Focus Features
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| Type | Subsidiary |
| Founded | April 1998 as USA Films, 2002 as Focus Features |
| Headquarters | Universal City, California, United States |
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Owner | General Electric (80%) and Vivendi (20%) |
| Parent | NBC Universal |
| Website | http://www.focusfeatures.com |
Focus Features (formerly USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine) is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Studios, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films.
Focus was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 by combining October Films, Gramercy Pictures, and USA Home Entertainment. Vivendi sold the studio, among other entertainment assets, to GE in 2004 to form NBC Universal.
Focus' most successful release 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.[1][2]
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[edit] Films (only including United States releases)
| Year | Film | Release Date | Academy Awards | Studio |
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| 1998 | Happiness | October 16 | USA Films Universal Focus Good Machine |
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| 1999 | I Want You | June 4 | ||
| Autumn Tale | July 9 | |||
| The Muse | August 27 | |||
| Black Cat, White Cat | September 10 | |||
| Sugar Town | September 17 | |||
| Lucie Aubrac | September 17 | |||
| Plunkett & Macleane | October 15 | |||
| Being John Malkovich | October 15 | Nominations Best Director: Spike Jonze Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener Best Original Screenplay |
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| Rosetta | November 5 | |||
| Ride with the Devil | November 24 | |||
| Agnes Browne | December 3 | |||
| Topsy-Turvy | December 15 | Winner Best Costume Design Best Makeup Nominations Best Art Direction Best Original Screenplay |
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| 2000 | Rear Window | January 21 | ||
| Pitch Black | February 18 | |||
| Condo Painting | March 10 | |||
| Waking the Dead | March 24 | |||
| Joe Gould's Secret | April 7 | |||
| Where the Money Is | April 14 | |||
| The Idiots | April 28 | |||
| Up at the Villa | May 5 | |||
| Boricua's Bond | June 21 | |||
| Blood Simple | July 7 | |||
| Alice and Martin | July 21 | |||
| Wonderland | July 28 | |||
| Mad About Mambo | August 4 | |||
| Nurse Betty | September 8 | |||
| Billy Elliot | October 13 | Nominations Best Director: Stephen Daldry Best Supporting Actress: Julie Walters Best Original Screenplay |
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| Loving Jezebel | October 27 | |||
| A Room for Romeo Brass | October 27 | |||
| Traffic | December 27 | Winner Best Director: Steven Soderbergh Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro Best Adapted Screenplay Best Film Editing Nominations Best Picture |
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| 2001 | In the Mood for Love | February 2 | ||
| Series 7 | March 2 | |||
| The Caveman's Valentine | March 2 | |||
| Beautiful Creatures | April 6 | |||
| One Night at McCool's | April 21 | |||
| Rat | April 27 | |||
| The Long Run | May 4 | |||
| Pavilion of Women | May 4 | |||
| Bloody Angels | May 25 | |||
| The Man Who Cried | May 25 | |||
| Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | June 15 | |||
| Pandaemonium | June 29 | |||
| Wet Hot American Summer | July 71 | |||
| Session 9 | August 10 | |||
| Maybe Baby | August 24 | |||
| The Man Who Wasn't There | October 31 | Nominations Best Cinematography |
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| Gosford Park | December 26 | Winner Best Original Screenplay Nominations Best Picture Best Director: Robert Altman Best Supporting Actress: Helen Mirren Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith Best Art Direction Best Costume Design |
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| 2002 | Monsoon Wedding | February 22 | ||
| Never Again | July 12 | Focus Features | ||
| The Kid Stays in the Picture | July 26 | |||
| Possession | August 16 | |||
| 8 Women | September 20 | |||
| Far From Heaven | November 8 | Nominations Best Actress: Julianne Moore Best Original Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Original Score |
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| Long Time Dead | December 6 | |||
| The Pianist | December 27 | Winner Best Director: Roman Polanski Best Actor: Adrien Brody Best Adapted Screenplay Nominations Best Picture Best Film Editing Best Cinematography Best Costume Design |
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| 2003 | Deliver Us From Eva | February 7 | ||
| The Guys | April 4 | |||
| The Shape of Things | May 9 | |||
| My Little Eye | June 6 | |||
| Swimming Pool | July 2 | |||
| Lost in Translation | September 12 | Winner Best Original Screenplay Nominations Best Picture Best Director: Sofia Coppola Best Actor: Bill Murray |
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| Sylvia | October 17 | |||
| 21 Grams | November 21 | Nominations Best Actress: Naomi Watts Best Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro |
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| 2004 | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | March 19 | Winner Best Original Screenplay Nominations Best Actress: Kate Winslet |
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| Ned Kelly | March 26 | |||
| The Door in the Floor | July 14 | |||
| Vanity Fair | September 1 | |||
| The Motorcycle Diaries | September 24 | Winner Best Original Song Nominations Best Adapted Screenplay |
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| 2005 | Rory O'Shea Was Here | February 4 | ||
| Unleashed | May 13 | |||
| My Summer of Love | June 17 | |||
| Broken Flowers | August 5 | |||
| The Constant Gardener | August 31 | Winner Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz Nominations Best Adapted Screenplay Best Film Editing Best Original Score |
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| Pride and Prejudice | November 11 | Nominations Best Actress: Keira Knightley Best Art Direction Best Costume Design Best Original Score |
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| The Ice Harvest | November 23 | |||
| Brokeback Mountain | December 9 | Winner Best Director: Ang Lee Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Score Nominations Best Picture Best Actor: Heath Ledger Best Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams Best Cinematography |
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| 2006 | Something New | February 3 | ||
| Brick | March 31 | |||
| On a Clear Day | April 7 | |||
| Scoop | July 28 | |||
| Hollywoodland | September 8 | |||
| The Ground Truth | September 15 | |||
| Catch a Fire | October 27 | |||
| 2007 | Evening | June 29 | ||
| Talk to Me | July 20 | |||
| Eastern Promises | September 14 | Nominations Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen |
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| Lust, Caution | September 28 | |||
| Reservation Road | October 19 | |||
| Atonement | December 7 | Winner Best Original Score Nominations Best Picture Best Supporting Actress: Saoirse Ronan Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Art Direction Best Costume Design |
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| 2008 | In Bruges | February 8 | ||
| The Other Boleyn Girl | February 29 | |||
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | March 7 | |||
| Hamlet 2 | August 22 | |||
| Burn After Reading | September 26 | |||
| 9 | December 26 | |||
| TBD | Milk | |||
| Coraline | ||||
| The Argentine | ||||
| Guerrilla | ||||
| Taking Woodstock |
In addition to all these, Focus owns the backlog of predecessor October Films and Gramercy Pictures' in-house productions, as well as some rights to the 1974 film The Return of the Pink Panther (with the main exception of theatrical distribution, still held by its original distributor, United Artists), and most of the Savoy Pictures backlog, including Serial Mom.
