{"id":25476,"date":"2015-09-30T11:55:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T15:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=25476"},"modified":"2015-12-02T16:11:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T21:11:33","slug":"weinstein-company-film-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2015\/09\/30\/weinstein-company-film-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weinstein Company"},"content":{"rendered":"
JJ House<\/pre>\n
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The Weinstein Company logo — source: dundascommunications.com<\/p><\/div>\n
The Weinstein Company<\/strong><\/p>\n
99 Hudson St Fl 4
\nNew York, NY, 10013 United States
\n(212) 845-8600
\nhttp:\/\/www.weinsteinco.com<\/a><\/p>\n
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Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Weinstein Company Inc.<\/a> is a film production studio that was founded in 2005 by Harvey\u00a0Weinstein<\/a> and Bob Weinstein<\/a>. It is a subsidiary of The Weinstein Company Holdings LLC<\/a>.\u00a0The two brothers founded the company after they left Disney<\/a>-owned Miramax Films<\/a>, which they had founded in 1979.<\/p>\n
The Weinstein Company is considered a mini-major film studio. This means it is a smaller production company, yet it always competes, or at least tries to compete, in the same market as major production companies (such as Universal Pictures<\/a> or Paramount<\/a>) [1]<\/a>. Since its formation, The Weinstein Company has produced and released 117 feature films and has amassed over 300 Academy Awards nominations — giving the company the reputation of\u00a0having a Midas touch for producing critically successful films\u00a0[2]<\/a>. Along with critical success, many of The Weinstein Company’s films have been box office hits. To see Box Office Mojo’s list of The Weinstein Company’s top box office successes, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Company Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is privately owned, and therefore\u00a0detailed financial information is not available to the public [3]<\/a>. The top executives in\u00a0the company are: Mr. David Glasser<\/a>, President and COO; Mr. Harvey Weinstein, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and Principal; Mr. Robert (Bob) Weinstein,\u00a0Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, and Principal [3]<\/a>. These three are known to have close personal relationships with one another on top of their business ones. Bob Weinstein has said, “Although many have tried to claim the title third brother, David [Glasser] is the only one that we would proudly bestow that moniker” [4]<\/a>. But these three men don’t have complete control of the company. As well as the top executives, there are more than 30 investors\u00a0in TWC, including AMC Networks<\/a>, WPP<\/a>, Tunisian entrepreneur Tarak Ben Ammar<\/a> and hedge funds like Ziff Brothers<\/a> [5]<\/a>. Many of\u00a0these major investors have representatives on the company’s board of directors\u00a0[5]<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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President\/COO, David Glasser — Source: screendaily.com<\/p><\/div>\n
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Bob Weinstein — Source: Dailymail.co.uk<\/p><\/div>\n
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Harvey Weinstein — Source: freedomoutpost.com<\/p><\/div>\n
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Earlier this year\u00a0The Weinstein Company was making industry headlines because in late July David Glasser announced that he was leaving the company<\/a>\u00a0[6]<\/a>. He announced he would\u00a0leave the company in November after helping it set up its 2015-16 film slate [4]<\/a>. However, on September 9th it was announced that Glasser reversed his decision<\/a> to leave The Weinstein Company, and has actually signed a new deal, keeping him with the company until at least 2018 [6]<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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2015-2016 Titles<\/b><\/p>\n
As a production company The Weinstein Company has had an uncharacteristically poor\u00a0year so far. While most titles the company has churned out in the past year:\u00a0Big Eyes<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Paddington<\/a><\/em>, and\u00a0Netflix<\/a> television series\u00a0Marco Polo<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>have all been well enough received and have had moderate financial success, none have been critical standouts nor done exceptionally well\u00a0money-wise [7]<\/a>. One recent film that has been all-around poor is\u00a0Burnt<\/a><\/em>, starring Bradley Cooper<\/a>. The film has a received mostly negative reviews from critics, scoring a 27% on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, and was a flop in the box office [8]<\/a>.<\/p>\n