Paramount Feature Animation

Paramount Feature Animation was an American animation company owned by Paramount Pictures that existed from 1994 to 2004.

History
Paramount Feature Animation was founded in 1994 by Richard Gordon of Paramount Pictures. Their first film, The Rainforest Society, was released on November 26, 1997. Although it was a critical success upon release, it was a disappointment at the box office, possibly due to it being overshadowed by Fox Animation Studios's Anastasia, which was came out around the same time.

The next feature, an adaptation of George's Marvellous Medicine was released on June 2, 2000 to critical and commercial success, spawning $392.3 million on a $56 million budget.

The next feature it followed, Orque was released on July 20, 2001, and it grossed $100 million worldwide on a $70 million budget.

The last feature produced was The Mythic Adventures was released on November 26, 2003. It was a box office bomb, costing $75 million on a $80 million budget, and posted Paramount a loss of $95 million. The division was shuttered in 2004. In 2007, Richard Gordon, the former animation studio's founder, has announced that he is leaving Paramount Pictures to join Frenzy Animation as CEO of Animation.