Editing Triumph Films

{{Short description|Defunct film producer and distributor}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Triumph Films
| logo = [[File:Triumph Films.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = Final logo used from 1994 to 2014
| former_name = Triumph Releasing Corporation (1988–1994)
| type = In-name-only division<ref name="BusinessProfiles"/>
| fate = Dormant
| predecessor = 
| successor = '''Studio:'''<br>[[Destination Films]]<br>'''Library:'''<br>[[Sony Pictures|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] (with some exceptions)
| foundation = {{start date and age|1982}} (original)<br>{{start date and age|1988}} (relaunch)
| founder = 
| defunct = {{end date and age|1985}} (original)<br>{{end date and age|2014}} (relaunch)
| hq_location_country = [[Sony Pictures Studios|10202 West Washington Boulevard]], [[Culver City, California]], [[United States]]
| key_people = Samuel White (Co-President)<br>Benjamin Lewis (Executive Chairman)
| industry = [[Film industry|Film]]
| products = [[Film|Motion pictures]]
| revenue = 
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| owner = 
| num_employees = 
| parent = [[Columbia Pictures]] (1982–1985)<br>[[Gaumont (company)|Gaumont]] (1982–1985)<br>[[Sony Pictures|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] (1988–2014)
| homepage = 
}}
'''Triumph Films''' (also known as '''Triumph Releasing Corporation''') was an American independent film studio division of [[Sony Pictures|Sony Pictures Entertainment]], that geared towards theatre and direct-to-video [[film]] production and distribution.

==History==
It was founded in 1982 as a joint venture between [[Columbia Pictures]] and the French company [[Gaumont (company)|Gaumont]] to distribute foreign films in the US. In 1984, Marcie Bloom, who was formerly of the New York Film Festival, joined Triumph Films to serve as New York publicity director (Bloom would later co-found [[Sony Pictures Classics]]).<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 18, 1984|title=Triumph Appoints Bloom N.Y.-Based Pub Director|page=20|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

In 1985, Triumph Films announced that they would cut back down on their production slate, focusing on foreign-language films with English subtitles.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 25, 1985|title=English-Lingo Fare To Dominate Triumph Films' Release Schedule|page=6|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, [[Gaumont (company)|Gaumont]] decided to cut ties, and Columbia Pictures, now the sole owner, decided to shutter Triumph Films, and fold it into the Columbia Pictures label.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Clark|first=Ted|date=October 9, 1985|title=Gaumont Pulling Out of Triumph; Buyse To Be Stateside Rep|page=3|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=October 30, 1985|title=Col Assessing Fate of Triumph Subsid|page=3|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

On January 5, 1988, the then-newly founded [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Columbia Pictures Entertainment]] announced that they would revive the Triumph brand as a new worldwide subsidiary, Triumph Releasing Corporation; this incarnation of Triumph provided administrative services related to the distribution of [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures]] in the U.S. and Canada, while internationally, Triumph would be responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of Columbia and Tri-Star films under the direction of each individual studio.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 6, 1988 |title=Columbia Resurrects 'Triumph' |page=7 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> It was officially incorporated on March 24, 1988.<ref name="BusinessProfiles">[http://businessprofiles.com/details/sony-pictures-releasing-corporation/NY-1358802 SONY PICTURES RELEASING CORPORATION] businessprofiles.com, Retrieved on January 20, 2014</ref> In 1989, Triumph began to distribute films from [[Crédit Lyonnais]]'s [[Trans World Entertainment (film company)|Epic Productions Inc.]]<ref name="METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER-INC-Mar-1999-10-K">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/827/0000898430-99-001265.pdf |title=METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Mar 30, 1999 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =May 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516104053/http://pdf.secdatabase.com/827/0000898430-99-001265.pdf |archive-date=May 16, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On November 23, 1994, Triumph Releasing Corporation was renamed as Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation,<ref name="BusinessProfiles" /> and the Triumph name was spun off as Triumph Films, now primarily a label for low-budget and direct-to-video releases. After being shut down in 1997, the Triumph Films label was re-activated in 2003. The label went dormant again, becoming an in-name-only division of Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation.<ref name="BusinessProfiles" /> In 2014, the label was revived yet again for the release of ''[[The Remaining]]''. Their direct-to-video role has been taken by [[Destination Films]] within Sony.

==Notable films==
Notable films include ''[[To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday]]'', ''[[The Ambulance]]'', ''[[Brainscan]]'', ''[[Magic in the Water]]'' (co-released by [[TriStar Pictures]]), ''The Golden Laws'', ''[[Steamboy]]'' (co-distributed by [[Destination Films]]) and the critically panned ''[[SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2]]''.

==1980s==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Release Date
! Title
|-
| align="right"| February 10, 1982 || ''[[Das Boot]]''
|-
| align="right"| June 21, 1982 || ''La vie continue''
|-
| align="right"| June 23, 1982 || ''[[Bob le flambeur]]''
|-
| align="right"| September 14, 1982 || ''Josepha''
|-
| align="right"| October 6, 1982 || ''[[Yol (film)|Yol]]''
|-
| align="right"| January 23, 1983 || ''[[Parsifal (1982 film)|Parsifal]]''
|-
| align="right"| February 11, 1983 || ''[[We of the Never Never (film)|We of the Never Never]]''
|-
| align="right"| February 16, 1983 || ''[[That Night in Varennes]]''
|-
| align="right"| April 21, 1983 || ''[[Invitation au voyage]]''
|-
| align="right"| April 29, 1983 || ''[[Querelle]]''
|-
| align="right"| May 13, 1983 || ''[[La Boum]]''
|-
| align="right"| May 27, 1983 || ''[[The Trout (film)|The Trout]]''
|-
| align="right"| September 9, 1983 || ''[[Moon in the Gutter]]''
|-
| align="right"| September 28, 1983 || ''[[Danton (1983 film)|Danton]]''
|-
| align="right"| November 11, 1983 || ''[[Purple Haze (film)|Purple Haze]]''
|-
| align="right"| December 14, 1983 || ''The Eyes, the Mouth''
|-
| align="right"| January 26, 1984 || ''[[And the Ship Sails On]]''
|-
| align="right"| May 18, 1984 || ''[[Angel (1982 Irish film)|Angel]]''
|-
| align="right"| May 25, 1984 || ''Heat of Desire''
|-
| align="right"| June 12, 1984 || ''[[Le Dernier Combat|The Last Battle]]''<ref name="SonyClassics" group=N>U.S. distribution rights to this film have since been transferred to sister company [[Sony Pictures Classics]], which in turn acquired them from producer [[Gaumont Film Company|Gaumont]]</ref>
|-
| align="right"| June 21, 1984 || ''[[After the Rehearsal]]''
|-
| align="right"| September 20, 1984 || ''[[Carmen (1984 film)|Carmen]]''
|-
| align="right"| October 13, 1984 || ''[[À Nos Amours]]''
|-
| align="right" rowspan="2"| November 9, 1984 || ''The Little Bunch''
|-
| ''[[A Love in Germany]]''
|-
| align="right"| August 2, 1985 || ''[[Death in a French Garden]]''
|-
| align="right"| August 26, 1985 || ''My Other Husband''
|-
| align="right"| October 18, 1985 || ''[[Acqua e sapone]]''
|-
| align="right"| November 1, 1985 || ''[[Softly, Softly (film)|Softly, Softly]]''
|-
| align="right"| December 8, 1989 || ''[[Triumph of the Spirit]]''<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|}

==1990s==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Release Date
! Title
! Notes
|-
| align="right"| January 12, 1990 || ''[[Ski Patrol (1990 film)|Ski Patrol]]'' || rowspan="4" | distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N>Rights now belong to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]</ref>
|-
| align="right"| February 16, 1990 || ''[[Courage Mountain]]'' 
|-
| align="right"| March 9, 1990 || ''[[Bad Influence (1990 film)|Bad Influence]]'' 
|-
| align="right"| March 31, 1990 || ''[[The Ambulance]]'' 
|-
| align="right" rowspan="2"| April 20, 1990 || ''[[Modern Love (1990 film)|Modern Love]]''
|-
| ''[[Why Me? (1990 film)|Why Me?]]'' || distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| April 27, 1990 || ''[[Wild Orchid (film)|Wild Orchid]]'' || distribution only; produced by Vision PDG<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| June 1, 1990 || ''[[Ghosts Can't Do It]]'' || distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| July 20, 1990 || ''[[Clownhouse]]'' || distribution only: produced by Commercial Pictures<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| August 24, 1990 || ''[[Men at Work (1990 film)|Men at Work]]'' || distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| September 28, 1990 || ''[[Dark Angel (1990 film)|Dark Angel]]'' || distribution only; produced by Vision PDG<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| October 26, 1990 || ''[[Sonny Boy (1989 film)|Sonny Boy]]'' || distribution only; produced by Trans World Entertainment<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| November 2, 1990 || ''[[Waiting for the Light]]'' || distribution only; produced by Epic Productions<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| November 9, 1990 || ''[[Mister Frost]]''
|-
| align="right"| November 21, 1990 || ''[[Robot Jox]]'' || distribution only; produced by Empire Pictures<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| April 12, 1991 || ''[[Eminent Domain (film)|Eminent Domain]]''
|-
| align="right"| October 9, 1991 || ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]'' || U.S. distribution only<ref name="Quiver" group=N>Distribution rights now belong to [[Quiver Distribution]]</ref>
|-
| align="right"| November 1, 1991 || ''[[Year of the Gun (film)|Year of the Gun]]''
|-
| align="right"| February 28, 1992 || ''[[The Gate II: Trespassers|Gate 2: The Trespassers]]'' || distribution only; produced by Vision PDG<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| March 27, 1992 || ''[[Ruby (1992 film)|Ruby]]''
|-
| align="right"| April 15, 1992 || ''[[Brenda Starr (1989 film)|Brenda Starr]]'' || <ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| May 8, 1992 || ''[[Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue]]'' || distribution only; produced by Vision PDG<ref name="MGM" group=N/>
|-
| align="right"| August 1, 1992 || ''[[Jersey Girl (1992 film)|Jersey Girl]]''
|-
| align="right"| October 23, 1992 || ''[[Zebrahead (film)|Zebrahead]]''
|-
| align="right"| March 5, 1993 || ''[[Shadow of the Wolf]]''
|-
| align="right"| April 9, 1993 || ''[[Sidekicks (1992 film)|Sidekicks]]'' || distribution only; produced by Vision PDG and Gallery Films<ref name="Goldwyn" group=N>Distribution rights now belong to [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]]</ref>
|-
| align="right"| April 22, 1994 || ''[[Brainscan]]''
|-
| align="right"| March 3, 1995 || ''[[Nina Takes a Lover]]''
|-
| align="right"| April 12, 1995 || ''[[Jury Duty (film)|Jury Duty]]'' || rowspan="2" | co-production with [[TriStar Pictures]]
|-
| align="right"| August 30, 1995 || ''[[Magic in the Water]]'' 
|-
| align="right"| January 26, 1996 || ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]'' || co-production with Columbia Pictures
|-
| align="right"| August 23, 1996 || ''[[Solo (1996 film)|Solo]]''
|-
| align="right"| October 18, 1996 || ''[[To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday]]'' || co-production with Rastar
|-
| align="right"| April 14, 1997 || ''[[Bliss (1997 film)|Bliss]]''
|-
| align="right"| May 2, 1997 || ''[[Truth or Consequences, N.M. (film)|Truth or Consequences, N.M.]]''
|-
| align="right"| August 22, 1997 || ''[[Masterminds (1997 film)|Masterminds]]'' || co-production with Columbia Pictures
|-
| align="right"| September 12, 1997 || ''[[The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca]]''
|-
| align="right"| September 26, 1997 || ''[[The Assignment (1997 film)|The Assignment]]'' 
|}

==2000s==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Release Date
! Title
! Notes
|-
| align="right"| December 5, 2003 || ''The Golden Laws'' ||
|-
| align="right"| August 17, 2004 || ''[[SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2]]'' || co-production with [[Apollomedia|ApolloMedia]], [[Crystal Sky Pictures]] and Hador BG2 Productions Ltd.
|-
| align="right"| March 18, 2005 || ''[[Steamboy]]'' || US distribution only; co-distributed by [[Destination Films]], produced by [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] and [[Toho]]
|-
| align="right"| February 17, 2006 || ''[[The Second Chance]]'' || co-production with [[Provident Films]], Ruckus Film and Cedar Partners
|-
| align="right"| January 2, 2007 || ''[[Shottas]]'' || co-distributed by [[Destination Films]]
|-
| align="right"| April 18, 2008 || ''[[Zombie Strippers]]'' || theatrical distribution only; produced by [[Stage 6 Films]]
|}

==2010s==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Release Date
! Title
! Notes
|-
|-
| align="right"| September 5, 2014 || ''[[The Remaining]]'' || distribution only; produced by [[Affirm Films]]
|}

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