The Crow (franchise)

*The Crow*
The Crow
Created by	James O'Barr
Original work	The Crow (1989)
Owner	Film distribution: Paramount Pictures (through Miramax Films): (1–3) (1994–2005) ; Lionsgate: (4) (2024 reboot) ; Comics: Image (1989–1998) IDW Publishing (1998–1999)
Years	1989–present
Print publications
Novel(s)	The Crow (1995); The Crow: City of Angels (1996); The Crow: Quoth the Crow (1998); The Crow: The Lazarus Heart (1998); The Crow: Clash by Night (1998); The Crow: Temple of Night (1999); The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2000); The Crow: Hellbound (2001);
Comics	The Crow (1989); The Crow: Dead Time (1996); The Crow: Flesh & Blood (1996); The Crow: City of Angels (1996); The Crow: Wild Justice (1996); The Crow: Waking Nightmares (1997–1998); The Crow/Razor: Kill the Pain (1998); The Crow (1999);
Films and television
Film(s)	The Crow (1994); The Crow: City of Angels (1996); The Crow: Salvation (2000); The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005); The Crow (2024);
Television series	The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998–1999)
Games
Video game(s)	The Crow: City of Angels (1997)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	The Crow (1994); The Crow: City of Angels (1996); The Crow: Salvation (2000); The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005);

The Crow is an American media franchise based on the limited comic book series of the same name created by James O'Barr. Since then, there have been four released films and a television series.

Films

Film	U.S. release date	Director	Screenwriter(s)	Producers
The Crow	May 13, 1994	Alex Proyas	David J. Schow and John Shirley	Edward R. Pressman & Jeff Most
The Crow: City of Angels	August 30, 1996	Tim Pope	David S. Goyer
The Crow: Salvation	January 23, 2000	Bharat Nalluri	Chip Johannessen
The Crow: Wicked Prayer	July 19, 2005	Lance Mungia	Lance Mungia, Jeff Most and Sean Hood
The Crow	August 23, 2024	Rupert Sanders	Zach Baylin and Will Schneider	Edward R. Pressman, Molly Hassell, Victor Hadida, John Jencks & Samuel Hadida

Television

Series	Season	Episodes		Originally released		Network
Series	Season	Episodes		First released	Last released	Network
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven	1	22		September 25, 1998 (1998-09-25)	May 22, 1999 (1999-05-22)	Syndication

Unmade films

The Crow: 2037

Initial development on a third Crow film was announced in August 1997, when Rob Zombie was attached to make a directorial debut with The Crow: 2037.[1] White Zombie covered the KC and the Sunshine Band hit "I'm Your Boogie Man" for the soundtrack of The Crow: City of Angels, and after seeing Rob Zombie's work on the video he produced for the song, Edward Pressman offered Zombie the opportunity to helm the third Crow film.[1] Had the film been made, Zombie planned to shift focus in tone from the revenge angle of the previous two entries, to a more horror based approach. The film would've began in 2010, when a young boy and his mother are murdered on Halloween night by a Satanic priest. A year later, the boy is resurrected as the Crow. Twenty-seven years later, and unaware of his past, he has become a bounty hunter on a collision course with his now all-powerful killer.[1]

The Crow: Lazarus

In July 2000, rapper DMX had been in discussions with producers about a fourth Crow film titled The Crow: Lazarus about a rapper who chooses to leave the music scene for the love of a woman and is killed during a drive-by shooting. The rapper is then reincarnated as The Crow in order to take revenge on the gang responsible for his death.[2] Production had been slated to begin in November of that year, but the project ultimately never came to be.[3]

Cast

Characters	Original Films				Reboot	Television
	The Crow	The Crow: City of Angels	The Crow: Salvation	The Crow: Wicked Prayer	The Crow	The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
	1994	1996	2000	2005	2024	1998 – 1999
Eric Draven	Brandon Lee	Mentioned			Bill Skarsgård	Mark Dacascos
Sarah Mohr	Rochelle Davis	Mia Kirshner				Katie Stuart
Albrecht	Ernie Hudson					Marc Gomes
Top Dollar	Michael Wincott					John Pyper-Ferguson
Shelly Webster	Sofia Shinas				FKA Twigs	Sabine Karsenti
Darla	Anna Levine					Lynda Boyd
Tin-Tin	Laurence Mason					Darcy Laurie
Funboy	Michael Massee					Ty Olsson
Ashe Corven		Vincent Pérez
Judah Earl		Richard Brooks
Curve		Iggy Pop
Alexander Frederick "Alex" Corvis			Eric Mabius
Erin Randall			Kirsten Dunst
Lauren Randall			Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Nathan Randall			William Atherton
Police Captain John L. Book			Fred Ward
James "Jimmy" Cuervo				Edward Furlong
Luc "Death" Crash				David Boreanaz
Lola Byrne				Tara Reid
Lilly "Ignites the Dawn"				Emmanuelle Chriqui
El Niño				Dennis Hopper

Crew

Crew for the *Crow* film and television series
Crew	Film
	The Crow	The Crow: City of Angels	The Crow: Salvation	The Crow: Wicked Prayer	The Crow
	1994	1996	2000	2005	2024
Composer	Graeme Revell		Marco Beltrami	Jamie Christopherson	Volker Bertelmann
Director of Photography	Dariusz Wolski	Jean-Yves Escoffier	Carolyn Chen	Kurt Brabbee	Steve Annis[4]
Editor(s)	Dov Hoenig M. Scott Smith	Michael N. Knue Anthony Redman	Howard E. Smith	Dean Holland	Jason Ballantine
Production company	Dimension Films Entertainment Media Investment Corporation Pressman Film Jeff Most Productions	Dimension Films	IMF Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation Jeff Most Productions Miramax Pacifica Film Development	Pressman Film Jeff Most Productions Fubu Films	Davis Films Hassell Free Productions Electric Shadow Co. Pressman Film Ashland Hill Media Finance
Distributor	Miramax Films		Dimension Films		Lionsgate FilmNation Entertainment

Reception

Box office performance

Film	Release date	Box office gross			Budget	Reference
Film	Release date	US/Canada	Other territories	Worldwide	Budget	Reference
The Crow	May 13, 1994	$50,693,129	$43,000,000	$93,693,129	$23 million	[5][6]
The Crow: City of Angels	August 30, 1996	$17,917,287	$6,931,174	$24,848,461	$13 million	[7] [8]
The Crow: Salvation	January 23, 2000	—	—	—	$10 million
The Crow: Wicked Prayer	June 3, 2005	—	—	—	—
Total		$68,610,416	$49,931,174	$118,541,590	$46 million

Critical response

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic
The Crow (1994)	84% (63 reviews)[9]	71 (14 reviews)[10]
The Crow: City of Angels	11% (36 reviews)[11]	—
The Crow: Salvation	18% (11 reviews)[12]	—
The Crow: Wicked Prayer	0% (8 reviews)[13]	—

References

"Third 'Crow' to fly". Variety. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
"Edward Furlong To Star In 'The Crow: Wicked Prayer'". MTV. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
"DMX Signs On To Resurrect "The Crow" Film Series". MTV. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
"Steve Annis | LUX". www.luxartists.net. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
"The Crow (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
"Worldwide rentals beat domestic take". Variety. February 13, 1995. p. 28.
"The Crow: City of Angels". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
"The Crow: City of Angels (1996)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
"The Crow (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
"The Crow (1994)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
"The Crow: City of Angels". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
"The Crow - Salvation". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
"The Crow: Wicked Prayer". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

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[ZombieCrow-1] "Third 'Crow' to fly". Variety. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022.

[MTVCrow-2] "Edward Furlong To Star In 'The Crow: Wicked Prayer'". MTV. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

[DMXCrow-3] "DMX Signs On To Resurrect "The Crow" Film Series". MTV. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.

[4] "Steve Annis | LUX". www.luxartists.net. Retrieved 2024-04-23.

[5] "The Crow (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

[6] "Worldwide rentals beat domestic take". Variety. February 13, 1995. p. 28.

[7] "The Crow: City of Angels". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

[8] "The Crow: City of Angels (1996)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-05.

[9] "The Crow (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

[10] "The Crow (1994)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

[11] "The Crow: City of Angels". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

[12] "The Crow - Salvation". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

[13] "The Crow: Wicked Prayer". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

The Crow by James O'Barr
Franchise
Films	The Crow (1994) City of Angels Salvation Wicked Prayer The Crow (2024)
Other media	City of Angels (video game) Stairway to Heaven (TV series)
Music	Fear and Bullets The Crow soundtrack score City of Angels Salvation
Characters	The Crow