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== History ==
== History ==
RatPac Entertainment was formed in 2013 by Hollywood director and producer [[Brett Ratner]] and media and resort billionaire [[James Packer]].
Dune Entertainment was a company founded by [[Steven Mnuchin]] in 2004.

Mnuchin founded Dune Entertainment as a side business. It financed a number of large-budget films, mostly for [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], including [[X-Men (film series)|the ''X-Men'' film franchise]] and ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/business/steven-mnuchin-expected-treasury-pick-is-an-outsider-to-public-policy.html |title=Steven Mnuchin, Expected Treasury Pick, Is an Outsider to Public Policy |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 30, 2016 |access-date=December 10, 2016 |author=Sorkin, Andrew Ross |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161208192916/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/business/steven-mnuchin-expected-treasury-pick-is-an-outsider-to-public-policy.html |archive-date=December 8, 2016 |author-link=Andrew Ross Sorkin }}</ref><ref name="RaineyExit">{{cite web |last1=Rainey |first1=James |title=Relativity Co-Chairman Steven Mnuchin Quietly Exited Just Before Big Losses |url=https://variety.com/2015/biz/news/relativity-steve-mnuchin-co-chairman-1201557256/ |access-date=May 11, 2016 |work=Variety |date=August 5, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510052630/http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/relativity-steve-mnuchin-co-chairman-1201557256/ |archive-date=May 10, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="WashPo">{{cite news |last1=Izadi |first1=Elahe |title=Trump's Treasury pick Steven Mnuchin is behind some of Hollywood's biggest movies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/11/30/trumps-treasury-pick-steven-mnuchin-is-behind-some-of-hollywoods-biggest-movies/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 30, 2016 |access-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214062847/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/11/30/trumps-treasury-pick-steven-mnuchin-is-behind-some-of-hollywoods-biggest-movies/ |archive-date=December 14, 2016 }}</ref> In 2012, after Dune's deal with 20th Century Fox ended, Mnuchin worked with the filmmaker [[Brett Ratner]] and the Australian businessman [[James Packer]] to merge his Dune Entertainment company with Ratner and Packer's newly founded RatPac Entertainment joint venture which would be formed into RatPac-Dune Entertainment in 2013; the following year.

Between 2013 and 2018, RatPac-Dune financed many films for Warner Bros., including ''[[American Sniper]]'' and ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]''. Mnuchin was co-chairman of the trio's movie company, [[Relativity Media]], but left seven months before it went bankrupt.<ref name="NYT02">{{cite web |last1=Sorkin |first1=Andrew Ross |title=Unlikely Fund-Raiser for Trump and Party (hardcopy) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/business/dealbook/donald-trumps-pick-for-fund-raiser-is-rife-with-contradictions.html |access-date=May 10, 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=May 10, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515113527/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/business/dealbook/donald-trumps-pick-for-fund-raiser-is-rife-with-contradictions.html |archive-date=May 15, 2016 }}</ref>


In September 2013, RatPac partnered with Dune Entertainment on a multi-year motion picture co-financing arrangement with Warner Bros., financing over $1 billion for 75 of the studio's films<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2013-09-30 |title=Warner Bros. Closes Financing Deal With Dune, Brett Ratner, James Packer |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/warner-bros-closes-financing-deal-with-dune-brett-ratner-james-packer-1200682476/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218174456/https://variety.com/2013/film/news/warner-bros-closes-financing-deal-with-dune-brett-ratner-james-packer-1200682476/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Australian Associated Press |date=2017-04-19 |title=James Packer sells his stake in Hollywood film company RatPac |url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/19/james-packer-sells-his-stake-in-hollywood-film-company-ratpac |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210013622/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/19/james-packer-sells-his-stake-in-hollywood-film-company-ratpac |url-status=live }}</ref>
In September 2013, RatPac partnered with Dune Entertainment on a multi-year motion picture co-financing arrangement with Warner Bros., financing over $1 billion for 75 of the studio's films<ref>{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2013-09-30 |title=Warner Bros. Closes Financing Deal With Dune, Brett Ratner, James Packer |url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/warner-bros-closes-financing-deal-with-dune-brett-ratner-james-packer-1200682476/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218174456/https://variety.com/2013/film/news/warner-bros-closes-financing-deal-with-dune-brett-ratner-james-packer-1200682476/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=Australian Associated Press |date=2017-04-19 |title=James Packer sells his stake in Hollywood film company RatPac |url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/19/james-packer-sells-his-stake-in-hollywood-film-company-ratpac |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210013622/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/19/james-packer-sells-his-stake-in-hollywood-film-company-ratpac |url-status=live }}</ref>
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== RatPac-Dune Entertainment partnership ==
== RatPac-Dune Entertainment partnership ==
RatPac-Dune Entertainment, LLC was formed in September 2013 by RatPac and Dune with a multi-year 75-picture co-financing arrangement with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]].<ref name="dl">{{cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=April 18, 2017 |title=Len Blavatnik's Access Acquires RatPac Entertainment Stake |url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/len-blavatnik-ratpac-entertainment-stake-brett-ratner-1202071393/ |access-date=April 24, 2017 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-date=April 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423082640/http://deadline.com/2017/04/len-blavatnik-ratpac-entertainment-stake-brett-ratner-1202071393/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Daniel |date=September 30, 2013 |title=Warner Bros. strikes financing deal with Dune, Ratner |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/30/entertainment/la-et-ct-warner-financing-deal-with-dune-ratner-20130930 |url-access=limited |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612014754/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/30/entertainment/la-et-ct-warner-financing-deal-with-dune-ratner-20130930 |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 26, 2013, RatPac-Dune finalized a $300 million credit facility with a group of banks, led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, that has an option to be extended to $400 million.<ref name="thr2">{{cite news |last1=Block |first1=Alex Ben |date=November 26, 2013 |title=Brett Ratner's RatPac-Dune Closes $300 Million Credit Facility to Fund Warner Bros. Films |language=en |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brett-ratners-ratpac-dune-closes-660509 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403073226/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brett-ratners-ratpac-dune-closes-660509 |url-status=live }}</ref> The company is the result of a 2013 joint venture between RatPac Entertainment and Dune Entertainment, following a collapse in negotiations between Dune and [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] – which led the company to close a deal with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] instead, replacing [[Legendary Entertainment|Legendary Pictures]] as Warner Bros.'s key co-financing partner.<ref name=merger/><ref name=founders-history/><ref>{{cite web|first1=Tatiana|last1=Siegel|first2=Matthew|last2=Belloni|title=Warner Bros. Closing Massive Financing Deal With Dune to Replace Legendary (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-closing-massive-financing-582274|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 9, 2013|access-date=May 22, 2015}}</ref>
RatPac-Dune Entertainment, LLC was formed in September 2013 by RatPac and Dune with a multi-year 75-picture co-financing arrangement with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]].<ref name="dl">{{cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=April 18, 2017 |title=Len Blavatnik's Access Acquires RatPac Entertainment Stake |url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/len-blavatnik-ratpac-entertainment-stake-brett-ratner-1202071393/ |access-date=April 24, 2017 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-date=April 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423082640/http://deadline.com/2017/04/len-blavatnik-ratpac-entertainment-stake-brett-ratner-1202071393/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Daniel |date=September 30, 2013 |title=Warner Bros. strikes financing deal with Dune, Ratner |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/30/entertainment/la-et-ct-warner-financing-deal-with-dune-ratner-20130930 |url-access=limited |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=June 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612014754/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/30/entertainment/la-et-ct-warner-financing-deal-with-dune-ratner-20130930 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On November 26, 2013, RatPac-Dune finalized a $300 million credit facility with a group of banks, led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, that has an option to be extended to $400 million.<ref name="thr2">{{cite news |last1=Block |first1=Alex Ben |date=November 26, 2013 |title=Brett Ratner's RatPac-Dune Closes $300 Million Credit Facility to Fund Warner Bros. Films |language=en |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brett-ratners-ratpac-dune-closes-660509 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |archive-date=April 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403073226/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brett-ratners-ratpac-dune-closes-660509 |url-status=live }}</ref> The company is the result of a 2013 joint venture between RatPac Entertainment and Dune Entertainment, following a collapse in negotiations between Dune and [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] – which led the company to close a deal with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] instead, replacing [[Legendary Entertainment|Legendary Pictures]] as Warner Bros.'s key co-financing partner.<ref name=merger/><ref name=founders-history/><ref>{{cite web|first1=Tatiana|last1=Siegel|first2=Matthew|last2=Belloni|title=Warner Bros. Closing Massive Financing Deal With Dune to Replace Legendary (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-closing-massive-financing-582274|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=July 9, 2013|access-date=May 22, 2015}}</ref>


In November 2018, RatPac-Dune's minority ownership stake in a library of 76 Warner Bros. films was put for sale, with investors in the fund backing the library to cash out.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=November 15, 2018 |title=RatPac Dune's Warner Bros Film Library Sale: Who Wants Piece Of 'Wonder Woman,' 'American Sniper' & 'Gravity'? |language=en |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/ratpac-dune-warner-bros-film-library-auction-wonder-woman-american-sniper-gravity-batman-v-superman-1202502857/ |access-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615190407/https://deadline.com/2018/11/ratpac-dune-warner-bros-film-library-auction-wonder-woman-american-sniper-gravity-batman-v-superman-1202502857/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Vine Alternative Investments]] made a high bid for the library, but in January 2019, Warner Bros. exercised its rights to match the bid for the library, and essentially acquired RatPac-Dune's stakes. The cost was estimated at nearly $300 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=January 2, 2019 |title=Warner Bros Exercises Matching Rights To Win RatPac Dune Library: $290M-$300M |language=en |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratpac-dune-library-warner-bros-300-million-dollar-deal-vine-alternative-investments-wonder-woman-batman-vs-superman-dunkirk-american-sniper-1202528281/ |access-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201527/https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratpac-dune-library-warner-bros-300-million-dollar-deal-vine-alternative-investments-wonder-woman-batman-vs-superman-dunkirk-american-sniper-1202528281/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In November 2018, RatPac-Dune's minority ownership stake in a library of 76 Warner Bros. films was put for sale, with investors in the fund backing the library to cash out.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=November 15, 2018 |title=RatPac Dune's Warner Bros Film Library Sale: Who Wants Piece Of 'Wonder Woman,' 'American Sniper' & 'Gravity'? |language=en |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/ratpac-dune-warner-bros-film-library-auction-wonder-woman-american-sniper-gravity-batman-v-superman-1202502857/ |access-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615190407/https://deadline.com/2018/11/ratpac-dune-warner-bros-film-library-auction-wonder-woman-american-sniper-gravity-batman-v-superman-1202502857/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Vine Alternative Investments]] made a high bid for the library, but in January 2019, Warner Bros. exercised its rights to match the bid for the library, and essentially acquired RatPac-Dune's stakes. The cost was estimated at nearly $300 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=January 2, 2019 |title=Warner Bros Exercises Matching Rights To Win RatPac Dune Library: $290M-$300M |language=en |work=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratpac-dune-library-warner-bros-300-million-dollar-deal-vine-alternative-investments-wonder-woman-batman-vs-superman-dunkirk-american-sniper-1202528281/ |access-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201527/https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratpac-dune-library-warner-bros-300-million-dollar-deal-vine-alternative-investments-wonder-woman-batman-vs-superman-dunkirk-american-sniper-1202528281/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The 75-picture deal passively covered all movies including those from another production financing deal with [[Village Roadshow Pictures]], with [[Alcon Entertainment]] and all [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' films]] being exemption.<ref name="thr2"/>
The 75-picture deal passively covered all movies including those from another production financing deal with [[Village Roadshow Pictures]], with films from [[MGM|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], [[Legendary Pictures]] (which include the first 2 MonsterVerse films; [[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]] & [[Kong: Skull Island]] as well as [[300: Rise of an Empire]] & [[Interstellar]]), all [[Alcon Entertainment]] films between 2014 and 2017 & [[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]] all being exceptions.<ref name="thr2"/>


===RatPac-Dune Entertainment films===
===RatPac-Dune Entertainment films===
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* ''[[Winter's Tale (film)|Winter's Tale]]'' (2014) (co-production with [[Village Roadshow Pictures]] and [[Weed Road Pictures]])
* ''[[Winter's Tale (film)|Winter's Tale]]'' (2014) (co-production with [[Village Roadshow Pictures]] and [[Weed Road Pictures]])
* ''[[Blended (film)|Blended]]'' (2014) (co-production with [[Happy Madison Productions]], [[Flower Films]] and Gulfstream Pictures)
* ''[[Blended (film)|Blended]]'' (2014) (co-production with [[Happy Madison Productions]], [[Flower Films]] and Gulfstream Pictures)
* ''[[Godzilla (2014 film)|Godzilla]]'' (2014) (co-finance with [[Legendary Entertainment|Legendary Pictures]] and Warner Bros.) (copyright holder)<ref>{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=November 15, 2018 |title=RatPac Dune's Warner Bros Film Library Sale: Who Wants Piece Of 'Wonder Woman,' 'American Sniper' & 'Gravity'? |url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/ratpac-dune-warner-bros-film-library-auction-wonder-woman-american-sniper-gravity-batman-v-superman-1202502857/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615190407/https://deadline.com/2018/11/ratpac-dune-warner-bros-film-library-auction-wonder-woman-american-sniper-gravity-batman-v-superman-1202502857/ |archive-date=June 15, 2022 |access-date=June 15, 2022 |work=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
* ''[[Edge of Tomorrow]]'' (2014) (co-production with [[Village Roadshow Pictures]])
* ''[[Edge of Tomorrow]]'' (2014) (co-production with [[Village Roadshow Pictures]])
* ''[[Jersey Boys (film)|Jersey Boys]]'' (2014) (co-production with [[GK Films]])
* ''[[Jersey Boys (film)|Jersey Boys]]'' (2014) (co-production with [[GK Films]])
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* ''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]'' (2017) (co-production with [[Syncopy Inc.]])
* ''[[Dunkirk (2017 film)|Dunkirk]]'' (2017) (co-production with [[Syncopy Inc.]])
* ''[[Annabelle: Creation]]'' (2017) (with [[New Line Cinema]], [[Atomic Monster]] and [[The Safran Company]])
* ''[[Annabelle: Creation]]'' (2017) (with [[New Line Cinema]], [[Atomic Monster]] and [[The Safran Company]])
* ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'' (2017)
(with [[New Line Cinema]], [[Atomic Monster]] and [[The Safran Company]])
* ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'' (2017) (with [[New Line Cinema]]) (co-production with [[Vertigo Entertainment]], [[Lin Pictures]] and [[KatzSmith Productions]])
* ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]'' (2017) (with [[New Line Cinema]]) (co-production with [[Vertigo Entertainment]], [[Lin Pictures]] and [[KatzSmith Productions]])
* ''[[The Lego Ninjago Movie]]'' (2017) (with [[Warner Bros. Pictures Animation|Warner Animation Group]]) (co-production with [[The Lego Group|Lego System A/S]], [[Vertigo Entertainment]], [[Rideback (production company)|Lin Pictures]] and Lord Miller Productions)
* ''[[The Lego Ninjago Movie]]'' (2017) (with [[Warner Bros. Pictures Animation|Warner Animation Group]]) (co-production with [[The Lego Group|Lego System A/S]], [[Vertigo Entertainment]], [[Rideback (production company)|Lin Pictures]] and Lord Miller Productions)
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; Financed with [[Sony Pictures]]
; Financed with [[Sony Pictures]]
* ''[[Aloha (2015 film)|Aloha]]'' (2015) (with [[Columbia Pictures]]) (co-production with [[Regency Enterprises]], LStar Capital and Vinyl Films; U.S. distribution only))
* ''[[Aloha (2015 film)|Aloha]]'' (2015) (with [[Columbia Pictures]]) (co-production with [[Regency Enterprises]], LStar Capital and Vinyl Films; U.S. distribution only)
* ''[[Truth (2015 film)|Truth]]'' (2015) (with [[Sony Pictures Classics]]) (co-production with Echo Lake Entertainment, Blue Lake Media Fund, Mythology Entertainment and Dirty Films)
* ''[[Truth (2015 film)|Truth]]'' (2015) (with [[Sony Pictures Classics]]) (co-production with Echo Lake Entertainment, Blue Lake Media Fund, Mythology Entertainment and Dirty Films)
* ''[[I Saw the Light (film)|I Saw the Light]]'' (2016) (with [[Sony Pictures Classics]]) (co-production with [[Bron Studios]] and CW Media Finance)
* ''[[I Saw the Light (film)|I Saw the Light]]'' (2016) (with [[Sony Pictures Classics]]) (co-production with [[Bron Studios]] and CW Media Finance)
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; Financed with [[RKO Pictures]]
; Financed with [[RKO Pictures]]
* ''[[Barely Lethal]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Barely Lethal]]'' (2015)
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== RatPac Documentary Films ==
== RatPac Documentary Films ==
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RatPac Entertainment, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion pictures
Television
PredecessorRat Entertainment
Dune Entertainment
Founded2013; 11 years ago (2013)
FoundersBrett Ratner
James Packer
Defunct2017; 7 years ago (2017)
SuccessorAccess Entertainment
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Brett Ratner (CEO)
OwnerBrett Ratner James Packer
DivisionsRatPac Television
RatPac Documentary Films
Websiteratpacentertainment.com

RatPac Entertainment, LLC is an American media and entertainment company that finances and produces motion pictures, television, documentaries, live theater, and podcasts. The company is owned by Brett Ratner and James Packer.[1]

History

Dune Entertainment was a company founded by Steven Mnuchin in 2004.

Mnuchin founded Dune Entertainment as a side business. It financed a number of large-budget films, mostly for 20th Century Fox, including the X-Men film franchise and Avatar.[2][3][4] In 2012, after Dune's deal with 20th Century Fox ended, Mnuchin worked with the filmmaker Brett Ratner and the Australian businessman James Packer to merge his Dune Entertainment company with Ratner and Packer's newly founded RatPac Entertainment joint venture which would be formed into RatPac-Dune Entertainment in 2013; the following year.

Between 2013 and 2018, RatPac-Dune financed many films for Warner Bros., including American Sniper and Mad Max: Fury Road. Mnuchin was co-chairman of the trio's movie company, Relativity Media, but left seven months before it went bankrupt.[5]

In September 2013, RatPac partnered with Dune Entertainment on a multi-year motion picture co-financing arrangement with Warner Bros., financing over $1 billion for 75 of the studio's films[6][7]

In December 2013, RatPac signed a deal starting as of January 1, 2014 to finance films as part of a production deal between Plan B Entertainment and New Regency.[8]

RatPac Entertainment has co-financed 81 theatrically released motion pictures exceeding $17 billion in worldwide box office receipts. RatPac's co-financed films have been nominated for 59 Academy Awards, 25 Golden Globes and 43 BAFTAs and have won 25 Academy Awards, 8 Golden Globes and 24 BAFTAs.

In late 2017, Access Entertainment bought Packer's controlling stake in the company. In 2019, Georgetown, directed by Christoph Waltz, was released by Paramount Pictures.[9]

In 2021, Reddit r/wallstreetbets founder Jaime Rogozinski sold the rights to his life story to the company following the short squeeze of GameStop's stocks.[10] The documentary "The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution" directed by Ondi Timoner debuted on Netflix on January 1, 2024.[11]

Dune Entertainment partnership

Dune Entertainment was led by Steven Mnuchin and had been co-financing Fox films since 2006.[12][13][14][15] On March 17, 2006, Viacom agreed to sell a controlling interest in the DreamWorks Pictures live-action film library to Soros Strategic Partners and Dune Entertainment II.[16] The sale was completed on May 8, 2006.[17]

Dune Entertainment films

Produced with 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic and Fox 2000 Pictures as Dune Entertainment, Dune Entertainment LLC or Dune Entertainment III LLC.

RatPac-Dune Entertainment partnership

RatPac-Dune Entertainment, LLC was formed in September 2013 by RatPac and Dune with a multi-year 75-picture co-financing arrangement with Warner Bros. Pictures.[18][19] On November 26, 2013, RatPac-Dune finalized a $300 million credit facility with a group of banks, led by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, that has an option to be extended to $400 million.[20] The company is the result of a 2013 joint venture between RatPac Entertainment and Dune Entertainment, following a collapse in negotiations between Dune and 20th Century Fox – which led the company to close a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures instead, replacing Legendary Pictures as Warner Bros.'s key co-financing partner.[12][15][21]

In November 2018, RatPac-Dune's minority ownership stake in a library of 76 Warner Bros. films was put for sale, with investors in the fund backing the library to cash out.[22] Vine Alternative Investments made a high bid for the library, but in January 2019, Warner Bros. exercised its rights to match the bid for the library, and essentially acquired RatPac-Dune's stakes. The cost was estimated at nearly $300 million.[23] The 75-picture deal passively covered all movies including those from another production financing deal with Village Roadshow Pictures, with films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Legendary Pictures (which include the first 2 MonsterVerse films; Godzilla & Kong: Skull Island as well as 300: Rise of an Empire & Interstellar), all Alcon Entertainment films between 2014 and 2017 & Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them all being exceptions.[20]

RatPac-Dune Entertainment films

Financed with Warner Bros. Pictures
Under Access Entertainment
Financed with Regency Enterprises and 20th Century Fox
Financed with Universal Pictures
Financed with Sony Pictures
Financed with RKO Pictures

RatPac Documentary Films

RatPac Television

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