Momentum Pictures

Momentum Pictures

Company type	Public
Industry	Film distribution
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997) (original) 2015; 10 years ago (2015) (relaunch)
Defunct	2013; 12 years ago (2013) (original) 2023; 2 years ago (2023) (relaunch)
Fate	Absorbed by Entertainment One in 2013; relaunched in 2015; reabsorbed in 2023
Successors	Studio: eOne Films Library: Lionsgate
Headquarters	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Products	Motion pictures
Parent	Alliance Atlantis (1997–2007) Alliance Films (2007–2013) Entertainment One (2015–2023)
Website	momentumpictures.net

Momentum Pictures was a film distributor owned by Entertainment One, a subsidiary of Lionsgate Studios. Prior to 2013, it was a brand of Canadian distributor Alliance Films used for its releases in the United Kingdom, and was one of the leading independent distributors in the UK and Ireland. It was originally formed in 1997 after Alliance Communications had bought out distributor Electric Pictures.[1] Two years later, its interest was sold off to German distributor Kinowelt,[2] and took on the name Momentum Pictures in 2000.[3] Following eOne's purchase of the company, Alliance and its divisions were folded under the eOne brand. The Momentum brand was revived in 2015 as part of a venture with Orion Pictures to jointly acquire films for distribution in North America and international markets.[4]

The studio has also released several family films, such as Hoodwinked!, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (co-distributed with United International Pictures as part of a two-year agreement), Arthur and the Invisibles and Igor, as well as the home video rights for popular TV series Creature Comforts.

Theatrical releases

Pre-2015 release dates are United Kingdom only.

2023

• War Pony (28 July)
• Maximum Truth (23 June)
• Wildflower (17 March)
• Palm Trees and Power Lines (3 March)
• Swallowed (14 February)

2022

• Soft & Quiet (4 November)
• To Leslie (7 October)
• Neon Lights (12 July)
• Dashcam (3 June)
• All My Puny Sorrows (3 May)

2021

• Witch Hunt (1 October)
• Port Authority (28 May)

2020

• Black Bear (4 December)
• The Devil Has a Name (16 October)
• The 2nd (1 September)
• Stage Mother (21 August)
• Escape from Pretoria (6 March)
• Disturbing the Peace (17 January)

2019

• Dude Perfect: Trickshots (17 December)
• The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (13 December)
• A Million Little Pieces (6 December)
• Farming (25 October)
• Bloodline (20 September)
• Haunt (13 September)
• Nekrotronic (9 August)
• Finding Steve McQueen (15 March)
• Among the Shadows (5 March)

2018

• Asher (7 December)
• I Think We're Alone Now (14 September)
• Boarding School (31 August)
• 211 (8 June)
• The Last Witness (29 May)
• Steven Tyler: Out on a Limb (15 May)
• Beast of Burden (23 February)
• Half Magic (23 February)
• Looking Glass (16 February)
• The Clapper (26 January)
• Mom and Dad (19 January)
• Stratton (5 January)

2017

• The Girl Who Invented Kissing (12 December)
• Jungle (20 October)
• 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (13 October)
• Goon: Last of the Enforcers (1 September)
• Fun Mom Dinner (4 August)
• The Gracefield Incident (21 July)
• Manhattan Undying (6 June)
• The Shadow Effect (2 May)
• Voice from the Stone (28 April)
• Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word (14 March)
• Brimstone (10 March)
• Devil in the Dark (7 March)
• The Institute (3 March)
• In Dubious Battle (17 February)
• Blowtorch (7 February)
• Wheeler (3 February)
• Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (13 January)
• The Bronx Bull (6 January)
• Zombie Massacre 2: Reich of the Dead (3 January)

2016

• Abattoir (9 December)
• Oddball (6 December)
• Run the Tide (2 December)
• Pocket Listing (1 December)
• My Dead Boyfriend (3 November)
• The Possession Experiment (27 October)
• Jack Goes Home (14 October)
• The Late Bloomer (7 October)
• Milton's Secret (30 September)
• Ithaca (9 September)
• The Perfect Weapon (9 September)
• Rampage: President Down (6 September)
• Quitters (22 July)
• Outlaws and Angels (15 July)
• Septembers of Shiraz (24 June)
• Andron (3 June)
• Hard Sell (20 May)
• The Asian Connection (13 May)
• Bling (6 May)
• The Offering (6 May)
• The Program (18 March)
• Ava's Possessions (4 March)
• Forsaken (19 February)
• All Roads Lead to Rome (5 February)
• Intruders (15 January)
• The Benefactor (15 January)
• Diablo (8 January)
• Indigenous (5 January)

2015 (relaunch)

• Imba Means Sing (4 December)
• The Wannabe (4 December)
• Lost in the Sun (5 November)
• Yakuza Apocalypse (9 October)
• The Night Crew (10 August)
• Elephant Song (13 July)
• Wild Horses (5 June)

2013

• Free Birds (N/A)
• Snitch (21 June)
• Populaire (31 May)
• 21 & Over (3 May)
• The Lords of Salem (19 April)
• Dark Skies (3 April)
• In the House (29 March)
• Welcome to the Punch (15 March)
• Robot & Frank (8 March)
• The Bay (1 March)
• Safe Haven (1 March)
• Antiviral (1 February)
• Movie 43 (25 January)
• V/H/S (18 January)
• Quartet (1 January)

2012

• Dead Europe (14 December)
• Seven Psychopaths (5 December)
• Gambit (21 November)
• We Are the Night (15 October)
• Hit & Run (12 October)
• Sinister (5 October)
• The Babymakers (28 September)
• House at the End of the Street (21 September)
• Hope Springs (14 September)
• Anton Corbijn: Inside Out (14 September)
• Lawless (7 September)
• Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (24 August)
• The Players (6 July)
• The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan (22 June)
• The Squad (15 June)
• Red Lights (15 June)
• Red Tails (6 June)
• The Raid: Redemption (18 May)
• Café de Flore (11 May)
• The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan (7 May)
• Safe (4 May)
• The Divide (20 April)
• Headhunters (6 April)
• Act of Valour (23 March)
• The Woman in Black (10 February)
• Haywire (18 January)
• Shame (13 January)

2011

• Justice (18 November)
• Amélie (re-release) (14 October)
• Trollhunter (9 September)
• Weekender (2 September)
• Hobo with a Shotgun (15 July)
• Red Hill (13 May)
• Insidious (29 April)
• Limitless (23 March)
• Chalet Girl (16 March)
• The Fighter (2 February)
• The Mechanic (28 January)
• Season of the Witch (7 January)
• The King's Speech (7 January)

2010

• Catfish (17 December)
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (26 November)
• Skyline (12 November)
• Another Year (5 November)
• Frozen (24 September)
• The Horde (17 September)
• Tamara Drewe (10 September)
• The Girl Who Played with Fire (27 August)
• Goemon (23 July)
• The Rebound (23 July)
• Brooklyn's Finest (11 June)
• Dear John (14 April)
• The Spy Next Door (19 March)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (12 March)
• The Crazies (26 February)
• Youth in Revolt (5 February)
• 44 Inch Chest (15 January)

2009

• Law Abiding Citizen (27 November)
• Glorious 39 (20 November)
• The Men Who Stare at Goats (6 November)
• Johnny Mad Dog (23 October)
• District 13: Ultimatum (2 October)
• White Lightnin' (25 September)
• The September Issue (11 September)
• Dorian Gray (9 September)
• Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (28 August)
• A Perfect Getaway (14 August)
• The Meerkats (7 August)
• Mesrine: Killer Instinct (7 August)
• Last Chance Harvey (5 June)
• Outlander (24 April)
• Let the Right One In (10 April)
• Religulous (3 April)
• Traitor (27 March)
• Lesbian Vampire Killers (20 March)
• The Young Victoria (6 March)
• Milk (23 January)
• The Crew (12 January)
• Defiance (9 January)

2008

• The Baader Meinhof Complex (14 November)
• Igor (17 October)
• The Fall (3 October)
• Fly Me to the Moon (3 October)
• The Foot Fist Way (26 September)
• The Wave (19 September)
• Disaster Movie (5 September)
• Ben X (29 August)
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (15 August)
• The Mist (4 July)
• Teeth (20 June)
• Superhero Movie (6 June)
• Automaton Transfusion (19 May)
• Caramel (16 May)
• Vexille (9 May)
• Happy-Go-Lucky (18 April)
• The Banquet (11 April)
• Never Back Down (4 April)
• Love in the Time of Cholera (21 March)
• The Accidental Husband (29 February)
• Penelope (1 February)
• The Good Night (18 January)
• P.S. I Love You (4 January)

2007

• Chromophobia (14 December)
• Planet Terror (9 November)
• The Last Legion (19 October)
• Control (5 October)
• Scorpion (24 September)
• Death Proof (21 September)
• Bratz (17 August)
• The Hoax (3 August)
• Shut Up and Sing (29 June)
• The Painted Veil (27 April)
• The Pleasure Drivers (16 April)
• The Messengers (6 April)
• Amazing Grace (23 March)
• The Illusionist (2 March)
• Hannibal Rising (9 February)
• Arthur and the Invisibles (2 February)
• Bobby (26 January)
• Miss Potter (5 January)

2006

• Heartstopper (18 December)
• Joy Division (17 November)
• The Last Kiss (20 October)
• Hoodwinked! (29 September)
• Snow Cake (8 September)
• Wilderness (11 August)
• Atomised (14 July)
• District 13 (7 July)
• 2001 Maniacs (26 June)
• Things to Do Before You're 30 (2 June)
• Waiting... (19 May)
• The Other Half (15 May)
• Prime (12 May)
• Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (28 April)
• Hell (21 April)
• The Dark (7 April)
• The Big White (24 March)
• Tsotsi (17 March)
• The Weather Man (3 March)
• Just Friends (6 January)

2005

• Where the Truth Lies (2 December)
• Broken Flowers (21 October)
• Lord of War (14 October)
• Born to Fight (2 September)
• The Devil's Rejects (5 August)
• The United States of Leland (1 July)
• Inside Deep Throat (10 June)
• Stander (27 May)
• Seed of Chucky (13 May)
• Downfall (1 April)
• Mickybo and Me (25 March)
• Casshern (25 February)
• The Door in the Floor (11 February)
• Racing Stripes (4 February)
• Vera Drake (7 January)

2004

• My House in Umbria (26 November)
• Inside I'm Dancing (15 October)
• Wicker Park (10 September)
• Stage Beauty (3 September)
• Nathalie... (16 July)
• The Company (7 May)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (30 April)
• Wondrous Oblivion (23 April)
• One Last Chance (12 March)
• People I Know (13 February)
• Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (23 January)
• Lost in Translation (9 January)

2003

• Out of Time (26 December)
• Together with You (12 December)
• American Cousins (28 November)
• The Mother (14 November)
• Raising Victor Vargas (19 September)
• Confidence (22 August)
• Standing in the Shadows of Motown (25 July)
• Dark Blue (4 July)
• Dirty Deeds (6 June)
• The Actors (16 May)
• I Capture the Castle (9 May)
• Equilibrium (14 March)
• The Magdalene Sisters (21 February)
• Bollywood/Hollywood (14 February)
• The Kid Stays in the Picture (7 February)

2002

• Bowling for Columbine (15 November)
• Morvern Callar (1 November)
• My Little Eye (4 October)
• Van Wilder (27 September)
• Scratch (30 August)
• Hijack Stories (19 July)
• Novocaine (5 July)
• No Man's Land (17 May)
• Slackers (10 May)
• Crossroads (29 March)
• The Son's Room (15 February)
• Just Visiting (8 February)
• Made (25 January)

2001

• Formula 51 (7 December)
• Me Without You (23 November)
• Down from the Mountain (26 October)
• Amélie (5 October)
• The Center of the World (21 September)
• Shiner (14 September)
• Get Over It (8 June)
• You Can Count on Me (23 March)
• When Brendan Met Trudy (9 March)
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (9 February)
• Requiem for a Dream (19 January)

2000

• Cecil B. Demented (8 December)
• The Way of the Gun (17 November)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (15 September)

Awards

In February 2011, Momentum Pictures won eight BAFTA awards, more than any other UK distributor. Seven awards went to The King's Speech, including Best Film and Best Actor. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo won Best Film Not in the English Language.

References

1. Dawtrey, Adam (1997-02-26). "U.K. Alliance goes Electric". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
2. Swedko, Pam (August 9, 1000). "AAC's $400M partner". Retrieved 2023-07-13.
3. Dawtrey, Adam (2000-05-10). "Momentum rolls with 'Brother,' 'Bullwinkle'". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
4. "eOne Revives Momentum Pictures and Partners With Orion For Films — Toronto". Deadline. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

External links

• Official website