United International Pictures

United International Pictures (UIP) is a British film distribution company and joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that distributes their films outside the United States and Canada that was founded in 1981 by Arthur Abeles and Lew Wasserman. The company is based in London. UIP also had international distribution rights to certain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and United Artists (UA) films when MGM was part of the venture and also distributed Disney films in certain territories until 1987. In 2001, MGM left UIP, and signed a distribution deal with 20th Century Fox's overseas arm. UIP formerly distributed DreamWorks Pictures releases internationally as well until late 2005.

In 2002, 2007, and 2021, the 20 countries overseas reorganized their organizations; both Paramount and Universal decided to have independent distribution systems.

In July 2026, it was reported that Paramount Skydance Corporation would exit the joint venture as a concession to get their pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery approved by the European Commission; this move will make Universal Pictures International the sole owner of UIP. A statement from the European Commission specifies that Paramount is obliged to sell its stake in UIP to Universal within 13 months of the transaction closing. Paramount cannot however sign a film distribution deal with Universal in Europe for at least a decade, as well as transfer the distribution of Warner Bros. films in theatres to its own distributor.