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WWE Films
Created in 2002 to create and develop feature
film properties for the professional wrestlers within the company. To date it has co-produced two films and is currently
producing three more independently, with The Marine being the first developed solely by the company to reach the filming stage,
and the first one to be theatrically released was See No Evil. The president of WWE Films is Joel Simon who recently expressed
interest in filming a sequel to The Marine, the idea has yet to get a green light. Stone Cold Steve Austin has agreed to star in
three WWE Films productions, the first one being The Condemned. Due to the low box office sales of The Condemned
and the fact that The Marine made a profit more in the rental market than in theaters, WWE Films plans to release their next
films as direct-to-DVD in the future Before the formation of WWE Films the WWE produced
the 1989 film No Holds Barred featuring Hulk Hogan.
Released Movie
Name 1st
Weekend US
Gross Worldwide
Gross Budget 9/26/2003 The Rundown $18,533,765 $47,641,743 $80,831,893 $85,000,000 4/2/2004 Walking Tall $15,501,114 $46,213,824 $47,313,824 $56,000,000 5/19/2006 See No Evil $4,581,233 $15,003,884 $15,358,597 $8,000,000 10/13/2006 The Marine $7,138,774 $18,844,784 $18,844,784 $15,000,000 4/27/2007 The Condemned $3,807,595 $7,327,940 - - Totals $135,032,175 $169,677,038 $164,000,000 Averages $27,006,435 $33,935,408 $41,000,000 Filmography As co-producers The Rundown (2003) - starring The
Rock Walking Tall (2004) - starring The
Rock As sole producers The Mania of WrestleMania (2004) -
a documentary filmed at WrestleMania XIX narrated by Jesse Ventura and aired on UPN shortly before WrestleMania XX. See No Evil (2006) - starring Kane,
completed, distributed by Lions Gate Films. The Marine (2006) - starring John
Cena, completed, distributed by 20th Century Fox The Condemned (2007) - starring Stone
Cold Steve Austin, completed, distributed by Lions Gate Films Jornada
del Muerto (2009) - starring Triple H.
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