The Cannon Group

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American company film distribution company film production company

The Cannon Group was an American film production and distribution company best known for its prolific output of low- to mid-budget action and genre films in the 1980s.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
The Cannon Group canonical 6
Cannon Group 2
Cannon Group, Inc. 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American company ⓘ
film distribution company ⓘ
film production company ⓘ
acquiredBy Menahem Golan ⓘ
Yoram Globus ⓘ
activePeriod 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
associatedWith Golan-Globus era of Cannon ⓘ
businessModel high-volume production of low-cost films ⓘ
collaboratedWith Charles Bronson ⓘ
Chuck Norris ⓘ
Jean-Claude Van Damme ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributionChannel home video ⓘ
theatrical release ⓘ
distributionScope international ⓘ
era Reagan-era Hollywood ⓘ
financialIssues heavy debt in late 1980s ⓘ
foundedAs Cannon Films ⓘ
foundedBy Chris Dewey ⓘ
Dennis Friedland ⓘ
genreFocus action films ⓘ
genre films ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
knownFor 1980s action cinema ⓘ
low-budget films ⓘ
mid-budget films ⓘ
language English ⓘ
marketPosition independent studio ⓘ
notableExecutive Menahem Golan ⓘ
Yoram Globus ⓘ
notableFilm American Ninja ⓘ
Breakin' ⓘ
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo ⓘ
Cobra ⓘ
Death Wish 3 ⓘ
Death Wish II ⓘ
Masters of the Universe (1987 film) ⓘ
surface form: Masters of the Universe

Missing in Action ⓘ
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ⓘ
Delta Force ⓘ
surface form: The Delta Force
parentCompany The Cannon Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cannon Group, Inc.
reputation cult following for 1980s output ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
style B movies ⓘ
exploitation cinema ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cobra → productionCompany → The Cannon Group ⓘ
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace → distributor → The Cannon Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Group
Yoram Globus → coOwnerOf → The Cannon Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Group
Yoram Globus → associatedWith → The Cannon Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Group, Inc.
Menahem Golan → coFounded → The Cannon Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cannon Group, Inc.
The Cannon Group → parentCompany → The Cannon Group self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannon Group, Inc.
Runaway Train → productionCompany → The Cannon Group ⓘ
Enter the Ninja → productionCompany → The Cannon Group ⓘ
Enter the Ninja → distributor → The Cannon Group ⓘ
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 → productionCompany → The Cannon Group ⓘ
Masters of the Universe (1987 film) → productionCompany → The Cannon Group ⓘ