Production CompanyFilm

Dark Castle Entertainment

Beverly Hills, California(approximate location)

Dark Castle Entertainment is one of the most storied and successful production companies in Hollywood, with a diverse array of film titles and deep connections within the entertainment industry.

From their site

Images from Dark Castle Entertainment’s own website.

Who works there

  • Box OfficeNorman Golightly Co-CEO, Creative Douglas Mc
  • Norman GolightlyCo-CEO, Creative Douglas McClure, JD Executi
  • Pinilla StoryEditor, Executive Assistant ©2026 Dark
  • Development Karen

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1999Wikidata
Founded byRobert Zemeckis, Joel Silver, Gilbert AdlerWikidata
LocationBeverly Hills, California
Websitedarkcastle.com
Phone310-566-6100
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
6.3IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

28 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

22 wins from 98 nominations across all awards

Box office
$471m

Combined US gross, 19 of 32 titles

RocknRolla poster
Highest rated
RocknRolla
2008
7.2272,877 votes
The Apparition poster
Lowest rated
The Apparition
2012
4.120,965 votes
Mostly
thriller, horror, action
Active
1999–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
33%
Best known for
Unknown

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 30 of 32 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 36

31 films · 1 TV title

Titles per year32 titles · busiest 2009 with 5

32 titles across 28 years, averaging 1.1 a year. The last five years hold at 1.6 a year. 9 of those 28 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time28 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
357their average 6.3200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 6.3 across 13 titles. The 8 titles since 2017 average 6.0, 0.3 below their 6.3 overall. 5 of 28 rated titles sit above their 6.3 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Jaume Collet-Serra3
  • Steve Beck2
Writers
  • Chad Hayes3
  • Robb White3
  • David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick2
  • Alex Mace2
  • Carey W. Hayes2
Notable cast
  • Idris Elba3
  • Isabelle Fuhrman2
Genres
  • Thriller20 of 30
  • Horror15 of 30
  • Action10 of 30
  • Mystery10 of 30
  • Crime9 of 30

Names appearing on two or more of Dark Castle Entertainment’s produced titles, across the 30 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 with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Dark Castle Entertainment on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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