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'''Cinema International Corporation''' (CIC) was a film distribution company founded by [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Universal Pictures]] on April 9, 1970 to distribute the two studios' films outside the United States, as a response to declining movie-going audiences and national anti-trust laws. It even operated in Canada and the Caribbean Basin before those territories were considered part of the "domestic" North American market. CIC was registered in England and Wales, but was headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company began operations on January 1, 1971. In 1973, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios]] closed down its distribution offices and became a partner in CIC, which took over international distribution for MGM's films; however, [[United Artists]] took over the North American distribution of MGM films. In 1981, MGM purchased United Artists, which had its own international distribution and sales unit. CIC refused to let MGM drop out of the venture at the time, which led to MGM merging UA's international distribution and sales unit with CIC, setting to stage the reorganization of the company as "[[United International Pictures]]".