Digital Domain
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Motion picture |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founders | James Cameron Scott Ross Stan Winston |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Daniel Seah (CEO) |
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| Owner | Digital Domain Holdings Limited |
| Website | digitaldomain |
Digital Domain is an American visual effects and digital production company based in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California. The company is known for creating digital imagery for feature films, advertising and games from its locations in California and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, including its own virtual production studio.
History
The company was founded by film director James Cameron, Stan Winston and Scott Ross. They began producing visual effects in 1993 with its first three films, True Lies,[1] Interview with the Vampire, and Color of Night, being released in 1994.
Digital Domain produced effects for more than 100 films, including Dante's Peak, Titanic, Apollo 13, What Dreams May Come, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, Star Trek: Nemesis and The Day After Tomorrow. Other films include Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2012, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, TRON: Legacy, Thor, X-Men: First Class, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Real Steel, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Oblivion, Iron Man 3,[2] Her, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Into the Storm, Maleficent, Furious 7, Pixels and more recently Deadpool, The Huntsman: Winter's War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, Beauty and the Beast, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Aquaman, Captain Marvel, Shazam, Avengers: Endgame, Terminator: Dark Fate and Sonic the Hedgehog.
Early 2000s
In 2000, Digital Domain designed the digital character that represented Motorola's intelligent assistant, Mya.[3] In October 2002, Digital Domain launched a wholly owned subsidiary, D2 Software, Inc., to market and distribute its Academy Award-winning compositing software, Nuke.[4]
In 2002–2003, Digital Domain co-produced its first feature film, Secondhand Lions, written and directed by Tim McCanlies and starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, and Kyra Sedgwick.[5][6]
The founders were known for feuding, principally due to conflicts over the film Titanic (1997), which almost destroyed the company. Founder Scott Ross announced plans of raising $100 million in financing to become more active as a production company.[7] This plan never materialized and the corporate owners forced management to seek a buyer of the company.
2006–present
In May 2006, Digital Domain was purchased by an affiliate of Wyndcrest Holdings, LLC, a private holding company whose principals then included Wyndcrest founder John Textor, director Michael Bay, former Microsoft executive Carl Stork and former NFL player and sports television commentator Dan Marino.[8] In connection with the acquisition, Mr. Textor and Mr. Bay would become co-chairman of Digital Domain and Mr. Stork was named CEO. Wyndcrest also acquired The Foundry in 2007, which was tasked with taking over the development of Nuke, a visual effects compositing tool that has since become one of the world's top selling visual effects software solutions. The Foundry business was then subject to a management buy-out in 2009.[9]
In 2009, Digital Domain parent company DDMG launched Tradition Studios in Florida to develop and produce original, family-oriented CG animated features. The studio moved on January 3, 2012, to a new 115,000-square-foot (10,700 m2) facility in Port St. Lucie, built with the city's incentives.[10] The studio attracted a number of talented creators, including Aaron Blaise, the director of Brother Bear, and Brad Lewis, co-director of Cars 2, who together were developing an animated feature film The Legend of Tembo for a planned 2014 release, with Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams directing.[11][12][13][14]
In 2011, Digital Domain Media Group entered into the film production business with a major investment into the feature film Ender's Game, which was a co-production with OddLot Entertainment and Summit Entertainment. The film was released November 1, 2013.[15]
In November 2011, DDMG took the company public through an initial public offering (IPO), and the company was listed on the NYSE under the symbol DDMG, achieving a market valuation of more than $400 million.[16]
In 2012, DDMG announced initiatives to open VFX studios in Beijing China and Abu Dhabi.[17] Also in 2012, subsidiary Digital Domain created a virtual likeness of the late rap star Tupac Shakur for Dr. Dre's and Snoop Dogg's show at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival that gained worldwide recognition. Digital Domain also announced that the company would create virtual Elvis Presley in partnership with CORE Media Group.[18]
In 2015, the UFC hired Digital Domain to create a commercial series for their UFC 189 event.[19]
In 2016, the Pokémon Company hired Digital Domain to create the visual effects for their "Train On" Super Bowl ad, released to celebrate the Pokémon series' 20th anniversary.[20]
In 2017, Voltron Chronicles, a VR game Digital Domain co-developed with Universal based on Netflix's Voltron Legendary Defender, went live. Fans can play this game on PSVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive for $15.[21]
Financial difficulties
During the 2000s, and today, the visual effects industry has continued to be a financial challenge for nearly every services-only visual effects company. DDMG and Co-chairman John Textor believed it necessary to expand the business into film production, content ownership and new media. His aggressive North American expansion plans were heavily supported by nearly $200 million of new capital from private investors, the State of Florida and the city of Port Saint Lucie (Florida). After a doubling of revenues since its acquisition in 2006, and with significant operating cashflow in 2010,[22] DDMG also completed a successful IPO capital raise of $40 million in November 2011. Unfortunately, Textor's heavily funded Florida expansion plans could not overcome the continuing negative cash flow of Digital Domain's primary visual effects business, nor could the company successfully navigate the failure of its principal lender and major shareholder, Lydian Private Bank, which occurred in the summer of 2011 during the peak of DDMG's capital consumption related to the Florida studios launch. Lydian's sizable stake in DDMG was sold to a hedge fund affiliated with Florida Power & Light and ultimately traded to known toxic lender and hedge fund Tenor Capital, which engaged in heavy short-selling of DDMG's publicly listed stock as a strategy to pull cash proceeds from the daily trading of DDMG stock. The IPO, which was once thought to be the key to funding the future of DDMG, became the vehicle by which hedge funds could prevent the company from accessing capital while profiting from the decline in DDMG's stock price.[23] Tenor became a stakeholder in DDMG in early May 2012, with DDMG stock price trading at an all-time high,[24] but DDMG would soon be unable to access the cash needed to fund its Venice operations and its Florida studio growth.[25] Documents and emails provided to the press show that Digital Domain believed it had options to put cash into the company but were thwarted by Tenor Capital, which had significant weight as a chief lender and according to Palm Beach Capital and the Tenor strategy may have been shorting DDMG stock to profit from its failure.[26] When a deal to fund the company was thwarted on July 31, Tenor Capital cited a violation of a minimum cash covenant and demanded $51 million on August 20 as repayment for its $35 million loan made four months earlier.[23] The lenders appointed Mike Katzenstein as interim chief operating officer of the company who acted without conferring with DDMG senior management,[23] deciding to close the Florida studio, causing Chairman John Textor to submit a letter of resignation "in profound disagreement" with this decision.[27] It was announced on September 7, 2012, that all of DDMG's Port St. Lucie's operations, including Tradition Studios, were to be shut down, laying off nearly 300 newly trained and recruited employees.[28]
On September 11, 2012, Digital Domain Media Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after the company's hedge fund lenders alleged the company defaulted on a minimum cash covenant relating to a $35 million loan. DDMG's lenders proposed a deal to sell its operating businesses – Digital Domain and Mothership—to stalking horse Searchlight Capital Partners, a private investment firm, for $15 million. At the public auction on September 21, 2012, Digital Domain's visual effects business and its principal animation feature film properties were instead acquired by a joint venture led by a leading DDMG shareholder Beijing Galloping Horse America, LLC in partnership with Reliance MediaWorks (USA) The sale was approved on September 24, 2012.[29]
The bankruptcy and financial restructuring of Digital Domain triggered a number of lawsuits, naming John Textor, former Apple CEO John Sculley and the entire Board of Directors, the auditors and others involved in the business and in the IPO offering.[30][31][32][33] In February 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of New York ordered a convincing summary judgment in favor of John Textor, and the other Digital Domain defendants, terminating the principal lawsuit that had consolidated the outstanding investor claims. The Court found no evidence of fraud or misrepresentation and confirmed that DDMG accurately disclosed its financial situation to investors. The Court further ordered the plaintiffs to reimburse Mr. Textor for his fees and court costs. In her 26-page opinion, New York Supreme Court Judge Debra James ruled contrary to the investors’ claims, stating that the evidence “conclusively established” that plaintiffs were not misled and DDMG painted a realistic picture of the company's financial situation in SEC filings. The Court further ruled that there was no evidence that Mr. Textor and the other defendants made false or misleading statements or misrepresentations of material facts.[34]
Palm Beach Capital, the largest investor in DDMG, identified hedge funds, Tenor Capital et al., as the primary cause of the company's difficulties, citing unlawful finance penalties and possible illegal short selling strategies designed to damage the company's public stock price.[35][36] Ultimately, the hedge fund lenders of DDMG agreed to settle the outstanding claims by the DDMG parties through a May 2016 settlement agreement that awarded $8.5 million to former CEO John Textor and $3 million each to the city of Port Saint Lucie and the state of Florida.[37]
In July 2013, approximately nine months after bankruptcy forced by a $35 million lender, majority ownership in Digital Domain was acquired by Hong Kong listed public company Sun Innovation, placing an approximate $3.5 billion valuation on Digital Domain, with Reliance MediaWorks continuing to own the minority stake. Mr. Daniel Seah, who had spearheaded the bankruptcy acquisition and protection of Digital Domain by DDMG shareholder Beijing Galloping Horse America, LLC was appointed CEO.[38]
Digital Humans Group
The company maintains a Digital Humans Group sub-division, presently headed by Darren Hendler, which provides scanning and digitization services to create digital reproductions of humans.[39] The processes uses two programs, Masquerade and Direct Drive, which use a combination of high-resolution scans and motion capture technology, and the generated data can then be mapped and animated.[40]
Filmography
1990s
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | True Lies | James Cameron | Lightstorm Entertainment | 100-120 million | $378.9 million |
| Color of Night | Richard Rush | Hollywood Pictures | $40 million | $19.7 million | |
| Interview with the Vampire | Neil Jordan | The Geffen Film Company | $60 million | $223.7 million | |
| 1995 | Strange Days | Kathryn Bigelow | Lightstorm Entertainment
20th Century Fox |
$42 million | $8 million |
| Apollo 13 | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures |
$52 million | $355.2 million | |
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | Jonathan Lynn | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures |
$39 million | $37.9 million |
| Chain Reaction | Andrew Davis | The Zanuck Company
20th Century Fox |
$50 million | $60.2 million | |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | John Frankenheimer | New Line Cinema | $40 million | $49.6 million | |
| 1997 | Dante's Peak | Roger Donaldson | Pacific Western Productions
Universal Pictures |
$116 million | $178.1 million |
| The Fifth Element | Luc Besson | Gaumont | $90 million | $263.9 million | |
| Red Corner | Jon Avnet | Avnet/Kerner Productions | $48 million | $22.4 million | |
| Kundun | Martin Scorsese | Touchstone Pictures
Dune Films Refuge Productions Buena Vista Pictures |
$28 million | $5.7 million | |
| Titanic | James Cameron | Lightstorm Entertainment
20th Century Fox Paramount Pictures |
$200 million | $2.195 billion | |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Michael Bay | Touchstone Pictures | $140 million | $553.7 million |
| What Dreams May Come | Vincent Ward | Interscope Communications | $85–90 million | $75.4 million | |
| 1999 | Fight Club | David Fincher | Fox 2000 Pictures
20th Century Fox |
$63 million | $101.2 million |
| Lake Placid | Steve Miner | Fox 2000 Pictures
20th Century Fox |
$27–35 million | $56.9 million |
2000s
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Supernova | Walter Hill | Screenland Pictures
Hammerhead Productions |
$60–90 million | $14.8 million |
| Rules of Engagement | William Friedkin | Scott Rudin Productions | $60 million | $71.7 million | |
| X-Men | Bryan Singer | Marvel Entertainment Group | $75 million | $296.3 million | |
| Red Planet | Antony Hoffman | Village Roadshow Pictures | $80 million | $33.5 million | |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen | Touchstone Pictures
Blind Bard Pictures |
$26 million | $72 million | |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures |
$123 million | $345.1 million | |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | Cruise/Wagner Productions
Sogecine |
$68 million | $203.4 million |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Peter Jackson | Wingnut Films | $93 million | $897.7 million | |
| A Beautiful Mind | Ron Howard | Imagine Entertainment
Universal Pictures |
$58 million | $316.8 million | |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Randall Wallace | Icon productions
Wheelhouse Entertainment Paramount Pictures |
$75 million | $114.7 million |
| The Time Machine | Simon Wells | Parkes/Macdonald
DreamWorks Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
$80 million | $123.7 million | |
| XXX | Rob Cohen | Revolution Studios | $88.3 million | $277.4 million | |
| Adaptation | Spike Jonze | Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing |
$19 million | $32.8 million | |
| Star Trek: Nemesis | Stuart Baird | Paramount Pictures | $60 million | 67.3 million | |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Mark Steven Johnson | New Regency Enterprises
Marvel Entertainment Group Horseshoe Bay Productions 20th Century Fox |
$78 million | $179.2 million |
| The Italian Job | F. Gary Gray | De Line Pictures
Paramount Pictures |
$60 million | $176.1 million | |
| Secondhand Lions | Tim McCanlies | New Line Cinema | $30 million | $48.3 million | |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Joe Dante | Warner Bros. Feature Animation
Baltimore Spring Creek Productions Goldmann Pictures |
$80 million | $68.5 million | |
| The Missing | Ron Howard | Columbia Pictures
Imagine Entertainment Sony Pictures Releasing |
$60 million | $38.4 million | |
| Peter Pan | P.J. Hogan | Universal Pictures
Columbia Pictures Revolution Studios |
$130 million | $122 million | |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Roland Emmerich | Centropolis Entertainment
20th Century Fox |
$125 million | $552.6 million |
| I, Robot | Alex Proyas | Davis Entertainment
Mediastream IV 20th Century Fox |
$120 million | $347.2 million | |
| Flight of the Phoenix | John Moore | Davis Entertainment
20th Century Fox |
$45 million | $34.5 million | |
| 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton | The Zanuck Company
Theobald Film Productions Warner Bros. Pictures |
$150 million | $475 million |
| Æon Flux | Karyn Kusama | MTV Films
Paramount Pictures |
$55–62 million | $52.3 million | |
| Stealth | Rob Cohen | Columbia Pictures
Phoenix Pictures |
$135 million | $79.3 million | |
| Dark Water | Walter Salles | Touchstone Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures |
$13 million | $58.4 million | |
| Cinderella Man | Ron Howard | Touchstone Pictures
Universal Pictures Imagine Entertainment Buena Vista Pictures |
$88 million | $108.5 million | |
| 2006 | Roving Mars | George Butler | Walt Disney Pictures
White Mountain Films Buena Vista Pictures |
$1 million | $11 million |
| My Super Ex-Girlfriend | Ivan Reitman | Regency Enterprises | $30 million | $61 million | |
| Zoom | Peter Hewitt | Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios Boxing Cat Films Sony Pictures Releasing |
$75.6 million | $12.5 million | |
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Johnathan Liebesman | Next Entertainment
New Line Cinema |
$16 million | $51.8 million | |
| Flags of Our Fathers | Clint Eastwood | DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures |
$90 million | $65.9 million | |
| Letters from Iwo Jima | DreamWorks Pictures
Malpaso Productions Warner Bros. Pictures Paramount Pictures |
$19 million | $68.7 million | ||
| The Nativity Story | Catherine Hardwicke | Temple Hill Entertainment
New Line Cinema |
$35 million | $46.4 million | |
| 2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Stephen Anderson | Walt Disney Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
$150 million | $169.3 million |
| The Hitcher | Dave Meyers | Platinum Dunes | $10 million | $25.4 million | |
| Zodiac | David Fincher | Phoenix Pictures
Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
$65–85 million | $84.7 million | |
| Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End | Gore Verbinski | Walt Disney Pictures
Buena Vista Pictures |
$300 million | $960.9 million | |
| Transformers | Michael Bay | DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$150–200 million | $709.7 million | |
| The Golden Compass | Chris Weitz | New line Cinema | $180 million | $372.2 million | |
| 2008 | Gran Torino | Clint Eastwood | Double Nickel Entertainment
Malapso Productions Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures |
$25–33 million | $270 million |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | David Fincher | Paramount Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company |
$150–167 million | $335.8 million | |
| 2009 | Star Trek | J.J. Abrams | Spyglass Entertainment
Paramount Pictures |
$150 million | $385.7 million |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Shawn Levy | 21 Laps Entertainment
20th Century Fox |
$150 million | $413.1 million | |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures Hasbro Di Bonaventura Pictures |
$200–210 million | $836.3 million | |
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Stephen Sommers | Spyglass Entertainment
Hasbro Di Bonaventura Pictures |
$175 million | $302.5 million | |
| 2012 | Roland Emmerich | Columbia Pictures
Centropolis Entertainment Sony Pictures Releasing |
$200 million | $791.2 million |
2010s
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Chris Columbus | Fox 2000 Pictures
Sunswept Entertainment Dune Entertainment |
$95 million | $226.4 million |
| Tron Legacy | Joseph Kosinski | Walt Disney Pictures
Sean Bailey Prductions |
$170 million | $400.1 million | |
| 2011 | Thor | Kenneth Branagh | Marvel Studios | $150 million | $449.3 million |
| X-Men: First Class | Matthew Vaughn | Marvel Entertainment
Ingenious Film Partners |
$140–160 million | $353.6 million | |
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Michael Bay | Hasbro Films
Paramount Pictures |
$195 million | $1.124 billion | |
| Real Steel | Shawn Levy | DreamWorks Pictures
Montford Murphy Productions Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$110 million | $299.3 million | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher | Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing |
$90 million | $239.3 million | |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Joss Whedon | Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$220 million | $1.519 billion |
| Rock of Ages | Adam Shankman | New Line Cinema
Corner Stone Entertainment |
$75 million | $59.4 million | |
| The Watch | Akiva Schaffer | 21 Laps Entertainment
20th Century Fox |
$68 million | $68.3 million | |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Bryan Singer | New Line Cinema
Original Film Bad Hat Harry Productions |
$195–220 million | $197 million |
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Jon M. Chu | Skydance Productions
Hasbro Films Di Bonaventura Pictures Paramount Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
$130 million | $375.7 million | |
| Oblivion | Joseph Kosinski | Relativity Media
Monolith Pictures |
$120 million | $287.9 million | |
| Iron Man 3 | Shane Black | Marvel Studios
Paramount Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$200 million | $1.215 billion | |
| Her | Spike Jonze | Annapurna Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures |
$23 million | $48.3 million | |
| 47 Ronin | Carl Rinsch | H2F Entertainment
Mid Atlantic Films Relativity Media Universal Pictures |
$175–225 million | $141.8 million | |
| 2014 | X-Men: Days of Future Past | Bryan Singer | Marvel Entertainment
Bad Hat Harry The Donners' Company 20th Century Fox |
$220 million | $746 million |
| Maleficent | Robert Stromberg | Roth Films
Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$180–263 million | $758.5 million | |
| Into the Storm | Steven Quale | New Line Cinema
Broken Road Productions Warner Bros. Pictures |
$50 million | $161.7 million | |
| Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Shawn Levy | 21 laps Entertainment
1492 Pictures TSG Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
$127 million | $363.2 million | |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | James Wan | Original Film
Universal Pictures |
$190–250 million | $1.516 billion |
| Pixels | Chris Columbus | Columbia Pictures
1492 Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing |
$88–129 million | $244.9 million | |
| Eye in the Sky | Gavin Hood | Entertainment One | $13 million | $34.6 million | |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Tim Miller | 20th Century Fox
Marvel Entertainment The Donners' Company TSG Entertainment |
$58 million | $782.6 million |
| The Jungle Book | Jon Favreau | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$175–177 million | $966.6 million | |
| The Huntsmen: Winter's War | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | Roth Films
Universal Pictures |
$115 million | $165 million | |
| X-Men: Apocalypse | Bryan Singer | Marvel Entertainment
TSG Entertainment Bad Hat Harry Productions Kinberg Genre The Donners' Company 20th Century Fox |
$178 million | $543.9 million | |
| Independence Day: Resurgence | Roland Emmerich | TSG Entertainment
Centropolis Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
$165 million | $389.7 million | |
| Suicide Squad | David Ayer | Warner Bros. Pictures
RatPac-Dune Entertainment |
$175 million | $746.8 million | |
| Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | Akiva Schaffer | Perfect World Pictures
Universal Pictures |
$20 million | $9.7 million | |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Bill Condon | Walt Disney Pictures
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$160–255 million | $1.264 billion |
| Power Rangers | Dean Israelite | Lionsgate | $105 million | $142.3 million | |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | Jon Watts | Columbia Pictures
Marvel Studios Sony Pictures Releasing |
$175 million | $880.2 million | |
| Thor: Rangarok | Taika Waititi | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$180 million | $854 million | |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Steven Spielberg | Warner Bros. Pictures
Village Roadshow Pictures De Line Pictures Farah Films & Management |
$155–175 million | $582.9 million |
| Avengers: infinity War | Anthony Russo | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$325–400 million | $2.048 billion | |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$130–195 million | $622.7 million | |
| Hidden Man | Jiang Wen | Gravity Pictures
Warner Bros. |
N/A | $85.2 million | |
| Hello Mr. Billionaire | Fei Yan
Damo Peng |
Alibaba Pictures
Beijing Mahua Funage Company Slinky Town Pictures Starry Entertainment Uni-Film Distribution & Financial |
$23.2 million | $367 million | |
| Shadow | Zhang Yimou | Tencent Pictures
Perfect Village Entertainment Le Vision Pictures Tianjin Maoyan Weying Media Bodi Media Company Universal Pictures |
$46.3 million | $91.7 million | |
| Taxiwaala | Rahul Sankrityan | GA2 Pictures
UV Creations |
$940,000 | $6.9 million | |
| 2.0 | S. Shankar | Lyca Productions | $77.5 million | $107.4-131 million | |
| Aquaman | James Wan | Warner Bros. Pictures
DC Films RatPac Entertainment |
$160–200 million | $1.148 billion | |
| 2019 | NTR: Kathanayakudu | Krish | NBK Films
Vibri Media |
$11.5 million | $6.2 million |
| Captain Marvel | Anna Boden | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$152–175 million | $1.128 billion | |
| Shazam! | David F. Sandberg | New Line Cinema
DC Films The Safran Company Warner Bros. Pictures |
$80–100 million | $366 million | |
| The Curse of La Llorona | Michael Chaves | New Line Cinema
Emile Gladstone Productions Warner Bros. Productions |
$9 million | $123.1 million | |
| Avengers: Endgame | Anthony Russo
John Russo |
Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$356–400 million | $2.798 billion | |
| Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy | Surender Reddy | Konidela Production Company | $44.2-49.1 million | $39.4 million | |
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Tim Miller | Paramount Pictures
Skydance Media 20th Century Fox Tencent Pictures TSG Entertainment Lightstorm Entertainment |
$185–196 million | $261.1 million |
2020s
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Jeff Fowler | Sega Sammy Group | 85–90 Million | $319.7 million |
| Children of the Corn | Kurt Wimmer | Tiger13
Anvil Entertainment Digital Riot |
$575,179 | ||
| The Rescue | Dante Lam | Bona Film Group
China Communications Press China Modern Film And Television Development Autonavi YunMap Technology Maoyan Weying Culture Media Emperor Film Production Company Limited CMC Pictures Holdings |
$90 million | $74.9 million | |
| 2021 | Chaos Walking | Doug Liman | TIK Films
Quadrant Pictures |
$100 million | $27.1 million |
| Black Widow | Cate Shortland | Marvel Studios | $200 million | $379.6 million | |
| Free Guy | Shawn Levy | Berlanti Productions
Lit Entertainment Group Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$100–125 million | $331.5 million | |
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Destin Daniel Cretton | Marvel Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$150–200 million | $432.2 million | |
| Dune | Denis Villeneuve | Legendary Entertainment | $165 million | $400.7 million | |
| West Side Story | Steven Spielberg | Amblin Entertainment | $100 million | $75.7 million | |
| Spider-Man: No Way Home | Jon Watts | Columbia Pictures | $165–200 million | $1.892 billion | |
| 2022 | RRR | S. S. Rajamouli | DVV Entertainments
KVN Productions HR Pictures |
$53.9 million | $141.8 million † |
| Morbius | Daniel Espinosa | Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing |
$75–83 million | $146.4 million † | |
| Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness | Sam Raimi | Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
$200 million | $955.8 million | |
| Black Adam | Jaume Collet-Serra | Warner Bros. Pictures | |||
| Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Ryan Coogler | Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Peyton Reed | Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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| Agent | Surendra Reddy | AK Entertainments
Goldmines Telefilms |
Upcoming
| Year | Films | Director(s) | Studio(s) and Distributor(s) | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Extraction 2 | Sam Hargrave | AGBO | ||
| Blue Beetle | Angel Manuel Soto | DC Studios
S&K Pictures |
Digital Domain Television
| Year | Title | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2013–2020 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | ABC |
| 2015–2016 | Black Sails (seasons 2–3) | Starz |
| 2016–2020 | The Good Place | NBC |
| 2017 | The Mist | Spike |
| Outlander | Starz | |
| 2018–2019 | A Series of Unfortunate Events (seasons 2–3) | Netflix |
| 2019–2020 | The Twilight Zone | CBS All Access |
| 2019–2021 | Lost In Space (seasons 2–3) | Netflix |
| 2020–present | Perry Mason | HBO |
| 2021 | WandaVision | Disney+ |
| 2022 | Ms. Marvel | |
| She-Hulk: Attorney at Law |
Awards
Digital Domain artists and technologists have been recognized with seven Academy Awards: three for Best Visual Effects (Titanic, What Dreams May Come, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button);[41] and four for Scientific and Technical Achievement for its proprietary technology—i.e., for Track (tracking software),[42] for Nuke (compositing software),[43] for Storm (volumetric renderer),[44] and for its fluid simulation system.[45]
The company's work has been nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (Apollo 13, True Lies, I, Robot, Real Steel and Transformers: Dark of the Moon). In addition, its excellence in digital imagery and animation has earned Digital Domain multiple British Academy (BAFTA) Awards.
Digital Domain's Advertising division provides digital imagery and animation for television commercials, working with top commercial directors. To date, it has been awarded 37 Clio Awards, 22 AICP awards, 9 Cannes Lion Awards and numerous other advertising honors. The Advertising division has also produced multiple music videos working with artists that include The Rolling Stones, Faith Hill, Creed, Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Björk, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson and Nine Inch Nails, and has earned Grammy and MTV "Music Video of the Year" Awards.[46]
See also
- Industrial Light & Magic
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
- Wētā FX
- Wētā Workshop
- Blur Studio
- Cinesite
- Rhythm & Hues
- Framestore
- Moving Picture Company (MPC)
- DNEG
- Image Engine
- Lego Alpha Team (video game)
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Further reading
- Bizony, Piers. (2001) Digital Domain: the leading edge of visual effects, London: Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-707-0
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