Fox International Productions was the division of

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in charge of local production in China,

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and

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History

2008-2010 In 2008, 20th Century Fox started its international division, Fox International Productions, under president Sanford Panitch. The division was to not only handle international distribution of Fox films and third-party films, but also produce films in international countries, such as Latin America, India, China and Europe. The division's productions would be released on home video by

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(now 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment) and streaming on Hulu as of 2012. From 2008 until its closure, the division has released 80 films either in the US or internationally. The division's first release was the international version of

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'' (December 2008). By 2010, the company had two critically acclaimed and Academy Award-nominated films with '' When We Leave'' and '' The Yellow Sea''. From 2009 to the division's closure, Fox International handled Colombian and Swedish distribution of films produced by

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. From 2010 to 2016, Fox International released

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. 2010-2017 Fox International then handled co-distribution of the Brazilian animated film ''

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'' (June 2013). The company had $900 million in box-office receipts by the time Panitch left the company for Sony Pictures on June 2, 2015. Co-president of worldwide theatrical marketing and distribution for 20th Century Fox Tomas Jegeus was named president of Fox International Productions effective September 1, 2015. The company struck a development and production deal in November 2015 with Zhejiang Huace, a Chinese entertainment group. Fox International also internationally distributed four of DreamWorks's releases; ''

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'' (with Chinese distribution handled by

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, January 2016), '' Trolls'' (November 2016), ''

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'' (March 2017), and '' Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'' (June 2017), and handled the UK distribution of Pathe's '' The Pyramind'' (November 2014) and ''

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'' (February 2015). Closure and aftermath In December 2017, 20th Century Fox film chairman-CEO Stacey Snider indicated that Fox International Productions would be dissolved in favor of each local and regional offices producing or acquiring projects, resulting in many upcoming projects that Fox International was set to distribute outside of the US to be sold to either its parent company 20th Century Fox or

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, or even

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(Fox International's successor). The division's library is currently owned by 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios), while

is Fox International's successor and its parent company's new international distributor, while the company's North American distribution unit was folded into

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. The studio's last initial release was the international release of ''

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'' (December 2017), and its last official release was ''

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'' (March 2020).

Management and distribution

From 2008 to 2015, Sanford Panitch ran the company as president, and from 2015 to the division's closure, it was run by Tomas Jegeus. Like other Fox units,

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ran Fox International. Meanwhile, the employees are from China, Latin America and Australia. From 2008 to the division's closure, Fox International self-distributed or co-distributed their films theatrically and on home video. The company released two films from Pathe Distribution, nine films from

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companies, and three films from DreamWorks internationally.

Filmography

All Fox International Productions films have been distributed by 20th Century Fox in their native countries, unless marked.

Main releases

Other releases

*'' Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' (2009) (Colombian and Swedish distribution only; produced by

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'' (2009) (Danish distribution only) *''

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'' (2010) (Australian and Swedish distribution only) *''

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'' (2011) (Danish distribution only) *''

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'' (2011) (Irish and Mexican distribution only; produced by Dimension Films) *'' Starbuck'' (2011) (Korean and Spanish distribution only; produced by Entertainment One and Hopscotch) *'' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' (2015) (Colombian distribution only; produced by

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'' (2015) (Colombian, Swedish and Korean theatrical distribution only; produced by Sony Pictures Animation) *'' Fantastic 4'' (2015) (Korean distribution only; produced by

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'' (2016) (Latin American and Korean distribution only; produced by

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) *'' The BFG'' (2016) (South Asian and German distribution only; produced by

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) *'' Independence Day: Resurgence'' (2016) *'' X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016) *''

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References

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