TWC eventually declared bankruptcy in February 2018, with Lantern acquiring a majority of its film library and assets, and was shut down on July 16, 2018.

[4][5] Prior to 1992, the Weinsteins had released similar titles under a smaller operation called Millimeter Films.

[12] The release of From Dusk till Dawn (1996) would mark the beginning of a working relationship with director Robert Rodriguez as well as a lucrative franchise, with several sequels to follow.

[13] Dimension Films would gain greater exposure with its distribution of Wes Craven's Scream, released on December 20, 1996,[14] which became a major box office hit, grossing $173 million worldwide.

[15] The company also produced and distributed its sequel, Scream 2, released the following year, which grossed a comparable $172 million.

[19] In 1999, Dimension Films distributed David Cronenberg's eXistenZ and Scream-writer Kevin Williamson's directorial debut Teaching Mrs.

[20] Dimension Films' first post-millennium release was the direct-to-video From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter.

[22] Beginning in 2000, Dimension Films began purchasing North American distribution rights to various international productions.

They also distributed several comedies, such as the Terry Zwigoff-directed Bad Santa (2003),[27] and David Zucker's My Boss's Daughter (2003).

[38] Dimension Films also had involvement with One Ball Pictures, who owns the "Funny Or Die" online series.

As of 2024, the post-2005 Dimension Films titles (apart from The Amityville Horror (2005), owned by Amazon MGM Studios through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, as of 2020) are currently released on DVD and Blu-ray by Lionsgate.