Line #12 Creator/FilmDistrict


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:The company's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3pkGa8ou08 logo]].]]
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4	'''[=FilmDistrict=]''' was an American film company that was founded by Graham King and Bob Berney in 2010. King, a UK film producer who heads GK Films (and formerly Initial Entertainment Group), formed the company as a way to release his productions that didn't have American distributors. He hired Berney, a former head of Creator/NewLineCinema's Picturehouse label who had left Apparition over issues with that company's co-founder, to head acquisitions and began business almost immediately by picking up ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' and ''Film/SoulSurfer'' for American distribution. Their first release, the former film, grossed over $50 million on a budget of $1.5 million.
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6	The company distributed through Creator/TristarPictures and Creator/OpenRoadFilms (a joint venture of theatre companies AMC and Regal).
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8	Unfortunately, despite starting out strong with several hits, the company soon fell victim to one too many {{box office bomb}}s, which would later ultimately end the company. In January 2014, co-founder Peter Schlessel left the company to replace James Schamus as CEO of Focus Features. This meant that [=FilmDistrict=]'s distribution operations were [[CreatorKiller given the ax]]. Their final films, a remake of ''Film/{{Oldboy\|2013}}'' and ''Film/{{Pompeii}}'', were both box office bombs, ending the studio's once-shiny run with a whimper. The company's remaining films that were unreleased would later be transferred over to Creator/FocusFeatures, under the division Focus World.
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10	!! List of films released by [=FilmDistrict=]:
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12	* ''Film/DeadManDown'' (2013)
13	* ''Film/DontBeAfraidOfTheDark'' (2010)
14	* ''Film/Drive2011'' (2011)
15	* ''Film/{{Evil Dead\|2013}}'' (2013)
16	* ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' (2010; their first release)
17	** ''Insidious: Chapter 2'' (2013)
18	* ''Film/InTheLandOfBloodAndHoney'' (2011)
19	* ''Film/{{Lockout}}'' (2012)
20	* ''Film/{{Looper}}'' (2012)
21	* ''Film/LondonBoulevard'' (2010; initially to be released by [=FilmDistrict=], the film was licensed to IFC Films for its theatrical release)
22	* ''[[Film/{{Oldboy 2013}} Oldboy]]'' (2013; the last film Film District distributed)
23	* ''Film/OlympusHasFallen'' (2013)
24	* ''Film/{{Parker}}'' (2013)
25	* ''Film/{{Playing For Keeps\|2012}}'' (2012)
26	* ''Film/{{Pompeii}}'' (2014; their final film)
27	* ''Film/{{Red Dawn\|2012}}'' (2012)
28	* ''Film/TheRumDiary'' (2011)
29	* ''Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed'' (2012)
30	* ''Film/SoulSurfer'' (2011)
31	* ''Film/ThatAwkwardMoment'' (2014; initially to be released by Film District, the film was released by Focus Features)
32	* ''Film/WalkOfShame'' (2014; initially to be released by Film District, the film was released by Focus Features following their closure)
33	* ''Film/{{Wer}}'' (2013; initially to be released by Film District, the film was released by Focus Features following their closure)
34	[[/index]]

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