Focus Features (formerly USA Films) is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Studios, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films. Focus also serves as a producer and distributor of low-budget action/horror films through its Rogue Pictures division (similar to The Weinstein Company's Dimension Films and Sony Pictures Entertainment's Screen Gems). Focus was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 by combining October Films, Gramercy Pictures, and USA Home Entertainment.Vivendi sold the studio, among other entertainment assets, to GE in 2004 to form NBC Universal. Focus' most successful release to date (under the Focus Features banner) is Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned $83,043,761 at the North American box office. However, this is n

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