Focus Features

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
November 23, 2005 	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
2021 	Vengeance 	produced by Blumhouse Productions, Divide/Conquer
TBA 	The Outfit 	distribution only; produced by FilmNation Entertainment
TBA 	Wolf 	distribution only; produced by Feline Films, Lava Films, Screen Ireland, Polish Film Institute, Eurimages
TBA 	Silent Twins 	distribution only; Produced by Madants, Extreme Emotions, 42, 30WEST, Kindred Spirit, Polish Film Institute, Cofiloisir
TBA 	You Won't Be Alone	Produced by; Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Causeway Films, Balkanic Media, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology
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===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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