Editing Roger Corman (section)

=== Distributing foreign films ===
In the 1970s, the major Hollywood studios were moving away from distributing foreign [[art film|arthouse pictures]], New World moved into the market and became the U.S. distributor for ''[[Cries and Whispers]]'' (1972), directed by [[Ingmar Bergman]]. Corman bought it for $75,000 and it earned over $2 million at the U.S. box office.<ref name="ingmar">{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|157207286}}|author=Warga, W.|date=February 25, 1973|title='Cries and whispers' a departure for king of the bs|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|id={{ProQuest|157236082}}|author= Champlin, C.|date=February 25, 1957|title=Bergman: A private man with a hit on his hands|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and Corman's distribution side of New World brought many foreign films to mass audiences in the U.S. for the first time – reportedly some played at drive-ins and grindhouses – including the works of [[François Truffaut]] (''[[The Story of Adele H.]]'', ''[[Small Change (film)|Small Change]]''), [[Peter Weir]] (''[[The Cars That Ate Paris]]''), [[Federico Fellini]] (''[[Amarcord]]''), [[Joseph Losey]] (''[[The Romantic Englishwoman]]''), [[Volker Schlöndorff]] (''[[The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (film)|The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum]]'', ''[[The Tin Drum (film)|The Tin Drum]]'') and [[Akira Kurosawa]] (''[[Dersu Uzala (1975 film)|Dersu Uzala]]''). New World also released ''[[Fantastic Planet]]'' (1974).

In a 10-year period, New World Pictures won more Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film than all other studios combined.{{cn|date=May 2024}}