Touchstone Pictures

New label created at The Walt Disney Studios by Ron Miller for films that had more mature themes than the standard “Disney” film; the first film to be released as Touchstone Films was Splash in 1984. Eventually Touchstone Pictures would have its own production personnel, and when the number of films being released greatly increased, another label, Hollywood Pictures, was established to spread out the work. The Touchstone Pictures logo is meant to imply a high standard or quality of film—a hallmark of Disney entertainment—from the very first frame. The famous “streak” was created using a Japanese calligraphy brush, painted across an oval, which represents the physical “touchstone”, a tool traditionally used to test the quality of precious metals.

Formerly known as Touchstone Films (1984–86)

Founded: February 15, 1984; 41 years ago

Founder: Ron W. Miller (Walt Disney’s son-in-law)

Location: 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521

Defunct: September 2, 2016; 8 years ago

Parent: The Walt Disney Studios

Highest-grossing films in North America

1. Signs (2002)
2. Armageddon (1998)
3. Pearl Harbor (2001)
4. Lincoln (2012)
5. Pretty Woman (1990)
6. The Help (2011)
7. Wild Hogs (2007)
8. Three Men and a Baby (1987)
9. The Proposal (2009)
10. The Waterboy (1998)
11. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
12. Sister Act (1992)
13. Ransom (1996)
14. Bringing Down the House (2003)
15. Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
16. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
17. The Village (2004)
18. Enemy of the State (1998)
19. Phenomenon (1996)
20. Dick Tracy (1990)
21. Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
22. Con Air (1997)
23. Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
24. Dead Poets Society (1989)
25. Unbreakable (2000)
26. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
27. Flightplan (2005)
28. Father of the Bride (1991)
29. Real Steel (2011)
30. War Horse (2011)
31. Cocktail (1988)
32. Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
33. The Horse Whisperer (1998)
34. Ladder 49 (2004)
35. Six Days, Seven Nights (1998)
36. Bridge of Spies (2015)
37. Ruthless People (1986)
38. Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
39. Turner & Hooch (1989)
40. Hidalgo (2004)
41. I Am Number Four (2011)
42. The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

Motion Pictures

1980s

1984: Splash (as Touchstone Films)

1986: Down and Out in Beverly Hills

1986: Tough Guys (as Touchstone Pictures)

1986: The Color of Money

1987: Outrageous Fortune

1987: Tin Men

1987: Ernest Goes to Camp

1987: Adventures in Babysitting

1987: Stakeout

1987: Can’t Buy Me Love

1987: Hello Again

1988: Shoot to Kill

1988: Big Business

1988: Ernest Saves Christmas

1988: Beaches

1989: Three Fugitives

1989: An Innocent Man

1989: Blaze

1990s

1990: Stella

1990: Ernest Goes to Jail

1990: Betsy’s Wedding

1990: Green Card

1991: Oscar

1991: What About Bob?

1991: The Rocketeer (International film release)

1991: The Doctor

1991: Deceived

1992: 3 Ninjas

1992: Captain Ron

1993: Alive

1993: What’s Love Got to Do With It

1993: Another Stakeout

1993: The Program

1993: Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1994: When a Man Loves a Woman

1994: Renaissance Man

1994: I Love Trouble

1996: Up Close & Personal

1996: The Preacher’s Wife

1997: Metro

1997: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion

1997: Nothing to Lose

1998: He Got Game

1998: Mafia!

1998: Beloved

1998: A Civil Action

1999: The Other Sister

1999: 10 Things I Hate About You

1999: Instinct

1999: Summer of Sam

1999: The 13th Warrior

1999: The Insider

1999: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

1999: Bicentennial Man

2000s

2000: Mission to Mars

2000: High Fidelity

2000: Keeping the Faith

2000: Shanghai Noon

2000: Coyote Ugly

2000: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2001: Double Take

2001: Corky Romano

2001: The Royal Tenenbaums

2002: The Count of Monte Cristo

2002: Bad Company

2002: Reign of Fire

2002: The Hot Chick

2003: The Recruit

2003: Shanghai Knights

2003: Open Range

2003: Under the Tuscan Sun

2003: Cold Creek Manor

2003: Calendar Girls

2004: The Ladykillers

2004: The Alamo

2004: Raising Helen

2004: King Arthur

2004: Mr. 3000

2004: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

2005: A Lot Like Love

2005: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

2005: Dark Water

2006: Stick It

2006: Step Up

2006: The Guardian

2006: The Prestige

2006: Déjà Vu

2006: Apocalypto

2007: Dan in Real Life

2008: Step Up 2: The Streets

2009: Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009: Surrogates

2010s

2010: When in Rome

2010: The Last Song

2010: Step Up 3D

2010: You Again

2011: Fright Night

2013: Delivery Man

2014: Need for Speed

Copyright Stamps

• Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc. (1984)
• Touchstone Films (1985–86)
• Touchstone Pictures (1986–2010)
• Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc. (1997–2009)
• Spyglass Entertainment Group, LP (1999–2007)
• Miramax Film Corp. (2010–11)
• DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC (2011–15)
• Lucasfilm Ltd. (2015)
• Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC (2016)