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Mandate Pictures
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Lionsgate acquired Mandate Pictures, a leading independent motion picture production
and distribution company, in August 2007. Within a few months of the acquisition,
Mandate had already released the sleeper hit Juno, starring Ellen Page, Michael
Cera, Jennifer Garner and Jason Batemen, which has earned four Academy Award ® nominations
(including Best Picture) and grossed more than $100 million at the domestic box
office.
Mandate Pictures basically operates three core businesses. Its motion picture
arm has generated such hits as Harold and Kumar, Marc Forster’s Stranger
than Fiction and Juno.
Mandate also operates the Ghost House Pictures joint venture with legendary filmmaker
Sam Raimi (the Spider Man franchise, The Evil Dead) and partner Ron Tapert, which
has established itself as one of the most successful brand names in the horror
genre. Ghost House Pictures has released a string of number one box office hits,
including The Grudge franchise, Boogeyman, The Messengers and 30 Days of Night.
Mandate’s third arm is its highly profitable international distribution
business. The company distributes major feature films in the world marketplace,
creating an important independent profit center for Lionsgate. Mandate recently
achieved record international sales at the American Film Market for its slate
of films. The Mandate International brand is so prestigious that, shortly after
the acquisition, Lionsgate and Mandate unified their international theatrical
sales teams under the Mandate International banner.
Upcoming feature film releases include the comedy sequel Harold and Kumar 2,
featuring the directorial debut of the original film’s writers, John Hurwitz
and Hayden Schlossberg, and the crime thriller, Horsemen, starring Dennis Quaid
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