references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message maple pictures corporation former type subsidiary industry motion picture fate acquisition founded april 13 2005 defunct june 24 2011 headquarters new york usa parent lionsgate entertainment 2005 2011 alliance films 2011 website www.maplepictures.com maple pictures corporation was the distribution arm of alliance films . it was formed on april 13 2005 when lions gate entertainment demerged to two companies lions gate entertainment and maple pictures formerly lions gate films and before 1998 cinepix film properties . 1 2 3 maple pictures was the official distributor for lionsgate s films and video library throughout canada . contents 1 background 2 television dvd releases 3 films released 4 references 5 external links background edit the company describes itself as a genre savvy independent film company making a mark on the industry through its grassroots acquisition production and distribution of diverse and distinctive filmed entertainment . maple also has an extensive home video catalogue which was built up largely by lions gate entertainment s acquisition of several other independent studios . in 2008 maple pictures acquired the rights to distribute miramax films which alliance films lost acquisition to earlier in 2007 . on june 24 2011 alliance films bought maple pictures from lions gate entertainment maple s former owner for a sum of 38.5 million dollars . 4 on january 9 2013 entertainment one acquired alliance . 5 television dvd releases edit mad men weeds nurse jackie crash tyler perry s house of payne saved by the bell universal television will & grace universal television according to jim abc studios reaper abc studios my wife & kids abc studios alf teenage mutant ninja turtles dead zone saturday night live universal television unsolved mysteries iron chef films released edit dirty dancing basic instinct terminator 2 judgment day bad boys reservoir dogs rambo the eye bug leonard cohen i m your man the descent death of a president saw saw ii saw iii saw iv saw v saw vi march of the penguins employee of the month the u.s. versus john lennon the devil s rejects house of 1000 corpses the descent the devil s rejects leonard cohen i m your man crank employee of the month good luck chuck the u.s. versus john lennon see no evil mistress of spices dreamland natural born killers 3 10 to yuma crash w. atlas shrugged the bank job punisher war zone young people fucking the forbidden kingdom meet the browns doubt transporter 3 happy go lucky the boy in the striped pajamas the spirit choke repo the genetic opera my best friend s girl bangkok dangerous hulk vs the lucky ones the boondock saints ii all saints day my bloody valentine 3d adventureland pontypool crank high voltage the haunting in connecticut hunger gamer the imaginarium of doctor parnassus whatever works kick ass the switch the expendables saw 3d the con artist burke and hare buried hard candy crash references edit market news lions gate forms maple pictures spin off marketnews.ca retrieved on july 20 2013 vlessing etan april 28 2011 . lionsgate sale of maple pictures stake in the works . hollywood reporter . retrieved 4 march 2013 . lions gate spins off canadian distribution production screendaily.com retrieved on july 20 2013 etan vlessing june 21 2011 . analysts welcome lionsgate selling maple pictures to alliance films . the hollywood reporter . tartaglione nancy . eone completes alliance films acquisition ; victor loewy charles layton exit . deadline.com january 9 2012 external links edit maple pictures corp. official website maple pictures at the internet movie database maple pictures s channel on youtube v t e entertainment one darren throop divisions eone distribution eone distribution us eone distribution canada vid oglobe1 eone family eone films eone benelux eone films australia eone films canada eone films international eone films spain eone films us eone films uk eone music drg records light records last gang records eone television subsidiaries les films christal the mark gordon company 51 % joint venture momentum pictures relaunch force four entertainment paperny entertainment phase 4 films kaboom entertainment les films s ville defunct alliance films aurum producciones maple pictures momentum pictures hopscotch films contender entertainment group rcv entertainment bv retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title maple pictures & oldid 739544617 categories entertainment onehome video companies of canadacompanies established in 2005companies disestablished in 2011film distributors of canadahidden categories articles lacking reliable references from july 2007all articles lacking reliable referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 09 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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