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.ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">The Hoyts Group</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HOYTS_LOGO_RED-01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/HOYTS_LOGO_RED-01.png/250px-HOYTS_LOGO_RED-01.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/HOYTS_LOGO_RED-01.png/500px-HOYTS_LOGO_RED-01.png 1.5x" data-file-width="10662" data-file-height="3515" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category">Film exhibition, film distribution, cinema advertising</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1909<span class="noprint">; 116 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1909</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Australia, New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Damian_Keogh" title="Damian Keogh">Damian Keogh</a> (Group CEO) <p>Stephen Watson (Group CFO) </p> Guy Burbidge (MD – Val Morgan)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">Hoyts Cinemas</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Estimated 4000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wanda_Group" title="Wanda Group">Wanda Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hoyts.com.au/">www<wbr />.hoyts<wbr />.com<wbr />.au</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HOYTS_Greensborough_.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HOYTS_Greensborough_.jpg/220px-HOYTS_Greensborough_.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HOYTS_Greensborough_.jpg/330px-HOYTS_Greensborough_.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HOYTS_Greensborough_.jpg/440px-HOYTS_Greensborough_.jpg 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption>The entrance to HOYTS <a href="/wiki/Stockland_Green_Hills" title="Stockland Green Hills">Green Hills</a>, opened in 2018</figcaption></figure> <p><b>The HOYTS Group</b> of companies in Australia and New Zealand includes <b>HOYTS Cinemas</b>, a <a href="/wiki/Cinema_chain" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinema chain">cinema chain</a>, and <b>Val Morgan</b>, which sells advertising on cinema screens and <a href="/wiki/Digital_billboard" title="Digital billboard">digital billboards</a>. </p><p>The company was established by dentist Arthur Russell in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria, Australia">Victoria</a> in 1908, showing films in a hired hall. After expansion into other states and several changes of ownership, the majority of HOYTS was acquired by a Chinese conglomerate, the <a href="/wiki/Wanda_Group" title="Wanda Group">Wanda Group</a>, in 2015. Presently, HOYTS owns and operates 60 cinemas, across Australia and New Zealand, covering 503 screens and more than 59,000 seats, including its newest cinema in Ipswich, making it one of Australia's largest movie exhibitors. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1909–1930"><span id="1909.E2.80.931930"></span>1909–1930</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1909–1930"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the 20th century, <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> dentist and <a href="/wiki/Cornet" title="Cornet">cornet</a> player Arthur Russell<sup id="cite_ref-austlit_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-austlit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> bought a share in a small touring American circus that visited Melbourne, called HOYTS Circus. Russell toured with the circus as a <a href="/wiki/Magic_(illusion)" title="Magic (illusion)">magician</a>, but it did not prove to be a financial success. In 1908, he started presenting <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">moving pictures</a> at St George's Hall in <a href="/wiki/Bourke_Street" title="Bourke Street">Bourke Street</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-cr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> accompanying the <a href="/wiki/Silent_film" title="Silent film">silent films</a> with his small family band: his wife on piano, son on drums, and Russell on cornet. On 18 September 1909 he opened HOYTS Picture Palace,<sup id="cite_ref-austlit_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-austlit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and formed a company called HOYTS Pictures Pty Ltd. The old hall was rebuilt and renamed "HOYTS De Luxe". By the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, HOYTS had expanded into the suburbs of Melbourne and into <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shows included <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> acts, as was common practice in those days.<sup id="cite_ref-austlit_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-austlit-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1926, HOYTS and two other companies, Electric Theatres Pty. Ltd. and Associated Theatres Pty. Ltd., merged to become HOYTS Theatres Limited. In 1930, the Fox Film Corporation (now <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Studios" title="20th Century Studios">20th Century Studios</a>) acquired a majority of shares in HOYTS Theatres Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aso_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aso-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1982, 20th Century Fox sold HOYTS to Stardawn Investments, a group of four Melbourne businessmen. In 1985, the Fink family subsequently bought out the other partners to become the sole owner. In 1987, the corporation was restructured and two of the companies in the corporation were listed on the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Securities_Exchange" title="Australian Securities Exchange">Australian Securities Exchange</a>: HOYTS Media and HOYTS Entertainment. However, the company that owned the cinemas, HOYTS Cinemas, was not floated until 1996. The years between 1987 and 1996 saw HOYTS expand in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. In 1988, HOYTS bought out Interstate Theaters, which made its expansion into the United States market.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following Leon Fink's death in 1993, the HOYTS organisation was sold to <a href="/wiki/Hellman_%26_Friedman" title="Hellman & Friedman">Hellman & Friedman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lendlease" title="Lendlease">Lendlease</a>. The company eventually went public in 1995. In 1997, HOYTS expanded to <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> with the opening of <a href="/wiki/Cin%C3%A9polis_Chile" title="Cinépolis Chile">its first movie theatre there</a>. In 1999, Hoyts celebrated its 90th anniversary and was ranked the seventh largest cinema exhibitor in the world. In the same year, the late <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Packer" title="Kerry Packer">Kerry Packer</a>'s private family company, <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Press_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Consolidated Press Holdings">Consolidated Press Holdings</a>, bought the chain for $620 million. After that, HOYTS began to sell off international cinemas except for some New Zealand cinemas.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003, HOYTS sold all of its US chains to <a href="/wiki/Regal_Cinemas" title="Regal Cinemas">Regal Entertainment Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, HOYTS joined forces with <a href="/wiki/Village_Roadshow" title="Village Roadshow">Village Roadshow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Event_Hospitality_%26_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Event Hospitality & Entertainment">Amalgamated Holdings Limited</a> to bail out Val Morgan Cinema Advertising, eventually taking their stake to 100% in 2005. In December that year, <a href="/wiki/Publishing_%26_Broadcasting_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Publishing & Broadcasting Limited">Publishing & Broadcasting Limited</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="West Australian Newspapers">West Australian Newspapers</a> purchased the company from Consolidated Press. In 2007, HOYTS was sold to Sydney-based private equity firm <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Equity_Partners" title="Pacific Equity Partners">Pacific Equity Partners</a>. The sale valued the company at A$440 million.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, HOYTS sold off its Chilean operations to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chilefilms&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chilefilms (page does not exist)">Chilefilms</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilefilms" class="extiw" title="es:Chilefilms">es</a>]</span>. In the same year, HOYTS acquired <a href="/wiki/Australian_Multiplex_Cinemas" title="Australian Multiplex Cinemas">Australian Multiplex Cinemas</a> in Queensland and the <a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Cinemas" title="Berkeley Cinemas">Berkeley Cinema Group</a> in New Zealand. HOYTS Stream, a video streaming service, was set to launch during 2013, but after being delayed, it was cancelled in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Damian_Keogh" title="Damian Keogh">Damian Keogh</a> was appointed chief executive officer, and HOYTS was bought by Chinese billionaire Sun Xishuang through his investment company ID Leisure Ventures in December 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-wanda2015_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wanda2015-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2015, Wanda Cinema Line, a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda Group, purchased HOYTS from ID Leisure Ventures.<sup id="cite_ref-wanda2015_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wanda2015-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, <a href="/w/index.php?title=HOYTS_Kiosk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HOYTS Kiosk (page does not exist)">HOYTS Kiosk</a> DVD vending machines were rebranded as <a href="/wiki/Video_Ezy" title="Video Ezy">Video Ezy</a> after the group sold its subsidiary.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> HOYTS was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Cinemark" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinemark">Cinemark</a>, in Chile by <a href="/wiki/Cin%C3%A9polis" title="Cinépolis">Cinépolis</a>, and in Uruguay by Life Cinemas.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Sources needed for South American acquisitions, ideally in English language (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (August 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2022, HOYTS acquired three cinemas in WA from <a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Masters_Cinema_Group#Grand_Cinemas" title="The Movie Masters Cinema Group">Grand Cinemas</a> after the company went into administration.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2023, they acquired an additional cinema from Grand.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That month, Wanda Film also began seeking buyers for Hoyts.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fraterapr2023_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fraterapr2023-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale of Beijing Wanda Investment, which had a controlling stake in Wanda Film, to China Ruyi in December 2023 put any potential sale of Hoyts up in the air.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cinemas">Cinemas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Cinemas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, HOYTS owns and operates 60 cinemas across Australia and New Zealand, with 503 screens and more than 59,000 seats, making it one of Australia's largest movie exhibitors.<sup id="cite_ref-fraterapr2023_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fraterapr2023-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Features available at many HOYTS Cinemas include reclining chairs, large high-resolution screens under the <i>Xtremescreen</i> brand, and dine-in menus under the HOYTS <i>Lux</i> brand.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seats that move and vibrate in synchronisation with on-screen action have been introduced at some cinemas using <a href="/wiki/D-Box_Technologies" title="D-Box Technologies">D-Box technology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>HOYTS Cinema Technology Group</b> (CTG) was established in 2008 and helps other exhibitors such as <a href="/wiki/Palace_Cinemas_(Australia)" title="Palace Cinemas (Australia)">Palace Cinemas</a> install and operate digital cinema. HOYTS CTG also supports one-off screenings such as festivals or corporate events.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Val_Morgan">Val Morgan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Val Morgan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Val_Morgan" title="Val Morgan">Val Morgan</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Val_Morgan_Logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Val_Morgan_Logo.png/250px-Val_Morgan_Logo.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Val_Morgan_Logo.png/330px-Val_Morgan_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="335" data-file-height="425" /></a><figcaption>Val Morgan's logo (2010s)</figcaption></figure> <p>Val Morgan was created by Valentine (Val) Morgan and specialises in advertising on cinema screens. Val Morgan's sister company, Val Morgan Outdoor (VMO), operates advertising screens in shopping centres, gyms, service stations and office towers, as well as outdoor digital billboards.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="HOYTS_Distribution">HOYTS Distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: HOYTS Distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>HOYTS Distribution was the film distribution arm of the group which existed in its own right from 1979<sup id="cite_ref-:0_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 1994; it possessed the distribution rights to <a href="/wiki/The_Cannon_Group,_Inc." title="The Cannon Group, Inc.">Cannon Films</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carolco_Pictures" title="Carolco Pictures">Carolco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Entertainment" title="Nelson Entertainment">Nelson Entertainment</a> films in Australia and New Zealand. The distribution unit was originally founded by Jim Shakespeare, the national sales manager of the company and Bill Gavin, general manager of films and marketing of the company. The company's first films include <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chant_of_Jimmie_Blacksmith_(film)" title="The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (film)">The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Stud_(film)" title="The Stud (film)">The Stud</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Boys_from_Brazil_(film)" title="The Boys from Brazil (film)">The Boys from Brazil</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dawn!" title="Dawn!">Dawn!</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Long_Weekend_(1978_film)" title="Long Weekend (1978 film)">Long Weekend</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was later merged with the distribution operations of <a href="/wiki/Columbia_TriStar_Film_Distributors" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia TriStar Film Distributors">Columbia TriStar Film Distributors</a> and <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Studios" title="20th Century Studios">20th Century Fox</a>, forming HOYTS -Fox-Columbia TriStar Films (later Fox-Columbia TriStar Films after HOYTS dropped out of the venture). In 1993, the entertainment branch of HOYTS was spun off to Television and Media Services, with the unit being renamed to TMS Distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company's original film library was sold off to <a href="/wiki/Becker_Entertainment" title="Becker Entertainment">Becker Entertainment</a> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, the company was revived under the leadership of Kerry Packer, distributing primarily films produced by <a href="/wiki/Nine_Films_and_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Nine Films and Television">Nine Films and Television</a> and major independent studios such as <a href="/wiki/Lions_Gate_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Lions Gate Entertainment">Lions Gate Entertainment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>HOYTS also operated a home video arm in concert with Sony, beginning in 1983 as <a href="/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Home_Entertainment" title="Sony Pictures Home Entertainment">RCA/Columbia/Hoyts Video Pty. Ltd.</a> In addition to Columbia Pictures and TriStar fare through the main label, the company also held rights to Cannon and other releases via HOYTS , and starting in 1990, <a href="/wiki/Orion_Pictures" title="Orion Pictures">Orion Pictures</a> releases via that company's worldwide distribution deal with Columbia. RCA/Columbia/Hoyts (later renamed to Columbia TriStar/HOYTS Home Video) also released product through two alternative labels, First Release Home Entertainment and Video Box Office. HOYTS also had, beginning in 1988 a joint venture with <a href="/wiki/PolyGram_Video" class="mw-redirect" title="PolyGram Video">PolyGram</a>, HOYTS PolyGram Video; this label concentrated primarily on sell-through material, including PolyGram's music video library.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, the revived HOYTS Distribution partnered with <a href="/wiki/MGM_Home_Entertainment" title="MGM Home Entertainment">MGM Home Entertainment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures_Home_Entertainment" title="Universal Pictures Home Entertainment">Universal Studios Home Entertainment</a> to launch its own home video arm.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, HOYTS Distribution was sold to French production and distribution company <a href="/wiki/StudioCanal" title="StudioCanal">StudioCanal</a> and was rebranded under that banner the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoyts&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_before_1910" title="List of Australian films before 1910">pre-1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1910s" title="List of Australian films of the 1910s">1910s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1920s" title="List of Australian films of the 1920s">1920s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1930s" title="List of Australian films of the 1930s">1930s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1940s" title="List of Australian films of the 1940s">1940s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1950s" title="List of Australian films of the 1950s">1950s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1960s" title="List of Australian films of the 1960s">1960s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1970s" title="List of Australian films of the 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1980s" title="List of Australian films of the 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_1990s" title="List of Australian films of the 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_2000s" title="List of Australian films of the 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_2010s" title="List of Australian films of the 2010s">2010s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_the_2020s" title="List of Australian films of the 2020s">2020s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1970" title="List of Australian films of 1970">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1971" title="List of Australian films of 1971">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1972" title="List of Australian films of 1972">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1973" title="List of Australian films of 1973">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1974" title="List of Australian films of 1974">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1975" title="List of Australian films of 1975">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1976" title="List of Australian films of 1976">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1977" title="List of Australian films of 1977">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1978" title="List of Australian films of 1978">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1979" title="List of Australian films of 1979">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1980" title="List of Australian films of 1980">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1981" title="List of Australian films of 1981">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1982" title="List of Australian films of 1982">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1983" title="List of Australian films of 1983">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1984" title="List of Australian films of 1984">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1985" title="List of Australian films of 1985">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1986" title="List of Australian films of 1986">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1987" title="List of Australian films of 1987">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1988" title="List of Australian films of 1988">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1989" title="List of Australian films of 1989">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1990" title="List of Australian films of 1990">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1991" title="List of Australian films of 1991">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1992" title="List of Australian films of 1992">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1993" title="List of Australian films of 1993">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1994" title="List of Australian films of 1994">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1995" title="List of Australian films of 1995">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1996" title="List of Australian films of 1996">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1997" title="List of Australian films of 1997">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1998" title="List of Australian films of 1998">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_1999" title="List of Australian films of 1999">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2000" title="List of Australian films of 2000">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2001" title="List of Australian films of 2001">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2002" title="List of Australian films of 2002">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2003" title="List of Australian films of 2003">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2004" title="List of Australian films of 2004">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2005" title="List of Australian films of 2005">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2006" title="List of Australian films of 2006">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2007" title="List of Australian films of 2007">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2008" title="List of Australian films of 2008">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2009" title="List of Australian films of 2009">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2010" title="List of Australian films of 2010">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2011" title="List of Australian films of 2011">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2012" title="List of Australian films of 2012">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2013" title="List of Australian films of 2013">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2014" title="List of Australian films of 2014">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2015" title="List of Australian films of 2015">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2016" title="List of Australian films of 2016">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2017" title="List of Australian films of 2017">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2018" title="List of Australian films of 2018">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2019" title="List of Australian films of 2019">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2020" title="List of Australian films of 2020">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2021" title="List of Australian films of 2021">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2022" title="List of Australian films of 2022">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2023" title="List of Australian films of 2023">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2024" title="List of Australian films of 2024">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_films_of_2025" title="List of Australian films of 2025">2025</a></li></ul> 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