{{Short description|French film production company}} {{Redirect|Europa Corp|corporations named Europa|Europa (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox company | name = EuropaCorp S.A. | logo = frameless|class=skin-invert | type = | traded_as = {{EuronextParis|ALECP|FR0010490920|XPAR}}<br>Euronext Growth | founders = {{plainlist| * Luc Besson * Pierre-Ange Le Pogam}} | key_people = {{plainlist| * Luc Besson (chairman) * Jean-Marc Lacarrère (CEO)<ref>{{cite web | title=EuropaCorp, French Studio Founded by Luc Besson, Appoints Jean-Marc Lacarrère as CEO (EXCLUSIVE) | date=14 February 2024 | url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/europacorp-appoints-jean-marc-lacarrere-ceo-1235910835/ }}</ref> }} | industry = Motion picture | products = | revenue = {{profit}} €35.3 million (2021) | net_income = €16.7 million (2021) | num_employees = | owners = Vine Alternative Investments (59.65%)<br>Frontline (12.67%) | divisions = {{plainlist| * Roissy Films * EuropaCorp Television * EuropaCorp Animation * EuropaCorp Japan * EuropaCorp Films USA * RED (Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution) (joint venture with Relativity Media) }} | website = {{URL|https://www.europacorp.com/}} | caption = | founded = {{start date and age|1992}} | location = Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France | num_locations = 2 (2016) }} '''EuropaCorp S.A.''' (stylised in opening logo as '''EUROPA CORP.''' until 2022) is a French motion picture company headquartered in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, and one of a few full-service independent studios that both produce and distribute feature films. It specializes in production, distribution, home entertainment, VOD, sales, partnerships and licenses, recording, publishing and exhibition. EuropaCorp's integrated financial model generates revenues from a wide range of sources, with films from many genres and a strong presence in the international markets. Over 14 years, EuropaCorp has produced and co-produced over 80 films and is now distributing over 500 titles after the integration of the RoissyFilms Catalogue. The studio is mainly known for its expertise in the production of English-language films.<ref name="INA">{{Cite web |url=https://larevuedesmedias.ina.fr/pandemie-covid-19-coronavirus-journal-televise |title=EuropaCorp, French film in the American manner |last=Ragot |first=Sophie |date=11 October 2010 |website=INA Global |access-date=11 October 2010}}</ref> It developed and produced the successful ''Taken'' trilogy and the ''Transporter'' series.<ref name="growth">{{Cite news |last=Richford |first=Rhonda |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/luc-bessons-europacorp-reports-strong-419600 |title=Luc Besson's EuropaCorp Reports Strong Growth in Third Quarter Results |date=February 2, 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=April 26, 2013}}</ref> It began producing TV series in 2010 through ''EuropaCorp Television'' which had already adapted EuropaCorp's popular ''Taxi'' film franchise.
== History == The company was created by Luc Besson in 1992 under the name '''Leeloo Productions''', but it only fully began producing and co-producing feature films many years later, with the release of ''Taxi'' and ''The Dancer''. The company was renamed EuropaCorp in 2000.<ref name="eurocorpregistration">{{Cite web |url=https://www.europacorp.com/assets/uploads/EuropaCorp_Registration_Document_2017-2018_ENG.pdf |title=EuropaCorp Registration Document |date=26 July 2018 |publisher=EuropaCorp |page=29 |access-date=5 February 2020 |quote='''5.1.5 Company history and major events in the development of the company and Group'''<br>Created by Luc Besson in 1992 under the name Leeloo Productions, the Company really began producing and co-producing feature films in 1999, with the release of Taxi 2 and The Dancer the following year.}}</ref> Besson had also created a smaller production company called ''Les Films du Dauphin'' in 1990 that has existed outside of Leeloo Productions / EuropaCorp.<ref name="gala">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/luc_besson |title=Luc Besson |publisher=Gala |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, an old associate of Besson from Gaumont, the production company behind many earlier Besson's directed films, joined EuropaCorp in 2000. He had worked with Besson since 1985, first as a Distribution Director and from 1997 as a Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Gaumont. He became known as the right-hand man of Besson at EuropaCorp. He left the company in 2011 over disagreements with Besson.<ref name="pogamfarewell">{{Cite news |last=Leffler |first=Rebecca |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/europacorp-founder-pierre-ange-le-76609 |title=EuropaCorp Co-Founder Pierre-Ange le Pogam Bids Farewell to Luc Besson |date=27 January 2011 |access-date=5 February 2020 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
In July 2007, EuropaCorp successfully managed its IPO on Euronext Paris.<ref name="Bloomberg 2007">{{cite web|title=EuropaCorp, Besson Film Company, Raises EU70 Million (Update3) |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDiX95kfy9J8|access-date = July 6, 2007 |last=Serafino |first=Phil |work=Bloomberg L.P.|date=July 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917160752/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDiX95kfy9J8 |archive-date=September 17, 2014}}</ref> In May 2008, the CSA, French authority for media regulation, selected the EuropaCorp TV project in its invitation to apply for a mobile TV channel in France.<!--needs clarification - was EuropaCorp approved for a channel?-->{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} In 2013, Lisa Ellzey, hitherto producer for Lionsgate and 20th Century Fox, was appointed as executive vice president of U.S. Motion Picture Production of EuropaCorp.<ref name="Deadline2013">{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2013/03/europacorp-names-lisa-ellzey-to-spearhead-u-s-motion-picture-production-447909/ |title=EuropaCorp Names Lisa Ellzey To Spearhead U.S. Motion Picture Production Surge |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=March 7, 2013 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref>
In 2018, Besson was accused of rape by an actress who wishes to remain anonymous.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44184754 |title=Luc Besson: French film director accused of rape |date=May 19, 2018 |work=BBC News}}</ref> EuropaCorp stocks dropped 17% to just €2.31 ($2.70) after the rape allegation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/luc-besson-europacorp-stock-drops-rape-allegation-1202819624/ |title=EuropaCorp Stock Drops in Wake of Rape Allegation Against Luc Besson |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=May 23, 2018 |website=Variety |access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref> Later in the same year, EuropaCorp sold its French television division to Mediawan and renamed into Storia Television. EuropaCorp also agreed to sell the Roissy Films library to Gaumont.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/global/luc-bessons-europacorp-gaumont-valerian-roissy-films-library-1202950497 |title=Luc Besson's EuropaCorp to Sell Roissy Films' Library to Gaumont |date=20 September 2018 |publisher=Variety}}</ref> The rape accusation resulted in a final dismissal by the Court of Cassation in 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-21 |title=Luc Besson : la Cour de cassation écarte définitivement les accusations de viol contre le cinéaste |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/cinema/luc-besson/luc-besson-la-cour-de-cassation-ecarte-definitivement-les-accusations-de-viol-contre-le-cineaste-7eeac41c-0ffc-11ee-9870-ae0e299ef7d2 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230623153410/https://www.ouest-france.fr/cinema/luc-besson/luc-besson-la-cour-de-cassation-ecarte-definitivement-les-accusations-de-viol-contre-le-cineaste-7eeac41c-0ffc-11ee-9870-ae0e299ef7d2 |archive-date=2023-06-23 |access-date=2026-03-15 |work=Ouest-France.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
In May 2019, EuropaCorp was granted a six-month debt waiver from a French commercial court and placed under court protection.<ref name="varrep">{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/luc-besson-europacorp-debt-waiver-french-court-1203214369/ |title=Luc Besson's EuropaCorp Gets Six-Month Debt Waiver From French Court |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=May 14, 2019 |website=Variety |access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name="underprotection" /> A week later the studio filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-20/besson-s-movie-studio-that-made-taken-seeks-u-s-bankruptcy |title=Movie Studio That Made 'Taken' Seeks U.S. Bankruptcy |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=May 20, 2019 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref> Its stock value had fallen to €0.67. It had no films in production by that time.<ref name="underprotection">{{Cite news |last=Richford |first=Rhonda |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/luc-besson-europacorp-placed-under-court-protection-france-1210497 |title=Luc Besson's EuropaCorp Placed Under Court Protection in France |date=14 May 2019 |access-date=5 February 2020 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> In December 2019, the company was $182 million in debt and it had been in long bailout negotiations with the American investment fund Vine Alternative Investments.<ref name="182debt">{{Cite news |last=Richford |first=Rhonda |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/luc-bessons-europacorp-posts-25m-loss-as-bailout-talks-continue-1262559 |title=Luc Besson's EuropaCorp Posts $25M Loss as Bailout Talks Continue |date=13 December 2019 |access-date=5 February 2020 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
In February 2020, Vine Alternative Investments acquired 60.15% of EuropaCorp with another American investment fund, Falcon Strategic Partners IV, acquired 6.25%.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-02-29 |title=EuropaCorp : Le groupe de Luc Besson passe sous pavillon américain |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2020/02/29/europacorp-le-groupe-de-luc-besson-passe-sous-pavillon-americain_6031334_3234.html |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=fr}}</ref>
In 2025 (and 2026 for the United States), EuropaCorp released Besson's ''Dracula'', which became the company's biggest box office success since 2017. With over $40 million, it is the highest-grossing French film of 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-12 |title=42,5 millions d’entrées et 272 M€ de recettes en 2025 : les bons chiffres du cinéma français dans le monde |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/_25-millions-d-entrees-et-272-MEU-de-recettes-en-2025-les-bons-chiffres-du-cinema-francais-dans-le-monde |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Premiere.fr |language=FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stevens |first=Abigail |date=2026-02-13 |title=New Dracula Movie From Acclaimed Director Breaks Box Office Record |url=https://screenrant.com/dracula-2026-movie-box-office-record-vertical/ |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Charts - LES RECETTES AUX ETATS-UNIS - JP Box-Office |url=http://jpbox-office.fr/v9_charts_total.php?filtre=dateus&infla=0&variable=2026&view=1 |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=jpbox-office.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dracula |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt31434030/ |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
== Structure == In 2007, EuropaCorp was owned at 62% by Besson through his company Frontline and at 8.06% by Le Pogam; 23% was public.<ref name="Bloomberg 2007" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.europacorp-corporate.com/US/index.html |title={{!}}{{!}} EUROPACORP {{!}}{{!}} |website=EuropaCorp |access-date=14 May 2016}}</ref>
Besson was appointed as the chairman of EuropaCorp's board of directors. Jean-Julien Baronnet was the CEO of EuropaCorp until November 2008. Christophe Lambert was CEO from 2010 to 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2010/biz/news/lambert-to-europacorp-ceo-1118021449/ |title=Lambert to EuropaCorp CEO |last1=Hopewell |first1=John |last2=Keslassy |first2=Elsa |date=July 7, 2010 |website=Variety |access-date=May 17, 2014}}</ref> and then Marc Shmuger replaced him in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/europacorp-christophe-lambert-marc-shmuger-luc-besson-1201700299/ |title=EuropaCorp Shocker: CEO Christophe Lambert Leaves, Marc Shmuger Replacing Him |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |last2=Jaafar |first2=Ali |date=February 10, 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> In February 2024, the company named Jean-Marc Lacarrère as the new CEO which took office in March of 2024.
Digital Factory is related to EuropaCorp via Besson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://digitalfactory.fr/ |title=Digital Factory {{!}} Cité du cinéma |website=Digital Factory |language=fr |access-date=15 January 2010}}</ref> The handling of post-production sound is performed chiefly at its Normandy site, while the visual effects are done in Paris. In September 2022, EuropaCorp sold Digital Factory to Groupe Atlantis.<ref>{{cite news |title=Atlantis Group acquires Digital Factory |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/EUROPACORP-54946/news/EuropaCorp-Atlantis-Group-acquires-Digital-Factory-41891853/ |language=en |date=29 September 2022 |access-date=5 June 2025}}</ref>
In September 2016, it was announced that Chinese film company Fundamental Films had acquired a stake of 27.9% in EuropaCorp, becoming the second-largest shareholder in the company.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/europa-corp-luc-besson-fundamental-films-1201828553/ |title=China's Fundamental Films Takes 28% Stake In EuropaCorp |last=Lodderhose |first=Diana |date=September 29, 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 2, 2016}}</ref>
In June 2017, EuropaCorp signed a music publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/europacorp-sells-music-library-to-sonyatv-for-16-3-million-1202479370 |title=EuropaCorp Sells Music Library to Sony/ATV for $16.3 Million |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=27 June 2017 |website=variety.com}}</ref> Later that month, the studio posted a loss of 120 million euros (US$135 million).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/luc-bessons-europacorp-posts-record-losses-of-135-million-1202480813 |title=With 'Valerian' Looming, EuropaCorp Posts Record Losses of $135 Million |last=Keslassy |first=Elsa |date=28 June 2017 |website=variety.com}}</ref>
== International dimension == EuropaCorp has produced the world box-office hits like ''Taken'' ($224 million at world box-office), ''Transporter 3'' ($113 million), ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' ($107 million) and ''Hitman'' ($100 million). Two EuropaCorp productions have been topping the US box-office: ''Transporter 2'' by summer 2005 and ''Taken'' at spring 2009.
Many international film stars have appeared in EuropaCorp productions: Jim Carrey, Penélope Cruz, Robert De Niro, David Duchovny, Morgan Freeman, Salma Hayek, Tommy Lee Jones, Jet Li, John Malkovich, Jason Statham, Brittany Murphy, Liam Neeson, Madonna, Freddie Highmore, Ewan McGregor, Lou Reed, Mia Farrow, Kevin Costner, Bob Hoskins, Hailee Steinfeld, Paul Walker, Clive Owen, Ethan Hawke, Rihanna, Helen Mirren, Selena Gomez, Scarlett Johansson, Jimmy Fallon, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, and others. Consequently, the films are usually shot in English.<ref name="NY Times">{{Cite news |last=Pfanner |first=Eric |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/business/global/france-tries-to-lure-filmmakers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=France Tries to Lure Filmmakers |date=November 4, 2012 |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 4, 2012}}</ref>
EuropaCorp founded EuropaCorp Japan, a subsidiary of EuropaCorp based in Tokyo, with its core business distribution of feature films in Japan. It is a joint-venture with three Japanese companies: Asmik Ace, Sumitomo Corporation and Kadokawa Shoten.
Fox Pathé Europa (a joint venture between 20th Century Home Entertainment, Pathé and EuropaCorp) formerly distributed EuropaCorp's titles on home media in France until 2020, when ESC Distribution took over.
In 2012, EuropaCorp struck a three-year output deal with Chinese film distributor Fundamental Films for 15 feature films. Fundamental Films agreed to co-produce three of these films.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{Cite news |last=Leffler |first=Rebecca |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/europacorp-fundamental-films-china-coproduction-352979 |title=Distribution Deal in China |date=July 23, 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Deadline2012">{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2012/07/luc-besson-china-fundamental-coproduce-malavita-argon-305346/ |title=Luc Besson's EuropaCorp Enters Chinese Co-Production & Distribution Pact |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=July 23, 2012 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=July 23, 2012}}</ref>
In May 2015, the company announced an output deal with Polish film distributor Kino Świat.<ref name="HR">{{Cite news |last=Roxborough |first=Scott |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com:80/news/cannes-2015-kino-swiat-europacorp-796258 |title=Cannes: Kino Swiat Gets EuropaCorp Output for Poland |date=18 May 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=20 February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520232546/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2015-kino-swiat-europacorp-796258 |archive-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>
== "Cité du Cinéma", French movie studios == EuropaCorp relocated to the Cité du Cinéma in 2012. This movie studio complex, located in Saint-Denis in the close outskirts of Paris, at build out will have a total of nine film stages,<ref name="INA" /> with another 12,000 square metres of space devoted to technical units and 2200 square metres for screening and reception rooms.<ref name="INA" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ecoledelacite.com/en/ecole-de-la-cite/la-cite-du-cinema.html |title=The Cité du cinéma |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509085655/http://www.ecoledelacite.com/en/ecole-de-la-cite/la-cite-du-cinema.html |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref>
The cinema, photography and sound engineering school ENS Louis-Lumière was relocated to the complex in 2012.
EuropaCorp signed a lease with the Nef Lumière, owner of the tertiary complex, for space for its permanent staff and the film crews, with extra space for potential new activities. This tertiary complex is financed by both the Caisse des Dépôt and Vinci.
EuropaCorp is a minority shareholder in the company operating the studios, joining Euro Media Group, Quinta Communications and Frontline. The Euro Media Group, which owns several film studios throughout Europe, will provide management of daily operations of these studios.
==Film== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Film ! rowspan="2" |Director ! rowspan="2" |Language ! colspan="2" |Reception |- !Rotten Tomatoes !Metacritic |- |1997 |''Nil by Mouth'' |Gary Oldman |English |65% | |- | rowspan="4" |2000 |''Taxi 2'' |Gérard Krawczyk |French | | |- |''The Dancer'' |Frédéric Garson |English | | |- |''Exit'' |Olivier Megaton |French | | |- |''Bang Rajan'' |Tanit Jitnukul |Thai | | |- | rowspan="4" |2001 |''Yamakasi'' |{{plainlist| * Ariel Zeitoun * Julien Seri }} |French | | |- |''15 août'' |Patrick Alessandrin |French | | |- |''Kiss of the Dragon'' |Chris Nahon |English | | |- |''Wasabi'' |Gérard Krawczyk |French |43% |53 |- | rowspan="4" |2002 |''Blanche'' |Bernie Bonvoisin |French | | |- |''Once Upon an Angel'' |Vincent Perez |French | | |- |''The Transporter'' |{{plainlist| * Louis Leterrier * Corey Yuen }} |English |53% | |- |''Chaos and Desire'' |Manon Briand |French | | |- | rowspan="11" |2003 |''Laughter and Punishment'' |Isabelle Doval |French | | |- |''Taxi 3'' |Gérard Krawczyk |French | | |- |''I, Cesar'' |Richard Berry |French | | |- |''Tristan'' |Philippe Harel |French | | |- |''Fanfan la Tulipe'' |Gérard Krawczyk |French | | |- |''Les Côtelettes'' |Bertrand Blier |French | | |- |''High Tension'' |Alexandre Aja |French |41% |42 |- |''Happiness Costs Nothing'' |Mimmo Calopresti |Italian | | |- |''Michel Vaillant'' |Louis-Pascal Couvelaire |French | | |- |''Together'' |Chen Kaige |Chinese (Mandarin) | | |- |''Ong-Bak'' |Prachya Pinkaew |Thai |86% | |- | rowspan="5" |2004 |''Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse'' |Olivier Dahan |French | | |- |''The Story of My Life'' |Laurent Tirard |French | | |- |''À ton image'' |Aruna Villiers |French | | |- |''Taxi'' |Tim Story |English |10% | |- |''District 13'' |Pierre Morel |French |80% | |- | rowspan="11" |2005 |''Unleashed'' |Louis Leterrier |English |65% |58 |- |''Ze Film'' |Guy Jacques |French | | |- |''The Prompter'' |Guillaume Pixie |French | | |- |''Pale Eyes'' |Jérome Bonnell |French | | |- |''Imposture'' |Patrick Bouchitey |French | | |- |''Next!'' |Jeanne Biras |French | | |- |''Transporter 2'' |Louis Leterrier |English | | |- |''Revolver'' |Guy Ritchie |English | | |- |''The Black Box'' |Richard Berry |French | | |- |''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'' |Tommy Lee Jones |English, Spanish |87% | |- |''Angel-A'' |Luc Besson |French |44% | |- | rowspan="10" |2006 |''Colour Me Kubrick'' |Brian W. Cook |English |50% |57 |- |''Bandidas'' |{{plainlist| * Joachim Rønning * Espen Sandberg }} |English, Spanish |62% | |- |''The Chinese Botanist's Daughters'' |Dai Sijie |Chinese (Mandarin) | | |- |''Love and Other Disasters'' |Alek Keshishian |English | | |- |''Dikkenek'' |Olivier Van Hoofstadt |French | | |- |''Cheeky'' |David Thewlis |English | | |- |''When I Was a Singer'' |Xavier Giannoli |French | | |- |''Tell No One'' |Guillaume Canet |French |94% |82 |- |''Arthur and the Minimoys'' |Luc Besson |English |22% |39 |- |''Adam's Apples'' |Anders Thomas Jensen |Danish |69% |51 |- | rowspan="7" |2007 |''Taxi 4'' |Gérard Krawczyk |French | | |- |''Michou d'Auber'' |Thomas Gilou |French | | |- |''The Dinner Guest'' |Laurent Bouhnik |French | | |- |''The Secret'' |Vincent Perez |English | | |- |''Masked Mobsters'' |Ariel Zeitoun |French | | |- |''Frontier(s)'' | rowspan="2" |Xavier Gens |French |55% |44 |- |''Hitman'' |English |14% |35 |- | rowspan="11" |2008 |''My Very Best Friend'' |Isabelle Doval |French | | |- |''Taken'' |Pierre Morel |English |58% |50 |- |''Behind the Walls'' |Christian Faure |French | | |- |''Sagan'' |Diane Kurys |French | | |- |''Go Fast'' |Olivier Van Hoofstadt |French | | |- |''Being W.'' |{{plainlist| * Karl Zéro * Michel Royer }} |French | | |- |''Four Minutes'' |Chris Kraus |German | | |- |''GAL'' |Miguel Courtois |Spanish | | |- |''Transporter 3'' |Olivier Megaton |English |37% |51 |- |''Be Kind Rewind'' |Michel Gondry |English |66% |52 |- |''Sarkar Raj'' |Ram Gopal Varma |Hindi |75 |53 |- | rowspan="11" |2009 |''Special Correspondents'' |Frédéric Auburtin |French | | |- |''District 13: Ultimatum'' |Patrick Alessandrin |French |74% |64 |- |''Villa Amalia'' |Benoît Jacquot |French | | |- |''Hallelujah!'' |Roger Delattre |French | | |- |''Home'' |Yann Arthus-Bertrand |French | | |- |''Staten Island'' |James DeMonaco |English | | |- |''Human Zoo'' |Rie Rasmussen |English | | |- |''Fashion Victim'' |Gérard Jugnot |French | | |- |''Le Concert'' |Radu Mihăileanu |Russian, French | | |- |''In the Beginning'' |Xavier Giannoli |French | | |- |''Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard'' |Luc Besson |English |14% | |- | rowspan="11" |2010 |''The Whistler'' |Phillppe Lefebvre |French | | |- |''Paris Express'' |Hervé Renoh |French | | |- |''22 Bullets'' |Richard Berry |French | | |- |''I Love You Phillip Morris'' |{{plainlist| * Glenn Ficarra * John Requa }} |English |72% | |- |''From Paris with Love'' |Pierre Morel |English |37% | |- |''The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec'' |Luc Besson |French |83% | |- |''Little White Lies'' |Guillaume Canet |French |41% | |- |''The Big Picture'' |Éric Lartigau |French |88% | |- |''Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds'' |Luc Besson |English |20% | |- |''Storm'' |Hans-Christian Schmid |English | | |- |''A View of Love'' |Nicole Garcia |French | | |- | rowspan="9" |2011 |''Halal police d'État'' |Rachid Dhibou |French | | |- |''Au bistro du coin'' |Charles Nemes |French | | |- |''The Source'' |Radu Mihăileanu |Arabic | | |- |''Un baiser papillon'' |Karine Silla |French | | |- |''Colombiana'' |Olivier Megaton |English, Spanish |27% | |- |''A Monster in Paris'' |Bibo Bergeron |French, English |85% | |- |''La Planque'' |Akim Isker |French | | |- |''The Lady'' |Luc Besson |English |34% | |- |''Love Lasts Three Years'' |Frédéric Beigbeder |French | | |- | rowspan="4" |2012 |''Lockout'' |{{plainlist| * James Mather * Stephen St. Leger }} |English |38% |48 |- |''Blind Man'' |Xavier Palud |French | | |- |''Taken 2'' |Olivier Megaton |English |21% |45 |- |''The Man Who Laughs'' |Jean-Pierre Améris |French | | |- | rowspan="10" |2013 |''The Family'' |Luc Besson |English |29% |42 |- |''The Marchers'' |Nabil Ben Yadir |French | | |- |''For a Woman'' |Diane Kurys |French |89% |59 |- |''The Dream Kids'' |Vianney Lebasque |French | | |- |''Möbius'' |Éric Rochant |French, English, Russian | | |- |''Collision'' |David Marconi |English | | |- |''It Boy'' |David Moreau |French | | |- |''Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart'' |{{plainlist| * Stéphane Berla * Mathias Malzieu }} |French |77% |56 |- |''Les Invincibles'' |Frédéric Berthe |French | | |- |''36 heures à tuer'' |Tristan Aurouet | | | |- | rowspan="10" |2014 |''3 Days to Kill'' |McG |English |28% |40 |- |''Brick Mansions'' |Camille Delamarre |English |26% |40 |- |''Lucy'' |Luc Besson |English |67% |61 |- |''The Homesman'' |Tommy Lee Jones |English |82% |68 |- |''Never on the First Night'' |Melissa Drigeard |French | | |- |''Fastlife'' |Thomas N'Gijol |French | | |- |''Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy'' |Stéphanie Valloatto |French | | |- |''Le Jeu de la vérité'' |François Desagnat |French | | |- |''Angélique'' |Ariel Zeitoun |French | | |- |''Saint Laurent'' |Bertrand Bonello |French |52% |52 |- | rowspan="4" |2015 |''Taken 3'' |Olivier Megaton |English |11% |26 |- |''Bis'' |Dominique Farrugia |French | | |- |''The Transporter Refueled'' |Camille Delamarre |English |16% |32 |- |''Big Game'' |Jalmari Helander |English |76% |53 |- | rowspan="4" |2016 |''Shut In'' |Farren Blackburn |English |3% |22 |- |''Nine Lives'' |Barry Sonnenfeld |English |11% |11 |- |''Miss Sloane'' |John Madden |English |76% |64 |- |''The Warriors Gate'' |Matthias Hoene |English |50% | |- | rowspan="4" |2017 |''Their Finest'' |Lone Scherfig |English | | |- |''The Circle'' |James Ponsoldt |English |16% | |- |''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'' |Luc Besson |English |49% | |- |''Ethel & Ernest'' |Roger Mainwood |English |94% | |- | rowspan="3" |2018 |''Taxi 5'' |Franck Gastambide |French | | |- |''Kursk'' |Thomas Vinterberg |English | | |- |''Renegades'' |Steven Quale |English | | |- |2019 |''Anna'' |Luc Besson |English | | |- |2022 |''Arthur, malédiction'' |Barthélemy Grossmann |French | | |- |2023 |''Dogman'' |Luc Besson |English |59% |66% |- |2024 |''Weekend in Taipei'' |George Huang |English | | |- |2025 |''Dracula'' |Luc Besson |English |54% |80% |- |TBA |''Father Joe''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2025/11/kiefer-sutherland-al-pacino-ever-anderson-father-joe-afm-1236611052/|title= Kiefer Sutherland, Al Pacino & Ever Anderson Thriller ‘Father Joe’ Heads To AFM With Kinology & CAA Media Finance|date= November 7, 2025|access-date= November 7, 2025|first= Andreas|last= Wiseman|work= Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> |Barthélemy Grossmann |English | | |}
==Television== '''Storia Television''' (formerly named EuropaCorp Television) is a French television production company that specialises in creating television series and films for French and international markets. It was EuropaCorp's former television division.
On April 16 2010, EuropaCorp acquired television production company Cipango.
In January 2018, Mediawan announced that it had acquired EuropaCorp Television from EuropaCorp and had renamed it into Storia Television, expanding Mediawan's drama portfolio and becoming the biggest production studio of television fiction contents and expanded their international contents. However, the American arm of EuropaCorp Television was excluded.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mediawan Acquires EuropaCorp's French TV Division|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mediawan-acquires-europacorps-french-tv-division-1074785/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Rhonda|last=Richford|date=January 15, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mediawan Acquires EuropaCorp's French TV Biz, Holds Talks With Makever, Mon Voisins Productions|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/mediawan-acquires-europacorps-french-tv-business-holds-talks-with-makever-mon-voisins-productions-1202664542/|website=Variety|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|date=January 15, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mediawan swoops on EuropaCorp TV arm|url=https://www.c21media.net/news/mediawan-swoops-on-europacorp-tv-arm/|first=Richard|last=Middleton|date=January 16, 2018|access-date=October 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Mediawan acquires EuropaCorp's TV biz, in talks for stakes in French studios | S&P Global Market Intelligence">{{cite web|url=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/5hxh7b2ty1ldccc4_qtm0w2|title=Mediawan acquires EuropaCorp's TV biz, in talks for stakes in French studios|publisher=S&P Global Market Intelligence|date=2018-01-15|access-date=2018-12-27}}</ref>
===Television series=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Title ! Years ! Network ! Notes |- | ''Taxi Brooklyn'' || 2014 || TF1<br>NBC (United States) || Co-production with Gary Scott Thompson Productions<br>Based on the movie ''Taxi'' by Luc Besson |- | ''Arthur and the Minimoys''<ref>{{cite web|title=Studio 100 bets big on Arthur and the Minimoys|url=https://kidscreen.com/2016/11/25/studio-100-bets-big-with-arthur-and-the-minimoys/|website=Kidscreen|first=Elizabeth|last=Foster|date=November 26, 2016}}</ref> || 2017–2018 || Canal J, Gulli & Tiji<br>OUFtivi (Belgium)<br>Disney Channel (Germany)<br>Radio-Canada (Canada) || Co-production with Studio 100 Animation<br>Based on the movie of the same name by Luc Besson |- | ''The Crimson Rivers'' || 2018 || France 2 || co-production with Maze Pictures |- | ''Infidèle''<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC's 'Doctor Foster' Getting French Remake for TF1|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/doctor-foster-french-remake-bbc-tf1-1202827545/|website=Variety|first=Stewart|last=Clarke|date=June 1, 2018}}</ref> || 2019–2020 || TF1<br>La Une (Belgium) || Also known as ''Unfaithful''<br>co-production with BBC Studios France and Be-Films |} * ''XIII: The Series'' (2011–2012) * ''No Limit'' (2012–2015) * ''Transporter: The Series'' (2012–2014) * ''Flight of the Storks'' (2012) * ''Nom de code: Rose'' (2012) * ''Taken: The Series'' (2017–2018)
== Awards and nominations == * 2009: ''In the Beginning'' directed by Xavier Giannoli competed as France's Official Selection in the Cannes Film Festival. * 2009: ''I Love You Phillip Morris'', in which Glenn Ficarra and John Requa directed the film stars Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor, competed for the Camera d’Or during the Director’s Fortnight. * 2009: ''Taken'', directed by Pierre Morel, was nominated at the Teen Choice Award for the Action Adventure Movie Award. The movie and its soundtrack composer Nathaniel Mechaly in particular, won the BMI Film Music Award. * 2009: ''Human Zoo'', directed by Rie Rasmussen, competed at the 59th Berlin Film Festival in the Panorama section, as well as at the film festivals in Copenhagen and Rio de Janeiro. * 2007: ''Hitman'', directed by Xavier Gens, won the Golden Trailer Award 2008 for Best Motion/Title Graphics. * 2007: ''Arthur and the Invisibles'', directed by Luc Besson, won the NRJ Ciné Award 2007 for Best Dubbing; the film was also nominated at the Young Artist Award for Best International Family Feature Film and Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Actor with Freddie Highmore. * 2006: ''The Chinese Botanist's Daughters'', directed by Dai Sijie, won in 2006 the Best Artistic Contribution and People’s Choice Awards at the Montreal World Film Festival, and was nominated for the «Grand Prix des Amériques». The film won the Best Canadian Film or Video Award at the 2007 Toronto Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival. * 2005: ''The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'', by Tommy Lee Jones, was nominated for the Palme d'Or, and Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Actor Award while Guillermo Arriaga won the Best Script Award. The movie was given a place of honor at the Satellite Awards 2005 and the Independent Spirit Awards 2005. It also won the "Grand Prix" at the Flanders International Film Festival and the Bronze Wrangler at the Western Heritage Awards.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{in lang|en}} [https://en.unifrance.org/directories/company/300569/europacorp Europacorp] at ''Uni France'' * {{in lang|en}} [https://www.europacorp.com/ EuropaCorp Official Website] * {{in lang|en}} [https://cineuropa.org/en/prodcompany/8165/ Europacorp] at ''Cineuropa'' * {{in lang|en}} [https://www.euronext.com/en Euronext Website] * {{in lang|en}} [https://digitalfactory.fr/ Digital Factory website] * {{in lang|en}} [http://www.dogproductions.fr/ Dog Productions website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304035049/http://www.dogproductions.fr/ |date=2021-03-04 }} * {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110501003222/http://www.editionsintervista.com/ Editions Intervista website] * {{in lang|fr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901200021/http://www.septiemechoc.fr/ Edition Septième Choc website] * {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20091125133718/http://www.europacorp.co.jp/ EuropaCorp Japan website]
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