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TITLE: President, Focus Features.

2005 DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: $164 million.

HITS: Brokeback Mountain, Pride & Prejudice, The Constant Gardener.

FLOPS: Rory O'Shea Was Here.

STATUS REPORT: Brilliantly marketed Brokeback as women's weepie; it earned $83 million and became a cultural phenomenon. Focus copresident David Linde ascended to parent Universal, leaving Schamus solo and Focus with a native son in the halls of power.

NEXT: Hollywoodland, Atonement.

YES, IT’S TRUE: After Crash upset Brokeback for Best Picture at the Oscars, sent Crash distributor Lionsgate champagne and congrats.