A film distributor is a person responsible for the marketing of a film . The distribution company may be the same as, or different from, the production company . Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film.
75-755: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distributor within the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company . It handles theatrical and occasional digital distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by the Walt Disney Studios , including Walt Disney Pictures , Walt Disney Animation Studios , Pixar , Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm , 20th Century Studios , and internationally Searchlight Pictures ; which operates its own autonomous theatrical distribution and marketing unit in
150-481: A 25 picture distribution deal with Cinergi. The Gaumont Film Company and Disney formed Gaumont Buena Vista International, a joint venture in French distribution, in 1993. In August 1996, Disney and Tokuma Shoten Publishing agreed that Disney would distribute Studio Ghibli animated films and provide 10% of the production cost of the studio's current in-production film, Spirited Away . Disney would go on to produce
225-522: A capital of 1,000,000 yen. The company took over the publishing rights for Weekly Asahi Performing Arts, a publication which dated back from January 1951. The Osaka branch office opened in the same year. In September 1958, the company’s name was changed to Asahi Performing Arts Publishing. In April 1961, Asahi Performing Arts Publishing spun off their book publishing business as Tokuma Shoten. In October 1967, Asahi Performing Arts Publishing and Tokuma Publishing merged and became known as Tokuma Shoten Company. In
300-448: A copy of the DVD is ordered, and then ship it to the customer. A distributor may also maintain contact with wholesalers who sell and ship DVDs to retail outlets as well as online stores, and arrange for them to carry the DVD. The distributor may also place ads in magazines and online and send copies of the DVD to reviewers. Although there are now numerous distribution techniques, in the past
375-768: A deal directly with Buena Vista International at the time. Prior to this, Warner Bros. originally handled said MENA markets except in Israel where Buena Vista handled theatrical distribution by themselves. In Taiwan , MGM first handled Disney's distribution, with 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. later taking over. A local distributor called Era Communications took over distribution from 1992 to 1995. At that time, Buena Vista began its Taiwanese operations. Columbia ended its joint distribution unit with Fox and switched to Buena Vista in 1999. Rights to Disney's films in West Germany were originally released by MGM (under CIC in
450-582: A distribution deal with MegaStar Joint Venture Company Limited in April 2006 for the Vietnam market. On April 25, 2007, Disney discontinued the usage of the Buena Vista brand in its distribution branding. In early 2009, Disney entered a distribution agreement with a reorganized DreamWorks ; the deal called for an estimated 30 films over a five-year period from DreamWorks and they would be released through
525-401: A distributor is going to distribute a movie on a physical format such as DVD, they must arrange for the creation of the artwork for the case and the face of the DVD and arrange with a DVD replicator to create a glass master to press quantities of the DVD. Some movie producers use a process called "DVD-on-demand." In DVD-on-demand, a company will burn a DVD-R (a process called "duplication") when
600-500: A film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing; for example, directly to the public either theatrically or for home viewing ( DVD , video-on-demand , download , television programs through broadcast syndication etc.). A distributor may do this directly, if the distributor owns the theaters or film distribution networks, or through theatrical exhibitors and other sub-distributors. A limited distributor may deal only with particular products, such as DVDs or Blu-ray, or may act in
675-415: A game strategy guide book for Super Mario Bros. It partly recycled content from Family Computer Magazine , in addition to new content written by Naoto Yamamoto, who received no royalties for his work. The book sold 630,000 copies in 1985, becoming Japan's best-selling book of the year. The book went on to sell 860,000 copies by January 1986, and again became Japan's best-selling book of 1986, selling
750-488: A home video distribution deal in Europe and Australia in which Warner Home Video distributed select Disney material on DVD from 1999 to 2002, when Disney opted to self-distribute DVDs in these aforementioned territories. Italia Film, a Lebanese film distribution and production company, is Disney's exclusive theatrical film distribution partner for various Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ) markets since 1993, after making
825-463: A minimum amount of money that theater is to keep—often called "the house nut"—after which the sliding scale kicks in for revenue generated above the house nut. However, this sliding scale method is falling out of use. Whatever the method, box office revenue is usually shared roughly 50/50 between film distributors and theaters. If the distributor is handling an imported or foreign film, it may also be responsible for securing dubbing or subtitling for
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#1732797927271900-486: A non-theatrical screening are that the latter has to be to a closed audience in some way, e.g. pupils of a school, members of a social club or passengers on an airline, and that there can be no individual admission charge. Most non-theatrical screening contracts also specify that the screening must not be advertised, except within the group that is eligible to attend (e.g. in a membership organisation's newsletter or an in-flight magazine ). Non-theatrical distribution includes
975-415: A particular country or market. The primary distributor will often receive credit in the film's credits , one sheet or other marketing material. If a distributor is working with a theatrical exhibitor, the distributor secures a contract stipulating the amount of the gross ticket sales the exhibitor will be allowed to retain (usually a percentage of the gross). The distributor collects the amount due, audits
1050-486: A partnership in which Buena Vista Pictures would be the sole international distributor for Tokuma Shoten's Studio Ghibli animated films. Since then, all three afore-mentioned films by Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli that were previously dubbed by Streamline have been re-dubbed by Disney. On June 1, 1997, Tokuma Shoten Publishing consolidated its media operations by merging Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten Intermedia software and Tokuma International under one location. In February 1999,
1125-415: A profit and eliminate failure. These new distribution methods benefited audiences that were normally too small to reach and expanded the content of television. With the new age of technology, networks accepted the fact that it was a consumer demand industry and accepted the new models of distribution. The primary distribution companies will usually receive some billing for the film. For example, Gone With
1200-449: A specified time period. The latter are often purchased by pubs and students' unions , to enable them to show occasional feature films on a TV in their bars. Some distributors only handle home video distribution or some subset of home video distribution such as DVD or Blu-ray distribution. The remaining home video rights may be licensed by the producer to other distributors or the distributor may sub-license them to other distributors. If
1275-404: A studio decides to partner with a native distributor, upon release both names will appear. The foreign distributor may license the film for a certain amount of time, but the studio will retain the copyright of the film. When a film is produced and distributed by an independent production company and independent distributor (meaning outside the studios), generally an international sales agent handles
1350-817: A total of 1.3 million copies. Nintendo of America later translated it into English as How to win at Super Mario Bros. and published it in North America via the Nintendo Fun Club and early issues of Nintendo Power magazine. On 1989, Tokuma Shoten hired Streamline Pictures to produce the English-language version of the 1986 film Laputa: Castle in the Sky directed by Hayao Miyazaki , and its 1992 English dubbing of The Castle of Cagliostro . In 1988, Streamline also dubbed My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service , both dubbed under
1425-450: Is credited only in very small text with the exception of some UK posters where sometimes the full logo is shown). Warner previously had an overseas distribution partnership with Columbia Pictures , but it was dissolved in 1988. In 1992, Disney opted to end their joint venture with Warner Bros. to start autonomously distributing their films in these aforementioned overseas markets beginning with Aladdin , inspiring Warner Bros. to establish
1500-676: Is not provided by the production company, and arrange for the physical delivery of the advertising items selected by the exhibitor at intervals prior to the opening day. Film distributors spend between $ 3.5 billion and $ 4 billion a year in the United States alone on direct buys of advertising such as TV commercials, billboards, online banner ads, radio commercials and the like. That distributor-spending figure does not include additional costs for publicity, film trailers and promotions, which are not classified as advertising but also market films to audiences. Distributors typically enter into one of
1575-670: The True-Life Adventures series, led Walt and his older brother Roy O. Disney to form its wholly owned subsidiary, the Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc. (BVDC), to handle North American distribution of their own products. RKO refused to distribute the film. The name "Buena Vista" came from the eponymous street in Burbank, California, where the Walt Disney Studios was located (and remains to this day). Buena Vista's first release
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#17327979272711650-473: The Comic Ryo TV animated series Monster Musume no daily life was broadcast. In January 2017, Tokuma Bunko launched the drama Today is a good day by Maha Harada which was broadcast at WOWOW. In March 2017, Tokuma Shoten became a subsidiary of Culture Convenience Club through an acquisition exchange of shares. In April 2017, Comic Ruy’s original TV animated series, Alice and Kura Six by Tetsuya Imai
1725-577: The Crest by 1989. The Crest was finished first while El Capitan opened with the premiere of The Rocketeer film on June 19, 1991. In 1992, Buena Vista made production loans totaling $ 5.6 million to Cinergi Pictures for its film Medicine Man and its 1994 films Renaissance Man and Color of Night and were distributing Cinergi's films. The corporation purchased a 12.8% share in Cinergi with its initial public offering in 1994. Soon, BVPD signed
1800-628: The Family Entertainment label to self-distribute family-friendly films under the Warner umbrella at the same period. In those territories from 1993 to 2007, Disney reactivated the Buena Vista International name, and also sent distribution under it in countries that did not have any current arrangements with other companies. Disney would then continue its overseas film distribution relationship with Warner Bros. through
1875-628: The Hollywood Masonic Temple —adjacent to the El Capitan Theatre—for Totally Toy Story , a multimedia funhouse and a promotional event for the movie. On July 17, 1998, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution purchased the Hollywood Masonic Temple building to continue using it as a promotional venue. By 1997, BVPD's share in Cinergi dropped to 5%. After nine films were delivered under the agreement, Cinergi sold on November 22, 1997 all of its 12-film library with
1950-695: The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in the West. It started out as a monthly magazine, with circulation increasing from 180,000 in July to 600,000 in December 1985. In 1986, it became a semi-monthly magazine that sold over 1 million copies per issue. It inspired imitators such as Famicom Tsūshin ( Famitsu ) in 1986 and Nintendo Power in 1988. In October 1985, Tokuma Shoten published Super Mario Bros: The Complete Strategy Guide ,
2025-409: The airlines and film societies . Non-theatrical distribution is generally handled by companies that specialize in this market, of which Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) and Film bank media are the two largest: Motion Picture Licensing Company Film bank media Representing the major Hollywood studios and independent producers. Home video media is sold with a licence that permits viewing in
2100-474: The 30th anniversary commemorative prize issue novel, was held at the 19th Japan SF award, with a presentation award ceremony of a short novel labelled as Tokuma literary award. In July 2001, Spirited Away was released. It would go on to break numerous records and became the most successful film during that era in Japanese history, grossing over $ 289 million worldwide. In November 2004, Howl's Moving Castle
2175-673: The Brazilian branch of Buena Vista International was also renamed Star Distribution following the dropping of the Buena Vista brand in the Latin American region on February 11, 2022. However, the Buena Vista International name is still used on Latin American and Brazilian prints of 20th Century/Searchlight titles. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has released 31 films that have crossed the $ 1 billion mark in worldwide grosses—the most of any major Hollywood studios —with thirteen of
2250-605: The Buena Vista International banner. The Australian-produced film Subdivision was released in the Australian and New Zealand theaters on August 20, 2009, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under the Buena Vista International label in Australia with Lightning Entertainment handling the international distribution. On October 3, 2017, it was announced that Disney would be handling international distribution of M. Night Shyamalan 's Glass , released in early 2019, through
2325-426: The Buena Vista International banner. The film is a sequel to his earlier films Unbreakable (distributed by Disney through Touchstone) and Split (distributed by Universal Pictures ). Through an arrangement made with Disney, Universal retained domestic rights to the film, while Disney distributed in international territories under the label. The UK-produced film Patrick was also released in 2018 by Disney under
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2400-703: The Buena Vista International label in the UK. Missing Link was also released by Disney under Buena Vista International in Latin America, Russia and some countries in Asia. On February 11, 2022, the Latin American branch of Buena Vista International was renamed Star Distribution , as the Star branding replaced the Buena Vista brand company-wide in the Latin American region by Disney Latin America . On November 3, 2022,
2475-702: The Czech Republic respectively. Disney and Sony Pictures formed in 1997 a film distribution joint venture in Southeast Asia. By December 2006, 14 joint distribution ventures with Sony Pictures Releasing International were formed and exist in countries including Brazil , Mexico , Singapore , Thailand and the Philippines . In January 2007, their fifteenth such partnership began operations in Russia and CIS . In February 2017, Sony starting leaving
2550-525: The Disney studios and was acquired from an independent studio, making The Black Hole the first PG-rated Disney film. In July 1987, Buena Vista changed its name to Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. (BVPD). Late in the 1980s, Disney purchased a controlling stake in one of Pacific Theatres ' chains leading to Disney's Buena Vista Theaters and Pacific to renovate the El Capitan Theatre and
2625-585: The English dubs and distribute 15 of Ghibli's films, through the Walt Disney Pictures , Buena Vista Home Video , Miramax and Touchstone Pictures banners. In September 1996, following Disney's acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC , Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc. was merged into ABC, Inc., the parent company of that group. For the November 1995 premiere of Toy Story , Disney rented
2700-948: The Southeast Asia venture with the Philippines. On August 14, 2017, Sony terminated the joint venture agreement for their own operations. On January 31, 2019, in anticipation of the then-pending acquisition of the most 21st Century Fox assets (which includes 20th Century Fox), Disney agreed to sell its stake in the Mexican joint venture named Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing de México to Sony Pictures Releasing . In Greece and Cyprus , Disney's movies are distributed through local distributor Feelgood Entertainment, which also distributes Sony Pictures films in those territories. In Japan, to adapt Japan's theatrical and home media distribution model, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Japan and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Japan were merged as Walt Disney Studios Japan on March 1, 2010,
2775-472: The TV drama Tokimeki Deka Tachibana , which was based on Tokuma Comics Sakado by Sadako original, and Torii Tori Drawing was broadcast on TV Tokyo as a series. In June 2013, Tokuma Bunko’s drama Traffic by Shibata Yoshiki is broadcast on NHK. In May 2014, the company released the movie Wood Job! ~ Original God of Dreams nationwide. God's Honorable Emotional Daily by Miura Shin was also released. In July 2015,
2850-740: The Touchstone banner. In 2011, GKIDS acquired the North American theatrical distribution rights of the Ghibli films, with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment retaining the home video rights until July 2017 when Shout! Factory took over the home video rights. However, Disney only handles home video distribution of the company's films in Japan and formerly Taiwan and China. Disney's distribution deal with DreamWorks expired in August 2016, after
2925-545: The United States, while Searchlight continued to operate their autonomous distribution unit. In late 2020 and early 2021, Disney reorganized the studio, placing it under the Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution unit which also oversees distribution to Disney+ . Under this structure, the Theatrical Distribution unit oversaw the domestic and international films produced by all the studios within
3000-462: The United States. The company was originally established by Walt Disney in 1953 as Buena Vista Film Distribution Company Inc. (later renamed Buena Vista Distribution Inc. and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc. ). It took on its current name in late 2007. Before in 1953, Disney's productions were previously distributed by: A dispute with RKO Pictures in 1953 over the distribution of The Living Desert , Disney's first full-length film in
3075-1074: The Walt Disney Studios umbrella. In February 2023, returning CEO Bob Iger reversed this decision and reorganized the studio again, returning it as a division under the purview of The Walt Disney Studios . Walt Disney Studios has produced or distributed 35 films that have received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture : fifteen from its former Miramax division, six from Touchstone Pictures , five from Searchlight Pictures , four from Walt Disney Pictures , three from 20th Century Studios , two from Hollywood Pictures , and one from Marvel Studios . Of those nominated films, five films—Miramax's The English Patient , Shakespeare in Love , Chicago , No Country for Old Men , and Searchlight's Nomadland —have won Best Picture. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures currently distributes films from across all units of Walt Disney Studios with
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3150-474: The Warner Bros. joint venture. In Italy and Brazil , Disney's movies were distributed by Cinema International Corporation and United International Pictures before the Warner Bros. joint venture. In Australia and New Zealand , Disney's movies were distributed initially by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , before distribution switched to British Empire Films (later Greater Union Film Distributors ) following
3225-461: The Wind was shown on the one sheet as "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release". A modern example, Jurassic Park , would be the credit " Universal Pictures presents ...". The Universal production logo also opened the film's trailer . In some cases, there is split distribution as in the case of Titanic (1997) : " 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures present ...". Both companies helped to finance
3300-577: The company released the anime series Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka. On April of the same year, My Neighbour Totoro was released, and in September 1988, the monthly publication GoodsPress was launched. In 1985, Tokuma Shoten began publishing Family Computer Magazine , the first video game magazine dedicated to console games , specifically Nintendo 's Family Computer (Famicom) video game console , later released as
3375-456: The contract-based opening day , ensure their physical delivery to the theater by opening day, monitor exhibitors to make sure the film is in fact shown at the particular theatre with the minimum number of seats and show times, and ensure the prints' return to the distributor's office or other storage resource also on the contract-based return date. In practical terms, this includes the physical production of release prints and their shipping around
3450-551: The distribution unit was renamed Walt Disney Japan on November 22, 2016. In China , due to its regulated policies on international film distribution, all of Disney's films in China are distributed by China Film Co., Ltd. and/or Huaxia Film Distribution , but Disney still hold all promotional rights of their films unless it's sold to third-party companies. Disney distributed the 2008 Indian Tamil film Dasavathaaram in Canada under
3525-545: The early 1970s) and later to 20th Century Fox , and then to United International Pictures before the Warner Bros. joint venture. In September 2004, Buena Vista International announced they would begin to start theatrically distributing certain films from Universum Film in Germany and Austria beginning in February 2005, replacing a previous deal with United International Pictures . The deal ended in late 2019 after Universum
3600-474: The exception of Die Hard with a Vengeance to Disney, plus $ 20 million in exchange for Disney's Cinergi share holdings, production advances of $ 35.4 million and other loans. In 2002, Disney signed a four animated film deal with Vanguard Animation ; however, only one film was released under that negotiation. In 2004, BVI and Gaumont dissolved their French distribution joint venture, Gaumont Buena Vista International. Buena Vista International agreed to
3675-471: The exception of Searchlight Pictures , which maintains its own autonomous distribution and marketing operations for releases in the United States and select markets. Other Disney film units and some third-party studios including: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International was formed in 1961 as Buena Vista International . On May 4, 1987, despite being industry rivals, Disney signed a theatrical distribution agreement with Warner Bros. International for
3750-456: The exclusive right to exploit the film in various media (theatrical, TV, home entertainment, etc.) for a certain amount of time. This term, used mainly in the British film industry , describes the distribution of feature films for screening to a gathered audience, but not in theatres at which individual tickets are sold to members of the public. The defining distinctions between a theatrical and
3825-421: The exhibitor's ticket sales as necessary to ensure the gross reported by the exhibitor is accurate, secures the distributor's share of these proceeds, surrenders the exhibitor's portion to it, and transmits the remainder to the production company (or to any other intermediary, such as a film release agent). The distributor must also ensure that enough film prints are struck to service all contracted exhibitors on
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#17327979272713900-413: The film, and securing censorship or other legal or organizational "approval" for the exhibition of the film in the country/territory in which it does business, prior to approaching the exhibitors for booking. Depending on which studio that is distributing the film, the studio will either have offices around the world, by themselves or partnered with another studio, to distribute films in other countries. If
3975-685: The film. Tokuma Shoten Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. ( 株式会社徳間書店 , Kabushiki gaisha Tokuma Shoten , lit. ' Tokuma Bookstore ' ) is a publisher in Japan , headquartered in Shinagawa , Tokyo . The company was established in 1954 by Yasuyoshi Tokuma in Minato, Tokyo . The company’s product portfolio includes music publishing, video game publishing, movies, anime , magazines, manga and books. Companies that were part of Tokuma Shoten include Studio Ghibli , Daiei Film and
4050-480: The final film in that distribution deal, was also the last film released under Touchstone. On December 14, 2017, the Walt Disney Company announced plans to purchase 21st Century Fox , which included 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight Pictures . On March 20, 2019, the acquisition of 21st Century Fox was completed. Following the reorganization and renaming of the acquired film units, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began distributing 20th Century Studios films in
4125-502: The home only. Until these technologies were widespread, most non-theatrical screenings were on 16 mm film prints supplied by the distributor. Today, the most common business model is for a distributor to sell the exhibitor a licence that permits the projection of a copy of the film, which the exhibitor buys separately on a home video format. These licences can either be for individual, one-off screenings, or cover an unlimited number of screenings of titles represented by that distributor for
4200-402: The licensing of international rights to the film. The international sales agent will find a local distributor in each individual international territory and license the exclusive rights to the film for a certain amount of time but in the same case as the studios described above, the production company will retain the copyright of the film. This means that this distributor in a certain territory has
4275-776: The merger of the Australian MGM cinema chains until the latter merged with Village Roadshow in 1987 and Roadshow Films took over distribution. The company begin distributing films in Australia and New Zealand in 1999 after its own distribution deal with Roadshow expired in 1998. In some other countries in Europe, such as Poland , Hungary and the Czech Republic , Disney's movies were instead released through local distributors, such as Filmoteka Narodowa in Poland, InterCom Zrt. in Hungary and Guild Film Distribution in
4350-402: The previous 2015 record. In 2019, Disney became the first studio ever to have seven releases cross $ 1 billion each in a single year. In the same year, Disney broke the previous records by making an unprecedented $ 13.2 billion at the global box office. —Includes theatrical reissue(s) Film distributor The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which
4425-456: The record label Tokuma Japan Communications . After the founder of the company, Yasuyoshi Tokuma died on September 20, 2000, an asset management occurred. Tokuma Shoten executed a corporate spin-off with Studio Ghibli, turning the company’s anime division as a separate company again in 2005. Tokuma Shoten sold off Tokuma Japan Communications to Daiichi Kosho in October 2001, and Daiei Films
4500-500: The release of Disney and Touchstone films in many overseas markets except in Australia and New Zealand , where distribution went through Roadshow Distributors instead (due to Roadshow also theatrically distributing Warner films as well during this period), with Disney retaining full control of all distribution and marketing decisions on their product (one notable practice in this policy is obscuring Warner references in posters and it
4575-551: The rights to the other two films ( Avatar and Titanic ) since their release. In addition, Disney is the first of only three studios that have released at least two billion-dollar films in the same year (the others being Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures ). Furthermore, Disney is the only studio that has achieved this eight times, in 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2024. 2016 included four $ 1 billion releases, and 2019 included seven $ 1 billion releases, both records for any studio. Disney has released seven of
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#17327979272714650-537: The same month, the monthly issue of Problem Novel was launched. In July 1978, the monthly publication Animage was launched, and in October 1980, the Tokuma Bunko brand was launched. In March 1984, the company co-produced with Hakuhodo Inc. on a project commemorating the company’s 30th Anniversary. The company also funded films by Studio Ghibli, starting with Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind . In February 1988,
4725-437: The studios and networks were slow to change and did not experiment with different distribution processes. Studios believed that new distribution methods would cause their old methods of revenue to be destroyed. With time, the development of new distribution did prove to be beneficial. The studios revenue was gained from myriad distribution windows. These windows created many opportunities in the industry and allowed networks to make
4800-512: The supervision of Gregory Snegoff for Tokuma Shoten, although this collaboration was only used as in-flight films by Japan Airlines who, at the time, licensed them from Tokuma Shoten. The airline showed the movies during their flights between Japan and the United States . In May 1994, the company launched a children’s picture and literature book as a 40th anniversary commemoration project. In August 1996, Disney and Tokuma Shoten formed
4875-462: The top ten highest-grossing animated films , the highest-grossing G, PG, PG-13, and R-rated films of all time, and sixteen of the twenty highest-grossing G-rated films. In addition, four of the top five opening weekends were Disney releases. In 2015, Disney achieved its largest yearly box-office gross worldwide and in North America. In 2016, Disney surpassed $ 7 billion in worldwide yearly box-office gross—the first of any major studio—surpassing
4950-501: The twenty highest-grossing films of all time being distributed by Disney; including the highest-grossing films in North America ( Star Wars: The Force Awakens ) and worldwide ( Avatar ). Of those thirteen films, six of them have crossed the $ 2 billion mark in worldwide grosses, the most for any studio. Disney has directly released three of the top five highest-grossing films in history ( Avengers: Endgame , Avatar: The Way of Water , and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ) and has owned
5025-530: The two studios decided to not renew their agreement on December 16, 2015, with Universal Pictures replacing Disney as DreamWorks' distributor. By the end of the deal, Disney had distributed 14 of DreamWorks's original 30-picture agreement; thirteen through Touchstone and one through Walt Disney Pictures . Disney took complete ownership rights of those 14 DreamWorks films from Amblin Partners in exchange for loans made to that company. The Light Between Oceans ,
5100-439: The two types of film booking contracts. The most common is the aggregate deal where total box office revenue that a given film generates is split by a pre-determined mutually-agreed percentage between distributor and movie theater. The other method is the sliding scale deal, where the percentage of box office revenue taken by theaters declines each week of a given film's run. The sliding scale actually has two pieces that starts with
5175-456: The world (a process that is being replaced by digital distribution in most developed markets) as well as the creation of posters, newspaper and magazine advertisements, television commercials , trailers, and other types of ads. The distributor is also responsible for ensuring a full line of advertising material is available for each film which it believes will help the exhibitor attract the largest possible audience, create such advertising if it
5250-477: Was launched. In October 2006, Weekly Asahi Performing Arts celebrated its 50th anniversary. In May 2007, the animated TV series Dennou coli was in production, and in May 2011, Rongu Blessing’s Long Blessed Diet ( Ryosuke Miki series) produced a cumulative total of 1.16 million views. In January 2012, the monthly publication Volt was launched, and in September 2012, Sweet Girly Artbook Larme launched. In April 2013,
5325-518: Was purchased by Kadokawa Corporation in November 2002. Since 2005, the company has streamlined itself to focus solely on the publication of print media and the airing of its adapted properties to TV and feature film. On 17 March 2017, the company was acquired by Culture Convenience Club . The deal was completed at the end of March. In March 1954, Tokuma was established as East-West Entertainment Publishing in Shimbashi 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo with
5400-399: Was released. Along with the movie, the original book of the same name was a success. Between 1999 and 2005, Studio Ghibli was a subsidiary brand of Tokuma Shoten, however, that partnership ended in April 2005, when Studio Ghibli was spun off from Tokuma Shoten and was re-established as an independent company with a relocated headquarters. In September 2006, the monthly publication Comic Ryu
5475-596: Was sold by the RTL Group to Tele München Group , who began to self-distribute releases afterwards under the Leonine Distribution name. In Spain , Filmayer S.A. originally released Disney's movies, with Warner Española S.A. later taking over. In the United Kingdom , Disney's movies were released through a collaboration of Disney and 20th Century Fox known as UK Film Distributors Ltd. before
5550-455: Was sold to Disney Productions and British Commonwealth Film Corporation. In allocating the foreign film licenses to the company, Disney would use 5 and Commonwealth 8. In April 1960, the company dropped "Film" from its name. In 1961, Disney incorporated Buena Vista International (BVI), distributing its first PG-rated film, Take Down , in January 1979. The low-budget movie was not produced by
5625-815: Was the Academy Award -winning live-action feature The Living Desert on November 10, 1953, along with Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom , Buena Vista's first animated release. Notable subsequent releases included the Austrian film Victoria in Dover , the Japanese Daiei film Princess Yang Kwei Fei ( Most Noble Lady ), released in US theaters in September 1956, The Missouri Traveler in March 1958, and The Big Fisherman in July 1959 (the first third-party production financed by Disney). By July 5, 1957, RKO Japan, Ltd.
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