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RatPac Entertainment

RatPac Entertainment, LLC is an American media and entertainment company that finances and produces motion pictures, television, documentaries, live theater, and podcasts, owned by Brett Ratner and James Packer.[1]

Company type

Rat Entertainment
Dune Entertainment

2013 (2013)

Access Entertainment

Worldwide

Brett Ratner (CEO)

Brett Ratner
James Packer

RatPac Television
RatPac Documentary Films

History[edit]

RatPac Entertainment was formed in 2013 by Hollywood director and producer Brett Ratner and media and resort billionaire James Packer.


In September 2013, RatPac partnered with Dune Entertainment on a multi-year motion picture co-financing arrangement with Warner Bros., financing over $1 billion for 75 of the studio's films[2][3]


In December 2013, RatPac signed a deal starting as of January 1, 2014 to finance films as part of a production deal between Plan B Entertainment and New Regency.[4]


RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 81 theatrically released motion pictures exceeding $17 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac's co-financed films have been nominated for 59 Academy Awards, 25 Golden Globes and 43 BAFTAs and have won 25 Academy Awards, 8 Golden Globes and 24 BAFTAs.


In late 2017, Access Entertainment bought Packer's controlling stake in the company. In 2019, Georgetown directed by Christoph Waltz, was released by Paramount Pictures.[5]


In 2021, Reddit r/wallstreetbets founder Jaime Rogozinski sold the rights to his life story to the company following the short squeeze of GameStop's stocks.[6] The documentary "The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution" directed by Ondi Timoner debuted on Netflix on January 1, 2024.[7]

Dune Entertainment[edit]

Dune Entertainment was a company founded by Steven Mnuchin in 2004. Dune and RatPac partnered on many films.


Mnuchin founded Dune Entertainment as a side business. It financed a number of large-budget films, mostly for 20th Century Fox, including the X-Men film franchise and Avatar.[8][9][10] In 2012, after Dune's deal with 20th Century Fox ended, Mnuchin worked with the filmmaker Brett Ratner and the Australian businessman James Packer to merge his Dune Entertainment company with Ratner and Packer's newly founded RatPac Entertainment joint venture. This formed RatPac-Dune Entertainment, which agreed to a financing deal with Warner Bros.


Between 2013 and 2018, RatPac-Dune financed many films for Warner Bros., including American Sniper and Mad Max: Fury Road. Mnuchin was co-chairman of the trio's movie company, Relativity Media, but left seven months before it went bankrupt.[11]

(2013)[14] (co-production with Heyday Films)

Gravity

(2013)[14] (co-production with Gerber Pictures)

Grudge Match

(2014) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Weed Road Pictures)

Winter's Tale

(2014) (co-production with Happy Madison Productions, Flower Films and Gulfstream Pictures)

Blended

(2014) (co-finance with Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.) (copyright holder)[17]

Godzilla

(2014) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures)

Edge of Tomorrow

(2014) (co-production with GK Films)

Jersey Boys

(2014) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Gary Sanchez Productions)

Tammy

(2014) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures)

Into the Storm

(2014) (co-production with Spring Creek Pictures and 21 Laps Entertainment)

This Is Where I Leave You

(2014) (with New Line Cinema)

Annabelle

(2014) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures)

The Judge

(2014) (co-production with IAC Films and Ghoulardi Film Company)

Inherent Vice

(2014) (with New Line Cinema)

Horrible Bosses 2

(2014) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures)

American Sniper

(2015) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures)

Jupiter Ascending

(2015) (co-production with Overbrook Entertainment and Di Novi Pictures)

Focus

(2015) (co-production with Vertigo Entertainment)

Run All Night

(2015) (co-production with Gary Sanchez Productions)

Get Hard

(2015) (U.S. distribution only)

The Water Diviner

(2015) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Kennedy Miller Mitchell)

Mad Max: Fury Road

(2015) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures)

San Andreas

(2015) (co-production with HBO Films)

Entourage

(2015)

Magic Mike XXL

(2015) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Blumhouse Productions; uncredited)

The Gallows

(2015) (with New Line Cinema)

Vacation

(2015)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

(2015) (co-production with Cross Creek Pictures)

Black Mass

(2015)

The Intern

(2015) (co-production with Berlanti Productions)

Pan

(2015) (co-production with Participant Media and Smokehouse Pictures)

Our Brand Is Crisis

(2015) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Roth Films, Spring Creek Pictures and Imagine Entertainment)

In the Heart of the Sea

(2016) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)

How to Be Single

(2016)

Midnight Special

(2016) (co-production with DC Entertainment, Cruel and Unusual Films and Atlas Entertainment)

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

(2016) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Monkeypaw Productions and Principato-Young Entertainment)

Keanu

(2016) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures, Bluegrass Films and Principato-Young Entertainment; U.S. distribution only)

Central Intelligence

(2016) (with New Line Cinema)

The Conjuring 2

(2016) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Jerry Weintraub Productions, and Dark Horse Entertainment)

The Legend of Tarzan

(2016) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Atomic Monster and Grey Matter Productions)

Lights Out

(2016) (co-production with DC Films and Atlas Entertainment)

Suicide Squad

(2016) (co-production with Joint Effort and The Mark Gordon Company)

War Dogs

(2016) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Flashlight Films and Malpaso Productions)

Sully

(2016) (with Warner Animation Group) (co-production with Stoller Global Productions)

Storks

(2016)

The Accountant

(2016)

Live by Night

(2017) (with Warner Animation Group) (co-production with DC Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures and Lord Miller Productions)

The Lego Batman Movie

(2017) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures)

Going in Style

(2017) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, 21 Laps Entertainment, and Rickard Pictures)

Fist Fight

(2017) (co-production with Panay Films and Primate Pictures)

CHiPs

(2017) (co-production with Di Novi Pictures)

Unforgettable

(2017) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Weed Road Pictures)

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

(2017) (co-production with DC Films, Atlas Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films)

Wonder Woman

(2017) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, Gary Sanchez Productions and Good Universe)

The House

(2017) (co-production with Syncopy Inc.)

Dunkirk

(2017) (with New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster and The Safran Company)

Annabelle: Creation

(2017) (with New Line Cinema) (co-production with Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures and KatzSmith Productions)

It

(2017) (with Warner Animation Group) (co-production with Lego System A/S, Vertigo Entertainment, Lin Pictures and Lord Miller Productions)

The Lego Ninjago Movie

(2017) (co-production with Electric Entertainment and Skydance Media)

Geostorm

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)

(2014)

Night Will Fall

(2014)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014)

(2015)

Chuck Norris vs Communism

(2015)

The 100 Years How

By Sidney Lumet (2015)

In the Name of Honor (2015)

(2015)

S Is For Stanley

(2016)

Before the Flood

(2016)

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

(2016)

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution (2023)

(2016) (with Warner Bros. Television)[26]

Rush Hour