WW Entertainment

WW Entertainment

Logo used since 2019.
Formerly	RCV Entertainment (1979–2009) Entertainment One Benelux (2009–2019)
Company type	Besloten vennootschap
Industry	Film
Founded	1979;46 years ago (1979)
Founder	Otger Merckelbach
Headquarters	Amsterdam , Netherlands
Area served	Benelux
Key people	Wilco Wolfers (CEO)
Products	Motion pictures
Owner	Independent (1976–1997) VNU (1997–2001) Sanoma (2001–2009) Entertainment One (2009–2019) Independent (2019–2024) Vuelta Group (2024–present)
Website	wwentertainment.nl

WW Entertainment B.V. (formely known as RCV Entertainment and Entertainment One Benelux) is a Dutch-based film distributor active in the Benelux.

History

WW Entertainment was founded in 1979 by Otger Merckelbach as RCV Entertainment. (an anagram for Recorded Cinematographic Variety) The company focused mainly on distributing films on the home media market. In 1989 when the rental video market began to saturate, the company expanded into theatrical and television distribution, releasing titles from American film studios such as New Line Cinema, Miramax Films, Rysher Entertainment, Mandalay Entertainment and Cinergi Pictures.

In 1997, RCV was acquired by VNU. ^[1] It was later sold to Finnish media group Sanoma in 2001. ^[2]

In 2007, Sanoma was looking to sell RCV. ^[3] In 2008, Canadian entertainment company Entertainment One acquired the company, ^[4] rebranding it to Entertainment One Benelux the following year. ^[5] In 2019, Wilco Wolfers and Caspar Wenckebach rebranded the company to WW Entertainment and acquired Entertainment One's remaining stake ^{[6] [7]} The company was later sold to distribution group Vuelta Group in 2024. ^[8]

Filmography

Dutch films

As RCV Film Distribution/RCV Entertainment

Release Date	Title	Notes
1990s
12 February 1998	Tate's Voyage	produced by Motel Films and VPRO
26 March 1998	The Polish Bride	produced by Motel Films, Ijswater Films and VPRO
2 July 1998	Temmink: The Ultimate Fight	produced by Motel Films and VPRO
8 October 1998	FL 19,99	produced by Motel Films, Isabella Films and VPRO
12 May 1999	Based on the Novel	produced by DKP/Amsterdam
2000s
14 December 2000	The Black Meteor
9 November 2000	De Omweg
21 December 2000	Ajax: Hark the Herald Angel Sings
15 February 2001	I Love You Too
12 December 2002	Twin Sisters
24 April 2003	Godforsaken
3 August 2006	Doodeind	Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only;
5 October 2006	Keep Off	Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only; produced by Shooting Star Filmcompany
14 December 2006	'n Beetje Verliefd
15 March 2007	Dennis P.
4 October 2007	Timboektoe	Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only; produced by Shooting Star Filmcompany
29 October 2009	The Dark House	produced by Column Film, KeyFilm and AVRO
13 December 2009	The Hell of '63	Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only;

As Entertainment One Benelux

Release Date	Title	Notes
2010s
21 September 2011	The Gang of Oss
2 October 2013	Chez Nous	Produced by BosBros, Ciné Cri de Coeur and Omroep NTR
12 February 2014	Sickos	Produced by BosBros and VARA
10 December 2015	Bon Bini Holland
24 November 2016	De Zevende Hemel
1 June 2017	Kill Switch
13 December 2018	Bon Bini Holland 2	produced by Kaap Holland Film
14 February 2019	Cuban Love	produced by Johan Nijenhuis & Co

As WW Entertainment

Release Date	Title	Notes
2020s
7 October 2020	De Grote Sinterklaasfilm	produced by Messercola Drama
10 December 2020	Bon Bini: Judeska in da House	produced by Kaap Holland Film
30 June 2022	Bon Bini Holland 3	produced by Kaap Holland Film
7 November 2022	Casa Coco	produced by Greenfield Film Productions and Messercola Drama
21 December 2022	Het Feest van Tante Rita	produced by Bazarmedia Productions
16 March 2023	All Inclusive	produced by Greenfield Film Productions and Talpa Network
20 December 2023	Bon Bini: Bangkok Nights	produced by Kaap Holland Film

Non-Dutch films

1990s

• Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992) ^[9]
• Nixon (1995)
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) ^[10]
• Big Night (1996) ^[10]
• Bound (1996) ^[10]
• The English Patient (1996) ^[10]
• Everyone Says I Love You (1996) ^[10]
• Air Bud (1997) ^[9]
• Cop Land (1997)
• Full Tilt Boogie (1997) ^[9]
• Good Will Hunting (1997) ^[9]
• Jackie Brown (1997) ^[9]
• Kundun (1997) ^[9]
• Office Killer (1997) ^[9]
• Scream 2 (1997) ^[9]
• Switchback (1997) ^[9]
• The House of Yes (1997) ^[9]
• Turbulence (1997)
• The End of Violence (1997) ^[9]
• Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
• Mimic (1997) ^[10]
• Career Girls (1997) ^[10]
• Blade (1998) ^[9]
• Bride of Chucky (1998) ^[11]
• The Faculty (1998) ^[11]
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) ^[11]
• The Legend of 1900 (1998) ^[11]
• Little Voice (1998) ^[11]
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) ^[9]
• Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) ^[9]
• Mrs Dalloway (1998) ^[9]
• Primary Colors (1998) ^[9]
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) ^[11]
• Blast from the Past (1999) ^[11]
• End of Days (1999) ^[11]
• Virus (1999)

2000s

• American Psycho (2000) ^[12]
• Scream 3 (2000) ^[12]
• Final Destination (2000) ^[12]
• Down to You (2000) ^[12]
• Scary Movie (2000) ^[12]
• Frequency (2000) ^[12]
• Maybe Baby (2000) ^[12]
• Reindeer Games (2000) ^[12]
• The Cell (2000) ^[12]
• The Luzhin Defence (2000) ^[12]
• The Family Man (2000) ^[12]
• The House of Mirth (2000) ^[13]
• Chocolat (2000) ^[13]
• Dracula 2000 (2000) ^[13]
• Traffic (2000) ^[13]
• The Accidental Spy (2001) ^[14]
• Spy Kids (2001) ^[13]
• One Night at McCool's (2001) ^[13]
• Rat Race (2001) ^[13]
• Series 7: The Contenders (2001) ^[13]
• Thirteen Days (2001) ^[13]
• Domestic Disturbance (2001)
• Ali (2001)
• The Shipping News (2001) ^[14]
• Scary Movie 2 (2001) ^[13]
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) ^[14]
• Blade 2 (2002) ^[14]
• Chicago (2003) ^[15]
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) ^[15]
• Dirty Pretty Things (2002) ^[15]
• Equilibrium (2002) ^[15]
• Frida (2002) ^[15]
• Pinocchio (2002) ^[15]
• Ripley's Game (2002) ^[15]
• Simone (2002) ^[14]
• Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) ^[15]
• Tadpole (2002) ^[14]
• They (2002) ^[15]
• Gangs of New York (2002) ^[15]
• Bad Santa (2003) ^[16]
• Bright Young Things (2003) ^[16]
• Bulletproof Monk (2003) ^[15]
• Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003) ^[15]
• Duplex (2003) ^[16]
• Final Destination 2 (2003) ^[15]
• The In-Laws (2003) ^[15]
• Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) ^[15]
• Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) ^[15]
• A Man Apart (2003) ^[15]
• Pokémon 4Ever (2003) ^[15]
• Scary Movie 3 (2003) ^[15]
• View from the Top (2003) ^[15]
• Cellular (2004) ^[16]
• Ella Enchanted (2004) ^[16]
• Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
• Finding Neverland (2004)
• Final Destination 3 (2006)
• Disaster Movie (2008)

2010s

• The Men Who Stare at Goats (2010) ^[17]
• The Fourth Kind (2010) ^[17]
• Edge of Darkness (2010) ^[17]
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2010) ^[17]
• The Last Station (2010) ^[17]
• From Paris with Love (2010) ^[17]
• The Messenger (2010) ^[17]
• Solomon Kane (2010) ^[17]
• Die Päpstin (2010) ^[17]
• L'Immortel (2010) ^[17]
• Balibo (2010) ^[17]
• StreetDance 3D (2010) ^[17]
• The Doors: When You're Strange (2010) ^[17]
• After.Life (2010) ^[17]
• Ondine (2010) ^[17]
• Letters to Juliet (2010) ^[17]
• Shanghai (2010) ^[17]
• Machete (2010) ^[17]
• The New Daughter (2010) ^[17]
• Red (2010) ^[17]
• Fair Game (2010) ^[17]
• Enterrado (2010) ^[17]
• Dream House (2011)
• Need for Speed (2014)
• A Haunted House 2 (2014)
• The Hateful Eight (2015)
• The BFG (2016)
• The Post (2017)

2020s

• The Fabelmans (2022)
• The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
• Riff Raff (2024)
• The Surfer (2024)
• Flight Risk (2025)
• The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2025)
• Grand Prix of Europe (2025)
• Sketch (2025)
• Frankenstein (2025)
• Keeper (2025)

References

1. "VNU koopt helft van onafhankelijke filmdistributeur RCV Entertainment". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 2 May 1997. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
2. Edmunds, Marlene (22 August 2001). "Finnish media co. buys Dutch distrib". Variety . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
3. Beerda, Jurriën (12 October 2007). "Sanoma Magazines overweegt RCV Entertainment te verkopen". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
4. Kelly, Brendan (8 January 2008). "Entertainment One gobbles up RCV". Variety . Retrieved 8 March 2025.
5. "RCV vanaf nu officieel E1 Entertainment Benelux". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). 21 September 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
6. Huijsdens, Jeroen (6 March 2019). "Exclusief: Wilco Wolfers begint WW Entertainment en neemt films eOne over". Holland Film Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
7. "WW Entertainment gaat verder waar eOne ophield". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
8. Keslassy, Elsa (8 October 2024). "Vuelta Acquires WW Entertainment, One of Benelux's Largest Distributors (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved 8 March 2025.
9. Hans Beerekamp (19 June 1999). Filmjaarboek 1998. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN   9789064035418.
10. Hans Beerekamp (20 July 1998). Filmjaarboek 1997. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN   9789064035128.
11. Hans Beerekamp (8 July 2000). Filmjaarboek 1999. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN   9064035598.
12. Hans Beerekamp (19 May 2001). Filmjaarboek 2000. International Theatre & Film books. p. 136. ISBN   9789064036002.
13. Hans Beerekamp (19 May 2002). Filmjaarboek 2001. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN   9789064036101.
14. Hans Beerekamp (17 May 2003). Filmjaarboek 2002. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN   9789064036316.
15. Hans Beerekamp (8 May 2004). Filmjaarboek 2003. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN   9789064036484.
16. Hans Beerekamp (11 June 2005). Filmjaarboek 2004. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN   9789064036712.
17. Hans Beerekamp (May 2011). Filmjaarboek 2010/2011. International Theatre & Film books. p. 212. ISBN   9789064037689.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)