James Wan and Jason Blum have announced Blumhouse Atomic as the umbrella name for their merged horror-production businesses. Variety reports that Blumhouse and Atomic Monster will continue as separate labels, with their own creative teams developing film and television projects.
A common name after the merger
The companies merged in 2024. The new announcement establishes the shared identity rather than retiring either existing label.
Blum described opportunities to extend recognised properties into television, games and live experiences. Wan emphasised supporting new filmmakers and relationships lasting beyond one production. Those comments outline ambitions rather than confirm completed products in every area.
Variety cites company figures of more than $2.5 billion in worldwide box office since the merger against combined production budgets below $330 million. These are company-reported metrics. Production budgets alone do not include every distribution expense.
For 2026, the company reports $1.3 billion in box office. The examples cited include Curry Barker's Obsession at $520 million worldwide and Kane Parsons's Backrooms at $400 million.
Smaller-budget development and the future slate
Sam Zimmerman was appointed senior vice-president of development and acquisitions with a brief to build genre features costing under $5 million each. A first-look arrangement with Divide/Conquer also supports the economical-development strategy.
The stated 2027 slate includes River, The Revenge of La Llorona, The Exorcist: Martyrs, Anything But Ghosts and Paranormal Activity among other projects. It is a forward plan, not a list of completed releases.
The next developments concern individual films' progress within the combined structure. Maintaining the two labels identifies how creative work will be organised, while actual releases and results will test the wider strategy.