Blumhouse and Atomic Monster adopt a single new name: Blumhouse Atomic

Jason Blum and James Wan have given their joint horror studio a new corporate identity. The company formed by the 2024 merger of Blum's Blumhouse and Wan's Atomic Monster will now be known as Blumhouse Atomic, the pair announced Tuesday, replacing the informal "Blumhouse Atomic Monster" label the combined operation had used since the deal closed. Blumhouse and Atomic Monster will keep operating day to day as separate production labels under the new umbrella name.

The rename comes as the studio points to its box-office performance since the merger. Its horror slate has earned more than $2.5 billion worldwide on combined production budgets under $330 million, according to reporting on the announcement, and the company topped $1 billion in worldwide grosses in both 2025 and 2026.

New voices, old franchises

"When we merged our companies, we believed the whole would be greater than the sum of its parts," Blum said in the announcement, calling Blumhouse Atomic "a natural evolution of what we've built together." Wan framed the new name around the studio's push into low-budget, filmmaker-driven projects: "The future of horror comes from new voices, and Blumhouse Atomic gives us more ways to find them," he said.

The studio is simultaneously leaning on its older properties. Blumhouse acquired rights to future "Saw" installments in 2025, with Lionsgate retaining ownership and distribution, and Blum and Wan are developing new entries in both the "Paranormal Activity" and "Blair Witch" franchises. Reporting on the announcement, including from Variety and TheWrap, framed the rename as a branding update rather than a change in ownership; Blum remains the majority stakeholder in the combined company, with Wan and Comcast, parent of Universal, also holding stakes dating to the original merger.