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 Studios 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 Film Corporation (News Corporation)
- Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company, independent)
- Columbia Pictures (Sony)
- Lions Gate Films (independent)
- New Line Cinema (Time Warner)
- Paramount Pictures (Viacom)
- Universal Pictures (NBC Universal)
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Time Warner)
- The Weinstein Company (MGM distributes films)
[edit] Past Major Studios
- DreamWorks Pictures - Purchased by Viacom;
- Miramax Films - Purchased by The Walt Disney Company (still considered a major studio until founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein resigned);
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer;
- RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum);
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company;
- Selznick International Pictures;
- United Artists (acquired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1982, with a percentage 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 Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group (originally the Big Five, but Sony and BMG merged)
- Seven sisters, the original major movie studios
