Focus Features

Focus Features

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Focus Features LLC, a privately owned tier 2 media tech buyer headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with an international distribution arm in London, operates as a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Studio Group. Founded in 2002 through the merger of USA Films, Good Machine, and Universal Focus, the company has approximately 350 employees and reported $65.5M in revenue as of 2025. Specializing in entertainment content rights, Focus Features functions as the primary arthouse, independent, and prestige film division of NBCUniversal. The company's services include the financing, acquisition, and distribution of auteur-driven cinema, historical dramas, foreign-language features, and documentaries. Its film portfolio includes titles such as Brokeback Mountain, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Milk, Dallas Buyers Club, The Theory of Everything, BlacKkKlansman, and the Downton Abbey theatrical features.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2002

Headcount

341

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Entertainment content rights

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

Focus Features and Blumhouse Atomic Monster will release Curry Barker's next film, "Anything but Ghosts," on May 7, a date mirroring the May 15 launch of Barker's "Obsession" earlier this year. Previously, on September 27, 2026, it was announced that "Obsession," which had been a box-office disrupter in the summer of 2026, is scheduled to move to Netflix in the fall of 2026, following a considerable delay. This followed Barker's revelation on September 25 that Netflix had made a previously undisclosed offer to acquire "Obsession" for a direct-to-streaming release, and that he had nearly made a feature-length version of his viral short "The Chair" as his feature debut. On the same day, Robert Eggers' "Romeo and Juliet" landed at Focus Features, establishing an ongoing creative relationship with the director, a move that could potentially delay other Eggers projects. This project came after Focus Features won a competitive bidding war against A24, Sony, and Warner Bros. Pictures, securing Eggers' adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," which will feature original pronunciation, as reported on September 23.

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Oct

12th

2026

06:30

Events, Events and Conferences

FocusFest Celebrates The Yearners, The Fearful and The Moments That Shape Us

Thank you to everyone who joined us for another FocusFest this past Saturday on the iconic Universal Studios lot. We had the best time celebrating FocusFest 2026 with a full day of films, immersive experiences, exclusive merch, special guests, and unforgettable moments inspired by the stories we love.

Oct

9th

2026

11:27

‘Play House’ Acquired by Blumhouse-Atomic Monster After Fantastic Fest Premiere

It’s safe to say that filmmaker Nicolas Curcio has had a good few weeks. After winning last year’s inaugural Fantastic Pitches at Fantastic Fest, he got to bring his movie Play House to this year’s festival.

Bloody Disgusting

Oct

9th

2026

10:09

Events, M&A Activities, M&A Activities, Events and Conferences

Breaking: Focus Features Acquires Creepy Puppet Horror ‘Play House’ Out of Fantastic Fest

Dread Central confirmed that Focus Features and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster have acquired Play House, the creepy children’s television horror movie that recently world-premiered at Fantastic Fest. We’d been hearing this was a hot title coming out of the festival, with plenty of excitement surrounding its disturbing puppets and mysterious VHS tapes.

Sep

29th

2026

14:32

New Offerings, New Offerings

Curry Barker's 'Anything But Ghosts' Release Date Set

Curry Barker fever will continue into next summer as Focus Features and Blumhouse Atomic Monster are releasing the Obsession filmmaker’s next movie, Anything but Ghosts on May 7. That’s similar to the launch date of Obsession, which bowed during the third weekend of May this year (May 15).

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Sep

27th

2026

06:57

Netflix Planned to Fast-Track ‘Obsession’ for Streaming Before November Release, But Failed

The fall of 2026 will see Obsession heading to Netflix for a platform change, that is, after considerable delay, according to Curry Barker himself. The hot summer of 2026 suddenly turned chilly with a horror blizzard spearheaded by box-office disrupter Obsession .

Sep

25th

2026

14:16

Curry Barker Says Netflix Tried To Buy ‘Obsession’ With A Straight-To-Streaming Offer & Reveals ‘The Chair’ Was Almost His Feature Debut

A year after “Obsession” became one of the biggest horror success stories in recent memory, Curry Barker is still filling in some surprising pieces of how the film came together. That includes a previously undisclosed offer from Netflix to take the movie straight to streaming and the fact that Barker came remarkably close to making a feature-length version of his viral short “The Chair” instead.

Sep

25th

2026

12:54

Robert Eggers’ Romeo and Juliet lands at Focus

Show summary Hide summary Focus Features and Eggers: an ongoing creative relationship Eggers’ Romeo and Juliet: a period-first approach Other Eggers projects could be delayed How this fits into the wider history of Romeo and Juliet films Werwulf and recent box office context What reporters are saying and what’s next Robert Eggers appears poised to take on one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays.

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Sep

23rd

2026

05:45

Robert Eggers Romeo and Juliet Will Speak Shakespeare in Original Pronunciation

Robert Eggers is set to direct a new adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for Focus Features after the studio won a competitive bidding war against A24, Sony , and Warner Bros. Pictures — and the detail that matters most to a science audience is not the budget, not the studio, and not even the bidding war.

Sep

21st

2026

06:30

Marketing and Promotional Activities

grossers just got rewritten – Film Daily

Horror movies: The top-grossers just got rewritten The 2026 box office has rewritten the record books for horror movies, as two low-budget originals raced past franchise expectations and climbed into the all-time domestic top ten. Obsession and Backrooms arrived on modest budgets and left with hundreds of millions in global receipts, a shift that has made studios rethink the cost of scares.

Sep

16th

2026

06:30

Events, Events and Conferences

Sense and Sensibility Premieres in London

Last night, the cast and crew of Sense and Sensibility celebrated the premiere of the film in London. See Sense and Sensibility, only in theaters October 16. From Focus Features and Working Title comes an irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.

Sep

15th

2026

03:30

Events, B2B Tag, Events and Conferences

FocusFest Immersive Fan Event Sets Screenings of ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ ‘Elsinore’ (EXCLUSIVE)

After the success of the inaugural immersive event last year, FocusFest returns to the Universal Studios Lot on Oct. 10. for a day full of screenings, special guests and immersive fan experiences. Television host Justin Sylvester will host.

Sep

14th

2026

06:30

Events, Events and Conferences

FocusFest Returns October 10, 2026

Focus Features today announced the return of FocusFest, its immersive celebration of film bringing together iconic titles from the studio’s library, early looks at upcoming releases and experiences inspired by the worlds of Focus. FocusFest 2026 returns Saturday, October 10, at The Commons on the Universal Studios Lot.

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