Orion Pictures
Film production company in United States of America
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| December 13 2024 | Orion Pictures released 'Nickel Boys', co-produced with Plan B Entertainment, Louverture Films, and Anonymous Content. The film was distributed by Amazon MGM Studios, with a budget of less than $20 million and gross of $2.3 million. |
| 2023 | 'American Fiction' was nominated for Best Picture, with Cord Jefferson winning Best Adapted Screenplay and Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown receiving acting nominations. |
| December 15 2023 | Orion Pictures released 'American Fiction', co-produced with MRC, T-Street Productions, Almost Infinite, and 3 Arts Entertainment. This was the first film distributed by Amazon MGM Studios, with a budget of less than $10 million and gross of $23 million. |
| September 17 2023 | American Fiction became the first Orion film to win the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. |
| August 25 2023 | Orion Pictures released 'Bottoms', co-produced with Brownstone Productions. The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with international distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures and release on Amazon Prime Video in some countries. The film had a budget of $11.3 million and grossed $13.6 million. |
| March 4 2023 | Amazon shut down United Artists Releasing's operations, with MGM becoming Orion's new domestic distributor and Warner Bros. Pictures becoming its international distributor. |
| 2022 | Orion Pictures' 'Women Talking' was nominated for Best Picture, with Sarah Polley winning Best Adapted Screenplay. |
| December 23 2022 | Orion Pictures released 'Women Talking', co-produced with Plan B Entertainment and Hear/Say Productions. This was the last film distributed by United Artists Releasing, with international distribution by Universal Pictures. The film had a budget of $9 million. |
| October 28 2022 | Orion Pictures released 'Till', co-produced with Eon Productions, Whoop, Inc., and Frederic Zollo Productions. The film was distributed by United Artists Releasing internationally by Universal Pictures, with a budget of $20 million and gross of $11.4 million. |
| July 22 2022 | Orion Pictures released 'Anything's Possible', co-produced with Andrew Lauren Productions and Killer Films, distributed by Amazon Studios and United Artists Releasing. The film had a budget of $10 million. |
| May 13 2022 | Orion Pictures released 'On the Count of Three', co-produced with Werner Entertainment and Valparaiso Pictures, distributed by United Artists Releasing in the US with Annapurna Pictures. The film had a budget of $62,155. |
| March 17 2022 | The Amazon-MGM merger was finalized. |
| May 26 2021 | MGM was officially announced to be acquired by Amazon for $8.45 billion. |
| March 26 2021 | Orion Pictures released 'Bad Trip', co-produced with Gorilla Flicks, The District, and Helo, distributed on Netflix. The film was originally planned for theatrical release. |
| October 9 2020 | Orion Classics released 'The Wolf of Snow Hollow'. |
| August 28 2020 | Orion Pictures released 'Bill & Ted Face the Music', co-produced with Dial 9 and Hammerstone Studios. The film was released via VOD, with UK distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures and other territories distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film had a budget of $25 million and grossed $6.3 million. |
| August 20 2020 | Orion was relaunched with a focus on films by underrepresented filmmakers, with Alana Mayo hired as president to replace John Hegeman. |
| January 31 2020 | Orion Pictures released 'Gretel & Hansel', a film co-produced with Automatik Entertainment and Bron Studios, distributed by United Artists Releasing. The film had a budget of $5 million and grossed $22.1 million. |
| April 2019 | Orion Pictures began distributing films through United Artists Releasing, with the remake of Child's Play being the first film under this arrangement. |
| June 28 2018 | Continued film distribution with the release of 'The Domestics', showing their ongoing presence in the film market. |
| June 28 2018 | The relaunched Orion Classics released its first film, Mike P. Nelson's 'The Domestics', in theaters, with a VOD and digital release following the next day. |
| May 2018 | Orion Classics was revived as a multiplatform distribution label, with plans to release 8 to 10 films per year. |
| February 23 2018 | Orion Pictures released its first film under the revitalized brand, the young adult romance drama Every Day. |
| September 6 2017 | MGM officially revitalized Orion Pictures as a standalone US theatrical marketing and distribution arm, hiring John Hegeman as president. |
| March 17 2017 | Orion Pictures was involved in the distribution of 'The Belko Experiment', produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and The Safran Company, with a budget of $5 million and gross earnings of $11.1 million. |
| September 2016 | Orion Pictures began partnering with Samuel Goldwyn Films to acquire films, starting with Burn Country. |
| March 11 2016 | Orion Pictures co-distributed 'Pet' with Samuel Goldwyn Films, a film by Magic Lantern and Revolver Picture Company, with a very low gross of $10,900. |
| September 2015 | Entertainment One Films relaunched Momentum Pictures and established a co-acquisition and co-distribution deal with Orion Pictures for films in the United States, Canada, and select international markets. |
| 2014 | MGM relaunched Orion Pictures as a film production and distribution company. |
| September 10 2014 | The Orion Pictures name reappeared on the trailer for The Town That Dreaded Sundown, marking its first visual return to the film industry. |
| 2013 | Orion Pictures returned to television production by launching the syndicated court show Paternity Court. |
| 2013 | MGM revived the Orion name for television production. |
| October 4 2013 | Orion Pictures released 'Grace Unplugged', a film co-produced with Roadside Attractions and Coram Deo Studios, distributed by Lionsgate with a budget of $1.7 million and gross earnings of $2.5 million. |
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