Editing PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (section)

== US distribution ==
{{Main|Gramercy Pictures}}
In 1992, PolyGram partnered with [[Universal Pictures]] to create a [[joint venture]] called [[Gramercy Pictures]]. Gramercy primarily distributed PolyGram films in the United States, and it doubled as a specialty label for Universal. In 1993, the company also had another distribution deal with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] to fund and distribute its films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moerk |first=Christian |date=1993-11-02 |title=Lion's feast: Polygram pix |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/lion-s-feast-polygram-pix-115556/ |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 1996, PolyGram bought out Universal's 50% stake<ref name=game/> and in 1997, '''PolyGram Films''' was founded to release PFE's mainstream titles in the United States, while Gramercy became a low-budget/art-house sublabel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-03-fi-55129-story.html |title=PolyGram Unit to Distribute Films in U.S.|work= Los Angeles Times  |date=1997-05-03 |access-date=2012-10-22 |first=Claudia |last=Eller}}</ref><ref name=party>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 11, 1997|title=Partyers play 'Game'|url=https://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/partyers-play-game-1116674696/|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref> PolyGram Films' first release was ''[[The Game (1997 film)|The Game]]''.<ref name=party/><ref name=game>{{cite magazine|title=PolyGram joins the big Game|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=19 September 1997|page=33}}</ref> When PolyGram was acquired by Universal in 1999, the company merged Gramercy with [[October Films]], which included its subsidiary [[Rogue Pictures]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Roman|first=Monica|date=1998-04-03|title=Rogue of October|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/rogue-of-october-1117469445/|access-date=2022-01-01|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|language=en-US}}</ref> to create USA Films, which eventually became [[Focus Features]]. Gramercy was revived in 2015 as a label of Focus Features,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2015-05-20|title=Focus Revives Gramercy Pictures Label For Genre Films|url=https://deadline.com/2015/05/focus-features-revives-gramercy-pictures-label-genre-films-1201430500/|access-date=2021-10-26|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> but shut down and went dormant the next year.