Universal's
specialty films division, Focus Features had a wildly disappointing 2014 from a quality standpoint (especially compared to its successful 2013), despite the presence of an Oscar best picture nominee (The Theory of Everything).
Universal's
specialty films division had a lousy 2014 (in terms of quality), and rebounded only slightly in 2015, increasing its average Metascore by over 3 points and its percentage of films with positive reviews from 25 % to 45 %.
Sony's autonomous
specialty films division was also one of eight distributors (with at least seven releases) to avoid releasing a negatively reviewed film in all of 2011.
If a Woody Allen movie is among your year's worst releases, you're doing something right — and Sony's
specialty films division did a lot right last year.
Not exact matches
Co-founded by presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d'Arbeloff, in 2016 Roadside Attractions»
films out - grossed the slates of such well - established
specialty divisions as Fox Searchlight, TWC, and Sony Classics.
The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for
specialty films — which we define to include independent, foreign (including Bollywood
films), and / or documentary
films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced for 2018 distribution by an independent distributor (including STX
Films, Annapurna, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its
specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).
When Good Machine got bought by Universal — as every studio wanted their own
specialty division and folded into a new entity called Focus — Hope moved on to continue to produce
films like «Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.»
Defining what is and is not a «
specialty film» is murky at best so we are simply sticking to including any
film released from a independent distrubutor or an indie
division of a studio.
Note this article only includes North American grosses for
specialty films — indie, foreign and / or documentary — that opened in limited release (initially under 500 screens — so that's why «The Butler» or «Don Jon» aren't included, for example) in 2013 and were released by an independent distributor or a studio
specialty division.
Note this list only includes North American grosses for
specialty films — indie, foreign and / or documentary — that opened in limited release (initially under 500 screens) in 2013 and were released by an independent distributor or a studio
specialty division.
LATimes 24 Frames says, following Never Let Me Go, Fox Searchlight has signed Carey Mulligan to star in a second
film for the
specialty division.