Gramercy Pictures
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| Company type |
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|---|---|
| Industry | Film |
| Founded |
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| Defunct |
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| Fate | Sold to USA Networks and merged with Interscope Communications and October Films to form USA Films (original) Closed (relaunch) |
| Successor | Focus Features |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Parent | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1992–1998) Universal Studios (1992–1996, 1998–1999) USA Networks (1999-2001) Focus Features (2015–2016) |
Gramercy Pictures was an American film production and distribution label of Focus Features. It was founded on May 20, 1992 as a joint venture between PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Gramercy was the distributor of PolyGram films in the United States and Canada and also served as Universal's art-house division. After Seagram's buyout of PolyGram, Barry Diller acquired Gramercy, Interscope Communications, and October Films, merging the three companies to form USA Films in 1999. On May 20, 2015, Focus Features (the current art-house division for Universal) revived the name as a label for action, horror and sci-fi genre films; the label was phased out again after the release of the film adaptation of the video game series Ratchet & Clank on April 29, 2016, and a shift from genre films by Focus Features.