Metropolitan Filmexport

Metropolitan Filmexport

Company type	Private
Industry	Film industry
Founded	26 July 1978;47 years ago (1978-07-26)
Founder	Samuel Hadida Victor Hadida David Hadida
Headquarters	29 Rue Galilée, 16th arrondissement, Paris , France
Divisions	Seven Sept Davis Films HK Vidéo Cinémas à la demande UniversCiné
Website	metrofilms.com

Metropolitan Filmexport is a French film distribution company founded in 1978 by brothers Samuel and Victor Hadida along with their father David, in 1978. ^[1]

It is know for being the French distributor of the Evil Dead ^[a] , Resident Evil , Saw and Hunger Games franchises. The company was the main French distributor of New Line Cinema productions, including the Nightmare on Elm Street and Lord of the Rings franchises, until the end of their deal in 2009 with the French division of Warner Bros. taking over. It is also the main distributor for Lionsgate Studios productions in France.

History

Among its subsidiaries, Seven Sept distributes video media to video stores and newsagents, as well as through traditional channels and online sales of DVDs and Blu-rays, and HK Video (specializing in Asian cinema). ^[2]

In the video-on-demand market, Metropolitan Filmexport primarily controls the UniversCiné service as well as its own "Cinema(s) on Demand" platform, available on major Internet service providers' boxes and accessible directly online.

The company distributes, both in theaters and on video, films produced by Dino De Laurentiis Company, Turner Entertainment Co., Hammer Films, Lionsgate, and New Line Cinema label (until the latter's full takeover by Warner Bros.).

Renowned for its catalog of action, fantasy and thriller films, the French company also co-produces or distributes films aimed at a less popular target audience, sometimes rewarded by critics or prizes, such as Border, Un Certain Regard prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, or Green Book, awarded three Oscars including Best Picture in 2019.

Distribution

Metropolitan Filmexport currently distributes or has distributed all or some of the following companies' films:

Current distribution deals

• STX Entertainment
• A24
• Lionsgate Studios
• Annapurna Pictures
• Lantern Entertainment
• Amblin Partners
• Beacon Pictures
• Bleecker Street
• Davis Films
• Intermedia
• Millennium Media
• Open Road Films (formerly Global Road Entertainment from 2017-2019)

Former distribution deals

• New Line Cinema – Warner Bros. took direct control in 2009.
• Relativity Media/Rogue Pictures – went bankrupt as a mini-major in 2015.
• DreamWorks – retired as a distributor in 2005 and then became a banner of Amblin Partners in 2015.
• Broad Green Pictures – Shut down its production unit in 2017 and then shut down completely in 2018.
• CBS Films – Lionsgate took over distribution in 2015.
• United International Pictures (Paramount Pictures/Universal Pictures/Focus Features) – Stopped French distribution in 2007 as part of its effort to reduce International operations. Paramount and Universal distribute in France because of this move.
• Fine Line Features/Picturehouse – Part of New Line Cinema and shut down between 2005 and 2008.
• The Weinstein Co. – plagued by the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal.
• 20th Century Fox/Fox Searchlight Pictures – Formed a joint venture with UGC named UGC Fox Distribution in 1995, which disestablished a decade later.
• Sony (Columbia Pictures/TriStar Pictures/Screen Gems/Stage 6 Films/Triumph Films/Destination Films) – Formed a joint venture with Gaumont Film Company for French distribution named Gaumont Columbia Tristar Films in 2004. The joint venture disestablished three years later.
• Samuel Goldwyn Films
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists/Orion Pictures

Films

The release years indicated in those lists corresponds to the release year in France and may differ from the release year in the country of origin.

1970-90

Year	Title	Ref(s)
1978	Game of Death
1981	Polyester
1983	The Evil Dead
1986	A Nightmare on Elm Street
1986	A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
	Insignificance
1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
	City on Fire
1988	Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
	A Chinese Ghost Story
1989	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1990	Heart Condition
	A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
1991	Point Break
1992	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
	A Chinese Ghost Story II
1993	A Chinese Ghost Story III
	Bullet in the Head
	Only the Strong
	True Romance
1994	Army of Darkness
	Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
	Killing Zoe
1995	Wes Craven's New Nightmare
	Mortal Kombat
	The Killer
1996	Crying Freeman
	Bed of Roses
	The Adventures of Pinocchio
1997	Nirvana
	Freeway
1998	Mortal Kombat Annihilation
	Wag the Dog
	Blade
1999	Rush Hour
	Pleasantville
	Cube
	Legionnaire
	The Big Brass Ring
	Pecker
	Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
	Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
	The Red Violin

2000

Year	Title	Ref(s)
2000	Tumbleweeds
	Body Shots
	Frequency
	The Bachelor
	Boiler Room
	The Cell
	The Little Vampire
	Little Nicky
2001	Lost Souls
	Brotherhood of the Wolf	[3]
	Bring It On
	Rush Hour 2
	Replicant
	Town & Country
	Thirteen Days
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002	Spy Game
	Blade II
	Resident Evil
	We Were Soldiers
	Inferno
	Cube 2: Hypercube
	Dancing at the Blue Iguana
	SWEAT
	Jason X
	Break of Dawn
	Spider
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2003	The Rules of Attraction
	The Emperor's Club
	Unconditional Love
	Freddy vs. Jason
	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
	Willard
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2004	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
	Secondhand Lions
	Cube Zero
	Monster
	Godsend
	Dawn of the Dead
	Open Water
	Cabin Fever
	Oldboy
	Resident Evil: Apocalypse
	Five Children and It
	Blade: Trinity
	The Grudge
2005	Saw
	The Final Cut
	Hotel Rwanda
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey
	Turn Left at the End of the World
	Battle of the Brave
	One Missed Call
	Saw II
	Lady Vengeance
	Domino	[4]
2006	Good Night, and Good Luck
	Basic Instinct 2
	The Aura
	16 Blocks
	Silent Hill
	Edison
	Green Street
	Lucky Number Slevin
	Lassie
	Find Me Guilty
	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
	Stormbreaker
	The Black Dahlia
	Saw III
	The Grudge 2
2007	The Illusionist
	The Painted Veil
	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
	The Messengers
	Fracture
	88 Minutes
	Lonely Hearts
	The Hoax
	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
	The Contract
	Finding Rin Tin Tin
	Hairspray
	King of California
	Shoot 'Em Up
	Resident Evil: Extinction
	Rush Hour 3
	Saw IV
	The Golden Compass
2008	Rambo
	Deliver Us from Evil
	Mongol
	Battle in Seattle
	The Children of Huang Shi
	Alatriste
	The Bank Job
	Kung Fu Dunk
	The Accidental Husband
	Righteous Kill
	W.
	Saw V
	The Baader Meinhof Complex
	City of Ember
2009	Defiance
	Passengers
	The Grudge 3
	Red Cliff
	Horsemen
	My Bloody Valentine 3D
	The Secret of Moonacre
	Drag Me to Hell
	The Young Victoria
	The Midnight Meat Train
	My Best Friend's Girl
	District 9
	I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive
	Fame
	Saw VI
	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
	The Road
	Solomon Kane

2010

Year	Title	Ref(s)
2010	Whip It
	The Book of Eli
	Edge of Darkness
	An Education
	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
	Dear John
	New York, I Love You
	Kick-Ass
	Brooklyn's Finest
	StreetDance 3D
	Carriers
	Hachi: A Dog's Tale
	Killers
	The Spy Next Door
	Vicky the Viking
	The Fourth Kind
	Crossing Over
	The Expendables
	The Switch
	The Runaways
	Resident Evil: Afterlife
	Let Me In
	Alpha and Omega
	Saw 3D
	Outrage
	The Next Three Days
	We Are the Night
2011	Season of the Witch
	The Way Back
	Animals United
	Sanctum
	The Fighter
	Drive Angry
	The Mechanic
	The Eagle
	Stone
	The Lincoln Lawyer
	London Boulevard
	Blitz
	Beastly
	Ironclad
	The Resident
	Conan the Barbarian
	Cave of Forgotten Dreams
	Warrior
	Shark Night
	Abduction
	The Ides of March
	50/50
	Immortals
	The Rum Diary
	Hugo
	Texas Killing Fields
	Dix Jours en or
2012	Trust
	One for the Money
	In the Land of Blood and Honey
	The Grey
	The Woman in Black
	The Hunger Games
	Mirror Mirror
	Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
	The Cabin in the Woods
	StreetDance 2
	Gone
	What to Expect When You're Expecting
	Chernobyl Diaries
	Trespass
	Friends with Kids
	The Expendables 2
	Hit and Run
	Lawless
	Resident Evil: Retribution
	Hope Springs
	The Paperboy
	End of Watch
	Silent Hill: Revelation
	Killing Them Softly
	Arbitrage
	Alex Cross
	The Possession
2013	The Master
	The Last Stand
	Gambit
	Bullet to the Head
	To the Wonder
	Warm Bodies
	Dead Man Down
	The Host
	The Land of Hope
	Evil Dead
	Snitch
	The Big Wedding
	The Iceman
	Movie 43
	Rampart
	Hummingbird
	A Late Quartet
	Stolen
	Texas Chainsaw 3D
	Adventures in Zambezia
	Jobs
	Red Dawn
	The Butler
	Riddick
	Parkland
	As I Lay Dying
	Ender's Game
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
	The Fifth Estate
	The Wolf of Wall Street
2014	Out of the Furnace
	I, Frankenstein
	American Hustle
	Tarzan
	Vampire Academy
	The Legend of Hercules
	Need for Speed
	Khumba
	Sabotage
	Walk of Shame
	The Rover
	The Railway Man
	Nurse 3D
	Big Bad Wolves
	Locke
	Earth to Echo
	The Expendables 3
	The Hundred-Foot Journey
	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
	Horns
	A Walk Among the Tombstones
	John Wick
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
	Kill the Messenger
	Dumb and Dumber To
2015	The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
	Mortdecai
	It Follows
	Tracers
	The Lazarus Effect
	The Humbling
	She's Funny That Way
	A Little Chaos
	Maggie
	The Taking of Tiger Mountain
	The Vatican Tapes
	American Ultra
	Pawn Sacrifice
	The Scent of Mandarin
	Sicario
	Regression
	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
	Knight of Cups
	Un plus une
2016	A Walk in the Woods
	The Boy
	Dirty Grandpa
	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
	Hardcore Henry
	Everybody Wants Some!!
	Criminal
	Fanny's Journey
	The Wailing
	The BFG
	Bad Moms
	Nerve
	Mechanic: Resurrection
	Free State of Jones
	Blair Witch
	The Light Between Oceans
	The Girl on the Train
	Hacksaw Ridge
	Masterminds
	Office Christmas Party
2017	A Monster Calls
	Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
	Silence
	John Wick: Chapter 2
	Patriots Day
	Everyone's Life
	Power Rangers
	A Dog's Purpose
	Chuck
	The Wall
	Free Fire
	Loue-moi !
	Song to Song
	Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
	The Hitman's Bodyguard
	Wind River
	American Assassin
	The Glass Castle
	My Little Pony: The Movie
	Jigsaw
	The Foreigner
	Wonderstruck
	A Bad Moms Christmas
	Suburbicon
	Wonder
	All the Money in the World
	Leatherface
2018	Last Flag Flying
	12 Strong
	Stronger
	Den of Thieves
	Marrowbone
	Hostiles
	The Battleship Island
	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
	Gringo
	Love Addict
	Hereditary
	Sicario: Day of the Soldado
	Adrift
	Hotel Artemis
	The Spy Who Dumped Me
	Terminal
	Papillon
	Mile 22
	Peppermint
	The Happytime Murders
	A Simple Favor
	Blindspotting
	Belleville Cop
	The Spy Gone North
	Suspiria
	Robin Hood
	Hunter Killer
	Second Act
2019	Amundsen
	Border
	Green Book
	Beautiful Boy
	Stan & Ollie
	Captive State
	Missing Link
	Hellboy
	The Best Years of a Life
	John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
	I Still See You
	Amazing Grace
	Greta
	Teen Spirit
	Five Feet Apart
	UglyDolls
	Dragged Across Concrete
	Midsommar
	The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
	Andy
	Lucky Day
	Rambo: Last Blood
	Sisters in Arms
	Hustlers
	High Strung: Free Dance
	Midway
	Countdoww
	Knives Out

2020

Year	Title	Ref(s)
2020	21 Bridges
	Bombshell
	Brahms: The Boy II
	The Climb
	Greenland
	Lying and Stealing
	The Rental
	Antebellum
	Blackbird
	Honest Thief
	The Outpost
	Max Steel
	Songbird
2021	My Son
	Crisis
	Boss Level
	Falling
	The United States vs. Billie Holiday
	Wrath of Man
	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
	Shadow in the Cloud
	The Mauritanian
	The Reckoning
	Werewolves Within
	Chaos Walking
	Spiral
	The Ice Road
	Till Death
	Wrong Turn
	Pig
	Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
	Monster Family 2
2022	C'mon C'mon
	Moonfall
	Blacklight
	Freaks Out
	The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
	Crimes of the Future
	La Traversée
	Silent Night
	Men
	Jeepers Creepers: Reborn
	Holy Spider
	Orphan: First Kill
	Three Thousand Years of Longing
	Prey for the Devil
	Broker
2023	Diabolik
	The Offering
	Plane
	Three Wishes for Cinderella
	Marlowe
	John Wick: Chapter 4
	1Up
	Monstrous
	Evil Dead Rise
	To Catch a Killer
	Joy Ride
	Cobweb
	Reality
	Coup de chance
	Expend4bles
	Saw X
	Flo
	The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
	Dumb Money
	Dear David
2024	The Iron Claw
	Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia
	Imaginary
	In the Land of Saints and Sinners
	Immaculate
	Asphalt City
	Civil War
	The Strangers: Chapter 1
	Memory
	Love Lies Bleeding
	Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
	Longlegs
	The Crow
	The Bricklayer
	Boy Kills World
	Never Let Go
	The Apprentice
	The Substance
	Finalement
2025	Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
	Miller's Girl
	Flight Risk
	Sing Sing
	The Monkey
	In the Lost Lands
	Leggere Lolita a Teheran
	Locked
	On Swift Horses
	Shadow Force
	Hurry Up Tomorrow
	Hot Milk
	Ballerina
	Köln 75
	Eddington
	Together
	Splitsville
	Bride Hard
	The Ice Tower
	The Long Walk
	A Pale View of Hills
	The Strangers – Chapter 2
	The Wave
	Shelby Oaks
	Eternity
	Keeper
	The Housemaid
2026	Greenland 2: Migration
	Dreams
	Return to Silent Hill
	Marty Supreme
	Christy
	Whistle
	The Strangers – Chapter 3
	Evil Dead Burn
	Resident Evil
	The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Notes

1. Excluding Evil Dead II , originally distributed by Splendor Films. The film's rights are own by StudioCanal in France.

References

1. Hipes, Patrick (November 27, 2018). "Samuel Hadida Dies: French Distributor And Producer Of 'Resident Evil' & 'True Romance' Was 64". Deadline. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "Seven Sept – Catalogue" (in French). Retrieved 2025-08-02.
3. "Metropolitan Filmexport [FR]". Cineuropa . Retrieved 22 September 2024.
4. "Domino". Box Office Mojo.

External links

• Official website