Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Inc.

Company type	Division
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	2007; 18 years ago (2007), inHollywood,Los Angeles,California,US
Headquarters	10202 West Washington Boulevard,Culver City, California,US
Key people	Joseph Matukewicz (President) Virginia Longmuir (Executive Vice President of Business Affairs)
Products	Motion pictures
Number of employees	30
Parent	Sony Pictures Entertainment
Divisions	Affirm Films Destination Films Stage 6 Films
Website	www.stage6films.com

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) is a specialty film division ofSony Pictures Entertainment.^[1] The company specializes in acquiring and producing films for a wide variety of distribution platforms.^[2][3]

The group became a stand-alone division ofSony Pictures in 2007.^[2] Originally being called asSony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group (SPWAG),^[4] the group's name was changed to "Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions" (SPWA) in late 2010.^[5] The group had sometimes been called "Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group".

SPWA produces and acquires about 60 films per year, usually throughStage 6 Films,Affirm Films, andDestination Films.^[6] SPWA releases some of its films theatrically;^[7] the group would analyze how much a theatrical release would impact a film's TV, VOD andhome video revenue, and then the group would determine whether the film should bows theatrically.^[8]

In the case of theatrical releases, SPWA will offer the films to Sony's distribution labels (i.e.TriStar Pictures,Screen Gems,Columbia Pictures, andSony Pictures Classics) firstly; then, if Sony's distribution labels pass on the films, the company will release the films through other distributors.

SPWA also has the rights to theMorgan Creek Entertainment library viaRevolution Studios since 2016.

• Paprika (2007) (production ofMadhouse)
• Daddy Day Camp (2007) (production ofRevolution Studios)
• Revolver (2007) (production ofEuropaCorp. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Rise: Blood Hunter (2007) (production ofGhost House Pictures. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Seraphim Falls (2007) (production ofIcon Productions. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Slipstream (2007) (Independently produced. Co-released withStrand Releasing)
• Southland Tales (2007) (production ofDarko Entertainment andWild Bunch. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Tekkonkinkreet (2007) (production on behalf ofStudio 4C)
• The Nines (2007) (production ofNewmarket Films)
• We Own The Night (2007) (production of2929 Productions)
• Dark Streets (2008) (production of Capture Film International. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Kabluey (2008) (Independently produced. Co-released withRegent Releasing)
• Elegy (2008) (production ofLakeshore Entertainment. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Fireproof (2008) (production ofSherwood Pictures. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Married Life (2008) (production ofSidney Kimmel Entertainment andAnonymous Content)
• The Perfect Holiday (2008) (production of Flavor Unit Films. Co-released withYari Film Group)
• Black Dynamite (2009) (production of Ars Nova. Co-released withApparition)
• Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) (production of East Wing Holdings Corp. and SAJ. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• District 9 (2009) (production ofWingNut Films andQED International)
• Moon (2009) (production of Liberty Films UK)
• Planet 51 (2009) (production ofIlion Animation Studios andHandMade Films)
• The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) (Independently produced. Co-released withApparition)
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) (production of Davis Films and Infinity Features)
• The Young Victoria (2009) (production ofGK Films. Co-released withApparition)

• To Save A Life (2010) (production of New Song Pictures. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Chloe (2010) (production ofStudioCanal andThe Montecito Picture Company)
• Defendor (2010) (production ofAlliance Films andDarius Films)
• Faster (2010) (production ofCBS Films andCastle Rock Entertainment)
• Harry Brown (2010) (production ofHanway Films. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Legion (2010) (production of Bold Films)
• REC 2 (2010) (production of Filmax Entertainment and Castelao Productions)
• Red Hill (2010) (production ofArclight Films andScreen Australia. Co-released withStrand Releasing)
• The Tourist (2010) (production ofGK Films andSpyglass Entertainment)
• Welcome to the Rileys (2010) (production ofScott Free Productions and Argonaut Pictures. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) (production ofEndgame Entertainment. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Attack the Block (2011) (production ofFilm4 andStudioCanal)
• Bloodworth (2011) (Independently produced. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Colombiana (2011) (production ofEuropaCorp)
• Courageous (2011) (production ofSherwood Pictures andProvident Films)
• Elektra Luxx (2011) (production of Gato Negro Films. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Insidious (2011) (production ofAlliance Films andIM Global. Co-released withFilmDistrict)
• Jumping the Broom (2011) (Produced in-house)
• Midnight in Paris (2011) (production ofMediapro)
• POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011) (production of Snoot Entertainment andWarrior Poets)
• Salvation Boulevard (2011) (production ofMandalay Pictures. Co-released withIFC Films)
• Soul Surfer (2011) (production ofMandalay Pictures, Enticing Entertainment andBrookwell/McNamara Entertainment. Co-released withFilmDistrict)
• The Grace Card (2011) (production ofProvident Films. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Bel Ami (2012) (production of Protagonist Pictures andRai Cinema. Co-released withMagnolia Pictures)
• Detention (2012) (Independently produced. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Looper (2012) (production ofEndgame Entertainment and DMG Entertainment. Co-released withFilmDistrict)
• Meeting Evil (2012) (production ofMotion Picture Corporation of America. Co-released withMagnolia Pictures)
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) (production ofAardman Animations)
• Red Dawn (2012) (production ofMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer,United Artists, Contrafilm, and Vincent Newman Entertainment. Co-released withFilmDistrict)
• Robot & Frank (2012) (production of Park Pictures. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• The Raid: Redemption(2012)(production of XYZ Films, Celluloid Nightmares andP.T. Merantau Films)
• Sparkle (2012) (Produced in-house)
• The First Time (2012) (production of Jerimaca Films. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Tonight You're Mine (2012) (production ofBBC Films, Sigma Films andCreative Scotland. Co-released withRoadside Attractions)
• Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012)
• Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) (production of Foresight Unlimited. Co-released withMagnolia Pictures)
• A Dark Truth (2013) (production of RollerCoaster Entertainment. Co-released withMagnolia Pictures)
• Austenland (2013) (production ofFickle Fish Films)
• The Call (2013) (production ofWWE Studios and Troika Pictures)
• Cold Comes the Night (2013) (Independently produced. Co-released withSamuel Goldwyn Films)
• Elysium (2013) (production ofMedia Rights Capital)
• Evil Dead (2013) (production ofGhost House Pictures andFilmDistrict)
• Insidious Chapter 2 (2013) (production ofBlumhouse Productions andEntertainment One. Co-released withFilmDistrict)
• Stalingrad (2014) (production of Russia One and Cinema Fund)
• Pompeii (2014) (production ofImpact Pictures andConstantin Film, co-release withFilmDistrict )
• Moms' Night Out (2014) (production ofProvident Films and Pure Flix Entertainment)
• When the Game Stands Tall (2014) (production ofMandalay Pictures)
• The Raid 2: Berandal (2014) (production of XYZ Films, Celluloid Nightmares andP.T. Merantau Films)
• The Remaining (2014) (distributed byAffirm Films)
• Predestination (2014) (production of Blacklab Entertainment,Screen Australia and Wolfhound Pictures)
• Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015) (co-distributed byGramercy Pictures)
• The Final Girls (2015) (distributed byVertical Entertainment andStage 6 Films).^[9]
• Ratter (2016) (distributed byDestination Films andVertical Entertainment)^[10][11]
• The Bronze (2016) (distributed bySony Pictures Classics)^[12]
• Fallen (2016) (co-distributed byVertical Entertainment)^[13]
• Professor Marston & The Wonder Women (2017) (co-distributed byAnnapurna Pictures)^[14][15]
• November Criminals (2017) (co-distributed byVertical Entertainment)^[16][17]
• Insidious: The Last Key (2018) (co-distributed byUniversal Pictures)
• Golden Exits (2018) (co-distributed by Vertical Entertainment)^[18]
• Gemini (2018) (distributed by Neon)^[19]
• Boundaries (2018)^[20]
• The Wedding Guest (2019) (distributed byIFC Films)^[21]

• Yellow Rose (2020)
• Long Weekend (2021) (distributed by Stage 6 Films)^[22]
• Here Today (2021) (distributed by Stage 6 Films)^[23]
• A Mouthful of Air (2021) (distributed by Stage 6 Films)^[24]
• Sisu (2023) (co-distributed byLionsgate andNordisk Film)^[25]

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