Major film studios



Major film studios are production and distribution companies that release a substantial number of films annually and consistently command a significant share of box office revenue in a given market. In the American and international markets, the major film studios, often known simply as the majors or the Big Five studios, are commonly regarded as the five diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85% of U.S. box office revenue. The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate.

Since the dawn of filmmaking, the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry. U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cultural appeal. Today, the Big Eight majors – Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, StudioCanal (which will be the only non-American studio to become a major studio) and Lionsgate Films – routinely distribute hundreds of films every year into all significant international markets (that is, where discretionary income is high enough for consumers to afford to watch films). It is "nearly impossible" for a film to reach a broad international theatrical audience without being first picked up by one of the majors for distribution.

Majors

 * Sky Media/Sky Corporation (Woody Woodpecker)
 * Universal Pictures (Universal Studio Lot, 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California; Tenderheart Bear)
 * DreamWorks Pictures (Boy fishing on the Moon)
 * Focus Features (Fifi Forget-Me-Not)
 * Working Title Films (Littlefoot)
 * Gramercy Pictures (Man in the Spotlight)
 * RKO Pictures (Tip Tucci)
 * PolyGram Entertainment (Winged Man)
 * Universal-DreamWorks Studios
 * Distribution arms
 * High Top Releasing (North America)
 * United International Pictures (50%)
 * Peacock
 * Studio lots (Thru Go Fish Studio Facilities)
 * Universal Studios (Universal City, California)
 * Sky Studios (Elstree, England)
 * DreamWorks campus (Glendale, California)
 * Cinema arms
 * Cinemark
 * CineArts
 * Rave Cinemas
 * Vue


 * Verizon Entertainment/Verizon (SpongeBob SquarePants)
 * Paramount Pictures (Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California; Bighorn Sheep in the Clouds)
 * Miramax Films (Blue from Nick Jr.'s Blue's Clues)
 * Weinstein Pictures (Little Bill)
 * Dimension Films (Wonder Pets (Lenny, Tuck and Ming Ming))
 * Vantage Pictures (Rocko Rama)
 * Lantern Entertainment (Dora "the Explorer" Márquez)
 * Republic Pictures (Eagle on the Mountain)
 * Paramount-Miramax Films
 * Distribution arms
 * Famous Players Releasing (North America)
 * United International Pictures (50%)
 * Paramount+
 * Studio lots
 * Paramount Studios (Hollywood, California)
 * Nickelodeon Studios (Burbank, California)
 * Silvercup Studios (New York City, New York)
 * Cinema arms
 * National Amusements
 * Showcase Cinemas
 * Famous Players


 * Warner Bros. Discovery/Whitacre (Bugs Bunny)
 * Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros. Studios, 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California; The Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup))
 * New Line Cinema (Tom and Jerry)
 * Picturehouse Films (Finn and Jake)
 * Fine Line Features (Chowder)
 * Turner Pictures (Yogi Bear)
 * Castle Rock Entertainment (Stephanie (from LazyTown))
 * First National Pictures (Beast Boy (from Teen Titans))
 * Warner Line Studios
 * Distribution arms
 * Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution (North America)
 * Britannia International Films (50%)
 * Looneyring
 * Studio lots
 * Warner Bros. Studios Burbank (Burbank, California)
 * The Burbank Studios (Burbank, California)
 * Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden (Leavesden, England)
 * Cinema arms
 * Cineworld Cinemas
 * Cinema City International
 * Picturehouse Cinemas
 * Digital Cinema Media


 * Disney National Geographic/Google (Mickey Mouse)
 * Walt Disney Pictures (Walt Disney Studios, 	500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California; Anna and Elsa)
 * 20th Century Studios (Homer Simpson)
 * Searchlight Pictures (Horrid Henry)
 * Touchstone Pictures (Roger Rabbit)
 * Hollywood Pictures (The Great Sphinx of Giza)
 * Lucasfilm (Darth Vader mask)
 * Buena Vista Studios (Timon and Pumbaa; owner of the pre-2027 Vertical library)
 * Disney-Century Studios
 * Distribution arms
 * Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (North America)
 * Britannia International Films (50%)
 * Disney+
 * Studio lots
 * Walt Disney Studios (Burbank, California)
 * Trilith Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
 * Cinema arms
 * Starplex Cinemas
 * Century Theaters


 * Columbia Worldwide/Cyncly (Cuphead)
 * Columbia Pictures (10201 West Pico Boulevard, Century City, California; Torch Lady)
 * TriStar Pictures (Pegasus)
 * Sony Pictures (Judy Garland)
 * Screen Gems Pictures (Annie Warbucks)
 * Destination Films (Flint Lockwood)
 * Ghost Corps (Ghostbusters Ghost)
 * Stage 6 Films (Mavis Dracula)
 * ColTri Pictures
 * Distribution arms
 * Columbia Pictures Studios Motion Pictures (North America)
 * Columbia Pictures Studios Motion Pictures International
 * Netflix
 * Studio lots
 * Columbia Pictures Studios (Century City, California; will no longer be known as Fox Studios once Sony's merger with Netflix, Fox Corp/News Corp, and AMC Networks to form Columbia Worldwide happens)
 * Sunset Studios Group
 * Pinewood Group
 * Cinema arms
 * AMC Theaters
 * Cineplex
 * Odeon


 * YTAGoldwyn/Amazon (Nate Write from Big Nate)
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (9336 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California; Leo the Lion aka Leo Lionheart)
 * Open Road Films (Surely Squirrel)
 * Samuel Goldwyn Films (Jeremy the Crow)
 * Orion Pictures (Charlie B. Barkin)
 * American International Pictures (Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie)
 * Filmways (Fig from Tumble Leaf)
 * Cannon Films (Danger & Eggs)
 * Goldwyn Road Entertainment
 * Distribution arms
 * Goldwyn Releasing (North America)
 * Globalgate Entertainment (50%)
 * Amazon Prime Video/Metro
 * Studio lots
 * Shadowbox Studios Group
 * The Culver Studios (Culver City, California)
 * 1888 Studios (Bayonne, New Jersey)
 * Cinema arms
 * Cinebarre
 * Warren Theatres
 * United Artists Theatres
 * Edwards Theatres
 * Canal+ Group/Microsoft (Blinky Bill)
 * StudioCanal (The Berlin Gate's horses)
 * Shout! Studios (Maya the Bee)
 * Westchester Films (Kabouter Plop)
 * STX Films (Samson & Gert)
 * Silver Pictures (Skippy)
 * 1492 Pictures (Samuel from 3rd & Bird)
 * Topic Studios (Moxy from UglyDolls)
 * Canal Shout! Pictures
 * Distribution arms
 * Canal Releasing
 * Studio lots
 * MBS Media Campus (Manhattan Beach, California)
 * Cinema arms
 * Reading Cinemas
 * WGNLionsgate/T-Mobile (Strawberry Shortcake)
 * Lionsgate Films (10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California; Lion Constellation)
 * Artisan Entertainment (FHE Kids Dog)
 * Roadside Attractions (Silver Car)
 * Live Entertainment (Wubzzy)
 * Vestron Pictures (Humphrey the Wolf)
 * Good Universe (Family playing with Fireworks)
 * Trimark Pictures (Tiger in a triangle)
 * Lionsgate-Artisan Entertainment
 * Distribution arms
 * Lionsgate Releasing (North America)
 * Globalgate Entertainment (50%)
 * Quibi/Lionsgate+
 * Studio lots
 * Lionsgate Studios Culver (Culver City, California; previously owned by MGM until 1986 and will no longer be owned by Sony once merger with Netflix, Fox Corp/News Corp, and AMC Networks to form Columbia Worldwide happens)
 * Lionsgate Studios Yonkers (Yonkers, New York)
 * Lionsgate Studios Newark (Newark, New Jersey)
 * Cinema arms
 * Lionsgate Theaters (North America)
 * B&B Theatres
 * Emagine Entertainment
 * Marcus Corporation
 * Lionsgate Cine
 * Cinépolis
 * Cinemex
 * Avid Cinemas (Overseas)
 * PVR Cinemas
 * Carnival Cinemas
 * Lawberry Cinemas (will no longer be known as Golden Village once Lionsgate acquires all the theaters chains by the 2030s)

Mini-Majors

 * Apple (Elmo (from Sesame Street))
 * Apple Pictures
 * A24 Pictures
 * Millennium Media
 * Morgan Creek Entertainment
 * Revolution Studios
 * Workshop Pictures (50% with Sesame Workshop)
 * Apple Studios Motion Pictures


 * Mattel (Thomas the Rank Engine)
 * Amblin Entertainment (E.T. and Elliot)
 * Mill Creek Entertainment
 * Quiver Pictures
 * Lyrick Studios
 * Participant Studios
 * Gullane Entertainment
 * Amblin Distribution


 * Hasbro (Peppa Pig)
 * Skydance Pictures (Rocket and UFO)
 * Halcyon Studios
 * Screen Media
 * Relativity Media
 * 1091 Pictures
 * Allspark Pictures (will no longer be known as Entertainment One)
 * Skydance Distribution
 * Intel
 * Viacom Entertainment
 * Blue Fox Entertainment
 * Red Hound Films
 * Full Moon Features
 * Moonbeam Entertainment
 * Torchlight Entertainment
 * Viacom Film Distributors

Mini-Majors

 * Twitter
 * Utopia
 * Giant Pictures
 * Drafthouse FIlms
 * Spotify
 * MRC Film
 * Thunder Road Films
 * Blumhouse Productions
 * The QuadriStar Company
 * QuadriStar Pictures
 * UniStar Pictures (50% with Likely Story)
 * BiStar Pictures
 * QuinqueStar Pictures
 * QuinqueStar Pictures