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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | 1994; 31 years ago (1994) |
| Fate | Acquired by Exclusive Media Group Film library now owned by AMBI Group |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Newmarket Films, LLC was an Americanprivately ownedindependent film production and distribution company and a former film distribution subsidiary ofNewmarket Capital Group. The company produced such films asThe Mexican,Cruel Intentions, and theChristopher Nolan filmsMemento andThe Prestige. Newmarket distributed, in North America, such films asThe Passion of the Christ,Whale Rider,Monster,Donnie Darko, andGod Grew Tired of Us.
Newmarket Capital Group was founded in 1994 by Chris Ball and William Tyrer, with the company's executive team made up of Chris Calhoon, Rene Cogan, John Crye and Robert Fyvolent. The company was originally launched as a film financing company. Newmarket financed and produced films that had "break-out potential" and finance as small as $2 million and as large as $20 million.[1] While financing and producingMemento, the company had trouble trying to find a distribution deal. ProducerAaron Ryder, who brought the film to Newmarket, decided to distribute it as a one-off project under Newmarket Films.Memento was a critical and commercial success, thus leading Newmarket Films to become a full theatrical distribution company.[2]
Newmarket Films was acquired by Exclusive Media Group (which eventually became Exclusive Media) in 2009.[3][4] In 2010, Newmarket made a deal withLionsgate Home Entertainment to become the exclusive home entertainment distributor for Newmarket's film library.[5] Later that year, Chris Ball left the company to form the distribution companyWrekin Hill Entertainment; Rene Cogan and John Crye joined him.[6] Exclusive Media then sold its own film library, including the Newmarket library, to AMBI Group in 2015.[7]
| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2001 | Memento | Inducted into theNational Film Registry in 2017 |
| October 22, 2001 | Donnie Darko | |
| October 18, 2002 | Real Women Have Curves | Inducted into theNational Film Registry in 2019 |
| February 21, 2003 | Open Hearts | |
| March 14, 2003 | Spun | |
| April 18, 2003 | Lilya 4-ever | |
| June 6, 2003 | Whale Rider | |
| December 17, 2003 | Monster | |
| February 25, 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | |
| August 16, 2004 | Stander | |
| September 24, 2004 | Silver City | |
| October 15, 2004 | P.S. | |
| December 10, 2004 | The Green Butchers | |
| December 24, 2004 | The Woodsman | |
| February 2, 2005 | Daybreak | |
| February 18, 2005 | Downfall | |
| April 8, 2005 | A Hole in My Heart | |
| June 3, 2005 | Rock School | |
| August 5, 2005 | The Chumscrubber | |
| January 27, 2006 | Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story | |
| October 27, 2006 | Death of a President | |
| January 12, 2007 | God Grew Tired of Us | |
| August 31, 2007 | The Nines | |
| January 22, 2010 | Creation | |
| May 28, 2010 | Agora | |
| October 21, 2010 | The Last Play at Shea | |
| December 29, 2010 | The Way Back | |
| May 13, 2011 | Hesher |
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