Bontonfilm

Bontonfilm is a Czech film company. It was founded in 1994 by transformation from Lucernafilm Video (successor of Ústřední půjčovna filmů).[1]

As of 2022, Bontonfilm holds a 10.4% market share being 4th largest Czech distributor (behind Falcon a.s., Cinemart and Bioscop a.s.).[2]

History

Bontonfilm is linked with Bonton company that as founded in 1990 to produce music.[3] Bonton eventually expanded to film industry and acquired Lucernafilm Video which became Bontonfilm.[4] Bontonfilm quickly became biggest Czech film distributor with about 30% share of the market.[5]

Bontonfilm managed to partner with major American studios including 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures and Paramount. Bontonfilm distributed films by these studios in the Czech Republic.[6] The main rival of Bontonfilm was Falcon a.s. which distributes films by Walt Disney Pictures and Columbia Pictures.[7]

This changed in 2013, major American studios switched to Cinemart and Bontonfilm lost its position of strongest film distribution company of Czech market, falling to fourth place in the market.[8][9]

Films

Czech
Release date Title Notes
29 September 1994 Faust
24 November 1994 The Order
2 February 1995 Indian Summer
30 March 1995 Too Loud a Solitude
13 April 1995 In the Coat of Lioness' Arms
11 May 1995 Golet in the Valley
18 May 1995 Game of Chance
29 January 1997 Boomerang
[10]

References
  1. "Bontonfilm mění logo, web i znělku". Totalfilm.cz (in Czech). 6 March 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. "Filmoví distributoři za rok 2022". Kinomaniak (in Czech). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. "Bontonfilm". SEVT. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. "Vlastník Novy, společnost CME, koupil Bontonfilm". iDNES.cz. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. a.s, Economia (15 September 1995). "Ředitel společnosti Bontonfilm Aleš Danielis:: "Filmová distribuce je riskantní podnikání"". Hospodářské noviny (IHNED.cz) (in Czech). Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  6. "Bontonfilm je po ziscích najednou ve ztrátě". TÝDEN.cz (in Czech). 16 August 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  7. "Profil: Z Falconu se stal producent filmových hitů". E15.cz. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  8. "Cinemart získal všechny hollywoodské kontrakty Bontonfilmu pro kina - Borovan.cz". www.borovan.cz. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  9. "Největší podíl na trhu získaly filmy Falconu - Borovan.cz". www.borovan.cz. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  10. "Bontonfilm a.s". Filmový přehled. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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