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{{short description|American independent film and distribution company}}
{{redirect|USA Films|American films in general|Cinema of the United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Focus Features LLC
| logo = [[File:Focus Features.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| former_name = 
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| foundation = 2002; 22 years ago
| founder = {{ubl|[[James Schamus]]|[[David Linde]]}}
| location_city = [[Universal City, California]]
| location_country = United States
| location = <!--modifies "Headquarters" entry-->
| locations = <!--# of locations-->
| industry = [[Film industry|Film]]
| products = [[Film|Motion pictures]]
| brands = 
| key_people = {{ubl|[[Peter Kujawski]] ([[chairman]])|Jason Cassidy (vice-chairman)}}
| predecessors = {{ubl|[[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]]|[[October Films]]|[[Good Machine]]|[[Interscope Communications]]<ref name="Interscope Communications">{{cite web|url=https://www.avid.wiki/Interscope_Communications|title=Interscope Communications|website=Audiovisual Identity Database|accessdate=2023-10-09}}</ref>|[[USA Broadcasting|USA Films]]|Universal Focus|[[Gramercy Pictures]]|[[FilmDistrict]]}}
| owner = 
| parent = [[Universal Pictures]]
| divisions = Focus World
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|focusfeatures.com}}
}}
'''Focus Features LLC''' is an American independent [[production company|film production]] and [[film distributor|distribution company]], owned by [[Comcast]] as a unit of [[Universal Pictures]], which is itself a unit of Comcast's division [[NBCUniversal]]. Focus Features distributes [[independent film|independent]] and [[foreign film]]s in the United States and internationally. 

In November 2018, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' named Focus Features "Distributor of the Year" for its success behind the year's breakout documentary film ''[[Won't You Be My Neighbor? (film)|Won't You Be My Neighbor?]]'' and [[Spike Lee]]'s ''[[BlacKkKlansman]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/how-focus-rediscovered-knack-making-award-winning-films-1162402|title=How Focus Features Rediscovered Its Knack for Making Award-Winning Films|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 20, 2018 }}</ref> The studio's most successful film to date is ''[[Downton Abbey (film)|Downton Abbey]]'', which garnered $194.3 million at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/downton-abbey-focus-features-highest-grossing-movie-of-all-time-1202763100/|title='Downton Abbey' Becomes Focus Features' Highest-Grossing Pic At Domestic B.O. With $84M+, Unseating 'Brokeback Mountain'|website=Deadline|date=October 17, 2019 }}</ref> 

[[List of Focus Features films|Focus Features' films]] have earned numerous awards nominations, including a total of 175 [[Academy Award nominations]] and 35 wins across various categories.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/oscars-party_focus-films |title=The Envelope Please: Celebrating Focus At The Academy Awards® |date=2019-02-22 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Focus Features |quote=With well over 120 nominations and 24 Oscars® over the years, Focus has had a seat at the awards table nearly every year—and we'll be there this year as well.}}</ref> However, they are also [[Academy Award for Best Picture#Production companies and distributors with multiple nominations and wins|the distributor with the most Best Picture losses, out of 17 nominations]] as of 2025.{{efn|This total does not include nominees released by Focus Features in some or all countries outside the United States and Canada: ''[[Anora]]'', which won the award at the [[97th Academy Awards]], ''[[The Brutalist]]'', ''[[La La Land]]'', ''[[Lady Bird (film)|Lady Bird]]'', and ''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester by the Sea]]''.}}<ref>{{cite web|title='Conclave' Prays for Oscar Attention: How Do Religious Movies Perform With Academy Voters?|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Clayton|last=Davis|date=31 October 2024|access-date=1 November 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/conclave-religious-movies-oscars-1236190008/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=Oscars.org | publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |title=The 97th Academy Awards | date=2025 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2025 |access-date=March 3, 2025 }}</ref>