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Momentum Pictures

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Industry
  
Film distribution

Website
  
momentumpictures.net

Parent organization
  
Entertainment One

Products
  
Motion pictures

Founded
  
2000

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Fate
  
Absorbed by Entertainment One; relaunched in 2015

Owner
  
Alliance Communications (1996–1998) Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (1998–2007) Alliance Films (2007–2013) Entertainment One Films (2015–present)

Profiles

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Momentum Pictures is a film distributor owned by Entertainment One. Prior to 2013, Momentum was a brand of Canadian distributor Alliance Films used for its releases in the United Kingdom, and was one of the leading independent distributors in the UK and Ireland; following eOne's purchase of the company, Alliance and its divisions were folded under the eOne brand. The Momentum brand was revived in 2015 as part of a venture with Orion Pictures to jointly acquire films for distribution in North America and international markets.

Contents

Under Alliance ownership, Momentum's most successful theatrical releases include the Oscar, BAFTA and BIFA-winning The King's Speech, Amélie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Control, Downfall, The Young Victoria, Defiance, Milk, Let the Right One In, The Illusionist, Just Friends, District B13 Ultimatum, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Law Abiding Citizen, Glorious 39, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Red Tails and P.S. I Love You.

The studio has also released several family films, such as Hoodwinked!, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (co-distributed with United International Pictures as part of a two-year agreement), Arthur and the Invisibles and Igor, as well as the home video rights for popular TV series Creature Comforts.

2017

Theatrical releases:

  • Wheeler
  • In Dubious Battle
  • Brimstone
  • Bad Kids of Crestview Academy
  • 2016

    Theatrical releases:

  • All Roads Lead to Rome
  • Hard Sell
  • Bling
  • 2015 (relaunch)

  • The Wannabe
  • The Program
  • 2013

    Theatrical releases:

  • Quartet
  • V/H/S
  • Movie 43
  • Antiviral
  • Safe Haven
  • Dark Skies
  • The Bay
  • Robot & Frank
  • Welcome to the Punch
  • In the House
  • 21 & Over
  • Snitch
  • 2012

    Theatrical releases:

  • Shame
  • Haywire
  • The Woman in Black
  • The Divide
  • Act of Valour
  • Jo Nesbo's Headhunters
  • Safe
  • Cafe de Flore
  • The Raid
  • Red Tails
  • White Collar Hooligan
  • Red Lights
  • Lawless
  • Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie
  • Hope Springs
  • The Players
  • Anton Corbijn: Inside Out
  • House at the End of the Street
  • Sinister
  • The Babymaker
  • Hit & Run
  • Gambit
  • Seven Psychopaths
  • Dead Europe
  • 2011

    Theatrical releases:

  • Season of the Witch
  • The King's Speech
  • The Mechanic
  • The Fighter
  • Chalet Girl
  • Limitless
  • Red Hill
  • Insidious
  • Hobo With a Shotgun
  • Troll Hunter
  • Weekender
  • Justice
  • 2010

    Theatrical releases:

  • 44 Inch Chest
  • Youth in Revolt
  • The Crazies
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • The Spy Next Door
  • Dear John
  • Brooklyn's Finest
  • Another Year
  • The Rebound
  • Frozen
  • La Horde
  • Catfish
  • Skyline
  • The Girl Who Played With Fire
  • Tamara Drewe
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
  • Awards

    In February 2011, Momentum Pictures won 8 BAFTA awards, more than any other UK distributor. 7 awards went to The King's Speech, including Best Film and Best Actor and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo won Best Film Not in the English Language.

    References

    Momentum Pictures Wikipedia