United Artists Releasing
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United Artists Releasing was a U.S.-based film distribution company that handled the theatrical releases of various major studio and independent films before being folded into MGM’s distribution operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Artists Releasing canonical | 16 |
| United Artists | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1226048 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: United Artists Releasing Context triple: [Respect (2021 film), distributor, United Artists Releasing]
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A.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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B.
United Artists Theatres
United Artists Theatres was a major American movie theater chain that became part of Regal Entertainment Group, operating multiplex cinemas across the United States.
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C.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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D.
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures was a major Hollywood film studio of the 1930s and 1940s, known for producing classic movies including landmark monster, musical, and film noir films.
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E.
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an American film production and distribution company best known for its low-budget B-movies, serials, and Westerns during Hollywood’s studio era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United Artists Releasing Target entity description: United Artists Releasing was a U.S.-based film distribution company that handled the theatrical releases of various major studio and independent films before being folded into MGM’s distribution operations.
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A.
United Artists
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment studio historically known for giving filmmakers creative control and producing influential, artist-driven movies.
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B.
United Artists Theatres
United Artists Theatres was a major American movie theater chain that became part of Regal Entertainment Group, operating multiplex cinemas across the United States.
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C.
Zanuck/Brown Company
Zanuck/Brown Company was a prominent American film production company best known for producing blockbuster hits such as Steven Spielberg’s "Jaws."
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D.
RKO Radio Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures was a major Hollywood film studio of the 1930s and 1940s, known for producing classic movies including landmark monster, musical, and film noir films.
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E.
Republic Pictures
Republic Pictures was an American film production and distribution company best known for its low-budget B-movies, serials, and Westerns during Hollywood’s studio era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film distribution company
ⓘ
joint venture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
James Bond (film)
ⓘ
surface form:
James Bond film series (U.S. theatrical distribution of No Time to Die)
Rocky and Creed film series (selected entries) ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Greater Los Angeles Area ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles area
|
| brandOwner |
Annapurna Pictures
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| businessModel | theatrical distribution of major studio and independent films ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Eon Productions
ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
surface form:
Universal Pictures (for international releases of some titles)
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributedFor |
Annapurna Pictures
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ Orion Pictures ⓘ United Artists ⓘ
surface form:
United Artists (brand)
third-party independent producers ⓘ |
| distributionChannel | movie theaters ⓘ |
| distributionScope |
United States theatrical market
ⓘ
select international territories ⓘ |
| fate | folded into MGM’s distribution operations ⓘ |
| focus | theatrical releases rather than home entertainment ⓘ |
| handles | theatrical film distribution ⓘ |
| industry | film distribution ⓘ |
| languageOfBusiness | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | feature films ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
Bill & Ted Face the Music
ⓘ
Child's Play (2019 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Child’s Play (2019 film)
Creed II ⓘ Dog (2022 film) ⓘ House of Gucci ⓘ Licorice Pizza ⓘ No Time to Die ⓘ Respect (film) ⓘ
surface form:
Respect (2021 film)
The Addams Family (2019 animated film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Addams Family (2019 film)
The Addams Family 2 (2021 film) ⓘ
surface form:
The Addams Family 2
Till (2022 film) ⓘ Women Talking ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Annapurna Pictures
ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| predecessor |
MGM Distribution Co.
ⓘ
Orion Pictures ⓘ
surface form:
Orion Pictures (as distributor brand)
|
| successor | MGM theatrical distribution ⓘ |
| usedBrand |
MGM
ⓘ
Orion Pictures ⓘ United Artists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United Artists Releasing Description of subject: United Artists Releasing was a U.S.-based film distribution company that handled the theatrical releases of various major studio and independent films before being folded into MGM’s distribution operations.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Respect (2021 film)
this entity surface form:
United Artists
subject surface form:
New York, New York
this entity surface form:
United Artists
this entity surface form:
United Artists
this entity surface form:
United Artists
this entity surface form:
United Artists