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Open Road Films
Open Road Films is an American independent film distributor founded in 2011 by AMC and Regal, sold to Tang Media Partners in 2017, bankrupt in 2018, and owned since 2019 by Raven Capital Management; it released Spotlight, the 2016 Best Picture Oscar winner.
Row K Entertainment
Row K Entertainment is a US theatrical film distributor launched August 26, 2025 by Media Capital Technologies, led by Megan Colligan, known for its roughly $80 million TIFF 2025 acquisitions and its troubled 2026 releases.
Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures, formerly Fox Searchlight, is a specialty film studio founded in 1994 and owned by The Walt Disney Studios, whose films have won 52 Academy Awards.
Showbox (쇼박스)
Showbox (쇼박스, SHOWBOX Corp.) is a Seoul-based Korean film investment and distribution company founded in 2002 under Orion Holdings; KOSDAQ-listed, no theater chain, and Korea's top distributor with a 52.3% audience share in 2026.
Sony Pictures Classics
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) is the independent and international film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, founded January 1992 by Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom; its films have earned 192 Oscar nominations, 10 Best Picture nods, and 16 Best International Feature wins.
Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment, LLC, founded 1993 as a foreign sales company, became a full studio in 2007 and produced the Twilight Saga and The Hurt Locker; Lionsgate acquired it January 13, 2012 for $412.5 million.
Swank Motion Pictures
Swank Motion Pictures, founded 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri, is the world's largest non-theatrical distributor of movies for public performance, licensing Hollywood studio films and TV shows to schools, libraries, cruise lines, and hospitals through its Movie Licensing USA division.
The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Collection, founded 1984 by Janus Films and the Voyager Company, is an American home-video label releasing over 1,300 spine-numbered restored classic and contemporary films with supplements, plus the US/Canada Criterion Channel streaming service.
Triumph Films
Triumph Films, also Triumph Releasing Corporation, is an American film label founded in 1982 as a Columbia Pictures–Gaumont joint venture, later a Sony Pictures low-budget and direct-to-video label, revived in 2014 for The Remaining.
UCI Cinemas
UCI Cinemas (United Cinemas International) is a European multiplex chain founded in 1989 by Paramount and MCA/Universal, later merged with Odeon under Terra Firma and AMC, operating UCI brands in Germany, Italy, Portugal, and formerly Brazil.
United Artists
United Artists, also known as United Artists Corporation, is an American film company founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith to distribute independent producers' films.
United International Pictures
United International Pictures (UIP) is a London-based theatrical film distribution joint venture formed in 1981, owned by Paramount and Universal, covering territories outside North America, with roots in Cinema International Corporation and over 1,000 films distributed.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) is NBCUniversal's home video division, distributing Universal, Focus Features, and DreamWorks titles on digital and physical formats. Formerly MCA DiscoVision (1978) and MCA/Universal Home Video (1990); led by President Justin Che; 17.8% UK home entertainment share in 2025.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, legally Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., is Disney's home-video division, known for limited releases under the Disney Vault and for outsourcing physical media to Sony in 2024.
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is The Walt Disney Company's theatrical film distribution arm, founded in 1953 as Buena Vista Film Distribution Company after a dispute with RKO; first release The Living Desert; renamed in 2007; distributes Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, 20th Century, and Searchlight films.
Warner Bros. Clockwork
Warner Bros. Clockwork is Warner Bros. Pictures' specialty film label, established 2026 and led by former NEON executive Christian Parkes. It acquires and develops indie films and restores classics theatrically; slate includes Sean Baker's Ti Amo! and Park Chan-wook's The Brigands of Rattlecreek; now operates independently under Skydance.
Watermelon Pictures
Watermelon Pictures is a Chicago-based American film production and distribution company founded in April 2024 by Palestinian-American brothers Hamza and Badie Ali, a unit of MPI Media Group, releasing Palestinian and marginalized-community films and running the Watermelon+ streaming service.