Fox Searchlight Pictures

Searchlight Pictures, Inc. (or simply Searchlight) is an American film studio that is a subsidiary of Fox Studios, a division of 21st Century Fox. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., the studio focuses primarily on producing, distributing, and acquiring specialty films.

Searchlight is best known for distributing the films Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years a Slave, Birdman, The Shape of Water, and Nomadland, all of which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Other Best Picture nominations include The Full Monty, Sideways, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Black Swan, 127 Hours, The Tree of Life, The Descendants, Beasts of the Southern Wild, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Brooklyn, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Favourite, and Jojo Rabbit. The studio has grossed over $5.3 billion worldwide and amassed 26 Golden Globe Awards, 47 BAFTA awards, and 43 Academy Awards. Slumdog Millionaire is the studio's largest commercial success, with over $377 million (US) of box office receipts, against a production budget of only $15 million.