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Caravan Pictures was a film production company arm of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group (formerly Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group), formed by Roger Birnbaum and Joe Roth. In 1998, Spyglass Entertainment replaced Caravan Pictures. Its films were released by Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures.

The company's goal was to produce films that would not lock people down into multiple films and give a chance to screenwriters and smaller talent actors, while also casting bigger names in easily recognizable, yet bankable roles.

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The Caravan Pictures logo is a man wearing a hat, carrying a bag, and walking down a road (both the image and the title are a nod to the film Sullivan's Travels, about a filmmaker who seeks to make more meaningful movies—he sets out on his travels on foot in a similar shot, and at the end of the movie describes life as a "cockeyed caravan").

There were two variations of the logo. At the beginning of The Jerky Boys: The Movie, the logo plays as usual, but Johnny Brennan's off-screen voice yells, "Hey, silly ass! {whistles} Yo, I'm talking to you, where the hell do you think you're going, Buddy?" Kamal Ahmed then exclaims "Come back, Shane!" After the end credits of Inspector Gadget (Caravan Pictures' final movie), the man walks down as usual, but this time, a copter pops out his hat (similar to Inspector Gadget) and he flies out of the picture.

The company became defunct after 1999 and was absorbed into Spyglass Entertainment.

List of notable Caravan Pictures films[]

Title Release Date Co-Production with Budget Gross
The Three Musketeers November 12, 1993 Walt Disney Pictures $17 million $53,898,845
Angie March 4, 1994 Hollywood Pictures $26 million $9,398,308
I Love Trouble June 29, 1994 Touchstone Pictures $45 million $61,947,267
Angels in the Outfield July 15, 1994 Walt Disney Pictures $24 million $50,236,831
A Low Down Dirty Shame November 23, 1994 Hollywood Pictures $10 million $29,392,418
Houseguest January 6, 1995 Hollywood Pictures $10.5 million $26,325,256
The Jerky Boys: The Movie February 3, 1995 Touchstone Pictures $8 million $7,555,256
Heavyweights February 17, 1995 Walt Disney Pictures $17,689,177
Tall Tale March 24, 1995 Walt Disney Pictures $32 million $11,047,627
While You Were Sleeping April 21, 1995 Hollywood Pictures $17 million $182,057,016
The Big Green September 29, 1995 Walt Disney Pictures $12 million $17,725,500
Dead Presidents October 4, 1995 Hollywood Pictures $10 million $24,147,179
Powder October 27, 1995 Hollywood Pictures $9.5 million $30,862,156
Before and After February 23, 1996 Hollywood Pictures $35 million $8,797,839
Celtic Pride April 19, 1996 Hollywood Pictures $9,255,027
First Kid August 30, 1996 Walt Disney Pictures $5 million $26,491,793
The Rich Man's Wife September 13, 1996 Hollywood Pictures $8,543,587
Metro January 17, 1997 Touchstone Pictures $55 million $31,987,563
Grosse Pointe Blank April 11, 1997 Hollywood Pictures $15 million $28,084,357
Gone Fishin' May 30, 1997 Hollywood Pictures $53 million $19,736,932
G.I. Jane August 22, 1997 Hollywood Pictures $50 million $97,169,156
RocketMan October 10, 1997 Walt Disney Pictures $16 million $15,448,043
Washington Square October 17, 1997 Hollywood Pictures $15 million $1,851,761
Six Days, Seven Nights June 12, 1998 Touchstone Pictures $70 million $164,839,294
Simon Birch September 11, 1998 Hollywood Pictures $30 million $18,252,684
Holy Man October 9, 1998 Touchstone Pictures $60 million $12,069,719
Inspector Gadget July 23, 1999 Walt Disney Pictures $90 million $134,403,112

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