Lisa Reardon is the surviving daughter of media executive, Barry Reardon. There is very little to no information about her. Information about her age, profession, spouse, children (if any), and more, is unknown to the public.
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Born on March 8, 1931, Barry Reardon started his career in the entertainment industry in 1967 when he joined Paramount Pictures in NYC as the associate to the VP of Finance. Before that, he had worked for the US Army Intelligence in Europe for some years and earned an MBA in economics from Trinity College after returning to the States.
While at Paramount Pictures, he moved to marketing and distribution as VP and Assistant to the President. He joined General Cinema Corporation in Boston in 1975 – in charge of marketing and film procurement. At that time General Cinema was the largest movie circuit in the US.
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In 1978, he was recruited by Warner Bros and turned it into his dream job. He was the head of Theatre Distribution at Warner Bros from 1978-1999. He was known for breaking the mold in motion pictures and spearheading several productions including Twister, Unforgiven, The Fugitive, and more.
Reardon developed an internal marketing data system with fellow executives that could track rivals’ trailers from the previous 10 years, their grosses, and actors’ track records with box office and critics. This permitted executives to steer a film with a particular actor away from a critic who has had problems with that actor. The data system also broke down production and marketing costs, as well as audience demos for all major motion picture studios.
Warner Bros under his supervision was very fruitful and was ranked among the top three in North American box-office market for 16 years. The Batman movies released during his time raked in $1.2 billion, and over $1 billion in four Lethal Weapon movies. He retired in Vero Beach, spending summers in Wilmington, VT, with his wife, Marsha.
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