 filled out his executive team with the april 2011 hirings of jason cassidy president of marketing elliott kleinberg general counsel and executive vice president of operations and business affairs steven andriuzzo chief financial officer and ben cotner senior vice president of acquisitions . 3 the studio released its first film killer elite on 23 september 2011 directed by gary mckendry and starring jason statham clive owen and robert de niro . 4 open road s 2015 film spotlight received six academy award nominations and became the surprise winner for best picture at the 88th academy awards also winning for best original screenplay . these were the first oscar wins for the company . 5 open road s titles are distributed in the home entertainment market by universal pictures home entertainment uphe a deal that was signed when open road was created in 2011 and extended with a new deal in 2014 . 6 7 in june 2011 a few months after it started operations open road films signed a pay tv deal with netflix 8 which expires in 2016 . in october 2013 the studio signed a pay tv deal with showtime that begins in 2017 and expires in 2020 . 9 filmography edit release date title director budget gross september 23 2011 killer elite gary mckendry 70 million 56 383 756 january 27 2012 the grey joe carnahan 25 million 77 278 331 march 9 2012 silent house chris kentis laura lau 2 million 13 101 672 april 13 2012 lockout stephen saint leger james mather 20 million 32 000 000 august 24 2012 hit and run david palmer dax shepard 2 million 14 453 354 september 21 2012 end of watch david ayer 7 million 48 126 384 october 26 2012 silent hill revelation 3d michael j. bassett 20 million 52 302 796 january 11 2013 a haunted house 10 michael tiddes 2.5 million 60 141 683 february 8 2013 side effects steven soderbergh 30 million 63 372 757 march 29 2013 the host andrew niccol 40 million 63 327 201 august 16 2013 jobs 11 joshua michael stern 12 million 35 931 410 october 11 2013 machete kills 12 robert rodriguez 20 million 15 008 161 november 29 2013 homefront 12 gary fleder 22 million 43 058 898 december 27 2013 justin bieber s believe jon m. chu 5 million 10 980 157 january 17 2014 the nut job 13 peter lepeniotis 42 million 120 885 527 march 28 2014 14 sabotage 15 david ayer 35 million 17 508 518 april 18 2014 a haunted house 2 16 michael tiddes 4 million 23 959 486 may 9 2014 chef 17 jon favreau 11 million 18 45 967 935 july 25 2014 the fluffy movie 19 manny rodriguez 2 827 393 october 31 2014 nightcrawler dan gilroy 8.5 million 38 697 217 november 14 2014 rosewater jon stewart 10 million 3 158 135 january 30 2015 the loft erik van looy 14 million 10 076 790 march 20 2015 the gunman pierre morel 40 million 15 859 440 april 24 2015 little boy alejandro g mez monteverde 20 million 6 485 961 june 19 2015 dope 20 21 rick famuyiwa 7 million 22 16 752 298 october 23 2015 rock the kasbah 23 barry levinson 15 million 24 3 175 704 25 november 6 2015 spotlight 26 tom mccarthy 20 million 27 90 206 716 28 january 29 2016 fifty shades of black 29 michael tiddes 5 million 30 21 164 799 february 26 2016 triple 9 31 john hillcoat 20 million 32 23 390 380 33 april 29 2016 mother s day 34 garry marshall 25 million 43 792 859 july 29 2016 gleason 35 clay tweel 583 664 september 16 2016 snowden 36 oliver stone 40 million 20 522 286 october 14 2016 max steel 37 stewart hendler upcoming films edit release date title director november 18 2016 bleed for this 38 ben younger february 3 2017 39 collide eran creevy february 24 2017 sleepless 40 baran bo odar may 19 2017 the nut job 2 41 42 cal brunker july 14 2017 midnight sun 43 scott speer august 4 2017 blazing samurai 44 chris bailey mark koetsier january 18 2019 playmobil robbers thieves & rebels lino disalvo 45 tba all eyez on me benny boom tba marshall reginald hudlin tba the key man 46 47 tba international distribution edit open road distributes their films to other countries as well through another distributor originating in that country . uk ireland edit entertainment film distributors 2011 2012 studiocanal uk 2012 2013 vertigo films 2013 present lionsgate uk 2013 present entertainment one 2013 present australia new zealand edit icon films international 2011 present canada edit entertainment one 2011 present vvs films 2011 present some titles elevation pictures 2014 present some titles references edit cunningham todd . december 16 2013 open road films puts money on pair of financial executives . the wrap . accessed on december 16 2013 . szalai georg march 7 2011 . amc entertainment regal to acquire and release 8 10 films a year . hollywoodreporter.com the hollywood reporter . retrieved june 2 2011 . mike fleming jr. amc regal s film distribution venture open road sets executive team . deadline . retrieved 2 april 2015 . mike fleming jr. open road sets first release with fall date on killer elite . deadline . retrieved 2 april 2015 . cunningham todd february 29 2016 . open road boss dedicates spotlight oscar win to sexual abuse victims . thewrap.com 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