The Weinsteins operated Miramax with more creative and financial independence than any other division of Disney, until 2005 when they decided to leave the company and founded The Weinstein Company.

While Miyazaki's films have long enjoyed both commercial and critical success in Japan, he remained largely unknown to the West until Miramax Films released Princess Mononoke.

Director Scorsese initially struggled selling his idea of realizing the film until DiCaprio became interested in playing protagonist Amsterdam Vallon, a young leader of the Irish faction, and thus, Miramax Films got involved with financing the project.

Harvey and Bob Weinstein continued to operate Miramax until they left the company on September 30, 2005.

Maple Pictures held the rights to distribute Miramax films in Canada from 2008 up until August 10, 2011 when Maple Pictures was acquired by Alliance Films.

Miramax CFO Steve Schoch will run the company until a permanent successor can be found.

It wasn't until after the success of Scream that Miramax bought the script and rushed it into production.

All films released by Dimension Films prior to October 1, 2005, remain the property of Miramax Films ; half the profits of sequels made to Miramax-era films went to Disney until Miramax was sold to Colony Capital in 2010.

However, the film received only limited release in North America ( with most of its fanbase created via the circulation of bootleg DVDs imported from Asia ) until Miramax released it on DVD in late 2003.

Talk Miramax Books flourished as a boutique publishing house until it was detached from Miramax in 2005 and made part of Hyperion at Disney.

Miramax continued to grow its library of films and directors until, in 1993, after the success of The Crying Game, Disney offered the Weinsteins $ 80 million for ownership of Miramax.

Miramax continued to grow its library of films and directors until, in 1993, Disney offered Harvey and Bob $ 60 million for ownership of Miramax.

* An Unfinished Life ( 2005 ) ( first film distributed by Miramax Films )

The Weinstein Brothers took this label with them when they departed the Disney-owned Miramax in October 2005.

The U. S. edition, which was slightly edited for content, was released on April 27, 2005 by Miramax Books.

* 2 April 2005, Miramax Books, hardcover, first American edition

The English adaptation, distributed by Miramax Films, debuted on Kids ' WB on January 22, 2005, albeit edited for running time.

On March 29, 2005, it was announced that the Weinstein brothers would leave Miramax on September 30 to form their own production company, named The Weinstein Company with several other media executives, reportedly, directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez and Colin Vaines, who had successfully run the production department at Miramax for ten years and moved with the brothers to head development in the Weinstein company.

Miramax, in conjunction with Disney's Hyperion Books for Children label, published SilverFin in 2005 and Blood Fever in 2006.

The Weinstein Company ( TWC ) is an American film studio founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein in 2005 after the brothers left the then-Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979.

" The book was the subject of documentaries on PBS and The History Channel, and was the basis for the 2005 Miramax film, The Great Raid.

On June 8, 2005, Roll filed a lawsuit against Miramax Films, claiming that the Miramax release " The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D " infringed upon his trademark and demanding any " money, profits and advantages wrongfully gained ".

In November 2005, it emerged that Miramax had attempted to have the case dismissed, in addition to requesting that the court nullify Roll's trademark on the basis that " Plaintiff is a male whose services are rendered only when he is wearing a costume depicting ' shark-like ' attributes.

The Total Nonstop Action professional wrestler Dean Roll, who trademarked the name " Shark Boy " in 1999, filed a lawsuit against Miramax on June 8, 2005, claiming that his trademark had been infringed and demanding " money, profits and advantages wrongfully gained ".

On March 29, 2005, it was announced that the Weinstein brothers would leave Miramax on September 30 and would form their own production company, The Weinstein Co.

* All Shook Up ( 2005 )-musical-produced by Bob Weinstein & Miramax Films

It was finally released in August 2005, by Miramax Films, which coincided with the formal departure of co-founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein from the company.

Copyright 2005 Miramax Films.

As a result, Miramax was relegated to the status of distribution label.

The company confirmed that it was looking into the selling the Miramax label on February 9, 2010, with Bob Iger explaining, " We determined that continuing to invest in new Miramax movies wasn't necessarily a core strategy of ours ".

During the mid to late 1990s, Century Media had a label off-shoot called Century Black, which served to be the " Miramax Films " of black metal, releasing or re-releasing hard-to-find black metal albums that normally would be near impossible to find in America ( usually released under smaller labels such as Malicious Records or Candlelight Records ).

It was formerly used as Bob Weinstein's label within Miramax Films, to produce and release genre films.

Temptress Moon was released on Region 1 DVD in the United States and Canada on July 2, 2002 by Miramax Films through the Walt Disney Home Video label.

They retained ownership of the Dimension Films label of Miramax.

As of 2011, Showtime holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

: Name of the studio that is distributing the film and may or may not have produced it ( Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia, Lions Gate, Universal, Marvel Studios, Dimension, Miramax etc.

Volume 2s opening weekend was the largest to date for Miramax Films aside from releases under its arm Dimension Films.

The Movie Channel ( through Showtime ) holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Similar to Disney's Touchstone and former Miramax and Dimension brands, it produced films for a more mature adult audience than Walt Disney Pictures.

Miramax / Dimension Films felt his involvement as a co-executive producer merited being credited.

* The Walt Disney Company-owns Buena Vista, Walt Disney Studios and Miramax / Dimension Films

The Weinstein Company, a film studio run by former Miramax heads Bob and Harvey Weinstein, purchased a 25 % stake in the company on January 4, 2011, with Anchor Bay entering into a multi-year domestic distribution agreement of theatrical feature films released by The Weinstein Company and its Dimension Films subsidiary.

Robert " Bob " Weinstein ( born October 18, 1954 ) is an American film and theatre producer, the founder and head of Dimension Films, former co-chairman of Miramax Films, and current head, with his brother Harvey Weinstein, of The Weinstein Company.

Further film credits include: Farewell to Harry, The Loch with Patrick Bergin, the Miramax / Dimension feature Tale of the Mummy with Christopher Lee, Mel Brooks ' Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde with Sean Young ; Tri-Star ’ s Look Who's Talking Now with John Travolta, Alan Robert's Save Me with Harry Hamlin, The Advocate starring alongside Colin Firth and The Lady and the Highwayman with Hugh Grant and Emma Samms.

In 2002, Dimension Films, a division of Miramax, and MGM tried to get a film going with John Travolta playing the lead.