Constantin Film
| Company type | Subsidiary (Aktiengesellschaft) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production |
| Founded | 1 April 1950, Frankfurt, West Germany (Early Constantin) 1978 (New Constantin) |
| Founder | Waldfried Barthel Preben Philipsen |
| Defunct | 1977 (Early Constantin) |
| Fate | Bankruptcy (Early Constantin) |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Martin Moszkowicz Bernd Eichinger (d. 2011) Oliver Berben |
| Revenue | €267 million (2017) |
Number of employees | 829 (December 2017) |
| Parent | Highlight Communications (FWB: HLG) |
| Divisions | Constantin Television Constantin Entertainment Constantin Music Constantin Digital Media Constantin Animation |
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| Website | constantin |
Constantin Film AG is a German film production company based in Munich. The company, which belongs to Swiss media conglomerate Highlight Communications AG, is a large independent German maker and distributor of productions.
Constantin has released 36 of the 100 most successful German films of the last 20 years, including four of the top five: Manitou's Shoe (11.7 million viewers), Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 (9 million), Fack ju Göhte (7.3 million) and Fack ju Göhte 2 (7.7 million). The Fack ju Göhte trilogy was concluded in 2017 with Fack ju Göhte 3 (6 million) and is now the most successful German film series of all time.
Internationally, Constantin Film is best known for the successful Resident Evil film franchise, which has earned US$1.2 billion worldwide to date and is also known as the highest-grossing film series based on a video game. More recently, TV series include Shadowhunters, which won four People's Choice Awards in 2018, and the live-action Resident Evil television series. Constantin has also been involved in 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios's Fantastic Four film franchise. Other productions include bestseller adaptation The Silence and video game adaptation Monster Hunter.