Editing Dimension Films (section)

=== 1993–1999: Disney's acquisition of Miramax ===
On June 30, 1993, [[The Walt Disney Company]] purchased Miramax Films, who had been facing financial troubles between 1990 and 1992, prior to their acquisition and release of ''[[The Crying Game]]'', which earned the company US$60 million.{{sfn|Perren|2012|p=58}} The success of ''The Crying Game'' made Miramax Films attractive to Disney, who officially bought the company in 1993, resulting in Dimension Films becoming a Disney subsidiary.{{sfn|Perren|2012|p=63}}

After the box-office failure of ''[[Mother's Boys]]'' (1994) starring [[Jamie Lee Curtis]], Dimension Films distributed Miramax Films' ''[[The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]'' (1994), which would garner Dimension Films its first major commercial success.{{sfn|Perren|2012|p=104}} In 1995, Dimension Films acquired the rights to the [[Halloween (franchise)|''Halloween'' film series]], releasing the sixth installment ''[[Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers]]'' in September that year.{{sfn|Perren|2012|p=129}} The release of ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'' (1996) would mark the beginning of a working relationship with director [[Robert Rodriguez]] as well as a lucrative franchise, with several [[From Dusk till Dawn (film series)|sequels]] to follow.{{sfn|Perren|2012|pages=130–34}}

Dimension Films would gain greater exposure with its distribution of [[Wes Craven]]'s ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]'', released on December 20, 1996,{{sfn|Perren|2012|pages=134–40}} which became a major box office hit, grossing $173 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3580855809/weekend/ |title=Scream (1996) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 29, 2017}}</ref> The company also produced and distributed its sequel, ''[[Scream 2]]'', released the following year, which grossed a comparable $172 million.{{sfn|Perren|2012|p=139}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3597633025/weekend/ |title=Scream 2 (1997) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>

Dimension Films continued its trend of releasing horror and science fiction films, specifically films aimed at teenagers and young adult audiences, with the releases of ''[[Phantoms (film)|Phantoms]]'' (1998) and the ''Halloween'' sequel ''[[Halloween H20: 20 Years Later]]'' (1998), the latter of which garnered the company another commercial success.{{sfn|Perren|2012|p=5}} The company released its second film with director Robert Rodriguez, the teen sci-fi film ''[[The Faculty]]'', on Christmas Day 1998.{{sfn|Perren|2012|p=140}} In 1999, Dimension Films distributed [[David Cronenberg]]'s ''[[Existenz|eXistenZ]]'' and Scream-writer [[Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)|Kevin Williamson]]'s directorial debut ''[[Teaching Mrs. Tingle]]''.{{sfn|Perren|2012|p=214}}