Le Vision Pictures
Chinese film production company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Le Vision Pictures is a film production and distribution company in China. Founded in 2011, Le Vision Pictures was originally a subsidiary of LeEco, a Chinese conglomerate founded by Jia Yueting. In 2018, Le Vision Pictures was sold to Chinese property group Sunac and renamed Suniverse Film Entertainment.[2]
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Film Production, Entertainment |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Zhang Zhao |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 4 |
Area served | China |
Key people | Zhang Zhao (Chairman & CEO) |
| Products | Movies, Television Shows, Web Series |
| CN¥128.2 million[1] (2015) | |
| Total equity | CN¥2.109 billion[1] (2015) |
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| Footnotes / references financial data unaudited[1] | |
The company has been involved in film production, film publicity and release, copyright operations, and business development. In 2019, Suniverse Film Entertainment was incorporated under the Sunac Culture Group with the goal of building a platform for family entertainment.[3] Films produced and distributed by the company include: The Expendables franchise, The Bullet Vanishes, and Tiny Times. The company also owns the copyrights to Chinese TV drama series such as Empresses in the Palace, Legend of Mi Yue, and Red Sorghum.[4]
History
In 2011, the former president of Enlight Pictures, Zhang Zhao (Chinese: 张昭; pinyin: Zhāng Zhāo), founded Le Vision Pictures, where he is the current Chairman and CEO. Zhang Yimou joined the firm as a contracted movie director and creative director in May 2013.
In March 2014, director Lu Chuan joined the company. In its first two years, Le Vision introduced its "O2O Marketing System" business model.
By 2014, the company had become the sixth-largest film distributor in China, holding 4.1% of the market share.[5]
LeEco announced that Le Vision Pictures would be sold to sister company le.com on 5 December 2015, subject to the approval of the shareholders of the listed company. As of 8 November 2016, the deal was not completed.[6] In January 2017, the Chinese property group Sunac China acquired a 15% stake in Le Vision Pictures from LeEco.
Films
Le Vision produced and distributed six films in 2012. The Bullet Vanishes was nominated for four Golden Horse Awards (Taiwan) including “Best Picture”, and thirteen Hong Kong Film Awards. The Expendables 2, in which Le Vision co-invested and also co-distributed in China, grossed over $57 million in China accounting for 18.5% of global box office revenue in total.
In 2013, Le Vision released nine films which included Love Will Tear Us Apart, Tiny Times, and Tiny Times 2. Tiny Times took in $78.9 million at the box office that summer, setting a new record in China for a 2-D film opening.[7]
Boonie Bears: To the Rescue set a new box office record for a domestic animation film[citation needed].[8] Zhang Yimou's Coming Home was selected for the “OUT OF COMPETITION”[9] section at the Cannes Film Festival.[citation needed]
Productions
- All's Well, End's Well 2012
- Fairy Tale Killer
- The Bullet Vanishes
- The Expendables 2
- Conspirators
- Tiny Times franchise
- Hello Babies
- Boonie Bears: To the Rescue! (3D Animation)
- Coming Home
- The Crossing Part I
- The Expendables 3
- Boonie Bears: Mystical Winter (3D Animation)
- You Are My Sunshine (He Yi Sheng Xiao Mo)
- Candle in the Tomb (Gui Chui Deng)
- The Crossing Part II
- Office (Hua Li Shang Ban Zu)
- Boonie Bears III
- Mr. High Heels
- Bounty Hunters
- Time Raiders
- L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties
- Suddenly Seventeen
- The Great Wall
- GG Bond: Guarding
- Boonie Bears: Entangled Worlds
References
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