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The Weinstein Company is a privately owned film company headquartered in New York City and is active in film and television production.<\/p>\n
Connect:<\/strong><\/p>\n Facebook:\u00a0http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/weinsteinco<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter:\u00a0http:\/\/twitter.com\/WeinsteinFilms<\/a><\/p>\n Youtube:\u00a0http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheWeinsteinCompany<\/a><\/p>\n Website:\u00a0http:\/\/weinsteinco.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n A Brief History:<\/strong><\/p>\n Bob and Harvey Weinstein founded The Weinstein Company in October 2005 and still run the company today.<\/p>\n Bob and Harvey Weinstein photo courtesy of Google images<\/p><\/div>\n They had previously founded Miramax Film\u00a0Corp.<\/a>\u00a0in 1979 which was associated with Disney. Bob Weinstein also founded Dimension Films<\/a> in 1993\u00a0which has produced such films as <\/span>Spy Kids<\/a>, <\/span>Scream<\/a>, and <\/span>Scary Movie<\/a>. These companies have joined together to release films that have been critical and commercial successes. TWC’s film <\/span>The King’s Speech<\/a>\u00a0took home the 2011 Academy Award for Best Picture. <\/span>The Artist<\/a>\u00a0won Best Picture and <\/span>Undefeated<\/a>\u00a0won Best Documentary Film at the <\/span>2012 Academy Awards<\/a> along with six others for TWC. They also own<\/span><\/p>\n For The Weinstein Company’s full description click\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a>\u00a0[1<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n Top Competitors:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n Miramax Film\u00a0Corp.<\/a><\/p>\n Sony Pictures Classics\u00a0<\/a>[3<\/a>]<\/p>\n Finances:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>TWC has 1.6% of the market share and is the 9th highest studio. Between January 1, 2012 and December 2, 2012 it has grossed over $162.9 million and has released 17 films. They were the 8th highest studio in 2011 with 2.9% of the market share and an annual gross of $296.1 million. TWC is a privately owned, limited liability company. It does not publicly release its annual net revenue and is not publicly traded. [2<\/a>]<\/p>\n Movies Today:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Weinstein Company has over 100 movie titles. Its top grossing movie of all time was The King’s Speech<\/a>\u00a0which grossed $135,453,143 in 2011 with Inglorious Basterds<\/a>\u00a0grossing $120,540,719 in 2010.\u00a0TWC took home 8 Academy Awards in 2012.\u00a0The Artist<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Undefeated<\/a>\u00a0are currently sold on Blu-Ray and DVD. Their most successful film of the 2012 box office was Lawless<\/a>\u00a0which grossed\u00a0$37,400,127. [4<\/a>]<\/p>\n TWC currently has many new releases. Silver Linings Playbook<\/a>\u00a0is its current big release starring Bradley Cooper<\/a>, Jennifer Lawrence<\/a>, and Robert De Niro<\/a>. It was directed by David O. Russell<\/a>. The film is set in Philadelphia as Cooper’s character is released from a mental hospital. He quickly meets Lawrence’s character who is a young, crazy widow. They develop a relationship while training for a dance competition.\u00a0[5<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n