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Focus Features LLC is an American film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast through Universal Pictures, a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally.

In November 2018, The Hollywood Reporter named Focus Features Distributor of the Year for its success behind the year's breakout documentary film Won't You Be My Neighbor? and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman. The studio's most successful film to date is Downton Abbey, which garnered $194.3 million at the worldwide box office.

Focus Features (formally Universal Focus) is an independent division of Universal Pictures.

History[]

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.

In March 2004, Focus Features revived Rogue Pictures as a genre label.

In 2014, FilmDistrict was merged into Focus and folded into the trade name High Top Releasing. In May 2015, Gramercy Pictures was revived by Focus as a genre label, that was on action, sci-fi, and horror films.

In February 2016, Focus merged with Universal Pictures International as part of a new strategy to "align the acquisition and production of specialty films in the global market".

In April 2017, Vine Alternative Investments re-acquired the pre-2008 Rogue film library from Focus Features.

Focus World[]

In August 2011, Focus Features launched Focus World, a label focusing on the video on demand market with initial plans to distribute 15 films per year, with one film being released per month.

Distributors[]

Australia[]

  • Roadshow Entertainment (2003–2009)
  • Icon Film Distribution (2004–2012)
  • Universal Pictures (2006–present)

United Kingdom[]

  • Momentum Pictures (now Entertainment One) (2006–2014)
  • Entertainment Film Distributors (2002–2008)
  • Universal Pictures (2006–present)

United States[]

  • Universal Pictures
  • Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (FilmDistrict/Insidious films)

Canada[]

  • Entertainment One
  • Alliance Films
  • Universal Pictures

As a distributor, Focus' most successful release in North America to date is Downton Abbey, which earned $84.5 million during its first weekend at the box office and surpassing Brokeback Mountain, which earned $83 million at the North American box office. However, this is not counting the domestic total of Traffic, which earned $124.1 million under the USA Films banner. 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.

Filmography[]

Release date Film title Notes
August 16, 2002 Possession co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures; first Focus Features film
September 6, 2002 8 Women US distribution only; co-production with Canal+

Nominated - César Award for Best Film Nominated - European Film Award for Best Film

October 11, 2002 Ash Wednesday US distribution only; co-production with IFC Films
November 8, 2002 Far from Heaven co-production with Vulcan Productions, Section Eight Productions and Killer Films

Independent Spirit Award for Best Film Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture

November 27, 2002 They co-production with Dimension Films
December 25, 2002 The Pianist co-production with StudioCanal and Canal+

BAFTA Award for Best Film César Award for Best Film David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film Goya Award for Best European Film Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama

February 7, 2003 Deliver Us from Eva
April 4, 2003 The Guys
May 9, 2003 The Shape of Things co-production with StudioCanal and Working Title Films
July 2, 2003 Swimming Pool co-production with Pathé, France 3Cinéma and Celluloid Dreams

Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated - European Film Award for Best Film

October 3, 2003 Lost in Translation co-production with American Zoetrope and Tohokushinsha

César Award for Best Foreign Film Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Independent Spirit Award for Best Film Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture Nominated - David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film

October 17, 2003 Sylvia US distribution only; co-production with Capitol Films and BBC Films
October 28, 2003 Long Time Dead US distribution only; co-production with StudioCanal and Working Title Films
November 21, 2003 21 Grams Nominated - César Award for Best Foreign Film
March 19, 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind co-production with Anonymous Content

Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated - César Award for Best Foreign Film Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy Nominated - Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Feature

March 26, 2004 Ned Kelly co-production with StudioCanal and Working Title Films
April 27, 2004 My Little Eye US distribution only; co-production with StudioCanal and Working Title Films
July 14, 2004 The Door in the Floor
September 1, 2004 Vanity Fair
October 15, 2004 The Motorcycle Diaries US distribution only; co-production with BD Cine and Film4 Productions

BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated - BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film Nominated - César Award for Best Foreign Film Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

February 4, 2005 Rory O'Shea Was Here co-production with Working Title Films
May 6, 2005 Brothers
June 17, 2005 My Summer of Love co-production with BBC Films

BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film Nominated - BIFA Award for Best British Independent Film Nominated - European Film Award for Best Film

August 5, 2005 Broken Flowers co-production with BAC Films

Nominated - BIFA Award for Best Foreign Independent Film

August 31, 2005 The Constant Gardener co-production with StudioCanal and the UK Film Council

BIFA Award for Best British Independent Film Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Film Nominated - BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama

November 23, 2005 Pride and Prejudice co-production with StudioCanal and Working Title Films
The Ice Harvest
December 9, 2005 Brokeback Mountain co-production with River Road Entertainment
February 3, 2006 Something New
February 17, 2006 Winter Passing
March 31, 2006 Brick
April 7, 2006 On a Clear Day
July 28, 2006 Scoop
September 8, 2006 Hollywoodland co-production with Miramax and Back Lot Pictures
September 15, 2006 The Ground Truth
October 27, 2006 Catch a Fire co-production with Working Title Films
December 15, 2006 The Secret Life of Words
June 29, 2007 Evening
August 3, 2007 Talk to Me
September 14, 2007 Eastern Promises co-production with BBC Films and Kudos Pictures
September 28, 2007 Lust, Caution
October 19, 2007 Reservation Road
October 26, 2007 Dan in Real Life co-production with Touchstone Pictures
December 7, 2007 Atonement co-production with StudioCanal and Working Title Films
February 8, 2008 In Bruges co-production with Film4 Productions
February 29, 2008 The Other Boleyn Girl co-production with Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media and BBC Films
March 7, 2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
August 29, 2008 Hamlet 2
September 12, 2008 Burn After Reading co-production with Working Title Films
November 28, 2008 Milk co-production with Axon Films and Groundswell Productions
February 6, 2009 Coraline co-production with Laika and Pandemonium
March 20, 2009 Sin Nombre
May 1, 2009 The Limits of Control
June 26, 2009 Away We Go
July 31, 2009 Thirst
August 28, 2009 Taking Woodstock
September 9, 2009 9 co-production with Relativity Media and Starz Animation
October 2, 2009 A Serious Man co-production with Working Title Films
November 13, 2009 Pirate Radio co-production with Working Title Films
March 26, 2010 Greenberg
May 7, 2010 Babies US distribution only, co-production with StudioCanal
July 30, 2010 The Kids Are All Right
September 3, 2010 The American
October 8, 2010 It's Kind of a Funny Story
December 24, 2010 Somewhere
February 11, 2011 The Eagle co-production with Film4 Productions
March 11, 2011 Jane Eyre co-production with BBC Films
April 8, 2011 Hanna co-production with Studio Babelsberg
June 3, 2011 Beginners
August 19, 2011 One Day co-production with Film4 Productions and Colour Force
August 31, 2011 The Debt distribution; co-production with Miramax
December 9, 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy US distribution only; co-production with StudioCanal
December 28, 2011 Pariah
March 2, 2012 Being Flynn
June 22, 2012 Seeking a Friend for the End of the World co-production with Mandate Pictures, Indian Paintbrush and Anonymous Content
June 29, 2012 Moonrise Kingdom co-production with StudioCanal and Indian Paintbrush
August 17, 2012 ParaNorman co-production with Laika
August 31, 2012 For a Good Time, Call...
November 16, 2012 Anna Karenina co-production with Working Title Films
December 7, 2012 Hyde Park on Hudson co-production with Film4 Productions
December 28, 2012 Promised Land
March 22, 2013 Admission
April 12, 2013 The Place Beyond the Pines co-production with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, StudioCanal and Electric City Entertainment
July 19, 2013 The World's End co-production with Working Title Films and Relativity Media
August 30, 2013 Closed Circuit co-production with Working Title Films
November 1, 2013 Dallas Buyers Club co-production with Voltage Pictures and Truth Entertainment
January 31, 2014 That Awkward Moment co-production with FilmDistrict and Treehouse Pictures
March 21, 2014 Bad Words
June 13, 2014 The Signal co-production with IM Global and Automatik
July 18, 2014 Wish I Was Here
September 26, 2014 The Boxtrolls co-production with Laika
October 10, 2014 Kill the Messenger
November 7, 2014 The Theory of Everything US distribution only; co-production with StudioCanal and Working Title Films
December 19, 2014 Mr. Turner International distribution only, co-production with Diaphana Films, Film4 Productions, the British Film Institute, Canal+, Ciné+, France Televisions, France 3 Cinéma and Ingenious Film Partners
January 23, 2015 Black Sea co-production with Stage 6 Films, Film4 Productions and Cowboy Films
February 13, 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey co-production with Michael De Luca Productions and Trigger Street Productions; distributed by Universal Pictures
June 5, 2015 Insidious: Chapter 3 distribution under the Gramercy Pictures label, co-production with Stage 6 Films, Entertainment One and Blumhouse Productions
July 10, 2015 Self/less co-production with Endgame Entertainment
August 21, 2015 Sinister 2 distribution under the Gramercy Pictures label, co-production with Entertainment One, Blumhouse Productions and IM Global
October 22, 2015 Suffragette co-production with Pathé, Film4 Productions, the British Film Institute and Ruby Films
November 27, 2015 The Danish Girl co-production with Working Title Films
February 19, 2016 Race
March 4, 2016 London Has Fallen distribution under the Gramercy Pictures label, co-production with Millennium Films and G-BASE
March 11, 2016 The Young Messiah co-production with 1492 Pictures and Ocean Blue Entertainment
August 19, 2016 Kubo and the Two Strings co-production with Laika
October 14, 2016 American Honey international distribution only with Universal Pictures
November 4, 2016 Loving distribution only; produced by Random Films, Big Beach, Augusta Films, Tri-State Pictures
November 18, 2016 Nocturnal Animals co-production with Fade to Black Films
December 23, 2016 A Monster Calls co-production with Participant Media
March 31, 2017 The Zookeeper's Wife
June 16, 2017 The Book of Henry distribution only
June 23, 2017 The Beguiled distribution only; produced by American Zoetrope and FR Productions
July 28, 2017 Atomic Blonde co-production with Denver and Delilah Productions, Closed on Mondays Entertainment, Sierra/Affinity and 87Eleven
September 22, 2017 Victoria & Abdul
November 24, 2017 Darkest Hour distribution only; produced by Working Title Films and Wanda Pictures
December 1, 2017 Lady Bird international distribution only
December 25, 2017 Phantom Thread co-production with Annapurna Pictures and Ghoulardi Film Company
March 9, 2018 Thoroughbreds Anton Yelchins Posthumous release. distribution only. produced by June Pictures, B Story and Big Indie Pictures
March 16, 2018 Mary Magdalene international distribution only
May 4, 2018 Tully
May 18, 2018 Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
June 8, 2018 Won't You Be My Neighbor? distribution only; produced by Trembolo Productions
August 10, 2018 BlacKkKlansman US/Europe distribution only. produced by Legendary Entertainment, Monkeypaw Productions, Blumhouse Productions, QC Entertainment, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks and Nicky Lies Media
August 31, 2018 The Little Stranger distribution only.
November 2, 2018 Boy Erased
December 7, 2018 Mary Queen of Scots co-production with Working Title Films
December 25, 2018 On the Basis of Sex
February 8, 2019 Everybody Knows distribution only
March 1, 2019 Greta
March 15, 2019 The Mustang
March 15, 2019 Captive State distribution only; produced by Amblin Partners and Participant Media
June 14, 2019 The Dead Don't Die distribution only; produced by Animal Kingdom
September 20, 2019 Downton Abbey Produced by Carnival Productions
November 1, 2019 Harriet
November 22, 2019 Dark Waters distribution only; produced by Participant and Killer Films
January 17, 2020 Waves international distribution only
January 31, 2020 The Lighthouse international distribution only
February 21, 2020 Emma (2020) distribution only; produced by Working Title Films, Blueprint Pictures and Perfect World Pictures
March 13, 2020 Never Rarely Sometimes Always distribution only; produced by PASTEL, BBC Films, Tango Entertainment and Mutressa Movies
March 13, 2020 The Roads Not Taken international distribution only
May 29, 2020 The High Note distribution only; produced by Working Title Films and Perfect World Pictures
June 26, 2020 Irresistible distribution only; produced by Plan B Entertainment
September 18, 2020 The Way I See It distribution only; produced by Jaywalker Pictures, ACE Content, Platform One Media, MSNBC Films and Trilogy Films
September 25, 2020 Kajillionaire US distribution only; produced by Annapurna Pictures and Plan B Entertainment; international distribution by Universal Pictures
October 30, 2020 Come Play distribution only; produced by Amblin Partners, Reliance Entertainment and The Picture Company
November 6, 2020 Let Him Go U.S. distribution only; produced by Mazur Kaplan Company; international distribution handled by Universal Pictures
December 4, 2020 Half Brothers
December 25, 2020 Promising Young Woman distribution only; produced by FilmNation Entertainment and LuckyChap Entertainment
February 12, 2021 Land distribution only; produced by Big Beach, Cinetic Media, HanWay Films, Nomadic Pictures and Flashlight Films
March 5, 2021 Boogie co-production with Immersive Pictures and Wink Productions
April 30, 2021 Limbo distribution only; produced by Caravan Cinema, Film4 Productions, Screen Scotland, and BFI
May 14, 2021 Profile distribution only; produced by Bazelevs Company and Interface Films
May 21, 2021 Final Account distribution only; produced by Participant, ZEF Productions, and Passion Pictures

Upcoming[]

Release date Film title Notes
June 18, 2021 The Sparks Brothers U.S. distribution only; produced by MRC and Complete Fiction; international distribution handled by Universal Pictures
July 16, 2021 Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain distribution only; produced by CNN Films, HBO Max, and Tremolo Productions
July 30, 2021 Stillwater distribution only; produced by DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Partners, Anonymous Content, Participant Media, Slow Pony and 3dot Productions
September 10, 2021 The Card Counter distribution only; produced by HanWay Films and LB Entertainment
September 17, 2021 Blue Bayou distribution only; produced by MACRO and Entertainment One
October 22, 2021 Last Night in Soho co-production with Film4 Productions and Working Title Films
November 12, 2021 Belfast distribution only; produced by TKBC
December 22, 2021 Downton Abbey 2 co-production with Perfect World Pictures and Carnival Films
March 4, 2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris distribution only; produced by Entertainment One, Dior, Moonriver Content, Hero Squad, Elysian Films, National Film Institute Hungary
April 8, 2022 The Northman distribution only; produced by New Regency

Undated films[]

Release date Film title Notes
2021 The Forgiven distribution only; produced by House of Un-American Activities, Brookstreet Pictures, Film4 Productions, Assemble Media, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology and LipSync Productions
Vengeance produced by Blumhouse Productions, Divide/Conquer
TBA The Outfit distribution only; produced by FilmNation Entertainment
Wolf distribution only; produced by Feline Films, Lava Films, Screen Ireland, Polish Film Institute, Eurimages
Silent Twins distribution only; Produced by Madants, Extreme Emotions, 42, 30WEST, Kindred Spirit, Polish Film Institute, Cofiloisir
You Won't Be Alone Produced by; Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Causeway Films, Balkanic Media, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology

In development[]

Film title Notes
Small Dark Look
A Thousand and One
Bag Man
Atomic Blonde 2 distributed by Netflix; produced by Sierra/Affinity, Denver and Delilah Productions, Closed on Mondays Entertainment, TGIM Films, 87North Productions

Focus World[]

Release date Film title Notes
April 26, 2011 Africa First: Volume One
June 14, 2011 Adrift
October 14, 2011 Bombay Beach
February 7, 2012 Gnarr
February 10, 2012 Return
April 27, 2012 The Broken Tower
August 14, 2012 Juan of the Dead
August 15, 2012 Africa First: Volume Two
May 3, 2013 Greetings from Tim Buckley
May 24, 2013 We Steal Secrets
June 21, 2013 The Attack
August 30, 2013 The Lifeguard
September 20, 2013 C.O.G.
January 31, 2014 Love is in the Air
May 2, 2014 Walk of Shame
October 10, 2014 I Am Ali
February 27, 2015 Maps to the Stars
April 8, 2015 Mr. Right
May 8, 2015 5 Flights Up
June 26, 2015 A Little Chaos US distribution only; produced by Lionsgate, Artemis Films, BBC Films, LipSync Productions, and Potboiler Productions
August 7, 2015 Cop Car
October 9, 2015 Trash
April 29, 2016 Term Life
May 13, 2016 Search Party
June 10, 2016 Puerto Ricans in Paris
August 19, 2016 A Tale of Love and Darkness
September 9, 2016 Kicks
October 21, 2016 In a Valley of Violence distribution only; produced by Blumhouse Productions
March 10, 2017 Raw
November 30, 2018 Bathtubs Over Broadway
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