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{{distinguish|Castle Rock Entertainment}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Dark Castle Entertainment
|logo = Dark castle logo.jpg
|type = Label
|foundation = 1999
|founder = [[Joel Silver]]<br>[[Robert Zemeckis]]<br>[[Jared Bush]]
|industry = [[Motion picture]]s
|key_people = [[Susan Downey]]<br>Steve Richards
|parent = [[Silver Pictures]]
|affiliate = [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]] (1999–2013)<br>[[Universal Pictures]] (2013–present)
}}

'''Dark Castle Entertainment''' is an American film production label and a division of [[Silver Pictures]], a production house formerly affiliated with [[Warner Bros.]] It was formed in 1999 by [[Joel Silver]], [[Robert Zemeckis]], and [[Gilbert Adler]]. [[Susan Downey]] was the Vice President of Development until February 2009, a term running congruent to her tenure as a VP of Production at parent company Silver Pictures.

Dark Castle Entertainment's name pays homage to [[William Castle]], a horror filmmaker from the 1950s and 1960s. When first formed, the goal was to remake Castle's [[horror film]]s (very similar to another production company, [[Platinum Dunes]]). After two remakes, it moved on to producing original material, along with remakes of non-Castle films. Starting with ''[[RocknRolla]]'', the company began producing films in genres other than horror. While most of the company's films were initially poorly reviewed by critics, their 2009 film ''[[Splice (film)|Splice]]'' eventually received better reviews.

Dark Castle Entertainment originally acquired the US rights to ''[[The Loft (film)|The Loft]]'', as they did for ''Splice'', with the intention of releasing the film through Warner Bros. When [[Joel Silver]] moved his office to [[Universal Pictures]], he took Dark Castle, and the film, with him. Universal planned to release the film on August 29, 2014, but the studio pulled it from the schedule in favor of ''[[As Above, So Below (film)|As Above, So Below]]''. Universal and Dark Castle dropped the film, which was then picked up by [[Open Road Films]] and released on January 30, 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title= ‘The loft' is gekocht door producent van ‘Die hard'-films|trans-title='The loft' bought by same producer as 'Die hard'-movies|url=http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20120609_002 |publisher=[[Het Nieuwsblad]] |location=Belgium|date=9 June 2012 |accessdate= |language=Dutch}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= 'The Loft' nog maar eens uitgesteld|trans-title='The Loft' once again delayed|url=http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=DMF20130307_00496233 |publisher=[[De Standaard]] |location=Belgium |date=March 8, 2013 |accessdate= |language=Dutch}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Universal Sets ‘The Loft’ For Summer 2014, Zac Efron’s ‘Townies’ For May|url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/the-loft-release-universal-karl-urban/ |publisher=Deadline |date=5 August 2013 |accessdate=16 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Universal Pulls ‘The Loft’ From Sked, Moves Legendary Pic ‘As Above/So Below’ Into Slot|url=http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/universal-pulls-the-loft-from-sked-moves-legendary-pic-as-aboveso-below-into-slot |publisher=Deadline |date=26 June 2014 |accessdate=16 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Jason Blum]] reportedly has spoken to Silver twice about doing a co-production with [[Blumhouse Productions]] for Universal to distribute, but have yet to find the right project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jason_blum/status/623215193649102849 |title=Twitter / @RyanLeger2 @blumhouse @DCastleE @UniversalPics twice. |publisher=Twitter.com |date=2015-07-20 |accessdate=2015-08-23}}</ref>

==Filmography of Dark Castle Entertainment==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! [[Film director|Director]]
|-
|[[1999 in film|1999]]
|''[[House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)|House on Haunted Hill]]''
| [[William Malone (director)|William Malone]]
|-
|[[2001 in film|2001]]
|''[[Thirteen Ghosts]]''
|rowspan=2|[[Steve Beck (director)|Steve Beck]]
|-
|[[2002 in film|2002]]
|''[[Ghost Ship (2002 film)|Ghost Ship]]''
|-
|[[2003 in film|2003]]
|''[[Gothika]]''
|[[Mathieu Kassovitz]]
|-
|[[2005 in film|2005]]
|''[[House of Wax (2005 film)|House of Wax]]''
|[[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2007 in film|2007]]
|''[[The Reaping]]''
|[[Stephen Hopkins (director)|Stephen Hopkins]]
|-
|''[[Return to House on Haunted Hill]]''
|Víctor García
|-
|[[2008 in film|2008]]
|''[[RocknRolla]]''
|[[Guy Ritchie]]
|-
|rowspan=5|[[2009 in film|2009]]
|''[[Orphan (2009 film)|Orphan]]''
|[[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
|-
|''[[Whiteout (2009 film)|Whiteout]]''
|[[Dominic Sena]]
|-
|''[[The Hills Run Red (2009 film)|The Hills Run Red]]''
|Dave Parker
|-
|''[[Ninja Assassin]]''
|[[James McTeigue]]
|-
|''[[Splice (film)|Splice]]''
|[[Vincenzo Natali]]
|-
|[[2010 in film|2010]]
|''[[The Losers (film)|The Losers]]''
|[[Sylvain White]]
|-
|[[2011 in film|2011]]
|''[[Unknown (2011 film)|Unknown]]''
|[[Jaume Collet-Serra]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2012 in film|2012]]
|''[[The Apparition]]''
|Todd Lincoln
|-
|''[[Bullet to the Head]]''
|[[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]]
|-
|''[[The Factory (2012 film)|The Factory]]
|[[Morgan O'Neill]]
|-
|[[2013 in film|2013]]
|''[[Getaway (film)|Getaway]]''
|[[Courtney Solomon]]
|-
|[[2017 in film|2017]]
|''[[Suburbicon]]''
|[[George Clooney]]
|}

==Lifetime grosses==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Film
! Budget
! Domestic Box Office
! Foreign Box Office
! Total
! US DVD sales
! Total (with DVD sales)
|-
| 1999
| ''House on Haunted Hill''
| $37 M.
| $40,846,082<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=houseonhauntedhill.htm House on Haunted Hill (1999)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $3,515,228 (A)
| $44,361,370
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| 2001
| ''Thirteen Ghosts''
| $42 M.
| $41,867,960<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=thirteenghosts.htm Thirteen Ghosts (2001)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $26,600,000<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=thirteenghosts.htm Thirteen Ghosts (2001) - International Box Office Results<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $68,467,960
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| 2002
| ''Ghost Ship''
| $20 M.
| $30,113,491<ref name="Ghost Ship 2002">[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostship.htm Ghost Ship (2002)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $38,236,393<ref name="Ghost Ship 2002"/>
| $68,349,884
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| 2003
| ''Gothika''
| $40 M.
| $59,694,580<ref name="Gothika 2003">[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gothika.htm Gothika (2003)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $81,896,744<ref name="Gothika 2003"/>
| $141,591,324
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| 2005
| ''House of Wax''
| $40 M.
| $32,064,800<ref name="House of Wax 2005">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2005/HOWAX.php House of Wax (2005)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $36,701,321<ref name="House of Wax 2005"/>
| $68,766,121
| N/A
| N/A
|-
| 2007
| ''The Reaping''
| $40 M.
| $25,126,214<ref name="The Reaping 2007">[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=reaping.htm The Reaping (2007)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $37,644,845<ref name="The Reaping 2007"/>
| $62,771,059
| $19,784,364<ref name="The Reaping DVD 2007">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/REAPN.php The Reaping DVD (2007)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $82,555,423
|-
| 2008
| ''RocknRolla''
| $15 M.
| $5,700,626<ref>[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=rocknrolla.htm RocknRolla (2008)]</ref>
| $20,027,463
| $25,728,089
| $7,400,623<ref name="RocknRolla DVD 2008">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2008/RNRLA.php RocknRolla DVD (2008)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $33,139,638
|-
| 2009
| ''Orphan''
| $20 M.
| $41,596,251<ref name="Orphan 2009">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/ORPHA.php Orphan (2009)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $36,741,122<ref name="Orphan 2009"/>
| $78,337,373
| $12,250,443<ref name="Orphan 2009"/>
| $90,587,816
|-
| 2009
| ''Whiteout''
| $35 M.
| $10,275,638<ref name="Whiteout 2009">[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=whiteout.htm Whiteout (2009)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $7,565,229<ref name="Whiteout 2009"/>
| $17,840,867
| $3,192,934 <ref name="Whiteout DVD 2009">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/WTOUT.php Whiteout DVD (2009)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $21,033,801
|-
| 2009
| ''Ninja Assassin''
| $50 M.
| $38,122,883<ref name="Ninja Assassin 2009">[http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ninjaassassin.htm Ninja Assassin(2009)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $23,471,000
| $61,593,883
| $13,841,623 <ref name="Ninja Assassin DVD 2009">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2009/NINJA.php Ninja Assassin DVD (2009)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $75,435,506
|-
| 2010
| ''The Losers''
| $25 M.
| $23,591,432<ref name="The Losers 2009">[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=losers.htm The Losers (2009)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $5,385,903
| $28,977,335
| $6,462,496 <ref name="The Losers DVD 2010">[http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2010/LOSRS.php The Losers DVD (2010)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $35,439,831
|-
| 2010
| ''Splice''
| $30 M.
| $17,010,170<ref name="Splice 2010">[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=splice.htm Splice (2010)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| $6,964,022
| $23,974,192
| $3,695,686
| $27,669,878
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Budget
! Overall Total
! US DVD Sales
! Total
|-
|374M
| $646,033,429
| $62,932,483
| $708,000,000
|}

(A) Indicates minimum, as that is only two countries totals merged.

==See also==
*[[Jared Bush]]
*[[William Castle]]
*[[Susan Downey]]
*[[Joel Silver]]
*[[Robert Zemeckis]]
*[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]


== References ==
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