Cinergi Pictures

Cinergi Pictures Entertainment Inc.
IndustryFilm studio
PredecessorCarolco International Pictures
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
FounderAndrew G. Vajna
Defunct1998; 26 years ago (1998)
FateCeased operations, film library now owned by Disney
SuccessorsStudio:
C2 Pictures
Library:
Walt Disney Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(through Orion Pictures)
(Sovereign Pictures library only)
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, United States
Key people
Andrew G. Vajna
ParentThe Walt Disney Studios
DivisionsCinergi Productions N.V. Inc.
SubsidiariesCinergi F/X (1995–1997)

Cinergi Pictures Inc. was an American independent film production company founded by Andrew G. Vajna in 1989, after he had sold his interest in his first production company, Carolco International Pictures. The company had a number of major hit films, most notably Tombstone, Die Hard with a Vengeance and Evita. However, the majority of their films lost money. A string of box office bombs – including Super Mario Bros., Renaissance Man, Color of Night, Judge Dredd and Burn Hollywood Burn – ultimately did the company in, and it was dissolved in 1998. Cinergi Pictures' library is now owned by Disney.[1]

  1. ^ "Cinergi to Pay Disney Debt by Turning over Its Library". Los Angeles Times. April 4, 1997.