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| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Genre | Action Thriller Niche sci-fi Low-end to medium-end Horror |
| Founded | 1998; 27 years ago (1998) (original) 2002; 23 years ago (2002) (relaunch) |
| Founders | Steve Stabler Brent Baum |
| Defunct | 2001; 24 years ago (2001) (original) |
| Fate | Shut Down (original) |
| Headquarters | 10202 West Washington Boulevard,Culver City, California,USA |
| Products | Motion pictures Anime |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2002–2007) Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (2007–present) |
Destination Films Distribution Company, Inc.[1] is a film production company ownedSony Pictures Entertainment currently specializing in action, thriller, niche sci-fi and low-end to medium-end horror films.
The original Destination Films was founded by Brent Baum and Steve Stabler in 1998. The company made a deal withColumbia TriStar Home Video to have them distribute their films for video release. The company was shut down in February 2001 after failing to meet financial expectations. The company's library and in-production projects such asThe Wedding Planner andSlackers were sold off to Sony Pictures for distribution.[2]
In 2002, Destination Films was revived as a division ofColumbia TriStar Home Entertainment, with the anime filmMetropolis being scheduled for their first release, although the filmShiri would be released a couple weeks before. Many of the films released on home entertainment under Destination Films would receive a small theatrical release beforehand from either other Sony Pictures divisions likeTriStar Pictures andScreen Gems or third-party distributors likeSamuel Goldwyn Films.[3]
In 2007,Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions took over and has released some films under Destination Films' label, likeBlood: The Last Vampire,[4][5]Black Dynamite andHarry Brown.[6][7]
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 1999 | Bats | First Destination film release; international distribution byColumbia TriStar Film Distributors International; currently owned bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2000 | Eye of the Beholder | North American distribution only; produced byBehaviour Worldwide; currently owned bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| March 3, 2000 | Drowning Mona | North American distribution only; currently owned bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| July 26, 2000 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad | North American distribution only; produced byGullane Pictures andIsle of Man Film Commission; currently owned byShout! Studios andSamuel Goldwyn Films |
| September 1, 2000 | Whipped | North American distribution only; currently owned bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| September 29, 2000 | Beautiful | currently owned bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| April 9, 2002 | Shiri | North and Latin American distribution only; theatrical distribution bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| April 23, 2002 | Metropolis | theatrical distribution byTriStar Pictures |
| June 4, 2002 | Mission Kashmir | North American distribution only |
| September 3, 2002 | Cowboy Up | North American distribution only; currently co-owned byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| September 24, 2002 | Vampires: Los Muertos | sequel toVampires byColumbia Pictures in 1998 |
| December 17, 2002 | An Evening with Kevin Smith | |
| Buying the Cow | ||
| December 24, 2002 | Black Mask 2: City of Masks | |
| May 16, 2003 | Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | co-distributed withSamuel Goldwyn Films in the US; produced in Japan bySunrise Animation andBones |
| May 23, 2003 | The Era of Vampires | distribution outside Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and select other territories only; co-distributed withSamuel Goldwyn Films |
| September 30, 2003 | Scenes of the Crime | |
| October 17, 2003 | Returner | distribution outside Asia only; co-distributed withSamuel Goldwyn Films |
| February 24, 2004 | Memories | |
| March 2, 2004 | Ride or Die | |
| April 20, 2004 | Wild Things 2 | sequel toWild Things byColumbia Pictures in 1998 |
| September 28, 2004 | Sniper 3 | sequel toSniper andSniper 2 byTriStar Pictures in 1993 and 2002 |
| November 23, 2004 | Doing Hard Time | |
| December 29, 2004 | A Love Song for Bobby Long | co-production with El Camino Pictures, Crossroads Films, and Bob Yari Productions |
| February 15, 2005 | Into the Sun | |
| March 25, 2005 | D.E.B.S. | co-distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films,Screen Gems andAnonymous Content |
| April 26, 2005 | Wild Things: Diamonds in the Rough | |
| May 3, 2005 | Vampires: The Turning | |
| June 24, 2005 | Saving Face | co-production withSony Pictures Classics |
| July 26, 2005 | Steamboy | co-distributed byTriumph Films |
| September 30, 2005 | MirrorMask | co-production withThe Jim Henson Company; distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| Sueño | ||
| October 25, 2005 | Single White Female 2: The Psycho | sequel toSingle White Female by Columbia Pictures in 1992 |
| December 16, 2005 | The Squid and the Whale | co-distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| February 10, 2006 | London | |
| April 25, 2006 | Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children | |
| May 23, 2006 | Hollow Man 2 | sequel toHollow Man byColumbia Pictures in 2000 |
| August 15, 2006 | I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer | sequel toI Know What You Did Last Summer andI Still Know What You Did Last Summer byColumbia Pictures in 1997 and 1998 |
| August 25, 2006 | The Quiet | co-distributed withSony Pictures Classics |
| September 5, 2006 | Population 436 | |
| September 29, 2006 | Facing the Giants | co-distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| October 3, 2006 | Glass House: The Good Mother | sequel toThe Glass House byColumbia Pictures in 2001 |
| January 2, 2007 | Shottas | co-distributed byTriumph Films |
| January 26, 2007 | Seraphim Falls | co-distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| June 1, 2007 | Rise: Blood Hunter | |
| July 13, 2007 | Tekkonkinkreet | |
| August 31, 2007 | The Nines | co-distributed byNewmarket Films |
| October 5, 2007 | The Good Night | co-distributed byYari Film Group |
| October 26, 2007 | Slipstream | co-distributed byStrand Releasing |
| November 10, 2007 | Bats: Human Harvest | TV premiere onSci-Fi Channel |
| November 14, 2007 | Southland Tales | co-distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| December 7, 2007 | Revolver | |
| December 12, 2007 | The Perfect Holiday | co-distributed byYari Film Group |
| January 8, 2008 | Boogeyman 2 | sequel toBoogeyman byScreen Gems in 2005 |
| April 11, 2008 | The Take | |
| October 16, 2009 | Black Dynamite |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2010 | Harry Brown | U.S. distribution only; co-distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| October 29, 2010 | Welcome to the Rileys | North American distribution only; co-distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| March 11, 2011 | Elektra Luxx | |
| October 19, 2012 | The First Time | |
| February 26, 2013 | Company of Heroes | |
| August 16, 2013 | Magic Magic | distribution in North and Latin America, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and South Africa only; produced by Braven Films |
| September 30, 2014 | Sniper: Legacy | |
| June 26, 2015 | Into the Grizzly Maze | North American distribution only; co-distributed byVertical Entertainment |
| July 7, 2015 | No Way Jose | |
| August 7, 2015 | Lake Placid vs. Anaconda | |
| February 12, 2016 | Ratter | distribution only; co-distributed by Vertical Entertainment |
| June 7, 2016 | Never Back Down: No Surrender | |
| August 2, 2016 | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | |
| August 12, 2016 | Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich | |
| July 6, 2017 | Kill 'Em All | |
| August 1, 2017 | S.W.A.T.: Under Siege | sequel toS.W.A.T. andS.W.A.T.: Firefight byColumbia Pictures andStage 6 Films in 2003 and 2011 |
| October 3, 2017 | Sniper: Ultimate Kill | |
| October 27, 2017 | Crash Pad | distribution only; co-distribution by Vertical Entertainment |
| February 6, 2018 | Accident Man | currently co-owned bySamuel Goldwyn Films |
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2020 | Holly Slept Over | co-production with American Indie andLD Entertainment |
| June 16, 2020 | Sniper: Assassin's End | |
| November 16, 2021 | Never Back Down: Revolt | |
| August 16, 2022 | Sniper: Rogue Mission | |
| September 22, 2023 | It Lives Inside | distribution in all media excluding airlines in Italy, Greece, Scandinavia, South Africa and select Asian territories including Japan only |
| October 14, 2022 | Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday | co-production withSamuel Goldwyn Films |
| October 10, 2023 | Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team | |
| January 16, 2024 | One More Shot | |
| February 16, 2024 | Lights Out | |
| September 24, 2024 | Kill 'Em All 2 | |
| November 25, 2024 | 1992 | international distribution only |
| December 2, 2024 | Crescent City | international distribution only |
| July 1, 2025 | Clown in a Cornfield | international distribution outside the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Benelux, Eastern Europe, the Baltics, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and Japan only |
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