Earnings Release • May 26, 2015
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Over €227.5 million annual revenue, primarily driven by the performance of International Sales (Lucy, Taken 3) and Cinemas, France distribution (around 11 million admissions).
Saint-Denis, 26 May 2015 – EuropaCorp, the producer and distributor of feature films and one of the leading independent film studios in Europe, today announces its annual consolidated revenue (unaudited) for its 2014/2015 financial year, which ended on 31 March 2015.
| Revenue* | Q4 | Q4 | 12 months |
12 months |
Δ 12 months |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (€m) | 2014/15 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2013/14 | % | |
| International sales | 23.9 | 75.0 | 95.7 | 112.0 | -14.5% | |
| % of revenue | 35.5% | 67.2% | 42.1% | 52.9% | ||
| Cinema, France | 11.8 | 5.6 | 29.2 | 10.5 | 179.9% | |
| % of revenue | 17.6% | 5.0% | 12.9% | 4.9% | ||
| Video, France | 2.7 | 2.3 | 13.7 | 9.3 | 46.6% | |
| % of revenue | 4.0% | 2.1% | 6.0% | 4.4% | ||
| Television, France | 12.6 | 11.3 | 29.1 | 26.8 | 8.8% | |
| % of revenue | 18.7% | 10.1% | 12.8% | 12.6% | ||
| Subsidies | 4.4 | 1.9 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 106.4% | |
| % of revenue | 6.6% | 1.7% | 4.6% | 2.4% | ||
| TV series | 7.8 | 11.8 | 32.8 | 36.2 | -9.4% | |
| % of revenue | 11.6% | 10.5% | 14.4% | 17.0% | ||
| Events | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 51.6% | |
| % of revenue | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1.9% | 1.4% | ||
| Movie Theater | 1.6 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 294.7% | |
| % of revenue | 2.4% | 0.9% | 2.6% | 0.7% | ||
| Others | 2.1 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 7.6 | -16.5% | |
| % of revenue | 3.1% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 3.6% | ||
| EuropaCorp Group (Total) |
67.1 | 111.6 | 227.5 | 211.8 | 7.4% |
* The financial year ends on 31 march each year
Revenue for the 4th quarter of FY2014/2015 was €67.1 million. The quarter was marked mainly by the release in France and internationally of the films Taken 3 and Bis, the latest comedy by Dominique Farrugia.
| 2014/15 | 2013/14 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue (€m) | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
| International sales | 8.5 | 29.6 | 33.8 | 23.9 | 3.5 | 31.1 | 2.5 | 75.0 |
| Cinema, France | 1.9 | 14.6 | 0.9 | 11.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 5.6 |
| Video, France | 2.0 | 1.7 | 7.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 |
| Television, France | 2.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 11.3 |
| Subsidies | 1.7 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| TV series | 3.6 | 15.1 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 1.7 | 10.4 | 12.4 | 11.8 |
| Events | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| Movie Theater | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | N/A | N/A | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Others | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 |
| Group total | 22.3 | 75.8 | 62.4 | 67.1 | 12.3 | 54.7 | 33.2 | 111.6 |
With the release of 8 films in the FY2014/2015, Cinemas, France sales totalled €29.2 million, up 180% compared to the previous year. This was mainly driven by the success of Lucy (over 5.3 million French admissions), Taken 3 (almost 2.7 million French admissions) and Bis (over 1.5 million French admissions to date). Overall, films distributed by the EuropaCorp Group in France during the fiscal year attracted around 11 million admissions.
Revenue from TV Series segment reached €32.8 million. The sales were mainly generated by the delivery to TF1 of season 3 of No Limit, the international rights of the series Taxi Brooklyn, and the delivery of seven television films.
The Transporter: Refuelled, directed by Camille Delamarre and starring Ed Skrein in the leading role, will be released in the United States by EuropaCorp Films USA (via Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution) in early September 2015.
The film Shut In, with Naomi Watts in the leading role, set to be released in February 2016, is in post-production.
Other high-potential English-language films have recently entered production. Shooting of The Lake, written and producted by Luc Besson and directed by Steven Quale (Into the Storm) with Sullivan Stapleton (300: Rise of an Empire) in the leading role began late April.
Shooting for the next Barry Sonnenfeld film entitled Nine Lives, with Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner and Christopher Walken, started in early May (for release late April 2016), as did filming for Warriors Gate, the first French-Chinese coproduction by EuropaCorp and Fundamental Films with Uriah Shelton and directed by Matthias Hoene.
Shooting of Escobar, directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa, starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, will begin in October 2015. EuropaCorp announced recently that Jean-François Richet (Mesrine) will direct Twice, a new Englishlanguage action film.
Then, the new science-fiction film directed by Luc Besson, Valerian, was announced during the last Cannes Festival. Based on the French graphic novel Valérian and Laureline, Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne will play the leading roles.
As for French-language productions, the comedy A Love You, award winner at the Alpe d'Huez Festival, is scheduled for release in June 2015, and Sandrine Kiberlain's next film directed by Benoît Graffin, is currently in post-production.
In terms of TV Series, the production of Section Zéro, directed by Olivier Marchal for Canal+, started recently. Two new English-language TV series are currently developed and are being discussed with US broadcasters.
25/06/2015: 2014/2015 annual consolidated financial statements
EuropaCorp is one of Europe's leading film studios. Formed in 1999, EuropaCorp has been offering production, box office distribution, video/VOD services, sales of TV rights for France and exhibition in movie theatres since the opening in October 2013 of the first EuropaCorp CINEMAS multiplex in Aéroville.
EuropaCorp operations also include sales of international rights, partnerships and licences, production, and the publishing of original soundtracks. Since 2010, the Group has been involved in TV fiction productions. EuropaCorp's integrated economic model gives it access to a diverse range of revenue streams. On the strength of its wide-ranging line-up of film genres, and its prominent presence in international markets, the Group has in recent years delivered the best international success of any French company. In February 2014, EuropaCorp, with Relativity Media, formed a joint distribution venture in the United States, which allows it to fully control its distribution in the US and to maximise the international visibility of its films.
EuropaCorp was founded by the French film-maker, screenplay writer and producer Luc Besson. The Group has a catalogue of 500 films, and 150 permanent employees.
For more information go to www.europacorp-corporate.com
EuropaCorp Group CLAI Investor Relations Kaena Haloua [email protected] [email protected] Tel.: +33 (0)1 55 99 50 00 Tel.: +33 (0)1 44 69 54 00
EuropaCorp is listed in Compartment C of Euronext Paris, a member of the NYSE Euronext Group ISIN Code: FR0010490920 – Ticker: ECP
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