Focus Features (formerly USA Films, Universal Focus, Good Machine, Gramercy Pictures and October Films) is the art house films division of NBCUniversal, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films.
Focus Features was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 when he purchased October Films and Gramercy Pictures from Seagram and merged the two units together.
Distributors
Australia
- Roadshow Entertainment (2003-2009)
- Icon Film Distribution (2004-2012)
- Universal Pictures (2006-present)
UK
- Momentum Pictures (now Entertainment One) (2006-2014)
- Entertainment Film Distributors (2002-2008)
- Universal Pictures (2006-present)
- Pathé (2004-2008)
US
- Universal Pictures
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Canada
- Entertainment One
- Alliance Films
- Universal Pictures
Focus' most successful release in North America to date is Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned $83,043,761 at the North American box office. However, this is not counting the domestic total of Traffic (2000), which earned $124,107,477 under the USA Films banner. Focus' most successful international release is Burn After Reading (2008), which earned $161,128,228 in gross revenue. The animated film Coraline (which Focus did not produce, but did distribute) was also highly profitable for the company. Although suffering its share of unsuccessful releases, Focus has been consistently profitable, and its international sales arm (unusual among studio specialty film divisions) allows it to receive the foreign as well as domestic revenues from its releases. Its DVD and movie rights revenues are boosted by cult classics including Wet Hot American Summer.
Jason Zada was signed by Lava Bear Films and David S. Goyer to helm the upcoming film The Forest. Focus Features picked up the North American distribution rights to the film, which will act as Zada's feature film directorial debut.
See also
- List of Focus Features films
- Rogue Pictures
- FilmDistrict
References
External links
- Official website
- Focus Features at the Internet Movie Database
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