Walt Disney Studios films in India UTV's distribution relations with Disney first began when in 2005,
Miramax Films, then owned by
The Walt Disney Company, sold distribution rights to several films of their catalog in a 10-year deal; however it is currently unknown whether this deal continued even when Miramax was sold to
Filmyard Holdings. In December 2008, following their purchase of a majority stake in UTV,
The Walt Disney Company, which would later acquire the entirety of UTV Motion Pictures through UTV Software Communications in 2012, handed over exclusive distribution rights to their films in the Indian subcontinent, starting with
Walt Disney Pictures'
Bedtime Stories. UTV Motion Pictures became the exclusive distributor for all Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures releases for South Asian territories from 2013 onward. Distribution rights to 20th Century Fox (now
20th Century Studios) and Fox Searchlight Pictures (now
Searchlight Pictures) films continued to be handled by Fox Star Studios (now
Star Studios) until late 2019 with
The Art of Racing in the Rain, when
Buena Vista International began releasing the studios' films internationally and thus UTV acquired the distribution rights to their films in the Indian subcontinent, starting with
Terminator: Dark Fate until 2024 with
Alien: Romulus.
Non-Disney international films == See also ==