 Logo used since 2019 | |
| Formerly |
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|---|---|
| Company type | Besloten vennootschap |
| Industry | Film |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Founder | Otger Merckelbach |
| Headquarters | , Netherlands |
Area served | Benelux |
Key people | Wilco Wolfers (CEO) |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Owner |
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| Website | wwentertainment |
WW Entertainment B.V. (formerly known as RCV Entertainment and Entertainment One Benelux) is a Dutch-based film distributor active in the Benelux.
History
[edit]WW Entertainment was founded in 1979 by Otger Merckelbach as RCV Entertainment (Recorded Cinematographic Variety). The company focused mainly on distributing films on the home media market. In 1989, when the rental video market began to saturate, the company expanded into theatrical and television distribution, releasing titles from American film studios such as New Line Cinema, Miramax Films, Rysher Entertainment, Mandalay Entertainment and Cinergi Pictures.
In 1997, RCV was acquired by VNU.[1] It was sold to Finnish media group Sanoma in 2001.[2]
In 2007, Sanoma was looking to sell RCV.[3] In 2008, Canadian entertainment company Entertainment One acquired the company,[4] rebranding it to Entertainment One Benelux the following year.[5] In 2019, Wilco Wolfers and Caspar Wenckebach rebranded the company to WW Entertainment and acquired Entertainment One's remaining stake[6][7] The company was sold to distribution group Vuelta Group in 2024.[8]
Filmography
[edit]Dutch films
[edit]As RCV Film Distribution/RCV Entertainment
[edit]| Release date | Title | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | |||||
| 12 February 1998 | Tate's Voyage | Produced by Motel Films and VPRO | |||
| 26 March 1998 | The Polish Bride | Produced by Motel Films, Ijswater Films and VPRO | |||
| 2 July 1998 | Temmink: The Ultimate Fight | Produced by Motel Films and VPRO | |||
| 8 October 1998 | FL 19,99 | Produced by Motel Films, Isabella Films and VPRO | |||
| 12 May 1999 | Based on the Novel | Produced by DKP/Amsterdam | |||
| 2000s | |||||
| 14 December 2000 | The Black Meteor | ||||
| 9 November 2000 | De Omweg | ||||
| 21 December 2000 | Ajax: Hark the Herald Angel Sings | ||||
| 15 February 2001 | I Love You Too | ||||
| 12 December 2002 | Twin Sisters | Produced by IdTV Film, Chios Media, Samsa Film and NCRV | |||
| 24 April 2003 | Godforsaken | ||||
| 3 August 2006 | Doodeind | Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only | |||
| 5 October 2006 | Keep Off | Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only; produced by Shooting Star Filmcompany | |||
| 14 December 2006 | 'n Beetje Verliefd | ||||
| 15 March 2007 | Dennis P. | ||||
| 4 October 2007 | Timboektoe | Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only; produced by Shooting Star Filmcompany | |||
| 29 October 2009 | The Dark House | produced by Column Film, KeyFilm and AVRO | |||
| 13 December 2009 | The Hell of '63 | Theatrical co-distribution with Bridge Entertainment Group only; | |||
As Entertainment One Benelux
[edit]| Release date | Title | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | |||||
| 21 September 2011 | The Gang of Oss | ||||
| 2 October 2013 | Chez Nous | Produced by BosBros, Ciné Cri de Coeur and Omroep NTR | |||
| 12 February 2014 | Sickos | Produced by BosBros and VARA | |||
| 10 December 2015 | Bon Bini Holland | ||||
| 24 November 2016 | De Zevende Hemel | ||||
| 1 June 2017 | Kill Switch | ||||
| 13 December 2018 | Bon Bini Holland 2 | Produced by Kaap Holland Film | |||
| 14 February 2019 | Cuban Love | Produced by Johan Nijenhuis & Co | |||
As WW Entertainment
[edit]| Release date | Title | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | |||||
| 7 October 2020 | De Grote Sinterklaasfilm | Produced by Messercola Drama | |||
| 10 December 2020 | Bon Bini: Judeska in da House | Produced by Kaap Holland Film | |||
| 30 June 2022 | Bon Bini Holland 3 | Produced by Kaap Holland Film | |||
| 7 November 2022 | Casa Coco | Produced by Greenfield Film Productions and Messercola Drama | |||
| 21 December 2022 | Het Feest van Tante Rita | Produced by Bazarmedia Productions | |||
| 16 March 2023 | All Inclusive | Produced by Greenfield Film Productions and Talpa Network | |||
| 20 December 2023 | Bon Bini: Bangkok Nights | Produced by Kaap Holland Film | |||
Non-Dutch films
[edit]1990s
[edit]- Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992)[9]
- Nixon (1995)
- Big Night (1996)[10]
- Bound (1996)[10]
- The English Patient (1996)[10]
- Everyone Says I Love You (1996)[10]
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)[10]
- Air Bud (1997)[9]
- Career Girls (1997)[10]
- Cop Land (1997)
- The End of Violence (1997)[9]
- Full Tilt Boogie (1997)[9]
- Good Will Hunting (1997)[9]
- The House of Yes (1997)[9]
- Jackie Brown (1997)[9]
- Kundun (1997)[9]
- Mimic (1997)[10]
- Office Killer (1997)[9]
- Scream 2 (1997)[9]
- Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
- Switchback (1997)[9]
- Turbulence (1997)
- Blade (1998)[9]
- Bride of Chucky (1998)[11]
- The Faculty (1998)[11]
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)[11]
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)[9]
- The Legend of 1900 (1998)[11]
- Little Voice (1998)[11]
- Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)[9]
- Mrs Dalloway (1998)[9]
- Primary Colors (1998)[9]
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)[11]
- Blast from the Past (1999)[11]
- End of Days (1999)[11]
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
- Virus (1999)
2000s
[edit]- American Psycho (2000)[12]
- The Cell (2000)[12]
- Chocolat (2000)[13]
- Down to You (2000)[12]
- Dracula 2000 (2000)[13]
- The Family Man (2000)[12]
- Final Destination (2000)[12]
- Frequency (2000)[12]
- The House of Mirth (2000)[13]
- The Luzhin Defence (2000)[12]
- Maybe Baby (2000)[12]
- Reindeer Games (2000)[12]
- Scary Movie (2000)[12]
- Scream 3 (2000)[12]
- Traffic (2000)[13]
- The Accidental Spy (2001)[14]
- Ali (2001)
- Domestic Disturbance (2001)
- One Night at McCool's (2001)[13]
- Rat Race (2001)[13]
- Scary Movie 2 (2001)[13]
- Series 7: The Contenders (2001)[13]
- The Shipping News (2001)[14]
- Spy Kids (2001)[13]
- Thirteen Days (2001)[13]
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)[14]
- Blade 2 (2002)[14]
- Chicago (2002)[15]
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)[15]
- Dirty Pretty Things (2002)[15]
- Equilibrium (2002)[15]
- Frida (2002)[15]
- Gangs of New York (2002)[15]
- Pinocchio (2002)[15]
- Ripley's Game (2002)[15]
- Simone (2002)[14]
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)[15]
- Tadpole (2002)[14]
- They (2002)[15]
- Bad Santa (2003)[16]
- Bright Young Things (2003)[16]
- Bulletproof Monk (2003)[15]
- Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)[15]
- Duplex (2003)[16]
- Final Destination 2 (2003)[15]
- The In-Laws (2003)[15]
- Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)[15]
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)[15]
- A Man Apart (2003)[15]
- Pokémon 4Ever (2003)[15]
- Scary Movie 3 (2003)[15]
- View from the Top (2003)[15]
- Cellular (2004)[16]
- Dirty Dancing 2 (2004)
- Ella Enchanted (2004)[16]
- Finding Neverland (2004)
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
- Final Destination 3 (2006)
- Disaster Movie (2008)
- The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
2010s
[edit]- After.Life (2010)[17]
- Balibo (2010)[17]
- Enterrado (2010)[17]
- Die Päpstin (2010)[17]
- Edge of Darkness (2010)[17]
- Fair Game (2010)[17]
- The Fourth Kind (2010)[17]
- From Paris with Love (2010)[17]
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2010)[17]
- The Last Station (2010)[17]
- Letters to Juliet (2010)[17]
- L'Immortel (2010)[17]
- Machete (2010)[17]
- The Men Who Stare at Goats (2010)[17]
- The Messenger (2010)[17]
- The New Daughter (2010)[17]
- Ondine (2010)[17]
- Red (2010)[17]
- Shanghai (2010)[17]
- Solomon Kane (2010)[17]
- StreetDance 3D (2010)[17]
- The Doors: When You're Strange (2010)[17]
- Dream House (2011)
- A Haunted House 2 (2014)
- Need for Speed (2014)
- The Hateful Eight (2015)
- The BFG (2016)
- The Post (2017)
2020s
[edit]- The Fabelmans (2022)
- The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
- Riff Raff (2024)
- The Surfer (2024)
- The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2025)
- Flight Risk (2025)
- Frankenstein (2025)
- Grand Prix of Europe (2025)
- A House of Dynamite (2025)
- Kayara (2025)
- Keeper (2025)
- The King of Kings (2025)
- KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
- Sketch (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ "VNU koopt helft van onafhankelijke filmdistributeur RCV Entertainment". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). 2 May 1997. Archived from the original on 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Edmunds, Marlene (22 August 2001). "Finnish media co. buys Dutch distrib". Variety. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ Beerda, Jurriën (12 October 2007). "Sanoma Magazines overweegt RCV Entertainment te verkopen". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Kelly, Brendan (8 January 2008). "Entertainment One gobbles up RCV". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "RCV vanaf nu officieel E1 Entertainment Benelux". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). 21 September 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ Huijsdens, Jeroen (6 March 2019). "Exclusief: Wilco Wolfers begint WW Entertainment en neemt films eOne over". Holland Film Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "WW Entertainment gaat verder waar eOne ophield". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). 7 August 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (8 October 2024). "Vuelta Acquires WW Entertainment, One of Benelux's Largest Distributors (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Hans Beerekamp (19 June 1999). Filmjaarboek 1998. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9789064035418.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hans Beerekamp (20 July 1998). Filmjaarboek 1997. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9789064035128.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hans Beerekamp (8 July 2000). Filmjaarboek 1999. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9064035598.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hans Beerekamp (19 May 2001). Filmjaarboek 2000. International Theatre & Film books. p. 136. ISBN 9789064036002.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hans Beerekamp (19 May 2002). Filmjaarboek 2001. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9789064036101.
- ^ a b c d e f Hans Beerekamp (17 May 2003). Filmjaarboek 2002. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9789064036316.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Hans Beerekamp (8 May 2004). Filmjaarboek 2003. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9789064036484.
- ^ a b c d e Hans Beerekamp (11 June 2005). Filmjaarboek 2004. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9789064036712.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Hans Beerekamp (May 2011). Filmjaarboek 2010/2011. International Theatre & Film books. p. 212. ISBN 9789064037689.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Dutch)
