Production CompanyFilm

Carolco Pictures

Manhattan Beach, California(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1976Wikidata
Founded byMario KassarWikidata
LocationManhattan Beach, California
Websitecarolcofilms.com
Phone+1 (310) 275-7505
Statusclosedclosed 1995 i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.4IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

46 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars4of22nominations18%

111 wins from 318 nominations across all awards

Box office
$1.3bn

Combined US gross, 38 of 51 titles

Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster
Highest rated
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991
8.61,282,391 votes
Iron Eagle II poster
Lowest rated
Iron Eagle II
1988
3.95,648 votes
Mostly
drama, action, adventure
Active
1978–1995
Rotten Tomatoes
56%
Best known for
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 48 of 51 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits24 of 53

51 films

Titles per year51 titles · busiest 1991 with 10 · 1978–1995

51 titles across 18 years, averaging 2.8 a year. The last five years average 4.8 a year, above their long-run rate. 5 of those 18 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time46 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.419801990

Their 1990s work is their strongest, averaging 7.7 across 28 titles. The 42 titles since 1986 average 7.5, holding at their 7.4 overall. 5 of 46 rated titles sit above their 7.4 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Paul Verhoeven3
  • Renny Harlin2
  • Roland Emmerich2
  • Walter Hill2
Writers
  • Joe Eszterhas3
  • Sylvester Stallone3
  • David Morrell3
  • Dean Devlin2
  • Randall Jahnson2
Notable cast
  • Sylvester Stallone5
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger4
  • Michael Ironside3
  • Richard Crenna3
  • Kyle MacLachlan2
Genres
  • Drama22 of 48
  • Action20 of 48
  • Adventure13 of 48
  • Comedy13 of 48
  • Thriller13 of 48

Names appearing on two or more of Carolco Pictures’s produced titles, across the 48 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with9 companies

Companies that appear alongside Carolco Pictures on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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