Type	Private
Industry	Motion picture
Founded	2011
Founder(s)	Megan Ellison
Headquarters	California, United States
Products	Film production Film distribution

Annapurna Pictures is a film production and distribution company founded by Megan Ellison in 2011. The name Annapurna originates from a Hindu Goddess by the same name, who epitomizes benevolent abundance of nourishment. The feeding mother also has her name on a section of the Himalayas in Nepal. The company's goal is to "produce sophisticated high-quality films that might otherwise be deemed risky by contemporary Hollywood studios". Annapurna also invests in production/financing/sales entity Panorama Media, later renamed Annapurna International.

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Other notes
2012	Lawless	John Hillcoat	US release via The Weinstein Company.
2012	The Master	Paul Thomas Anderson	US release via The Weinstein Company.
2012	Killing Them Softly	Andrew Dominik	US release via The Weinstein Company.
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	Kathryn Bigelow	co-production with Columbia Pictures (USA) and Universal Studios (International)
2013	Spring Breakers	Harmony Korine	US release via A24 Films.
2013	The Grandmaster	Wong Kar Wai	US release via The Weinstein Company.
2013	Her	Spike Jonze	co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures (USA), Entertainment Film Distributors, Sony Pictures Classics and Panorama Media (Worldwide)
2013	American Hustle	David O. Russell	co-production with Columbia Pictures (USA), Atlas Entertainment, Entertainment Film Distributors and Panorama Media (Worldwide)
2014	Foxcatcher	Bennett Miller	co-production with Sony Pictures Classics and Entertainment One (UK and Canada)
2016	Sausage Party	Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan	co-production with Columbia Pictures and Point Grey Pictures Announced
2016	Untitled Tim Van Patten Project	Tim Van Patten	co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures

Reception
Many of the films produced by the company have received widespread critical acclaim. In 2013 alone, Her and American Hustle had a combined fifteen Academy Award nominations. In the box office things have been mixed. While some films such as The Master have failed to gross their budget, films such as Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle have grossed more than $100 million, the latter grossing more than a quarter of a billion worldwide.

Year	Film	Metacritic	Rotten Tomatoes	Box Office (USD)
2012	Lawless	58	67%	53,700,000
2012	The Master	86	85%	28,300,000
2012	Killing Them Softly	64	75%	37,500,000
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	95	93%	138,700,000
2013	Spring Breakers	63	65%	31,700,000
2013	The Grandmaster	72	75%	64,000,000
2013	Her	90	94%	34,800,000
2013	American Hustle	90	93%	250,600,000