Production and distribution company research

New Line Cinema, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as a film distribution company, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary first of Turner Broadcasting, then Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner Bros. in A Nightmare on Elm Street was produced and released by New Line in The franchise was New Line's first commercially successful series after a devastating financial slump, leading the company to be nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built". The low-budget flick had a production cost of $1.8M and grossed over $25.5M at the US box office. It was the first film to feature actor Johnny Depp. A year later, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge was released. It grossed $3.3M in the first three days and over $30M at the domestic box office. Nightmare 3 was released in In its first weekend it grossed more than any previously released independent film and went on to make almost $45M at the US box office.

There are more horror movies that this company has distributed such as:  Evil Dead  Freddy VS. Jason  Friday the 13 th  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre