{"id":20250,"date":"2014-10-05T19:16:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T23:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=20250"},"modified":"2014-12-01T03:04:16","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T08:04:16","slug":"focus-features-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2014\/10\/05\/focus-features-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus Features"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Punika Limpanudom<\/pre>\n
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[26<\/a>] Focus Features Logo<\/p><\/div>\n
HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n
Founded by David Linde<\/a> and James Schamus<\/a> in 2002, Focus Features<\/a> is the art house branch of NBC Universal and a subsidiary company of Universal Pictures<\/a>. The company is as a product of the divisional merger between USA Films and Good Machine. The company has produced cult classics like Wet Hot American Summer <\/em><\/a>(2001)\u00a0and\u00a0Academy Award-winning films like\u00a0<\/a>Brokeback Mountain<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2005), which grossed $83 million domestically [1<\/a>].<\/p>\n
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[24<\/a>] “Brokeback Mountain” is one of Focus Features’ most critically acclaimed films, winning Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score at the 2006 Academy Awards.<\/p><\/div>\n
Focus Features<\/a> produces independent films with a niche target audience, tackling genres that big-budget blockbusters may not produce, putting emphasis on dramatic cinematography and character insight over a commercially-driven plot lines. Examples of successful movies with niche markets produced by Focus Features<\/a> are Sophia Coppola<\/a>‘s\u00a0Lost in Translation<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2003) and Wes Anderson<\/a>‘s\u00a0Moonrise Kingdom<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2012). The company also handles film production, film financing and worldwide distribution, which means they are vertically integrated to produce a film from start to finish; pre-production all the way through to distribution, domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n
On October 2013, James Schamus<\/a> stepped down from the position of CEO upon the merger between FilmDistrict <\/a>and placed Peter Schlessel<\/a>, the founder of FilmDistrict<\/a>, to be the chief executive of Focus Features <\/a>in January 2014 [2<\/a>].<\/p>\n
KEY EXECUTIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n
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[3<\/a>] Peter Schlessel, CEO of\u00a0Focus Features<\/p><\/div>
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[4<\/a>] Christine Birch, President of Marketing<\/p><\/div>
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[5<\/a>] Adrian Alperovich, Chief Operating Officer<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
FINANCIALS<\/strong><\/p>\n
Focus Features<\/a> ranks 12th in overall film distributor companies, owning 1.1% of the total market share as of November 23, 2014. The company’s total gross is $104.5 million with 11 movies released in 2014 so far [6<\/a>]. Focus Features<\/a> had improved in market share from the previous year, ranking 13th with 1.1% market share and grossing $101 million with its 6 films that were released in 2013 [20<\/a>]. There is a 15% increase in gross revenue, 2014 being comparatively more successful than 2013 [7<\/a>] despite the critical success that came with Dallas Buyers Club<\/a>\u00a0<\/i>during the 2014 Academy Award.<\/p>\n
IN THEATERS
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“The Theory of Everything” (2014)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n