Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips
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| Formerly | Movieclips (2009–2014) Fandango Movieclips (2014–2022) |
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Type of site | Video on demand |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Fandango |
| Founder(s) | Zach James Rich Raddon |
| Parent | Fandango |
| URL | www |
| Launched | December 3, 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips (formerly Movieclips and later Fandango Movieclips) is a company located in Venice, Los Angeles that offers streaming video of movie clips and trailers from such Hollywood film companies as Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. (including content from subsidiaries New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment), Disney, Sony Pictures (including content from subsidiaries Destination Films, Sony Pictures Classics, and Triumph Pictures), along with other studios such as Lionsgate Films and DreamWorks.[1][2]
History
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Movieclips was founded in 2009 as a division of the online video company Zefr, beginning as a website which allowed the user to search through a library of over 12,000 movie clips.[3][4] In partnership with Google, Movieclips uploaded over 20,000 clips to YouTube in 2011.[5] In 2014, Movieclips was acquired by Fandango and was renamed "Fandango Movieclips."[3] Fandango Movieclips later rebranded to "Rotten Tomatoes Movieclips" in summer of 2022.[6]
Most-viewed clips
[edit]The following table lists the channel's three most-viewed videos on YouTube, with each total rounded to the nearest million.
| No. | Movie | (#/#) | Clip name | Distributor | Views | Upload date |
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| 1 | Goosebumps (2015) | 6/10 | Werewolf on Aisle 2[7] | Columbia (Sony Pictures) | 526M | December 2, 2016 |
| 2 | Sing (2016) | 6/10 | Shake It Off[8] | Universal Pictures | 508M | March 24, 2017 |
| 3 | The Boy Next Door (2015) | 1/10 | Let Me Love You[9] | 473M | July 15, 2016 | |
| As of March 23, 2024 | ||||||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schuker, Lauren A.E. (December 3, 2009). "Site Brings Movies to Social Media". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
- ^ "Movieclips.com Launches With Studio Deals". ABC News. Associated Press. December 2, 2009. Archived from the original on December 15, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
- ^ a b Ha, Anthony (April 24, 2014). "Fandango Confirms That It Has Acquired Movieclips From Zefr". TechCrunch. Retrieved December 21, 2014.
- ^ Miles, Stephanie (December 14, 2009). "MovieClips – Search for Scenes Online". AppVita. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
- ^ "MovieClips Makes Deal With YouTube". Deadline. August 9, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
- ^ "Rotten Tomatoes Teams with Movieclips on Expanded YouTube Entertainment Network". July 13, 2022.
- ^ Goosebumps (6/10) Movie CLIP - Werewolf On Aisle 2 (2015) HD. Movieclips. December 2, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Sing (2016) - Shake It Off Scene (6/10). Movieclips. March 25, 2017. Retrieved July 30, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ The Boy Next Door (1/10) Movie CLIP - Let Me Love You (2015) HD. Movieclips. July 15, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2022 – via YouTube.