| Type | Public Limited Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Key people | Luc Besson Pierre-Ange Le Pogam |
| Industry | Films |
| Products | Motion Pictures |
| Revenue | €128.5 million(2009) |
| Parent | Frontline |
| Website | europacorp-corporate.com |
EuropaCorp is a French movie studio. Co-founded by Luc Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, the Group combines the activities of production, cinema distribution in France, distribution on DVD and VOD, French TV rights sales, international sales, partnerships, licensing & by-products, music production and publishing, book publishing, and advertisement production.
EuropaCorp is a public limited company with a Board of Directors, which headquarters are located in Paris, France.
EuropaCorp has been a listed company on Euronext Paris since July 2007.
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Luc Besson and Pierre-Ange Le Pogam worked together for the first time in 1985, on the movie Subway, directed by Luc Besson. Pierre-Ange le Pogam was then Distribution Director at Gaumont. Subsequently, virtually all the films that Luc Besson made with Gaumont between 1985 and 1999 topped the three-million ticket mark at the box office (e.g. The Big Blue, Nikita, Léon, The Fifth Element and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc). Meanwhile, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam developed innovative promotional techniques at Gaumont which he applied for the first time in Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element. This film is France’s biggest export success of all time.
In 1997 Pierre-Ange Le Pogam became Deputy Chief Executive
Officer of Gaumont.
In September 2000 the two friends created EuropaCorp.
In July 2007, EuropaCorp successfully managed its IPO on Euronext Paris.
In May 2008, the CSA, French
authority for media regulation, has selected "EuropaCorp TV"
project in its invitation to apply for a mobile TV channel in
France.
Today EuropaCorp is owned at 62% by Luc Besson through its
company Frontline and at 8.06% by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam; 23% is
public[1].
Luc Besson is the Chairman of EuropaCorp's Board of Directors.
Jean-Julien Baronnet has been the Chief Executive Officer of EuropaCorp since
November 2008.
Digital Factory[2] is
related to EuropaCorp via Luc Besson. Regarding EuropaCorp films,
post-production of sound is mainly being carried out in its
Normandy site while the image editing is being proceeded in
Paris.
EuropaCorp has notably produced the world box-office hits Taken ($224 million at world box-office), Arthur and the Invisibles ($107 million), Transporter 3 ($106 million) and Hitman ($100 million).
Two EuropaCorp productions have been topping the US box-office: Transporter 2 by summer 2002 and Taken at spring 2009.
Several internationally renowned talents have took part in EuropaCorp films: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Tommy Lee Jones, John Malkovich, Jason Statham, David Duchovny, Brittany Murphy, Liam Neeson, Madonna, Robert De Niro, Lou Reed, Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor... 1/3 of the films produced by EuropaCorp are shot in English.
EuropaCorp Japan, a subsidiary of EuropaCorp settled in Tokyo, has for core business the distribution of feature films in Japan. It is a joint-venture with 3 Japanese companies: Asmik Ace, Sumitomo Corporation and Kadokawa.
EuropaCorp will join the «Cité du Cinéma» due to open in 2012. This movie studio complex, located in Saint-Denis in the close suburbs of Paris, will comprise a total of 9 film sets, each of which is between 600 and 2,200 m² (6,458 sf and 23,681 sf), as well as more than 51,000 m² (548,960 sf) of offices and workshops, making the “Cité du Cinéma” the biggest movie studio in Europe.
The cinema school « Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière » will also become established in the area.
EuropaCorp has signed a lease with the Nef Lumière, owner of the tertiary complex, to have at its disposal the space to assemble in one place the Europacorp permanent staff and the film crews, with extra space for any 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 contribute its expertise in the management and day-to-day running of these Studios of Paris.
French theater releases
  | EuropaCorp names Baronnet CEO - The Hollywood Reporter |
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