Gramercy Pictures

Short description: American production company label owned by Comcast through Focus Features

Gramercy Pictures

Type| Label
Industry| Film
Fate| Currently dormant
Successor| Focus Features
Founded|

* May 20, 1992; 31 years ago (May 20, 1992) (original)
* May 20, 2015; 8 years ago (May 20, 2015) (relaunch)

Defunct|

* December 2001; 21 years ago (December 2001) (original)
* 2016; 7 years ago (2016) (relaunch)

Headquarters|

Universal City, California

United States

Products| Motion pictures
Owner| Comcast
Parent| Focus Features
(NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment)
(NBCUniversal)
(ultimately owned by Comcast)

Gramercy Pictures was an American film production label. It was founded on May 20, 1992 as a joint venture between PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Gramercy was the distributor of PolyGram films in the United States and Canada and also served as Universal's art-house division. After Seagram's buyout of PolyGram, Gramercy along with October Films were merged by Barry Diller to form USA Films in 1999. On May 20, 2015, Focus Features (the current art-house division for Universal) revived the name as a label for action, horror and sci-fi genre films; the label was shut down after the release of Ratchet & Clank on April 29, 2016.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Revival
* 2 Filmography
* 2.1 1990s
* 2.2 2000s
* 2.3 2010s
* 3 References

## History

Gramercy Pictures was formed on May 20, 1992 as a joint venture between PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures.[1] Gramercy Pictures released its first film, the Mario Van Peebles western Posse, on May 14, 1993.[2][3]

On January 11, 1996, PolyGram brought the 50% stake owned by Universal thus assuming full control of Gramercy.[4] The distributor also had box office hits in 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral, 1996's Fargo and 1997's Bean. Several Gramercy releases of the 1990s have grown in stature to become cult classics in the present day: The Big Lebowski, Dazed and Confused, Clay Pigeons and Mallrats. In addition, 1995's The Usual Suspects won two Oscars, for Best Original Screenplay (Christopher McQuarrie) and Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey).[citation needed]

When Seagram acquired PolyGram on May 22, 1998, the latter was merged and folded into Universal; as a result, it reacquired Gramercy as it controlled Universal. In turn, Seagram sold the bulk of the PolyGram film library titles released up until March 31, 1996 to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1999, and later on, it sold Gramercy and another specialty division, October Films, to Barry Diller's USA Networks, which merged both companies into USA Films.[5][6] USA Films was then merged with Universal's own art-house division, Universal Focus, and transformed into Focus Features in 2002 after Vivendi Universal acquired USA Networks from Diller.[citation needed]

### Revival

On May 20, 2015, Focus Features announced that the Gramercy label has been revived to release action, horror and sci-fi genre films. Its first release was Insidious: Chapter 3 on June 5, 2015.[1] The revived label was later shut down following the box office failure of Ratchet & Clank and a shift from genre films by Focus Features.

## Filmography

### 1990s

Release Date  | Title  | Notes  | Budget  | Gross

|
|
|
|

May 14, 1993 | Posse | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films | $10 million | $18,289,763
August 20, 1993 | King of the Hill |  | $8 million | $1,214,231
September 3, 1993 | Kalifornia | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films | $8.5 million | $2,395,231
September 24, 1993 | Dazed and Confused |  | $6.9 million | $7,993,039
November 5, 1993 | A Home of Our Own | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $12 million | $1,677,807
December 3, 1993 | A Dangerous Woman | co-production with Amblin Entertainment |  | $1,497,222
February 4, 1994 | Romeo Is Bleeding | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films | $10 million | $3,275,865
February 25, 1994 | Savage Nights | distribution only; produced by Banfilm, La Sept Cinéma and Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie |  | $662,341
March 9, 1994 | Four Weddings and a Funeral | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films | $4.4 million | $245,700,832
April 15, 1994 | Backbeat | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $2,392,589
May 6, 1994 | Dream Lover | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films |  | $256,264
July 29, 1994 | Foreign Student |  |  |
August 10, 1994 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $2 million | $29,679,915
September 9, 1994 | A Good Man in Africa |  | $20 million | $2,308,390
September 28, 1994 | Jason's Lyric | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films | $7 million | $20,851,521
October 28, 1994 | Drop Squad |  |  | $734,693
November 4, 1994 | Double Dragon | distribution only | $7.8 million | $2,341,309
January 20, 1995 | S.F.W. | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films |  | $63,513
February 10, 1995 | Shallow Grave | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $2.5 million | $19,779,614
February 24, 1995 | Before the Rain | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $763,847
March 17, 1995 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films |  | $13,940,383
April 19, 1995 | New Jersey Drive | co-production with 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks | $5 million | $3,565,508
April 28, 1995 | The Underneath |  | $6.5 million | $536,023
May 3, 1995 | Panther | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films |  | $6,834,525
August 16, 1995 | The Usual Suspects | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $6 million | $34,380,094
September 22, 1995 | Canadian Bacon | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films | $11 million | $178,104
September 29, 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films |  | $2,484,226
October 20, 1995 | Mallrats | co-production with View Askew Productions and Alphaville | $6.1 million | $2,122,561
November 10, 1995 | Carrington | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $3,242,342
December 29, 1995 | Dead Man Walking | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films | $11 million | $83,080,768
February 23, 1996 | La Haine | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | €2,590,000 | $309,811
March 8, 1996 | Fargo | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films | $7 million | $60,611,975
March 22, 1996 | Jack and Sarah | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $218,626 (USA) $2,492,000 (UK)
Land and Freedom | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films |  | $228,800
April 19, 1996 | Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie | co-production with Best Brains, Inc. |  | $1,007,306
May 3, 1996 | Barb Wire | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films | $9 million | $3,793,614
May 10, 1996 | Cold Comfort Farm |  |  | $5,682,429
August 30, 1996 | The Trigger Effect | co-production with Amblin Entertainment | $8 million | $3,622,979
September 13, 1996 | Grace of My Heart |  | $5 million | $660,313
September 20, 1996 | Loch Ness | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films | $7 million | £1,239,343
October 4, 1996 | Bound | produced by Spelling Films | $6 million | $3,802,260
October 18, 1996 | Jude | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $7 million | $409,144
December 24, 1996 | I'm Not Rappaport |  |  | $26,011
December 24, 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films |  | $3,692,836
January 29, 1997 | Gridlock'd | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Interscope Communications | $5 million | $5,571,205
February 14, 1997 | When We Were Kings | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $2,789,985
March 7, 1997 | The Eighth Day | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films |  | $416,401
April 11, 1997 | Keys to Tulsa | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and ITC Entertainment |  | $57,252
May 2, 1997 | Commandments | distribution only; co-production Universal Pictures and Northern Lights Entertainment | $5 million | $548,562
May 9, 1997 | Twin Town | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $3.3 million | $127,923
August 6, 1997 | Def Jam's How to Be a Player | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $12 million | $14,009,368
September 19, 1997 | Going All the Way | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $113,069
October 3, 1997 | The Matchmaker | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films |  | $3,392,080
November 7, 1997 | Bean | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films and Tiger Aspect Films | $18 million | $251,212,670
December 17, 1997 | Guy |  |  | $4,134
February 18, 1998 | I Want You | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $1,672
March 6, 1998 | The Big Lebowski | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films | $15 million | $46,129,927
March 27, 1998 | No Looking Back | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $5 million | $222,099
May 1, 1998 | Go Now | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $25,695
May 29, 1998 | The Last Days of Disco | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Castle Rock Entertainment | $8 million | $3,020,601
June 12, 1998 | The Land Girls | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |  | $238,497
August 21, 1998 | Your Friends & Neighbors | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $5 million | $4,714,658
September 25, 1998 | Clay Pigeons | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $8 million | $2,253,139
October 16, 1998 | Reach the Rock |  |  | $4,960
November 22, 1998 | Elizabeth | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films | $30 million | $82,150,642
January 22, 1999 | The Hi-Lo Country | distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films |  | $166,082
March 5, 1999 | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | U.S. distribution only; produced by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment; Columbia Tristar Pictures internationally distributed outside of U.S. | $1.4 million | $28,172,686
October 1, 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | distributed by USA Films; co-production with Working Title Films |  |
October 29, 1999 | Being John Malkovich | distributed by USA Films; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Propaganda Films | $13 million | $32,382,381

### 2000s

Release Date  | Title  | Notes  | Budget  | Gross

|
|
|
|

February 18, 2000 | Pitch Black | distributed by USA Films; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Interscope Communications | $23 million | $53,187,659
March 24, 2000 | Waking the Dead | distributed by USA Films; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | $8.5 million | $327,418
April 14, 2000 | Where the Money Is | distributed by USA Films; co-production with PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures | $28 million | $7,243,669
August 4, 2000 | Mad About Mambo | distributed by USA Films; co-production with Phoenix Pictures |  | $65,283
September 8, 2000 | Nurse Betty | distributed by USA Films; co-production with IMF and Universal Pictures | $25 million | $29,360,400

### 2010s

Release Date  | Title  | Notes  | Budget  | Gross

|
|
|
|

June 5, 2015 | Insidious: Chapter 3 | co-production with Stage 6 Films, Entertainment One and Blumhouse Productions | $10 million | $112,983,889
July 10, 2015 | Self/less | co-production with Focus Features and Endgame Entertainment | $26 million | $30,523,226
August 21, 2015 | Sinister 2 | co-production with Entertainment One, Blumhouse Productions and IM Global | $10 million | $52,882,018
January 8, 2016 | The Forest | co-production with AI Film and Lava Bear Films | $37,608,299
March 4, 2016 | London Has Fallen | co-production with G-BASE and Millennium Films | $60 million | $191,094,450
April 29, 2016 | Ratchet & Clank | distribution only with Focus Features; produced by Cinema Management Group, Blockade Entertainment, PlayStation Originals and Rainmaker Entertainment; final film released before Gramercy’s shutdown | $20 million | $12,880,804

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Petski, Denise (May 20, 2015). "Focus Features Revives Gramercy Pictures Label For Genre Films". deadline.com. https://deadline.com/2015/05/focus-features-revives-gramercy-pictures-label-genre-films-1201430500/.
2. ↑ Staff (August 17, 1993). "In Winner's Circle; Miramax's 'Crying Game' paces indies; New Line still running strong". Variety (Reed Business Information). "Off to an auspicious start is Gramercy Pictures, with its first release, 'Posse,' immediately making the chart [of largest rentals from independent distributors]".
3. ↑ "Box office information for Posse (1993)". Box Office Mojo. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1701545473/weekend/.
4. ↑ "Gramercy Sold To Polygram". 11 January 1996. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/11/business/gramercy-sold-to-polygram.html.
5. ↑ "The Telegraph-Herald - Google News Archive Search". https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aEJFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6746,3385144&dq=gramercy pictures barry diller&hl=en.
6. ↑ BATES, JAMES (28 September 1999). "Universal Adds Division for Specialty Films". https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-28-fi-14956-story.html.

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