A film distributor is the company who releases the film to the public. They send the film out to exhibitors and create ways to promote the film to attract as many people as possible. Distributors will make deals with others to show the film in different countries.
StudioCanal UK (formerly Optimum Releasing/Home Entertainment/Classics) is a film distributor company working in the UK andIreland. The company releases many films, including foreign language films, anime releases such as Studio Ghibli's films and independentBritish, Irish and American films in the UK and sometimes Ireland.
Optimum was acquired by StudioCanal, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA, in 2006.[2] Since StudioCanal bought Optimum, the French company distribute their large back catalogue of classic British films (many from the Cannon and EMI catalogues) through Optimum releasing under the strand 'Optimum Classic'.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum_Releasing
Companies like Optimum Releasing would be ideal in distributing our film. They have distributed several low budget British films in the past including:
- Attack the Block
- Submarine
- Brighton Rock
A film slightly similar to ours is "Eden Lake" (2008), a British horror film by James Watkins and distributed by Optimum Releasing. In the UK, it opened at 184 screens and grossed £192,027 on its opening weekend and £481,710 overall. The film had a limited release in the United States, opening at 10 screens and making $5,824.
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