Paramutual Pictures

Paramutual Pictures

Paramount Pictures' Front Gate.
Industry	Film
Founded	May 8, 1912 (1912-05-08)
Founders	Patrick Price Peter Cooper Gregory Thompson
Headquarters	Hollywood, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Motion pictures
Owner	Haast Enterprises

Paramutual Pictures Incorporated (known professionally as Paramutual Pictures and often referred to simply as Paramutual) is an American film studio based in Hollywood, California, that has been owned by Haast Enterprises since 2003.

History

1960-77: The Collapse

Jerry Lewis filming "The Errand Boy" on the lot

The 60's and 70's brought a lot of turmoil and trouble for the executives of the studio. With a changing entertainment industry and a country that soon went to war, it seemed every step the studio made only resulted in failure. It was during this time that many productions had monumental budget cuts in hopes they would be lucky and score a hit with little cost. This rocky era for the studio resulted in box office failures for almost 85% of the films released in the span of 15 years. While today many of the movies released during this time frame are considered classics, gems, and cult following favorites, at the time the studio became embarrassed by their output. Numerous stories started labeling the studio as "Para-dissociated Pictures", a term that was not allowed to be repeated on the grounds.

The executives in charge started calling in favors from Hollywood royalty in hopes of turning things around. Jerry Lewis, who was working on a series of solo films of his own, agreed to produce a film on the Paramutual lot. The film, called "The Errand Boy", focused on the life of an errand boy's mishaps on the Paramutual lot.

Units

Divisions

• Paramutual Pictures
  • Paramutual Network
  • Paramutual High Definition
• Rathbone Films
• Slashed!
• Parma Records

Film Library

Release date	Title	Notes
March 20, 1942	The Roxy Incident
July 10, 1959	Unknown Spectre
September 8, 1964	Attack of the Killer Pineapple People
February 18, 1983	Revenge of the Killer Pineapple People	A loose sequel to the 1964 Sci-Fi Horror movie that started production in 1977, but was delayed for 5 years before going back into production.
October 30, 1998	Windows 90-Ate	Third entry in the The Motherboard Franchise and first released by Paramutual.
Summer 2010	Pineapple!	A pseudo sequel/reboot to the Killer Pineapple films, produced by Paramutual's new subsidiary for low-budget films Rathbone Films.
Summer 2011	Pineapple 2: Juiced	Released through Rathbone Films.
Summer 2012	Pineapple 3: Caribbean Vacation	Released through Rathbone Films.
May 11, 2012	diePhone	The last entry in the The Motherboard Franchise released by Paramutual. Further entries are released solely through Rathbone Films.
June 12, 2015	Love: Amok
September 2, 2016	Killer App	Fifth entry in the The Motherboard Franchise. Released through Rathbone Films.
February 24, 2023	A-Die	Spin-off entry in the The Motherboard Franchise. Released through Rathbone Films.