Searchlight Pictures

Searchlight Pictures, Inc.
	Print logo used since 2023.
Formerly	Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. (1994–2020)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Film
Founded	April 29, 1994
Founder	Tom Rothman
Headquarters	10201 West Pico Boulevard, Century City, Los Angeles, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Matthew Greenfield; (President); Derval Whelan; (President of Distribution);
Products	Motion pictures
Number of employees	100+
Parent	Fox Entertainment Group (1994–2019); The Walt Disney Studios (2019–present)
Divisions	Searchlight Television
Website	searchlightpictures.com

Searchlight Pictures, Inc.^[2] is an American film production and distribution arm of The Walt Disney Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company's Disney Entertainment division. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures for 20th Century Fox (later 20th Century Studios), the studio focuses primarily on producing, distributing, and acquiring specialty films.

Searchlight is known for distributing the films Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years a Slave, Birdman, The Shape of Water, and Nomadland, all of which have won an Academy Award for Best Picture. The studio has grossed over $5.3 billion worldwide and amassed 51 Academy Awards, 30 Golden Globe Awards, and 56 BAFTA awards. Slumdog Millionaire is the studio's largest commercial success, with over $377 million (US) of box office receipts, against a production budget of only $15 million.^[3]

Searchlight Pictures was one of the 21st Century Fox film production companies that was acquired by Disney in 2019. The studio's current name was adopted in order to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation. Compared to 20th Century Studios, whose distribution operations have folded into Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Searchlight retains its autonomous distribution unit.^[4]

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^ "Slumdog Millionaire (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 12, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 30, 2020). "Emma Watts Leaves Disney's 20th Century Studios". Deadline. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020. Post-merger, Fox Searchlight, now re-branded Searchlight Pictures, enjoys a lot of autonomy in the Disney empire, greenlighting pics they know and operating their own distribution, publicity and marketing teams. 20th Century Studios (which recently dropped the Fox) was melded into the bigger Disney fold, fusing all its operations.

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[4] "Slumdog Millionaire (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 12, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

[5] D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 30, 2020). "Emma Watts Leaves Disney's 20th Century Studios". Deadline. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 3, 2020. Post-merger, Fox Searchlight, now re-branded Searchlight Pictures, enjoys a lot of autonomy in the Disney empire, greenlighting pics they know and operating their own distribution, publicity and marketing teams. 20th Century Studios (which recently dropped the Fox) was melded into the bigger Disney fold, fusing all its operations.

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