Skydance Media Revenue and Competitors
Estimated Revenue & Valuation
- Skydance Media received $Undisclosed in venture funding in January 2018.
- Skydance Media's total funding is $275M.
- Skydance Media's current valuation is $2.3B.
Employee Data
- Skydance Media has 441 Employees.
- Skydance Media grew their employee count by -6% last year.
Skydance Media Competitors & AlternativesAdd Company
| Competitor Name | Revenue | Number of Employees | Employee Growth | Total Funding | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#1 | $1.7M | 55 | -44% | N/A | N/A |
#2 | $1.7M | 41 | 5% | N/A | N/A |
#3 | $3.5M | 74 | 32% | N/A | N/A |
#4 | $7.5M | 50 | 2% | N/A | N/A |
#5 | N/A | 41 | -5% | N/A | N/A |
#6 | $35M | 21 | -32% | N/A | N/A |
#7 | $7.5M | 108 | 33% | N/A | N/A |
#8 | $15M | 78 | 5% | N/A | N/A |
#9 | $15M | 338 | 8% | N/A | N/A |
#10 | $15M | 84 | -7% | N/A | N/A |
What Is Skydance Media?
About Skydance Media Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance's upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain's Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, Condor on AT&T Audience Network, and Dietland on AMC. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title - Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter. About Skydance Interactive Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive's first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertinament to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA. About Animation In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain's Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance's first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA. Visit careers.skydancemedia.com for more information and job openings.
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$275M
Total Funding
441
Number of Employees
N/A
Revenue (est)
-6%
Employee Growth %
$2.3B
Valuation
N/A
Accelerator
Skydance Media News
Helming Skydance New Media is award-winning writer and director Amy Hennig, a game-industry legend whose credits include the blockbuster series...
The studio is the interactive division of David Ellison's Skydance Media. I'm elated to be working with Lucasfilm Games again to tell...
Hennig co-founded Skydance New Media, a division of the production company best known for its work in film and television, with Julian Beak, a...
Apple has been in prolonged negotiations to acquire two John Lasseter-produced titles from Skydance Animation titled "Luck" and "Spellbound, according to Variety sources. The two films would anchor what sources called a larger agreement between David Ellison’s animation division and the str ...
Skydance Media, a global media company founded by David Ellison in 2010, acquired the animation unit of Madrid, Spain-based Ilion Studios, an animation production company, to form Skydance Animation Madrid. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. This acquisition combines the creative capita ...
Other Companies in Santa Monica
| Company Name | Revenue | Number of Employees | Employee Growth | Total Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
#1 | $139.3M | 444 | 8% | N/A |
#2 | $249.8M | 447 | -15% | $340.4M |
#3 | $80M | 450 | -22% | $6.8M |
#4 | $83.2M | 452 | -3% | $115.3M |
#5 | $92M | 460 | 7% | N/A |
Skydance Media Funding
| Date | Amount | Round | Lead Investors | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-30 | $700.0M | Undisclosed | J.P. Morgan Chase | Article |
| 2018-01-26 | $Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Tencent Holdings | Article |