Insurge Pictures

OwnerParamount GlobalParentParamount Pictures

Insurge Pictures was an American production company that was the specialty label belonging to the American film studio Paramount Pictures. It focused on Micro-Budget films.

Beginnings

In March 2010, it was announced that Paramount Pictures would launch a new division named Insurge Pictures, which would produce micro-budget films based on Paramount's success with the micro-budget Paranormal Activity. The first film produced by Paramount Insurge was Never Say Never (2011), a documentary film featuring Justin Bieber. Prior to the release of the film, Insurge released "Grease: The Sing-A-Long," which had a limited release.^[1]

In 2011, it was announced that Insurge wrapped an at the time untitled project about a destination wedding. The film, which was released on May 22, 2015 was eventually titled Drunk Wedding and was shelved for years prior to the release.^[2][3] In January 2011, it was announced Insurge was releasing The Devil Inside.^[4]

In 2012, Insurge released The Loved Ones, and Katy Perry: Part of Me. Insurge also produced a mockumentary reality series, Burning Love, which was re-adapted in 2013 into a regular series for E!.^[5] In 2015, it was announced that Insurge would be releasing Area 51 and Drunk Wedding on May 15, and May 22, 2015 in a limited release exclusively at Drafthouse Theaters and through video on demand providers. Both projects were shelved prior to their releases.^[3]

In May 2015, President Amy Powell was stripped of responsibility for the division, with Insurge being transferred as a label within Paramount and its staff absorbed into its feature film team, reporting to recently appointed Paramount Motion Pictures Group President Marc Evans.^[6]

Films

Release Date	Title	Co-produced with	Distributor	Budget	Box-office Gross
July 8, 2010	Grease Sing-A-Long	RSO Records	Paramount Pictures	$6 million	$395 million
February 11, 2011	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	MTV Films, Scooter Braun Films, L.A. Reid Media, AEG Live, and Island Def Jam Music Group		$13 million	$99 million
January 6, 2012	The Devil Inside	Prototype		$1 million	$101.8 million
June 1, 2012[citation needed]	The Loved Ones	Omnilab Media, Ambience Entertainment, and Film Victoria		$4 million	$254,170
July 5, 2012	Katy Perry: Part of Me	MTV Films, Imagine Entertainment, AEG Live, EMI Music, Perry Productions, Pulse Films, Magical Elves Productions, and Splinter Films		$13 million	$32.7 million
January 30, 2015	Project Almanac	MTV Films and Platinum Dunes		$12 million	$33.2 million
May 15, 2015	Area 51	Aramid Entertainment Fund, Blumhouse Productions, IM Global, Incentive Filmed Entertainment, and Room 101		$5 million	$7,556
May 22, 2015	Drunk Wedding	Weston Pictures		$600,000	$3,301
July 31, 2015	Staten Island Summer	Michaels-Goldwyn		N/A
September 9, 2016	Brother Nature	Broadway Video	Samuel Goldwyn Films	N/A

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