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Finance and distribution firm Red Granite Pictures raises money from a pool of investors in the Middle East and Asia, and finances movies on a one-off basis.        

The sixth movie in the “Fast & Furious” series burned rubber in the home video market, but it couldn’t top the minions of “Despicable Me 2.”        

Some of the year’s biggest movies, both at the box office and for awards contention, have their roots in the printed word, whether in novels, nonfiction books or journalism. Here’s a look at these movies and their literary sources:        

For those who’ve seen the buzziest of buzzy holiday movies, Spike Jonze’s “Her,” you probably left the theater with much to think about. One of the biggest questions, at least from a filmmaking standpoint: How did Jonze and his team arrive at the future we see on the screen?

A mutant comic book hero and a crew of little blue children’s characters ruled the home video sales chart in their first weeks in release.        

Prisoners        

Plan B Entertainment has released only three movies with Paramount since signing a 2005 first-look deal with the studio, which has said it is comfortable with a new, leaner business approach. The impending departure of Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment from Paramount Pictures would seem like a blow to the Hollywood studio, which is suffering from a perception problem.