Gramercy Pictures

Gramercy Pictures is a American foreign film distribution label of the Hartnett Organisation. It was originally launched as a film distributor in May 1992 as a joint venture of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Gramercy was the distributor of PolyGram movies in the United States and Canada, and also served as Universal's art-house division. After Seagram's buyout of PolyGram, Gramercy, along with October Films, were merged by Barry Diller to form USA Films in 1999. In 2015, Focus Features (the current art-house division for Universal) revived the name as a label for action, horror and sci-fi genre films. after the release of Ratchet & Clank, Gramercy became inactive again.
in December 2022, Hartnett turned Gramercy into a film distributor of foreign films in the United States and Canada.
==History==
Gramercy Pictures was formed in 1992 as a joint venture of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Gramercy Pictures released its first film, the Mario Van Peebles western Posse, in May 1993.
In January 1996, PolyGram brought the 50% stake owned by Universal, thus assuming full control of Gramercy. The distributor also had box office hits in 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1996's Fargo and 1997's Bean. Several Gramercy releases of the 1990s have grown in stature to become cult classics in the present day: The Big Lebowski, Dazed and Confused, Clay Pigeons and Mallrats. In addition, 1995's The Usual Suspects won two Oscars, for Best Original Screenplay (Christopher McQuarrie) and Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey).
When Seagram acquired PolyGram in 1998, the latter was merged and folded into Universal; as a result, it reacquired Gramercy as it controlled Universal. In turn, Seagram sold the bulk of the PolyGram film library titles released up until March 31, 1996 to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1999, and later on, it sold Gramercy and another specialty division, October Films, to Barry Diller's USA Networks, which merged both companies into USA Films USA Films was then merged with Universal's own art-house division, Universal Focus, and transformed into Focus Features in 2002 after Vivendi Universal acquired USA Networks from Diller.
===Revival===
In May 2015, Focus Features announced that the Gramercy label has been revived to release action, horror and sci-fi genre films. Its first outing was Insidious: Chapter 3 on June 5, 2015.
==Some of Gramercy's releases==
===1990s===
Release Date 	Title 	Notes 	Budget 	Gross
May 14, 1993 	Posse 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$10 million 	$18,289,763
August 20, 1993 	King of the Hill 	 	$8 million 	$1,214,231
September 3, 1993 	Kalifornia 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films 	$8.5 million	$2,395,231
September 24, 1993	Dazed and Confused 	 	$6.9 million	$7,993,039
November 5, 1993 	A Home of Our Own 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$12 million 	$1,677,807
December 3, 1993 	A Dangerous Woman 	co-production with Amblin Entertainment 	 	$1,497,222
February 4, 1994 	Romeo Is Bleeding 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$10 million 	$3,275,865
February 25, 1994 	Savage Nights 	distribution only; produced by Banfilm, La Sept Cinéma and Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie 	 	$662,341
March 9, 1994 	Four Weddings and a Funeral 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$4.4 million	$245,700,832
April 15, 1994 	Backbeat 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$2,392,589
May 6, 1994 	Dream Lover 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films 	 	$256,264
July 29, 1994 	Foreign Student 	 	 	
August 10, 1994 	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$2 million 	$29,679,915
September 9, 1994 	A Good Man in Africa 	 	$20 million 	$2,308,390
September 28, 1994	Jason's Lyric 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films 	$7 million 	$20,851,521
October 28, 1994 	Drop Squad 	 	 	$734,693
November 4, 1994 	Double Dragon 	 	$7.8 million	$2,341,309
January 20, 1995 	S.F.W. 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films 	 	$63,513
February 10, 1995 	Shallow Grave 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$2.5 million	$2,079,569
February 24, 1995 	Before the Rain 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$763,847
March 17, 1995 	Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films 	 	$13,940,383
April 19, 1995 	New Jersey Drive 	 	$5 million 	$3,565,508
April 28, 1995 	The Underneath 	 	$6.5 million	$536,023
May 3, 1995 	Panther 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	 	$6,834,525
August 16, 1995 	The Usual Suspects 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$6 million 	$34,380,094
September 22, 1995	Canadian Bacon 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films 	$11 million 	$178,104
September 29, 1995	Moonlight and Valentino 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	 	$2,484,226
October 20, 1995 	Mallrats 	 	$6.1 million	$2,122,561
November 10, 1995 	Carrington 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$3,242,342
December 29, 1995 	Dead Man Walking 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$11 million 	$83,080,768
February 23, 1996 	La Haine 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	€2,590,000 	$309,811
March 22, 1996 	Jack and Sarah 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$218,626 (USA) $2,492,000 (UK)
March 22, 1996 	Land and Freedom 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	 	$228,800
April 5, 1996 	Fargo 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$7 million 	$60,611,975
April 19, 1996 	Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie 	co-production with Best Brains, Inc. 	 	$1,007,306
May 3, 1996 	Barb Wire 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films 	$9 million 	$3,793,614
May 10, 1996 	Cold Comfort Farm 	 	 	$5,682,429
August 30, 1996 	The Trigger Effect 	 	$8 million 	$3,622,979
September 13, 1996	Grace of My Heart 	 	$5 million 	$660,313
September 20, 1996	Loch Ness 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$7 million 	£1,239,343
October 4, 1996 	Bound 	 	$6 million 	$3,802,260
October 18, 1996 	Jude 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$7 million 	$409,144
December 24, 1996 	I'm Not Rappaport 	 	 	$26,011
December 24, 1996 	The Portrait of a Lady 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films 	 	$3,692,836
January 29, 1997 	Gridlock'd 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Interscope Communications 	$5 million 	$5,571,205
February 14, 1997 	When We Were Kings 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$2,789,985
March 7, 1997 	The Eighth Day 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	 	$416,401
April 11, 1997 	Keys to Tulsa 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and ITC Entertainment 	 	$57,252
May 2, 1997 	Commandments 	 	$5 million 	$548,562
May 9, 1997 	Twin Town 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$3.3 million	$127,923
August 6, 1997 	Def Jam's How to Be a Player 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$12 million 	$14,009,368
August 24, 1997 	Snow White: A Tale of Terror 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Interscope Communications 	$26 million 	
September 19, 1997	Going All the Way 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$113,069
October 3, 1997 	The Matchmaker 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	 	$3,392,080
November 7, 1997 	Bean 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$18 million 	$251,212,670
December 17, 1997 	Guy 	 	 	$4,134
February 18, 1998 	I Want You 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$1,672
March 6, 1998 	The Big Lebowski 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$15 million 	$46,129,927
March 27, 1998 	No Looking Back 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$5 million 	$222,099
May 1, 1998 	Go Now 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$25,695
May 29, 1998 	The Last Days of Disco 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Castle Rock Entertainment 	$8 million 	$3,020,601
June 12, 1998 	The Land Girls 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	 	$238,497
August 14, 1998 	Return to Paradise 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films and Tetragram 	$14 million 	$8,341,087
August 21, 1998 	Your Friends & Neighbors 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$5 million 	$4,714,658
September 25, 1998	Clay Pigeons 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$8 million 	$2,253,139
October 16, 1998 	Reach the Rock 	 	 	$4,960
November 22, 1998 	Elizabeth 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	$30 million 	$82,150,642
January 22, 1999 	The Hi-Lo Country 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films 	 	$166,082
March 5, 1999 	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 	distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$1.4 million	$28,172,686
October 29, 1999 	Being John Malkovich 	distributed by USA Films; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films	$13 million 	$32,382,381
===2000s===
Release Date 	Title 	Notes 	Budget 	Gross
February 18, 2000	Pitch Black 	distributed by USA Films; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Interscope Communications	$23 million 	$53,187,659
March 24, 2000 	Waking the Dead 	distributed by USA Films; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 	$8.5 million	$327,418
April 14, 2000 	Where the Money Is 	distributed by USA Films; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures 	$28 million 	$7,243,669
August 4, 2000 	Mad About Mambo 	distributed by USA Films; co-production with Phoenix Pictures 	 	$65,283
September 8, 2000	Nurse Betty 	distributed by USA Films; co-production with IMF and Universal Pictures 	$35 million 	$29,360,400
November 2, 2001 	The Man Who Wasn't There	copyright holder only; distributed by USA Films; co-production with Working Title Films and Good Machine	$20 million 	$18,916,623
===2010s===
Release Date 	Title 	Notes 	Budget 	Gross
June 5, 2015 	Insidious: Chapter 3	co-production with Stage 6 Films, Entertainment One and Blumhouse Productions 	$10 million	$112,983,889
July 10, 2015 	Self/less 	co-production with Focus Features and Endgame Entertainment 	$26 million	$30,523,226
August 21, 2015	Sinister 2 	co-production with Entertainment One, Blumhouse Productions and IM Global 	$10 million	$52,882,018
January 8, 2016	The Forest 	co-production with AI Film and Lava Bear Films 	$10 million	$37,608,299
March 4, 2016 	London Has Fallen 	co-production with G-BASE and Millennium Films 	$60 million	$191,094,450
April 29, 2016 	Ratchet & Clank 	distribution only with Focus Features; produced by Cinema Management Group, Blockade Entertainment, PlayStation Originals and Rainmaker Entertainment	$20 million	$12,880,804
===2020s===
during the 2020's decade, Gramercy distributed films from France's Pathé, India's AVM Productions, and Scandinavia's Innocent Pictures.
==References==
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