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{{Infobox company
| name = New Line Productions, Inc.
| logo = New Line Cinema 2024.svg
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2024
| trade_name = New Line Cinema
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Film industry|Film]]<br>[[Television production|Television]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1967|6|18}} in [[New York City]], United States
| defunct = {{end date and age|2008|2|28}} (as a stand-alone studio)
| fate = Folded into [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], currently active as a unit of studio
| founder = [[Robert Shaye]]
| successor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
| hq_location = [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|4000 Warner Blvd]]
| hq_location_city = [[Burbank, California]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| products = [[Motion picture]]s<br>[[Television program]]s
| key_people = Richard Brener ([[President (corporate title)|president]] and [[Chief creative officer|CCO]])
| parent = {{Plainlist|
* [[Turner Entertainment Co.]] (1994–1996)
* [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]] (1996–2008)
* [[Warner Bros.]] (2008–2022)
* [[Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group]] (2022–present)
}}
| divisions = {{Plainlist|
* [[New Line Television]] (1988–2008)
* [[Fine Line Features]] (1991–2005)
* [[New Line Home Entertainment]] (1990–2010)
}}
| footnotes = <ref name="Legal" /><ref name="FirstShowing.net">{{cite web |url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/28/its-official-new-line-cinema-is-dead |title=It's Official – New Line Cinema is Dead! |first=Alex |last=Billington |date=February 28, 2008 |publisher=FirstShowing.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302060816/http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/02/28/its-official-new-line-cinema-is-dead/ |archive-date=March 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/0517760D:US|title=New Line Productions Inc - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets|website=Bloomberg.com|access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Warner Bros. Entertainment Executives |url=http://www.warnermediagroup.com/company/management/executives-by-business/warner-bros-entertainment |website=WarnerMedia |access-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714223925/http://www.warnermediagroup.com/company/management/executives-by-business/warner-bros-entertainment |archive-date=July 14, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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'''New Line Productions, Inc.''',<ref name="Legal">{{cite web|title=NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, INC.|website=[[OpenCorporates]]|access-date=14 May 2024|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/1610022}}</ref> [[Trade name|doing business as]] '''New Line Cinema''', is an American [[film production|film]] and [[television production]] company. In 2008, it became a subsidiary of [[Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group]], a division of the [[Major film studios|"Big Five" film studio]] [[Warner Bros.]], which, in turn, is owned by [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] (WBD).

The studio was founded on June 18, 1967, by [[Robert Shaye]] in [[New York City]], and has been operating as a unit of [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] since 2008. After becoming a film studio after being acquired by [[Turner Broadcasting System]] in 1994, Turner later merged with Time Warner Entertainment (later known as [[WarnerMedia]] from 2018 to 2022, and Warner Bros. Discovery since 2022) in 1996, and New Line was merged with Warner Bros. Pictures in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/New-Line-Cinema-Inc-company-History.html |title=History of New Line Cinema, Inc. – FundingUniverse |website=Fundinguniverse.com |access-date=January 17, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304034514/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/New-Line-Cinema-Inc-Company-History.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to the integration into Warner Bros. Pictures, the headquarters were located in Los Angeles, California at 116 N Robertson Blvd. Since then, New Line Cinema operates out of offices at [[Warner Bros. Studios Burbank|Warner Bros. Studios]] in [[Burbank, California|Burbank]].

New Line Cinema is currently one of the four live-action film studios within the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, the others being Warner Bros. Pictures, [[Castle Rock Entertainment]], and a minority stake in [[Spyglass Media Group]]. The studio has been nicknamed "The House that [[Freddy Krueger|Freddy]] Built" due to the success of the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' film series.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=July 21, 2016 |title=How New Line Cinema Is Making a Killing in Horror |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-new-line-cinema-is-912458/ |access-date=November 7, 2022 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108041433/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/how-new-line-cinema-is-912458/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, its most successful property was a [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film adaptation]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] with considerable commercial success and numerous [[Academy Awards]].

==History==
===From founding to 1984===
[[File:New Line Cinema 1972.png|thumb|Logo used from 1967 to 1987|class=skin-invert]]
New Line Cinema was established in 1967 by the then 27-year-old [[Robert Shaye]] as a film distribution company, supplying [[World cinema|foreign]] and [[art film]]s for college campuses in the United States. Shaye operated New Line Cinema's offices out of his apartment at 14th Street and Second Avenue in New York City. One of the company's early successes was its distribution of the 1936 [[Cannabis (drug)|anti-cannabis]] propaganda film ''[[Reefer Madness]]'', which became a cult hit on American college campuses in the early 1970s. New Line also released many classic foreign-language films, like ''[[Stay As You Are]]'', ''[[Immoral Tales (film)|Immoral Tales]]'' and ''[[Get Out Your Handkerchiefs]]'' (which became the first New Line film to win an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]).<ref name=history>{{cite magazine | url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/a-brief-history-2-1117909431/ | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | title=A brief history | first=Keith | last=Collins | date=August 22, 2004 | access-date=January 10, 2020 | archive-date=January 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110212452/https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/a-brief-history-2-1117909431/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The studio has also released many of the films of [[John Waters (filmmaker)|John Waters]].

In 1976, New Line Cinema secured funding to produce its first full-length feature, ''[[Stunts (film)|Stunts]]'' (1977), directed by [[Mark L. Lester]]. Although not considered a critical success, the film performed well commercially on the international market and on television.<ref name="newline1">{{cite web|url=http://newline.com/aboutus.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103091820/http://newline.com/aboutus.html |archive-date=2012-01-03 |title=New Line Cinema : About Us |publisher=Newline.com |access-date=2011-08-23}}</ref>

In 1980, Shaye's law school classmate [[Michael Lynne]] became outside counsel and adviser to the company and renegotiated its debt.<ref name=history/><ref name=towers>{{cite magazine | url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/the-two-towers-1117909426/ | magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | title=The Two Towers | first=David | last=Hafetz | date=August 22, 2004 | access-date=January 10, 2020 | archive-date=January 10, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110220016/https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/the-two-towers-1117909426/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1983, [[Bryanston Distributing Company]], the company that first distributed the original ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'', lost the rights to that film, and the rights reverted to the original owners. New Line Cinema bought the rights and re-released the film to theatres that same year. It became very successful for the studio.<ref name="BozInterview">{{cite video|people= Bozman, Ron (Production manager)|date=2008|title= The Business of Chain Saw: Interview with Ron Bozman from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|medium=DVD|publisher= Dark Sky Films|time=0:11:40–0:16:25}}</ref>

New Line Cinema expanded its film production in the early 1980s, producing or co-producing films including ''[[Polyester (film)|Polyester]]'', directed by [[John Waters]], and ''[[Alone in the Dark (1982 film)|Alone in the Dark]]''. ''Polyester'' was one of the first films to introduce a novelty cinema experience named [[Odorama]], where members of the audience were provided with a set of "scratch and sniff" cards to be scratched and sniffed at specific times during the film, which provided an additional sensory connection to the viewed image.<ref name="newline1" /> In 1983, Lynne joined the board.<ref name=history/> In 1984, Dawn Altyn and Jeff Youngs joined New Line Cinema, respectively as sales manager, eastern and southern divisions of New Line Distribution, and national print controller of the studio, to distribute new projects.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1984-02-08|title=Name Altyn, Youngs to New Line Posts|page=24|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

===1980s: Beginning success with ''A Nightmare on Elm Street''===
''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' was produced and released by New Line Cinema in 1984. The resulting [[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|franchise]] was New Line Cinema's first commercially successful series, leading the company to be nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built".<ref name=":0" /> The film was made on a budget of $1.8 million and grossed over $57 million.<ref name=ww>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 10, 1992|page=36|first=Chris|last=Mitchell|title=Shrewd marketing fuels Freddy promotion}}</ref> A year later, ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge]]'' was released, and grossed $3.3 million in its first three days of release and over $30 million at the US box office. In 1986, the company went public, and held 1,613,000 shares of common stock.<ref name=history/><ref>{{Cite news|date=1986-07-23|title=New Line Going Public|page=4|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

With the success of the ''Elm Street'' franchise, New Line Cinema made moves to expand their business. This included a revamping of their distribution network,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greenberg |first=James |date=1986-04-09 |title=New Line Details Next 4 Prods; Plans Up To 12 Releases A Year |page=4 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> the sale of their films into broadcast syndication and pay-television (via [[ELP Communications|Embassy Communications]] and [[Universal Pay Television]], respectively),<ref>{{Cite news|date=1986-07-30|title=New Line Cinema Movie Package Fortifies Embassy Communications|page=41|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-06-10 |title=New Line, Universal Pay TV Sign Cable Deal For Theatrical Pics |page=46 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> and the creation of an international distribution arm.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1987-10-21 |title=New Line Finds Better Results By Pushing Product Ahead of Mifed |pages=18, 504 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

[[File:New Line Cinema.gif|thumb|Logo used from 1987 to 2001; all subsequent logos have been variants derived from this logo|class=skin-invert]]

The third film in the series, ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors]]'', was released in 1987, the studio's first national release,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=New Line Adds 2 In-House Pics To Production Schedule For '87|page=7|date=May 21, 1986|last=Silverman|first=Michael}}</ref> and opened at number one, grossing $8.9 million for the weekend, a record for an independent film at the time,<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title='Elm Street 3' Sets Indie B.O. Record; National Biz Lively|page=3|date=March 4, 1987}}</ref> and went on to gross almost $45 million at the US box office. A further six films have been made. The first six grossed $500 million worldwide<ref name=ww/> and the next three $250 million, for a total of $750 million.

===''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and expansion (1990–1994)===
In 1990, Lynne became president and chief operating officer, with Shaye as chairman and chief executive officer.<ref name=history/> The same year, New Line Cinema released ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' which became the highest-grossing independent film of all-time with a gross of $135 million in the United States and Canada, until it was surpassed by ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0100758/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=January 10, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804123414/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0100758/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-untold-785653 |title='Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Untold Story of the Movie "Every Studio in Hollywood" Rejected |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=January 10, 2020 |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621102039/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-untold-785653 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-08-20 |title=Undercover Indies: The Unlikely Origin Story of 1990's 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/undercover-indies-unlikely-origins/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Film Independent |language=en-US |archive-date=February 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221210525/https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/undercover-indies-unlikely-origins/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was followed by a sequel, ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze]]'' (1991) which was the second highest-grossing<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/in-winner-s-circle-109686/|title=In Winners Circle|page=I-49|date=August 17, 1993|access-date=January 10, 2020|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817025345/https://variety.com/1993/film/news/in-winner-s-circle-109686/|url-status=live}}</ref> with a gross of $78 million in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web | title= Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (1991) | website= [[Box Office Mojo]] | url= https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tnmt2.htm | access-date= January 10, 2020 | archive-date= November 12, 2018 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181112005247/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tnmt2.htm | url-status= live }}</ref> A third, ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III]]'' followed in 1993.

In July 1990, [[Carolco Pictures]] entered into a joint venture with New Line Cinema to start Seven Arts, a distribution company which primarily released much of Carolco's low-budget output as opposed to their high-budget films which were released by [[TriStar Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-19-fi-141-story.html |title=Carolco, New Line in Distribution Agreement |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 19, 1990 |access-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053639/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-19/business/fi-141_1_budget-films |url-status=live }}</ref> In November, New Line Cinema purchased a 52% stake in the television production company [[Halcyon Studios|RHI Entertainment]] (now [[Halcyon Studios]]), which would later be sold to [[Hallmark Cards]] in 1994.

In early 1991, [[Fine Line Features]] was set up as a [[Wholly Owned Subsidiary|wholly owned subsidiary]] headed by [[Ira Deutchman]] and released films including [[Jane Campion]]'s ''[[An Angel at My Table]]'' and [[Gus van Sant]]'s ''[[My Own Private Idaho]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Eller|first=Claudia|title=Fine Line Features Enters Coprod'n Arena Via 2 Pix|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=Oct 24, 1991|page=1}}</ref> That May, New Line Cinema purchased the home video and foreign rights to 600 films held by Sultan Entertainment Holdings (a.k.a. [[Nelson Entertainment]]). The deal also included an 11-film distribution deal with [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]. On November 27, New Line Cinema purchased Sultan outright.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1991-09-29/nightmares-turtles-and-profits |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140409005939/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1991-09-29/nightmares-turtles-and-profits |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 9, 2014 |title=Nightmares, Turtles And Profits |website=Businessweek.com |date=1991-09-29 |access-date=2016-01-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100240/0000950144-94-000832.txt |format=TXT |title=COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC |website=Sec.gov |access-date=2016-01-17 |archive-date=July 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710093510/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/100240/0000950144-94-000832.txt |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1992, [[Michael De Luca]] became executive vice-president and chief executive officer of the production unit.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Shifts At New Line|page=6|date=October 26, 1992}}</ref>

===Turner purchase and Time Warner era (1994–2008)===
On January 28, 1994, New Line Cinema was acquired by the [[Turner Broadcasting System]] for $500 million,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-28-fi-16459-story.html|title=New Line to Join Ted Turner Empire Today : Film: With more money, the company is likely to add a few big movies to its annual production schedule|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 28, 1994|access-date=August 3, 2020|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531141629/http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-28/business/fi-16459_1_production-schedule|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=January 12, 1995|page=28|edition=61st anniversary|title=Robert Shaye}}</ref> which later merged with [[Time Warner Entertainment]] in 1996. New Line Cinema was kept as its own separate entity, while fellow Turner-owned studios [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] and Castle Rock Entertainment eventually became units of [[Warner Bros.]]

During its time as an entity separate from Warner Bros., New Line Cinema continued to operate several divisions, including theatrical distribution, marketing and home video.

The company's fortunes took a downturn in 1996 after losses on ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' and ''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]''.<ref name=towers/> Although, in 1997, ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]'' received the studio's first nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]<ref name=history/> and their second film to win an Academy Award with [[Geoffrey Rush]]'s win for [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=The Line on Laurels|pages=40–41|date=August 23, 2004}}</ref>

[[File:New Line Cinema.svg|thumb|Logo used since 2001, a slight modification of the 1987 logo. While used onscreen only once since 2010, this logo frequently appears on promotional material; the current variant used since 2024 has a similar onscreen ident, albeit with minor variations including the font|class=skin-invert]]

====2000s: ''The Lord of the Rings'' era====
New Line Cinema produced [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]] which became their most successful films to date, grossing over $2.9 billion worldwide.<ref name=history/> The films were nominated for 30 [[Academy Awards]], including nominations for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] for each film, and won 17, with the final picture, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003) winning a (joint) record eleven, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]],<ref name=history/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/76th-winners.html |title=The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners |access-date=20 November 2011 |work=oscars.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929190645/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/76th-winners.html |archive-date=29 September 2012}}</ref> as well as being the [[List of highest-grossing films#Highest-grossing films|second highest-grossing film of all time]] at the time of its release.<ref>{{cite web |title=All Time Worldwide Box Office |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040605104640/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |archive-date=5 June 2004}}</ref>

Despite the success of ''The Lord of the Rings'' films, ''[[Town and Country (film)|Town and Country]]'' (2001) generated a loss of $100 million and De Luca left as production head to be replaced by [[Toby Emmerich]].<ref name=towers/> In 2001, Shaye and Lynne became co-chairmen and co-CEO.<ref name=history/>

The studio was also a partner in founding a new distribution company named [[Picturehouse (company)|Picturehouse]] in 2005. Specializing in [[independent film]], Picturehouse was formed by Bob Berney, who left distributor [[Newmarket Films]], New Line Cinema, who folded their Fine Line division into Picturehouse, and [[HBO Films]], a division of [[HBO]] and a subsidiary of Time Warner, who was interested in getting into the theatrical film business.

===Warner Bros. era (2008–present)===
[[File:New_Line_Cinema_2011.svg|thumb|Logo used from 2011 to 2024; the logotype has been used since 2011|class=skin-invert]]
On February 28, 2008, Time Warner's CEO at the time, [[Jeffrey Bewkes]], announced that New Line Cinema would be shut down as a separately operated studio. Shaye and Lynne said that they would step down with a letter to their employees. They promised, however, along with Time Warner and Jeffery Bewkes, that the company would continue to operate its financing, producing, marketing and distributing operations of its own films, but would do so as a part of Warner Bros. and be a smaller studio, releasing a smaller number of films than in past years.<ref name="FirstShowing.net"/> The box office disappointment of ''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]'' (2007) was largely blamed for the decision, in which New Line Cinema spent $180 million on its development, yet it only grossed $70 million in the United States market.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/dial-d-for-disaster-the-fall-of-new-line-cinema-809545.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/dial-d-for-disaster-the-fall-of-new-line-cinema-809545.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London |work=The Independent | title=Dial 'D' for disaster: The fall of New Line Cinema | date=April 16, 2008}}</ref> In March, Emmerich became president and chief operating officer, whilst both founders Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne had left the company.

On May 8, 2008, it was announced that Picturehouse would shut down in the fall.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/VR1117985299.html | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | title=Picturehouse, WIP to close shop | first1=Dade | last1=Hayes | first2=Dave | last2=McNary | date=May 8, 2008 | access-date=April 17, 2020 | archive-date=July 14, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714165901/http://www.variety.com/VR1117985299.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Berney later bought the Picturehouse trademarks from Warner Bros. and relaunched the company in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/01/sundance-the-berneys-are-back-and-theyve-got-metallica-404900/|title=The Berneys are Back with Picturehouse, and Now They've got Metallica|last=Fleming|first=Mike|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 15, 2013|access-date=2013-01-15|archive-date=March 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318144409/http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/sundance-the-berneys-are-back-and-theyve-got-metallica/|url-status=live}}</ref>

New Line Cinema moved from its long-time headquarters on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles in June 2014 to Warner Bros.' lot Building 76, formerly used by [[Legendary Entertainment]], a former Warner Bros. film co-financier.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=New Line Leaving Longtime Los Angeles HQ, Moving to Burbank|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/new-line-leaving-longtime-los-angeles-hq-moving-to-burbank-1201078769/|access-date=October 30, 2014|work=Variety|date=January 30, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224142821/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/new-line-leaving-longtime-los-angeles-hq-moving-to-burbank-1201078769/|url-status=live}}</ref> The last film released by New Line Cinema as a free-standing company was the [[Will Ferrell]] film ''[[Semi-Pro]]''.

Since 2016, New Line Cinema had been producing its own television series ([[New Line Television]] had been folded into [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] in 2008).

As for the company's future, [[Alan Horn]], the Warner Bros. president at the time of the consolidation, stated, "There's no budget number required. They'll be doing about six per year, though the number may go from four to seven; it's not going to be 10." As to content, "New Line will not just be doing genre [...] There's no mandate to make a particular kind of movie."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2008/film/features/new-line-still-has-irons-in-fire-1117988209/ | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | title=New Line still has irons in fire | first=Dave | last=McNary | date=June 27, 2008}}</ref>

==Film library==
{{Main|List of New Line Cinema films}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2021}}

=== Film series ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Title
! Release date
! No. Films 
! Notes
|-
|''[[Evil Dead]]''
| 1981–present
| 2
| rowspan=2|Co-production with [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
|-
| ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]''
| 1984–2010
| 9
|-
| ''[[Critters (franchise)|Critters]]''
| 1986–2019
| 5
|
|-
| ''[[House Party (1990 film)|House Party]]''
| 1990–present
| 6
|
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in film|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''
| 1990–93
| rowspan=2|3
| Co-production with [[Orange Sky Golden Harvest|Golden Harvest]] and [[20th Century Fox]] <small>(1991–93)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''
| 1990–2006
|Co-production with [[Platinum Dunes]] and [[Focus Features]] (2003 and 2006)
|-
| ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]''
| 1993–2009
| 4
|
|-
| ''[[Dumb and Dumber (franchise)|Dumb and Dumber]]''
| 1994–2014
| 3
| Co-production with [[Universal Pictures]] <small>(2014)</small>
|-
| ''[[The Mask (franchise)|The Mask]]''
| 1994–2005
| 2
| Co-production with [[Dark Horse Entertainment]]
|-
| ''[[Friday (film series)|Friday]]''
| 1995–2002
| rowspan=5 | 3
|
|-
| ''[[Mortal Kombat (film series)|Mortal Kombat]]''
| 1995–present
|
|-
| ''[[Austin Powers (film series)|Austin Powers]]''
| 1997–2002
|
|-
| ''[[Blade (franchise)|Blade]]''
| 1998–2004
| Co-production with [[Marvel Entertainment]]
|-
| ''[[Rush Hour (film series)|Rush Hour]]''
| 1998–2007
|
|-
| ''[[Final Destination]]''
| 2000–present
| 6
|
|-
| ''[[The Cell (film)|The Cell]]''
| 2000–09
| 2
|
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]''
| 2001–present
| rowspan=2 | 4
|
|-
| ''[[Harold & Kumar]]''
| 2004–11
|
|-
| ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]''
| 2008–10
| rowspan=2 | 2
| co-production with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] and [[HBO Films]]
|-
| ''[[Horrible Bosses]]''
| 2011–14
| co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures
|-
| ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]''
| 2012–14
| 3 
| co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
|-
| ''[[The Conjuring Universe]]''
| 2013–present
| 9
| co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures
|-
| ''[[Rocky (franchise)|Rocky]]''
| 2015–18
| rowspan=2|2
| co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
|-
| ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]''
| 2017–19
|
|-
| ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]''
| 2019–23
| 3
| Co-production with [[DC Studios]]<br>Part of the [[DC Extended Universe]]<!--More film series to be added-->
|}

===Highest-grossing films===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|-
! Rank!! Title !! Year 
!Worldwide gross!! Notes
|-
! 1
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' {{double dagger}}
| [[2003 in film|2003]]
|$1,138,267,561
|
|-
! 2
| ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
| [[2012 in film|2012]]
|$1,017,003,568
| rowspan=3 | Distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]; co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]]
|-
! 3
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''
| [[2013 in film|2013]]
|$958,366,855
|-
! 4
| ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
| [[2014 in film|2014]]
|$956,019,788
|-
! 5
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' {{double dagger}}
| [[2002 in film|2002]]
|$943,396,133
|
|-
! 6
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' {{double dagger}}
| [[2001 in film|2001]]
|$888,159,092
|
|-
! 7
| ''[[It (2017 film)|It]]''
| [[2017 in film|2017]]
|$701,796,444
| Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures; co-production with [[Vertigo Entertainment]], [[Dan Lin|Lin Pictures]] and KatzSmith Productions 
|-
!8
|''[[The Conjuring: Last Rites]]''
|[[2025 in film|2025]]
|$482,039,735
|
|-
! 9
| ''[[San Andreas (film)|San Andreas]]''
| [[2015 in film|2015]]
|$473,990,832
| Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures; co-production with [[Village Roadshow Pictures]]
|-
!10
|''[[It Chapter Two]]''
|[[2019 in film|2019]]
|$473,093,228
|Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures; co-production with Double Dream, [[Vertigo Entertainment]], and [[Rideback (production company)|Rideback]]
|-
!11
|''[[Rampage (2018 film)|Rampage]]''
|[[2018 in film|2018]]
|$428,128,399
|
|-
! 12
| ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]''
| [[2008 in film|2008]]
|$418,765,321
| Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures; co-production with [[HBO Films]]
|-
!13
|''[[Black Adam (film)|Black Adam]]''
|[[2023 in film|2023]]
|$393,452,111
|
|-
!14
|''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]''
|[[2007 in film|2007]]
|$372,234,864
|
|-
! 15
| [[Shazam! (film)|''Shazam!'']]
| [[2019 in film|2019]]
|$367,799,011
| Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures; co-production with [[DC Films]]
|-
!16
|''[[The Nun (2018 film)|The Nun]]''
|[[2018 in film|2018]]
|$366,050,119
|Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures; co-production with [[Atomic Monster]] and [[Peter Safran|The Safran Company]]
|-
!17
|''[[Journey 2: The Mysterious Island]]''
|[[2011 in film|2011]]
|$335,288,576
|
|-
! 18
| ''[[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]''
| [[1994 in film|1994]]
|$351,583,407
|
|-
! 19
| ''[[Rush Hour 2]]''
| [[2001 in film|2001]]
|$347,325,802
|
|-
!20
|''[[Seven (1995 film)|Se7en]]''
|[[1995 in film|1995]]
|$328,846,069
|
|-
!21
|''[[The Conjuring 2]]''
|[[2016 in film|2016]]
|$321,788,219
|
|-
! 22
| ''[[The Conjuring]]''
| [[2013 in film|2013]]
|$319,494,638
| Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
|-
! 23
| ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]''
| [[1999 in film|1999]]
|$313,701,294
|
|-
!24
|''[[Annabelle: Creation]]''
|[[2017 in film|2017]]
|$306,515,884
|Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
|-
! 25
| ''[[Austin Powers in Goldmember]]''
| [[2002 in film|2002]]
|$296,939,148
|
|}

{{double dagger}} Includes theatrical reissue(s)

==See also==
* [[Fine Line Features]]
* [[New Line Home Entertainment]]
* [[New Line Television]]
* [[Picturehouse (company)|Picturehouse]] (with [[HBO]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Twitter|newlinecinema|New Line Cinema}}

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