Caravan Pictures was a film production company arm of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group (formerly Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group), formed by Roger Birnbaum and Joe Roth. In 1998, Spyglass Entertainment replaced Caravan Pictures. Its films were released by Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures.
The company's goal was to produce films that would not lock people down into multiple films and give a chance to screenwriters and smaller talent actors, while also casting bigger names in easily recognizable, yet bankable roles.
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The Caravan Pictures logo is a man wearing a hat, carrying a bag, and walking down a road (both the image and the title are a nod to the film Sullivan's Travels, about a filmmaker who seeks to make more meaningful movies—he sets out on his travels on foot in a similar shot, and at the end of the movie describes life as a "cockeyed caravan").
There were two variations of the logo. At the beginning of The Jerky Boys: The Movie, the logo plays as usual, but Johnny Brennan's off-screen voice yells, "Hey, silly ass! {whistles} Yo, I'm talking to you, where the hell do you think you're going, Buddy?" Kamal Ahmed then exclaims "Come back, Shane!" After the end credits of Inspector Gadget (Caravan Pictures' final movie), the man walks down as usual, but this time, a copter pops out his hat (similar to Inspector Gadget) and he flies out of the picture.
The company became defunct after 1999 and was absorbed into Spyglass Entertainment.
List of notable Caravan Pictures films[]
| Title | Release Date | Co-Production with | Budget | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Musketeers | November 12, 1993 | Walt Disney Pictures | $17 million | $53,898,845 |
| Angie | March 4, 1994 | Hollywood Pictures | $26 million | $9,398,308 |
| I Love Trouble | June 29, 1994 | Touchstone Pictures | $45 million | $61,947,267 |
| Angels in the Outfield | July 15, 1994 | Walt Disney Pictures | $24 million | $50,236,831 |
| A Low Down Dirty Shame | November 23, 1994 | Hollywood Pictures | $10 million | $29,392,418 |
| Houseguest | January 6, 1995 | Hollywood Pictures | $10.5 million | $26,325,256 |
| The Jerky Boys: The Movie | February 3, 1995 | Touchstone Pictures | $8 million | $7,555,256 |
| Heavyweights | February 17, 1995 | Walt Disney Pictures | $17,689,177 | |
| Tall Tale | March 24, 1995 | Walt Disney Pictures | $32 million | $11,047,627 |
| While You Were Sleeping | April 21, 1995 | Hollywood Pictures | $17 million | $182,057,016 |
| The Big Green | September 29, 1995 | Walt Disney Pictures | $12 million | $17,725,500 |
| Dead Presidents | October 4, 1995 | Hollywood Pictures | $10 million | $24,147,179 |
| Powder | October 27, 1995 | Hollywood Pictures | $9.5 million | $30,862,156 |
| Before and After | February 23, 1996 | Hollywood Pictures | $35 million | $8,797,839 |
| Celtic Pride | April 19, 1996 | Hollywood Pictures | $9,255,027 | |
| First Kid | August 30, 1996 | Walt Disney Pictures | $5 million | $26,491,793 |
| The Rich Man's Wife | September 13, 1996 | Hollywood Pictures | $8,543,587 | |
| Metro | January 17, 1997 | Touchstone Pictures | $55 million | $31,987,563 |
| Grosse Pointe Blank | April 11, 1997 | Hollywood Pictures | $15 million | $28,084,357 |
| Gone Fishin' | May 30, 1997 | Hollywood Pictures | $53 million | $19,736,932 |
| G.I. Jane | August 22, 1997 | Hollywood Pictures | $50 million | $97,169,156 |
| RocketMan | October 10, 1997 | Walt Disney Pictures | $16 million | $15,448,043 |
| Washington Square | October 17, 1997 | Hollywood Pictures | $15 million | $1,851,761 |
| Six Days, Seven Nights | June 12, 1998 | Touchstone Pictures | $70 million | $164,839,294 |
| Simon Birch | September 11, 1998 | Hollywood Pictures | $30 million | $18,252,684 |
| Holy Man | October 9, 1998 | Touchstone Pictures | $60 million | $12,069,719 |
| Inspector Gadget | July 23, 1999 | Walt Disney Pictures | $90 million | $134,403,112 |
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