Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | |
Founded | 2014 |
Founder | James Wan |
Headquarters | , United States |
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Parent | Blumhouse Productions (2024–present) |
Website | atomicmonster |
Atomic Monster is an American film and television production company, founded in 2014 by James Wan. [2] The company produced The Conjuring Universe, Lights Out , Mortal Kombat , Malignant and M3GAN . [3] [4]
On October 21, 2014, James Wan founded Atomic Monster with the company having a first-look producing deal with New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures. [5] [2]
On August 12, 2016, the company reached a development deal with Chinese company Starlight Media Inc. to help finance films with budgets up to $100 million. [6]
On November 16, 2022, it was announced that the company was in talks to merge with Blumhouse Productions with the company having a shared first-look deal with Universal Pictures. The companies would continue to operate as separate labels, with each maintaining its own creative autonomy and brand identity. The company is using the existing Blumhouse infrastructure to further scale their activities in film, television and new content areas, such as horror-related video games, live entertainment and audio. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] On January 2, 2024, the merger was finalized. [12]
Release date | Film | Director(s) | Distributor |
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October 3, 2014 | Annabelle | John R. Leonetti | Warner Bros. Pictures |
June 10, 2016 | The Conjuring 2 | James Wan | |
July 22, 2016 | Lights Out | David F. Sandberg | |
August 11, 2017 | Annabelle: Creation | ||
September 7, 2018 | The Nun | Corin Hardy | |
April 19, 2019 | The Curse of La Llorona | Michael Chaves | |
June 26, 2019 | Annabelle Comes Home | Gary Dauberman | |
April 23, 2021 | Mortal Kombat | Simon McQuoid | |
June 4, 2021 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | Michael Chaves | |
September 10, 2021 | Malignant | James Wan | |
October 6, 2021 | There's Someone Inside Your House | Patrick Brice | Netflix |
January 6, 2023 | M3GAN | Gerard Johnstone | Universal Pictures |
September 8, 2023 | The Nun II | Michael Chaves | Warner Bros. Pictures |
December 22, 2023 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | James Wan | |
January 5, 2024 | Night Swim | Bryce McGuire | Universal Pictures |
Release date | Film | Director(s) | Distributor |
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2024 | Salem's Lot [13] | Gary Dauberman | Max |
June 27, 2025 [14] | M3GAN 2.0 [15] | Gerard Johnstone | Universal Pictures |
October 24, 2025 | Mortal Kombat 2 | Simon McQuoid | Warner Bros. Pictures |
2025 | The Monkey | Osgood Perkins | Neon |
Year | Series | Creator(s) | Network |
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2016–21 | MacGyver | Peter M. Lenkov | CBS |
2019 | Swamp Thing | Gary Dauberman Mark Verheiden | DC Universe |
2021 | Aquaman: King of Atlantis | Victor Courtright Marly Halpern-Graser | HBO Max |
I Know What You Did Last Summer | Sara Goodman | Amazon Prime Video | |
2022 | Archive 81 | Rebecca Sonnenshine | Netflix |
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles | Candie Kelty Langdale Doug Langdale | ||
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