United International Pictures

United International Pictures
	The current United International Pictures logo used since 2000
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Film
Predecessor	United Artists International; Cinema International Corporation (1970–1981)
Founded	1981
Founders	Arthur Abeles; Lew Wasserman
Headquarters	London, England
Products	Motion pictures
Owners	Paramount Pictures (50%); Universal Pictures (50%);
Divisions	CIC Video; UIP Pay TV
Website	uip.com

United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that distributes their films outside the United States and Canada. 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,^[1] and signed a distribution deal with 20th Century Fox's overseas arm. The company formerly distributed DreamWorks Pictures releases internationally as well until late 2005.

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

^ "Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures to begin self-distribution of films in 15 key countries beginning in January 2007". IndependentFilm.com. Retrieved 18 July 2013.

[independentfilm-1] "Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures to begin self-distribution of films in 15 key countries beginning in January 2007". IndependentFilm.com. Retrieved 18 July 2013.

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