Sega Movies

Sega Movies is an American/Japanese live-action animated film studio and a movie division of the popular video game company Sega. The film's are distributed by 20th Century Studios or Paramount Pictures, or Sega themselves. The company's current president is Haruki Satomi, who is the current CEO of Sega of Japan.

The studio's first film was Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie, based on the most popular Sega franchise, Sonic the Hedgehog. Sega Movies was founded in 2006 by Sega of America to help Sega get into the Hollywood film industry. Their first film after the Sonic movie was: Shenmue in 2009.

History
In March 2006, Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie 's production was still going underway, Spike Lee, director of the film, approached Sega of America about the concept of adapting their games into movies. Sega had thought of making the concept for a long time, but after the cancellation of Sonic the Hedgehog: Wonders of the World, they never revisited it until Lee approached it. A month later in April, Sega announced that if the Sonic movie was a success commercially, then they would make movies based off their games.

Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie released in theaters on June 23, 2008. After two months in the box-office, it grossed $644 million on a budget of $207 million. Sega had secretly been working on a film based on the popular Dreamcast game, Shenmue (1999), and announced starting the production of the movie. The film based on the same name released on December 16, 2009 and received generally positive reviews. On January 1, 2010, 20th Century Studios signed a contract with Sega Movies to distribute four more of their films.

Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble, a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog the Movie, was released on October 10, 2010. While receiving mixed reviews compared to the first film, it grossed even more money, a budget of $209 million on a gross of $832 million.