Legendary Entertainment

company

About

Legendary Entertainment is a media company with film, television and digital (Legendary Television and Digital Media) and comics divisions.

Details

Last Funding Type
Debt Financing
Last Funding Money Raised
$150M
Industries
Content Delivery Network,Film,Film Production,Media and Entertainment,TV
Founded date
Jan 1, 2004
Number Of Employee
251 - 500
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Legend Pictures, LLC

Legendary Entertainment offers film, television, and comics media services. It owns, produces, and distributes box-office movies and films, television shows, and comic story lines.

Legendary Entertainment serves and markets motion pictures and media services to mass-audiences and fandom customers around the world. Thomas Tull founded it in 2004, with its headquarters in Burbank in California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
9
$2.77B ¥85M
Legendary Entertainment has raised a total of $2.77B ¥85M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jan 31, 2022 from a Private Equity(PE) round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Jan 31, 2022 Private Equity(PE) $760M 1 Apollo Detail
Jun 29, 2018 Debt Financing $1B Detail
Oct 3, 2014 Series Unknown $250M 1 SoftBank Capital Detail
Dec 18, 2012 Private Equity(PE) $443M 1 Waddell & Reed Detail
Apr 4, 2012 Debt Financing $150M 5 UBS
RBC Capital
Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
4
1
Legendary Entertainment has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 25, 2021, when Redbox raised $50M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Oct 25, 2021 Redbox
Post-IPO Equity $50M Digital Entertainment
Jun 16, 2016 Within (VR/AR)
Series A $12.60M Apps
Oct 21, 2014 Magic Leap
Series B $542M Augmented Reality
Seed $3M Digital Media Yes

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
6
16
Legendary Entertainment is funded by 16 investors. Apollo and SoftBank Capital are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Apollo Yes Private Equity(PE)
SoftBank Capital Yes Series Unknown
Waddell & Reed Yes Private Equity(PE)
UBS Yes Debt Financing
RBC Capital Yes Debt Financing
Bank of America Debt Financing
Goldman Sachs Debt Financing
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Debt Financing
Accel Private Equity(PE)
Breyer Capital Private Equity(PE)

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
8
Legendary Entertainment has 8 current employee profiles, including Board member Thomas Tull
Board member
Board member
Board member
Board member
Executive

Exits

Legendary Entertainment has had 3 exits. Legendary Entertainment most notable exits include Within (VR/AR) ,   Redbox

Date Company Name Exit Type Industry
Oct 29, 2021 Within (VR/AR) M&A Apps Detail
Oct 25, 2021 Redbox M&A Digital Entertainment Detail
Nov 20, 2019 The Players' Tribune M&A Digital Media Detail

Acquisition

Legendary Entertainment has acquired 1 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Nerdist on Jul 10, 2012. They acquired Nerdist for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Jul 10, 2012 Nerdist
Podcast Detail