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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Destination Films''' was originally founded as an independent film company by Brent Baum and Steve Stabler in late 1998, initially releasing and/or distributing movies like ''Bats'', ''Drowning Mona'' and ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'', the latter of which the company provided American distribution. [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] distributed their films on home video through [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]. The company went under in February 2001 after a mid-list of box office bombs. However, Sony quickly bought Destination from its co-founders and revitalized it as its new "niche" film arm a year later. It | '''Destination Films''' was originally founded as an independent film company by Brent Baum and Steve Stabler in late 1998, initially releasing and/or distributing movies like ''Bats'', ''Drowning Mona'' and ''Thomas and the Magic Railroad'', the latter of which the company provided American distribution. [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] distributed their films on home video through [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]]. The company went under in February 2001 after a mid-list of box office bombs. However, Sony quickly bought Destination from its co-founders and revitalized it as its new "niche" film arm a year later. It largely served as a film label for Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (later in 2004 known as [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]). Since 2007, following a company reorganization at Sony and its many factions, Destination was remade into a label of the newly formed Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions alongside newly-formed labels [[Stage 6 Films]] and [[Affirm Films]]. | ||
As of 2023, the company is currently active; Destination sometimes co-releases films with [[Sony Pictures Classics]] and [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]]. Destination co-released or produced films in association with [[Triumph Films]]. After Triumph went dormant in 2008 (and was revived only once in 2014), Destination supplanted the label's purpose within Sony. Destination's film library includes independent films, art-house films, and a few anime titles such as ''Tekkonkinkreet'', ''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'', and ''Metropolis''. Currently, [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]] holds the rights to the pre-Sony Destination library. | As of 2023, the company is currently active; Destination sometimes co-releases films with [[Sony Pictures Classics]] and [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]]. Destination co-released or produced films in association with [[Triumph Films]]. After Triumph went dormant in 2008 (and was revived only once in 2014), Destination supplanted the label's purpose within Sony. Destination's film library includes independent films, art-house films, and a few anime titles such as ''Tekkonkinkreet'', ''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'', and ''Metropolis''. Currently, [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]] holds the rights to the pre-Sony Destination library. | ||