Heyday Films

Heyday Films Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryFilm • Television
Founded1997; 29 years ago (1997)
FounderDavid Heyman
Headquarters
United Kingdom
ProductsHarry Potter film series
ServicesFilm production
Television production
OwnerDavid Heyman
DivisionsHeyday Television

Heyday Films Limited is a British film and television production company founded in 1997 by producer David Heyman. The company made its feature film debut with Ravenous (1999), and is most successful for producing the Harry Potter film series, based on the series of popular fantasy novels of the same name by J. K. Rowling. In 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that Heyman and Amy Pascal would oversee the franchise moving forward and produce future installments in the James Bond film series through their Pascal Pictures and Heyday Films banners, respectively.

History

Heyday Films Limited began in 1997 by producer David Heyman, after Heyman returned to England from the US. The company was initially funded by Warner Bros. Pictures with a first-look deal at the studio. The company signed its first deals, with Darren Ballie, to script three pictures.

In 1999, the company, along with Warner Bros., bought out the film rights of the Harry Potter series, and became the company's breakthrough hit after the first film was released in 2001 and became successful.

In 2015, the company launched their television division, Heyday Television as a joint venture with NBCUniversal International Studios.

In August 2026, Heyday signed a multi-year first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios.

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Distributor(s) Budget Gross Notes
1999 Ravenous Antonia Bird 20th Century Fox $12 million $2 million
2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Chris Columbus Warner Bros. Pictures $125 million $1.024 billion Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets $100 million $879 million
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Alfonso Cuarón $130 million $796.7 million
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mike Newell $150 million $897 million Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix David Yates $150 million $942 million
I Am Legend Francis Lawrence Warner Bros. Pictures / Roadshow Entertainment $150 million $585.3 million
2008 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Mark Herman Miramax $12.5 million $44 million
Is Anybody There? John Crowley Optimum Releasing N/a $3 million
Yes Man Peyton Reed Warner Bros. Pictures $70 million $223.2 million
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince David Yates $250 million $934.4 million
2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 $250 million $976.3 million
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $1.342 billion
2013 We're the Millers Rawson Marshall Thurber Warner Bros. Pictures / New Line Cinema $37 million $270 million
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón Warner Bros. Pictures $100 million $723.2 million Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film
2014 Testament of Youth James Kent Lionsgate $10 million $5.3 million
Paddington Paul King StudioCanal / TWC-Dimension $55 million $268 million Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
2016 The Light Between Oceans Derek Cianfrance Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $20 million $23.5 million
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures $180 million $814 million Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film
2017 Paddington 2 Paul King StudioCanal / Warner Bros. Pictures $40 million $227 million
2018 Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures $200 million $654 million
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino Sony Pictures Releasing $100 million $366 million Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach Netflix $18 million $2.3 million Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
2020 The Secret Garden Marc Munden StudioCanal $20 million $8.7 million
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore David Yates Warner Bros. Pictures $200 million $407.2 million
White Noise Noah Baumbach Netflix $100 million $79,040
2023 Barbie Greta Gerwig Warner Bros. Pictures $145 million $1.446 billion Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Wonka Paul King $125 million $634.4 million
2025 Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach Netflix
2026 The Rivals of Amziah King Andrew Patterson Black Bear Pictures $3.7 million
Klara and the Sun Taika Waititi Sony Pictures Releasing
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth David Fincher Netflix $200 million
Artificial Luca Guadagnino Neon $40 million
2027 F.A.S.T. Ben Richardson Warner Bros. Pictures

Television productions

Television films

Year Title Credit Notes
2010Awkward Situations for MenExecutive producer
2011Page Eight
2013The Thirteenth Tale
2014Turks & CaicosExecutive producer
Salting the Battlefield

Television series

Heyday have produced a number of television series.

Year Title Co-production(s) Network Ref.
2005–2006 Threshold Paramount Network Television
Phantom Four Films
Braga Productions		 CBS
2018 The Long Song BBC One
2019 The InBetween Universal Television
Look at My New Bag		 NBC
2019–2022 The Capture NBCUniversal International Studios BBC One
2019–2025 The Adventures of Paddington StudioCanal
Blue Zoo Animation Studio
Superprod Studio		 Nickelodeon
2021 Clickbait NBCUniversal International Studios
Matchbox Pictures
Tony Ayres Productions		 Netflix
2024 Apples Never Fall Universal Content Productions
Universal International Studios
Matchbox Pictures
Call Me Mel Productions Inc.		 Peacock
2026–present Harry Potter Warner Bros. Television
Brontë Film and Television		 HBO

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