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, Goldwyn Pictures, Lionsgate Films and Netflix Pictures – 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)
 * Universal Cartoon Studios
 * Illumination
 * DreamWorks Pictures
 * DreamWorks Animation
 * Focus Features
 * Classic Media
 * Working Title Films
 * Gramercy Pictures
 * RKO Pictures
 * PolyGram Entertainment
 * Vivendi Pictures
 * Comcast Pictures
 * 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
 * Vue


 * Verizon Entertainment/Verizon (SpongeBob SquarePants)
 * Paramount Pictures (Paramount Studios, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California)
 * Paramount Animation
 * Ilion Animation Studios
 * Nickelodeon Movies
 * Miramax Films
 * Miramax Animation
 * Weinstein Pictures
 * Paramount Players
 * Dimension Films
 * Vantage Pictures
 * Lantern Entertainment
 * Republic Pictures
 * New World Pictures
 * VadiMon Pictures Entertainment
 * 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)
 * Warner Bros. Animation
 * Warner Animation Group
 * Cartoon Network Films
 * New Line Cinema
 * Hanna-Barbera
 * Picturehouse Films
 * Warner Bros. Classics
 * Fine Line Features
 * Turner Pictures
 * Castle Rock Entertainment
 * First National Pictures
 * Nelson Entertainment
 * Vitagraph Media
 * Distribution arms
 * Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution (North America)
 * Britannia International Films (50%)
 * Max
 * 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


 * Google Pictures Entertainment/Google (Mickey Mouse)
 * Walt Disney Pictures (Google Pictures Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California)
 * Google Pictures Animation
 * Pixar Animation Studios
 * 20th Century Fox
 * Fox Animation
 * Bento Box Features
 * Fox Searchlight Pictures
 * Google Pictures Classics
 * Touchstone Pictures
 * Hollywood Pictures
 * Lucasfilm
 * Hyperion Pictures
 * Buena Vista Studios (owner of the pre-2027 Vertical library)
 * Mandeville Films
 * Distribution arms
 * Google Pictures Releasing (North America)
 * Britannia International Films (50%)
 * Googletopia
 * Studio lots
 * Google Pictures Studios Burbank (Burbank, California)
 * Trilith Studios (Atlanta, Georgia)
 * Cinema arms
 * Starplex Cinemas
 * Google Pictures Theaters


 * PBSGoldwyn/Amazon (Rosie Fuentes from Rosie's Rules)
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (9336 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California)
 * Goldwyn Animation Studios
 * Toonbox Entertainment
 * Don Bluth Studios
 * Open Road Films
 * Samuel Goldwyn Signature
 * Orion Classics
 * Orion Pictures
 * American International Pictures
 * Filmways
 * Cannon Films
 * LightWorkers Media
 * Evolution Media
 * 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
 * Regal Cinemas
 * Cinebarre
 * Warren Theatres
 * United Artists Theatres
 * Edwards Theatres


 * WGNLionsgate/T-Mobile (Lincoln Loud)
 * Lionsgate Films (10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California)
 * Lionsgate Animation
 * Film Roman
 * Family Home Entertainment
 * Artisan Entertainment
 * Roadside Attractions
 * Lionsgate Classics
 * Live Entertainment
 * Vestron Pictures
 * Good Universe
 * Trimark Pictures
 * Grindstone Entertainment Group
 * Anchor Bay Entertainment
 * Distribution arms
 * Lionsgate Releasing (North America)
 * Globalgate Entertainment (50%)
 * 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
 * Cineplex Cinemas
 * 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)


 * Netflix Entertainment/Netflix Corporation (Cuphead)
 * Netflix Pictures (Netflix City Studio Lot Building 88, 10201 West Pico Boulevard, Netflix City, Los Angeles, California, United States)
 * Netflix Animation
 * SPA Studios
 * Imageworks
 * Columbia Pictures
 * Columbia Animation Studios
 * TriStar Pictures
 * Netflix Classics
 * Sony Pictures
 * Screen Gems
 * Ghost Corps
 * Stage 6 Films
 * Embassy Pictures
 * Destination Films
 * Distribution arms
 * Netflix Releasing
 * Netflix (streaming service)
 * Studio lots
 * Netflix City Studios (Century City, California; will no longer be known as Fox Studios once Netflix's merger with Sony, Fox Corp/News Corp, and AMC Networks to form Netflix Corporation happens)
 * Sunset Studios Group
 * Quixote Studios Group
 * Pinewood Group
 * Netflix Albuquerque Studios
 * Cinema arms
 * AMC Theaters
 * Grauman's Egyptian Theatre
 * Cineplex
 * Odeon

Middle-Majors

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


 * Mattel (Thomas the Tank Engine)
 * Amblin Entertainment
 * Mill Creek Entertainment
 * Quiver Pictures
 * Amblin Classics
 * Lyrick Studios
 * Participant Studios
 * Gullane Entertainment
 * Amblin Distribution


 * Hasbro (Peppa Pig)
 * Skydance Pictures
 * Halcyon Studios
 * Screen Media
 * Amblin Classics
 * Relativity Media
 * 1091 Pictures
 * Allspark Pictures
 * Skydance Distribution


 * Intel
 * Viacom Entertainment
 * Blue Fox Entertainment
 * Red Hound Films
 * Viacom Classics
 * Full Moon Features
 * Moonbeam Entertainment
 * Torchlight Entertainment
 * Viacom Film Distributors

Mini-Majors

 * TPTHaleon (Benny Bubbles from Hero Elementary)
 * STX Films (dba PorchLight Entertainment)
 * Cinedigm
 * FilmRise
 * Greenwich Entertainment
 * QED International
 * 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