Beethoven (franchise) Beethoven (franchise) The Beethoven film series is a series of eight American films, created by John Hughes (credited as Edmond Dantès) and Amy Holden Jones, in which the plot revolves around a family attempting to control the antics of their pet Saint Bernard. The first two films were theatrical releases and all after have been direct to video. The original "Beethoven" hit theaters in April 1992. Its opening grossed $7,587,565. It was the year's 26th largest grossing film in the U.S. at $57,114,049. In "Beethoven", the Newton family finds and adopts a Saint Bernard. The family, with the exception of
Dogo (dog type) the Great Dane ("Deutsche Dogge") as "dogo alemán". In addition, the Portuguese word "fila" is basically an equivalent for the word "presa" and a Portuguese dictionary published in 1813 explains the term "cão fila" as being "a dog that catches a prey without releasing it" - so it refers to the same kind of catch dogs as the Spanish Dogos. In Spanish, French and German, "tipo dogo", "type dogue" or "doggenartige Hunde" also refers to the whole mastiff-type dog sub-group of the FCI. However, more massive and heavier mastiff breeds belonging to the same FCI sub-group are still usually called