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Mark Canton is an American film producer and executive. He is the former Chairman and CEO of the now-defunct production company, Canton Company. He is also the former Chairman and CEO of the now-defunct production company, Franchise Pictures.
Canton began his career in the entertainment industry in the late 1970s, working as a production manager on films such as The Warriors and The Wanderers. He then moved into producing, producing films such as The Karate Kid, The Mask, and The Craft.
In the late 1990s, Canton founded Franchise Pictures, which produced films such as The Whole Nine Yards, Get Carter, and Battlefield Earth. The company was later sold to Intermedia Films in 2002.
In 2003, Canton founded the Canton Company, which produced films such as 300, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Immortals. The company was later sold to Relativity Media in 2009.
Canton has been nominated for two Academy Awards, for producing The Mask and Get Carter. He has also been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, for producing The Mask and 300.
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Mark Clifford Canton |
| Occupation |
producer,production_manager,miscellaneous |
| Age |
73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
19 June, 1949 |
| Birthday |
19 June |
| Birthplace |
New York City, New York, USA |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Mark Canton Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Mark Canton's Wife?
His wife is Wendy Finerman (1985 - 1999) ( divorced) ( 3 children)
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Wendy Finerman (1985 - 1999) ( divorced) ( 3 children) |
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Mark Canton Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Mark Canton worth at the age of 73 years old? Mark Canton’s income source is mostly from being a successful Producer. He is from United States. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Source of Income |
Producer |
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Immortals, an epic mythological tale set in war torn ancient Greece, was released on 11/11/11 and has amassed a worldwide gross of almost $250 million. Canton initially joined Warner Bros. as Vice President of Production, rising to Senior Vice President and President of Worldwide Theatrical Production. During his tenure at the studio, Canton was instrumental in creating the notable Batman, Lethal Weapon and National Lampoon's Vacation film franchises. His creative influence brought some of today's most powerful filmmakers to the fore and some of the studio's most successful films to the screen. The latter included Tim Burton's Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Beetlejuice, the Academy award winning Driving Miss Daisy and Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. Canton also put into production such popular hits as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Purple Rain, Above the Law, The Witches of Eastwick, The Mission, and Presumed Innocent, among others. He departed Warner Bros. to join Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures as Chairman. In the ensuing years, he rose to Chairman of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Companies, with all creative, operational and management responsibility for Columbia Pictures, Triumph Films, Sony Pictures Classics SPE's international theatrical operations and Columbia TriStar's strategic motion picture alliancesAmong the films produced under Canton's aegis at Sony were the Academy Award winning As Good as It Gets, starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt; Oscar-winner Jerry Maguire, starring Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. ; Men in Black, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones; the Julia Roberts romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding; the thriller Anaconda; and the Wolfgang Peterson film Air Force One starring Harrison Ford. A native of New York, Canton is a UCLA graduate (magna cum laude) and a member of UCLA's National Honor Society for American Studies.
The Spiderwick Chronicles, based on the best-selling children books by Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black with Mark Waters (Mean Girls) directing, was released in February 2008 by Paramount Pictures and was the highest-grossing family film of early 2008.
Amongst Mark Canton's most notable films are 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, The Spiderwick Chronicles and Immortals. 300, based on the Frank Miller graphic novel and directed by Zack Snyder for Warner Bros Pictures, opened in 2007 to record-setting box office numbers, having grossed more than $460 million worldwide and is the highest-grossing March release in the history of the motion picture business.
Chairman and CEO, Atmosphere Entertainment MM, LLC [December 2003]
A producer (The Canton Co.) on the Warner Bros. lot. [1997]
