Metropolitan Filmexport
French film distribution company
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Metropolitan Filmexport is a French film distribution company founded in 1978 by brothers Samuel and Victor Hadida along with their father David.[1]
Victor Hadida
David Hadida
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film industry |
| Founded | 26 July 1978 |
| Founder | Samuel Hadida Victor Hadida David Hadida |
| Headquarters | 29 Rue Galilée, 16th arrondissement, Paris , France |
| Divisions |
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| Website | metrofilms |
It is best known as the French distributor of the Evil Dead[a], Resident Evil, Saw and Hunger Games franchises. The company was the main French distributor of New Line Cinema productions, including the Nightmare on Elm Street and Lord of the Rings franchises, until the end of their deal in 2009 with the French division of Warner Bros. taking over. It is also the main distributor for Lionsgate Films in France.
History
Among its subsidiaries, Seven Sept distributes video media to video stores and newsagents, as well as through traditional channels and online sales of DVDs and Blu-rays, and HK Video (specializing in Asian cinema).[2]
In the video-on-demand market, Metropolitan Filmexport primarily controls the UniversCiné service as well as its own "Cinema(s) on Demand" platform, available on major Internet service providers' boxes and accessible directly online.
The company distributes, both in theaters and on video, films produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company, Turner Entertainment Co., Hammer Films, Lionsgate, and New Line Cinema label (until the latter's full takeover by Warner Bros.).
Renowned for its catalog of action, fantasy and thriller films, the French company also co-produces or distributes films aimed at a less popular target audience, sometimes rewarded by critics or prizes, such as Border, Un Certain Regard prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, or Green Book, awarded three Oscars including Best Picture in 2019.
Distribution
Metropolitan Filmexport currently distributes or has distributed all or some of the following companies' films:
Current distribution deals
- STX Entertainment
- A24
- Lionsgate Studios
- Annapurna Pictures
- Lantern Entertainment
- Amblin Partners
- Beacon Pictures
- Bleecker Street
- Davis Films
- Intermedia
- Millennium Media
- Open Road Films (formerly Global Road Entertainment from 2017-2019)
Former distribution deals
- New Line Cinema – Warner Bros. took direct control in 2009.
- Relativity Media/Rogue Pictures – went bankrupt as a mini-major in 2015.
- DreamWorks – retired as a distributor in 2005 and then became a banner of Amblin Partners in 2015.
- Broad Green Pictures – Shut down its production unit in 2017 and then shut down completely in 2018.
- CBS Films – Lionsgate took over distribution in 2015.
- United International Pictures (Paramount Pictures/Universal Pictures/Focus Features) – Stopped French distribution in 2007 as part of its effort to reduce International operations. Paramount and Universal distribute in France because of this move.
- Fine Line Features/Picturehouse – Part of New Line Cinema and shut down between 2005 and 2008.
- The Weinstein Co. – plagued by the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.
- 20th Century Fox/Fox Searchlight Pictures – Formed a joint venture with UGC named UGC Fox Distribution in 1995, which disestablished a decade later.
- Sony (Columbia Pictures/TriStar Pictures/Screen Gems/Stage 6 Films/Triumph Films/Destination Films) – Formed a joint venture with Gaumont Film Company for French distribution named Gaumont Columbia Tristar Films in 2004. The joint venture disestablished three years later.
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists/Orion Pictures
Films
The release years indicated in those lists corresponds to the release year in France and may differ from the release year in the country of origin.
1970-90
2000
2010
2020
Notes
- Excluding Evil Dead II, originally distributed by Splendor Films; that film's rights are currently owned by StudioCanal in France.
