Production CompanyFilm

Playtone

Santa Monica, California(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1998Wikidata
Founded byTom Hanks, Gary GoetzmanWikidata
LocationSanta Monica, California
Websiteplaytone.com
Phone(310) 394-2497
Statusactive2027 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.4IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

44 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of12nominations0%
Emmys41of55nominations75%
BAFTAs0of3nominations0%

289 wins from 921 nominations across all awards

Box office
$1.3bn

Combined US gross, 21 of 52 titles

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Highest rated
Band of Brothers
2001
9.4587,949 votes
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Lowest rated
My Big Fat Greek Life
2003
4.61,285 votes
Mostly
drama, documentary, comedy
Active
2000–2027
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Best known for
Cast Away

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 50 of 52 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.

Their television work

Series
1719 seasons

2001–2026

Television rating
9.0IMDb

Their films average 6.9, so the television rates 2.0 higher.

Networks
  • CNN7
  • HBO6
  • Netflix1
  • Apple TV1
  • Yahoo! Screen1
  • CBS1

Across 17 series matched to TMDB, 178 episodes. 1 still returning or in production.

Longest runningBig Love · 5 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 61

35 films · 17 TV titles

Titles per year52 titles · busiest 2006 with 4

52 titles across 27 years, averaging 1.9 a year. The last five years average 2.6 a year, above their long-run rate.

Quality over time44 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 7.4200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.6 across 17 titles. The 18 titles since 2016 average 6.8, 0.6 below their 7.4 overall. 20 of 44 rated titles sit above their 7.4 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Laurent Bouzereau2
  • Mark Herzog2
  • Peter Landesman2
  • Jonathan Demme2
  • Robert Zemeckis2
Writers
  • Nia Vardalos4
  • Tom Hanks4
  • Dave Eggers4
  • Catherine Johnson2
  • Peter Landesman2
Notable cast
  • Tom Hanks16
  • Nia Vardalos3
  • John Corbett3
  • Meryl Streep3
  • Julia Roberts3
Genres
  • Drama24 of 50
  • Documentary17 of 50
  • Comedy12 of 50
  • History11 of 50
  • Romance8 of 50

Names appearing on two or more of Playtone’s produced titles, across the 50 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 Playtone on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

Film offices covering Santa Monica

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