Searchlight Pictures
American film studio; a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
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| April 2025 | Disney announced it would not renew its lease with Fox Corporation and would vacate the Fox Studio Lot in Century City by the end of 2025, with Searchlight Pictures to relocate to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. |
| 2024 | A Complete Unknown, a Searchlight Pictures film, grossed $132,022,004 worldwide |
| 2024 | Searchlight Television produces 'La Máquina' for Hulu, working with La Corriente del Golfo and Nine and a Half Fingers, Inc. |
| April 12 2024 | Co-distributed 'The Greatest Hits' with Hulu, Star+, and Disney+ internationally. |
| February 9 2024 | Co-distributed 'Suncoast' with Hulu, Star+, and Disney+ internationally. |
| 2023 | Poor Things, a Searchlight Pictures film, grossed $117,537,274 worldwide |
| 2023 | Searchlight Television produces 'History of the World, Part II' for Hulu, working with Good at Bizness, Inc., 23/34, Brooksfilms Limited and 20th Television |
| 2023 | Searchlight Television produces 'The Full Monty' for FX on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ in the U.K., in collaboration with Little Island Productions, New Wave Films and FX Productions |
| 2022 | The Menu, a Searchlight Pictures film, grossed $75,820,378 worldwide |
| 2022 | Searchlight Television produces 'The Dropout' for Hulu, a series in collaboration with Elizabeth Meriwether Pictures, Semi-Formal Productions, and 20th Television |
| 2022 | Searchlight Pictures maintained its focus on independent and art-house film production, releasing movies across various theatrical and streaming platforms. |
| 2021 | The studio continued producing and releasing theatrical and streaming films under the Disney ownership, expanding its distribution through Hulu, Disney+, and Star+ platforms. |
| October 2021 | Hulu ordered a sequel series to Mel Brooks' film History of the World, Part I, produced by Searchlight Television and 20th Television. |
| July 2 2021 | Co-distribution of 'Summer of Soul' with Hulu, which went on to win multiple awards including the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Producers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best Documentary, and Grammy Award for Best Music Film. |
| 2020 | Searchlight Pictures releases 'Downhill', their first feature film under the new studio name, co-produced with TSG Entertainment, Filmhaus Films, and Likely Story. |
| 2020 | Searchlight Pictures began releasing films after being acquired by The Walt Disney Company, continuing the legacy of the former Fox Searchlight Pictures studio. |
| January 17 2020 | The company's name was shortened from Fox Searchlight to Searchlight Pictures to avoid brand confusion with Fox Corporation. |
| 2019 | Jojo Rabbit, a Searchlight Pictures film, grossed $86,878,073 worldwide |
| 2019 | The studio changes its name from Fox Searchlight Pictures to Searchlight Pictures to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation. |
| April 2019 | Hulu ordered The Dropout, a television series starring Amanda Seyfried, produced by Searchlight Television and 20th Television. |
| March 2019 | Searchlight Shorts was launched, a collection of short films acquired from top-tier festivals and released on their YouTube channel. The first two films were Shelly Lauman's Birdie and Guy Nattiv's Skin (which won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film). |
| March 20 2019 | Disney completed the acquisition of 21st Century Fox, with Fox Searchlight Pictures situated under The Walt Disney Studios banner. |
| March 19 2019 | 21st Century Fox spun off remaining assets to the new Fox Corporation in preparation for the sale. |
| March 12 2019 | Disney announced plans to close the Fox deal on March 20. |
| 2018 | The Favourite, a Searchlight Pictures film, grossed $95,829,459 worldwide |
| July 27 2018 | Disney and 21st Century Fox shareholders approved the merger between the two companies. |
| July 19 2018 | Comcast dropped out of the bid for 21st Century Fox in favor of Sky plc and Sky UK. |
| April 11 2018 | Searchlight Television was founded as the television arm of Searchlight Pictures, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. |
| December 14 2017 | The Walt Disney Company agreed to acquire most assets from 21st Century Fox, including Fox Searchlight, for $52.4 billion. |
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