Claim: Hotel Transylvania was produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia.

Sony Pictures Animation is an American animation studio owned by Sony Pictures , founded in May 2002 . It works closely with Sony Pictures Imageworks , which handles digital production . All of its theatrical releases are distributed worldwide by Columbia Pictures , and direct-to-video releases are distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment . They are perhaps most known for the film franchises Open Season , Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , The Smurfs and Hotel Transylvania , and the 2007 Oscar-nominated film Surf 's Up .