FX NETWORKS ADDS TO ITS IMPRESSIVE SLATE OF BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES
The Leading Destination for Hit Features, FX Networks Licenses the Current Top 3 Movies at the Box Office - Furious 7, Home and The Longest Ride
Off to a Great Start in 2015 After Buying the Rights to 64% of the
Movies that Grossed $100 Million+ Last Year
LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2015 - FX Networks, the leading destination for blockbuster features, has bolstered its impressive slate of movies by adding the top three current box office hits - Furious 7, Home and The Longest Ride.
Furious 7, which has grossed more than $250 million in its first two weeks atop the domestic box office and $800 million worldwide, is the latest blockbuster to become exclusively available for worldwide broadcast on the FX Networks suite - FX, FXX and FXM. FX Networks has also licensed Home, which has grossed $130 million domestically and climbing; Taken 3, which has grossed $90 million since topping the domestic box office in January; and Kingsman: The Secret Service, a surprise February hit that is about to cross the $125 million domestic box office threshold.
As an aggressive buyer of major box office hits, FX Networks has established itself as the leading destinations for blockbuster features and movies with wide audience appeal. In 2014, FX Networks licensed 64% of all of the year's features that grossed more than $100 million at the box office.
ABOUT FX NETWORKS
FX Networks, a business unit of 21st Century Fox, is comprised of the networks FX, FXX and FXM and the video on-demand app FXNOW. FX, the flagship general entertainment basic cable channel, launched in June of 1994 and is carried in 95 million homes. The diverse schedule features a growing roster of critically-acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series, including The Americans, Tyrant, The Strain and the upcoming Taboo; the critically-acclaimed miniseries American Horror Story, Fargo and the upcoming miniseries American Crime Story; acclaimed hit comedy series including the award-winning Louie, Archer, Married, The Comedians and the upcoming Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll and Baskets. FX's roster of acquired hit series includes Two and a Half Men, In Living Color and Mike & Molly. FXM (formerly Fox Movie Channel) was launched in October of 1994 and is now carried in 53 million homes. Its schedule features classic films during the day (FXM Retro), and contemporary box office hits and acclaimed, award-winning films in the evening, as well as short-form award-winning original programming. FXX, the newest network, launched in September 2013 and is carried in more than 77 million homes. Geared towards a young adult audience, the schedule features original series, movies, and acquired series. The channel is anchored by the acclaimed hit comedies It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, You're the Worst, Man Seeking Woman and the upcoming The Untitled Tracy Morgan Project (TBD). FXX is also the exclusive cable home to The Simpsons, the longest-running comedy in TV history.
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