In the first acquisition from the U.S. Dramatic Competition program this year, Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to the Sundance crowdpleaser "Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!," which premiered on opening night last week.

Netflix and Sony Pictures Entertainment have hammered an industry-first $7 billion-plus worldwide Pay-1 licensing deal for the latter’s movies which will stream on the OTT service around the globe following their full theatrical and home entertainment windows.

Sony Pictures Classics has released such seminal indie films as “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Howard’s End,” “Whiplash,” “Capote” and “The Lives of Others.” Last year, it distributed the Oscar-nominated “Blue Moon,” as well as the box office hit “Nuremberg.”

A look ahead at the Sony Pictures movies coming up in 2026 in the United States and beyond globally in the years to come.

Netflix has secured global Pay-1 streaming rights to Sony Pictures films in a landmark multi-year deal expanding worldwide access through 2032.

Under the new deal, Netflix will become the exclusive first-window streaming platform for Sony films worldwide after their theatrical and home releases.