(formerly '''USA Films''') is the Art House Films division of NBC Universal 's Universal Studios , and acts as both a producer and Distributor for its own films and a distributor for Foreign Film s. Focus also serves as a producer and distributor of low-budget Action / Horror films through its ''' Rogue Pictures ''' division (similar to The Weinstein Company 's Dimension Films and Sony Pictures Entertainment 's Screen Gems ).
Focus was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine . USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 by combining October Films , Gramercy Pictures , and USA Home Entertainment .
Vivendi sold the studio, among other entertainment assets, to GE in 2004 to form NBC Universal.
Focus' most successful release to date was '' Brokeback Mountain '' (2005), which earned more than $85,000,000 at the boxoffice {Link without Title} .
- '' I Want You '' June 4, 1999 ''/regional release (With Rachael Weisz)''
- '' Agnes Browne '' Dec. 3rd 1999''
1 week awards-qualifying run, NY & LA only ''
- '' Being John Malkovich '' Oct 29th 1999
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- ---3 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Director' and 'Best Supporting Actress'
- '' Rear Window '' Jan 21st 2000 ''(remake of 1954 film with Christopher Reeve)''
- '' Traffic '' Dec 27th 2000
- ---4 Academy Awards - including 'Best Director' and 'Best Supporting Actor'
- ---5 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture'
- ''1732 Høtten'' AKA '' Bloody Angels '' May 25, 2001 (regional release only)
- '' The Man Who Wasn't There '' Oct. 31, 2001
- ---1 Academy Award nomination - 'Best Cinematography'
- '' Gosford Park '' Dec 26th 2001 in LA and NY
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- ---1 Academy Award - 'Best Original Screenplay'
- ---7 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director'
- '' Gosford Park '' January 11, 2002
- ---nationwide release following limited initial release on December 26, 2001
- '' Monsoon Wedding '' February 22, 2002 . (''Focus Features releases from this point on'')
- '' Far From Heaven '' November 8, 2002
- ---4 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Leading Actress' and 'Best Original Screenplay'
- '' Long Time Dead ''''' December 6, 2002 regional release only)
- '' The Guys '' December 13, 2002 /1-week awards-qualifying run, LA only)
- '' The Pianist '' December 27, 2002 (NY/LA only)
- ---3 Academy Awards - including 'Best Director' and 'Best Leading Actor'
- ---7 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director'
- '' The Pianist '' January 3 and 10, 2003
- ---expansion following limited initial release on December 27, 2002
- '' Deliver Us From Eva '' February 7, 2003
- '' The Guys '' April 4, 2003
-- = regular release following awards-qualifying run in 2002
- '' Lost In Translation '' September 12, 2003
- ---1 Academy Award - 'Best Original Screenplay'
- ---4 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director'
- '' Scarface '' (20th anniversary reissue) September 19, 2003
- '' 21 Grams '' November 21, 2003
- ---2 Academy Award nominations - 'Best Leading Actress' and 'Best Supporting Actor'
- '' The Constant Gardener '' August 31, 2005
- ---1 Academy Award - 'Best Supporting Actress'
- ---4 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Adapted Screenplay' and 'Best Original Score'
- '' Pride And Prejudice '' November 11, 2005
- ---4 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Leading Actress' and 'Best Original Score'
- '' The Ice Harvest '' November 23, 2005
- '' Brokeback Mountain '' December 9, 2005
- ---3 Academy Awards - including 'Best Director' and 'Best Adapted Screenplay'
- ---8 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Leading Actor'
- '' The Big Lebowski '' Mid 2005 (A DVD Re-release of the original in a Collector's Edition)
- '' Brick '' March 31, 2006
- '' Scoop '' July 28, 2006
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