United International Pictures

United International Pictures is a film distribution company, based in London, UK. Founded in as a reorganization of Cinema International Corporation, the company was a joint venture of MGM Studios, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios. Jointly owned by Paramount and Universal since, UIP is responsible for the distribution of theatrical releases made by the studios outside North America.

UIP distributed many of the outside North America, from  to, and helped in the promotion of those releases.

UIP is currently responsible for distribution in 20 countries, with the individual studios directly controlling releases in 15 other "key countries". It is presumed that will be distributed by UIP in the territories they oversee.