Major film studios
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The major film studios, often simply known as the majors, are film studios (mostly United States-based) that produce many films per year. These major movie studios include veteran studios (Walt Disney Pictures and Universal Studios) and newer studios (Lions Gate Films and New Line Cinema). These movie studios are contrasted with other smaller movie studios, which are known as independent (indie) studios. Typically Hollywood-based, some of these studios are part of six umbrella corporations, known as the Big Six.
- 20th Century Fox (a subsidiary of News Corporation)
- Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company)
- Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment)
- Lions Gate Films
- New Line Cinema (a subsidiary of Time Warner)
- Paramount Motion Pictures Group (a subsidiary of Viacom)
- Universal Studios (a subsidiary of NBC Universal)
- Warner Bros. (another subsidiary of Time Warner)
- The Weinstein Company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (another subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment)
[edit] Past Major Studios
- DreamWorks - Purchased by Paramount Pictures (Viacom)
- Miramax Films - Purchased by The Walt Disney Company; still considered a major studio until founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein resigned
- RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum)
- Samuel Goldwyn Studios
- David O. Selznick Studios
- United Artists acquired by MGM in 1982, acquired in 2006 by actor Tom Cruise and business partner Paula Wagner
[edit] See also
- Big Four - the four major music corporations: EMI, Sony-BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group (originally the Big Five, but Sony and BMG merged)
