26th Street Pictures

26th Street Pictures is an American film production company founded by Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe and Michael Barnathan in 1994 as 1492 Pictures.^[1] The name is a play on Columbus's more famous namesake, Christopher Columbus, and his 1492 landing in the Americas.^[2] The logo consists of a huge and detailed compass with the company name forming on a background, which is an ocean landscape. In addition, the fanfare for 1492 Pictures was composed by Hans Zimmer.

26th Street Pictures

Logo used from 1995–c. 2020
Formerly	1492 Pictures (1994–2023)
Company type	Private
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)
Founder	Chris Columbus Mark Radcliffe Michael Barnathan
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
Products	Film production

In addition to various Columbus films, 26th Street Pictures has also produced movies by other directors including Brian Levant (Jingle All the Way), Henry Selick (Monkeybone), Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Joe Roth (Christmas with the Kranks), Tim Story (the Fantastic Four films), and Shawn Levy (the Night at the Museum series).

History

In 1994, Chris Columbus, who successfully directed the first two Home Alone films, and Mrs. Doubtfire, signed a three-year deal with 20th Century Fox, thus eventually led to the creation of a company called 1492 Pictures. Its first feature was Nine Months.^[3] The deal was eventually extended in 1997.^[4]

In 2009, 1492 Pictures signed a deal with Korean company CJ Entertainment for three years, to produce its feature films.^[5]

In February 2011, 1492 Pictures bought the rights to the South Korean comedy film Hello Ghost starring Cha Tae-hyun and is scheduled to remake it.^[6]

In August 2011, 1492 Pictures released an adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help.^[7][8]

In 2012, 1492 Pictures signed a deal with ro*co productions to adapt documentary films into scripted feature films.^[9]

In 2018, 1492 Pictures signed a deal with Netflix to produce feature films for its streaming service.^[10]

In June 2023, it was announced in Deadline Hollywood that Columbus had renamed the company 26th Street Pictures a year or two prior.^[11]

Films

Theatrical

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross (worldwide)
1995	Nine Months	Chris Columbus	20th Century Fox	first film	N/A	$138.5 million
1996	Jingle All the Way	Brian Levant			$75 million	$129.8 million
1998	Stepmom	Chris Columbus	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures	$50 million	$159.7 million
1999	Bicentennial Man		Buena Vista Pictures (United States) Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (International)	co-production with Columbia Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Laurence Mark Productions and Radiant Productions	$100 million	$87.4 million

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross
2001	Monkeybone	Henry Selick	20th Century Fox		$75 million	$7.6 million
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Chris Columbus	Warner Bros. Pictures	co-production with Heyday Films	$125 million	$1.007 billion
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets				$100 million	$879.5 million
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Alfonso Cuaron			$130 million	$796.1 million
	Christmas with the Kranks	Joe Roth	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios	$60 million	$96.6 million
2005	Fantastic Four	Tim Story	20th Century Fox	co-production with Constantin Film and Marvel Enterprises, Inc.	$100 million	$333.5 million
	Rent	Chris Columbus	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios and Tribeca Productions	$40 million	$31.6 million
2006	Night at the Museum	Shawn Levy	20th Century Fox	co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners and Dune Entertainment	$110 million	$574.5 million
2007	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Tim Story		co-production with Marvel Studios, Constantin Film, Ingenious Film Partners and Dune Entertainment	$130 million	$301.9 million
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Shawn Levy		co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners and Dune Entertainment	$150 million	$413.1 million
	I Love You, Beth Cooper	Chris Columbus		co-production with The Bridge Studios, Ingenious Film Partners and Fox Atomic	$18 million	$16.4 million

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Chris Columbus	20th Century Fox	co-production with Sunswept Entertainment and Dune Entertainment	$95 million	$226.4 million
2011	The Help	Tate Taylor	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures	co-production with Touchstone Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Harbinger Pictures	$25 million	$216.6 million
2013	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Thor Freudenthal	20th Century Fox	co-production with Sunswept Entertainment and TSG Entertainment	$90 million	$200.9 million
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Shawn Levy		co-production with 21 Laps Entertainment and TSG Entertainment	$127 million	$363.2 million
2015	Pixels	Chris Columbus	Sony Pictures Releasing	co-production with Columbia Pictures, Happy Madison Productions, LStar Capital and China Film Group	$88–129 million	$244.9 million
	It Had to Be You	Sasha Gordon	Samuel Goldwyn Films	co-production with Vandewater Media	$18 million	$7,162
2016	The Young Messiah[12]	Cyrus Nowrasteh	Focus Features	co-production with Hyde Park International, CJ Entertainment and Ocean Blue Entertainment	$18.5 million	$7.3 million
2017	I Kill Giants	Anders Walter	RLJE Films	co-production with Ocean Blue Entertainment, XYZ Films, uMedia, Man of Action Studios, Parallel Films and Adonais Productions	N/A	$342,558

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes	Budget	Gross
2020	Scoob!	Tony Cervone	Warner Bros. Pictures	uncredited; co-production with Warner Animation Group and Reel FX	$90 million	$28.5 million

Direct-to-video/streaming

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes
2018	The Christmas Chronicles	Clay Kaytis	Netflix	co-production with Wonder Worldwide

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Distributor	Notes
2020	The Christmas Chronicles 2	Chris Columbus	Netflix	limited theatrical release; co-production with Wonder Worldwide and 20th Street
2022	Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again	Matt Danner	Disney+	co-production with Walt Disney Pictures, 21 Laps Entertainment, 20th Century Animation, Atomic Cartoons and Alibaba Pictures
2023	Chupa	Jonás Cuarón	Netflix	co-production with Pimienta Films