Hughes Entertainment (formerly The John Hughes Company) was an American film production company and music label founded in 1983 by filmmaker John Hughes. It was closed in 2002.
History The studio was founded in 1983 by American film producer John Hughes as The John Hughes Company after the success of Mr. Mom, with a three-picture deal at Universal Pictures. The contracts ended up being Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Weird Science.
The company signed a deal in 1984 with Universal Pictures, beyond the initial three-picture deal, through a three-year production agreement, in order to produce, direct and write two to three pictures a year in order to develop from their own development ideas. The company was subsequently moved to Paramount Pictures in 1985. The company made some successes with Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Tom Jacobson started working for the company in the mid 1980s before he left for 20th Century Fox in 1989. The company then spent various deals at Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox throughout the end of the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. The company produced films such as Curly Sue, Home Alone and Miracle on 34th Street.
In 1995, Hughes partnered with Ricardo Mestres, under Ricardo Mestres Productions to form a new company label Great Oaks Entertainment, with a first-look development deal at The Walt Disney Studios. Under the deal, the company made remakes of 101 Dalmatians and Flubber. The relationship broke up in 1997 with Hughes Entertainment resuming active operations, operating at The Walt Disney Studios.
Films List of films that were produced by Hughes Entertainment:
YearTitleDirectorDistributorCo-production companiesBudgetGross1984Sixteen CandlesJohn HughesUniversal PicturesChannel Productions; uncredited$6.5 million$23.6 million1985The Breakfast ClubA&M Films and Channel Productions; uncredited$1 million$51.5 million Weird Science Silver Pictures; uncredited $7.5 million $38.9 million1986Pretty in PinkHoward DeutchParamount Picturesuncredited$9 million$40.5 millionFerris Bueller's Day OffJohn Hughes$5 million$70.5 million1987 Some Kind of Wonderful Howard Deutch N/A $18.5 millionPlanes, Trains & AutomobilesJohn Hughes N/A $30 million $49.5 million1988 She's Having a Baby N/A $20 million $16 million (domestic) The Great Outdoors Howard DeutchUniversal Pictures N/A $24 million $43.4 million1989 Uncle Buck John Hughes N/A $15 million $79.2 million National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Jeremiah S. Chechik Warner Bros. N/A $25 million $71.3 Million1990 Home Alone Chris Columbus 20th Century Fox N/A $18 million $476.7 million1991 Career Opportunities Bryan Gordon Universal Pictures N/A $11.3 million Only the Lonely Chris Columbus20th Century Fox N/A $25 million Dutch Peter Faiman N/A $17 million $4.6 million Curly Sue John Hughes Warner Bros. N/A $25 million $33.7 million1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Chris Columbus 20th Century Fox N/A $28 million $359 million1993 Dennis the Menace Nick Castle Warner Bros. Hank Ketcham Enterprises $35 million $117.2 million1994 Miracle on 34th Street Les Mayfield20th Century Fox Fox Family Films $46.3 million Baby's Day Out Patrick Read Johnson N/A $48 million $16.7 million1996101 DalmatiansStephen HerekBuena Vista PicturesWalt Disney Pictures; as Great Oaks Entertainment$67 million$320.7 million1997FlubberLes Mayfield$50-80 million$170 million Home Alone 3 Raja Gosnell20th Century Fox Fox Family Films $32 million $79.1 million1998 Reach the Rock William Ryan Universal Pictures Gramercy Pictures; uncredited $4,9602001 Just Visiting Jean-Marie PoiréBuena Vista Pictures Hollywood Pictures and Gaumont; uncredited $35 million $16.2 million New Port South Kyle Cooper Touchstone Pictures 2002 Maid in Manhattan Wayne Wang Sony Pictures Releasing Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios, and Red Om Films; uncredited $55 million $163 million
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