Major movie studios

**Big Five** are the United States's major movie production studios which also distribute their product. All of them have historic flagship production facilities near Hollywood.
All Big Five major studios (Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures and Universal Pictures) are parts of much larger business enterprises, with their corporate headquarters offices far from Hollywood.
The group of major studios long numbered seven, but was reduced to six with the fading from importance of MGM in the 1980s.
They became five when, on November 6, 2017 - Disney announced its deal to buy Fox for $52.4 billion.

### Current

|Studio parent (conglomerate)|Major film studio unit ----Second studio|Date Found|Arthouse/indie|Genre movie/B movie|Animation|Other divisions and brands|OTT/VOD|US/CA market share (2023)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Universal Studios (NBCUniversal, Comcast)|Universal Pictures ----DreamWorks Pictures|April 30, 1912 ----August 30, 1934|Focus Features|Working Title Films Go Fish Pictures|Universal Animation Studios DreamWorks Animation Illumination Illumination Studios Paris|Amblin Partners (minority) Carnival Films Makeready (JV) NBCUniversal Japan DreamWorks Classics OTL Releasing United International Pictures (JV) Universal 1440 Entertainment WT<sup>2</sup> Productions|Peacock Hayu Fandango at Home (75%) SkyShowtime (JV)|21.77%|
|Paramount Pictures Corporation (Paramount Global, merger with Skydance Media to form Paramount Skydance Corporation pending)|Paramount Pictures ----Red Rocket Entertainment|May 8, 1912 ----Junly 29. 1918|Miramax (49%) Showtime Documentary Films|Paramount Players Republic Pictures BET Films MTV Entertainment Studios Colors Pictures Nickelodeon Movies|Red Rocket Feature Animation Paramount Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studio MTV Animation CBS Eye Animation Productions Avatar Studios|Awesomeness Films Miramax Family (49%) Paramount Digital Entertainment Melange Pictures United International Pictures (JV)|Paramount+ RedStar Pluto TV BET+ My5 Philo (minority stake) SkyShowtime (JV)|9.55%|
|Amazon MGM Studios (Amazon)|Oz Film Company ----Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|1914 ----April 17, 1924|Orion Pictures United Artists Orion Classics|American International Pictures|N/A|Lightworkers Media|Prime Video MGM+ MX Player|15.73%|
|Warner Bros. Entertainment (Warner Bros. Discovery)|Warner Bros. Pictures ----New Line Cinema|April 4, 1923 ----June 18, 1967|HBO Films HBO Documentary Films Cinemax Films|DC Studios Cartoon Network Movies CNN Films TruTV Films Alloy Entertainment|Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Cartoon Network Studios Williams Street Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe|DC Entertainment Flagship Entertainment Group (49%) Spyglass Media Group (minority) First National Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment Turner Entertainment Co. Warner Bros. Japan <nowiki/>[ja]|Max Discovery+ Fandango at Home (25%) Philo (minority)|21.26%|
|Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)|Walt Disney Pictures ----20th Century Studios|October 16, 1923 ----May 31, 1935|Disneynature RKO Pictures Searchlight Pictures Hulu Documentary Films A&E IndieFilms (50%) History Films (50%)|Marvel Studios Lucasfilm New World Pictures National Geographic Documentary Films (73%) Disney Channel Original Movies Freeform Original Productions The Muppets Studio|Walt Disney Animation Studios New World Animation Pixar Animation Studios Marvel Animation Marvel Studios Animation Lucasfilm Animation 20th Century Animation|20th Century Family Star Studios Regency Enterprises (20%) Vice Films (16%) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (JV)|Disney+ Hulu ESPN+ (80%) Disney+ Hotstar (36.84%) Movies Anywhere Philo (minority stake)|11.26%|
|Sony Pictures (Sony Group Corporation)|Columbia Pictures ----TriStar Pictures|January 10, 1924 ----March 2, 1982|Sony Pictures Classics|Screen Gems Stage 6 Films Affirm Films Ghost Corps|Sony Pictures Animation Columbia Animation Studios TriStar Animation Studios Sony Pictures Imageworks Crunchyroll, LLC Madhouse (5%)|3000 Pictures Destination Films Left Bank Pictures Sony Pictures Japan Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions TriStar Productions Sony Pictures Releasing Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (JV) Sony Pictures India|Sony Pictures Core Sony Movie Channel SonyLIV Crunchyroll Great American Pure Flix (JV)|1.54%|

## Little 4

- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - Amazon MGM Studios/Amazon
- Lionsgate Films - Lionsgate Studios
- Amblin Partners
    - Amblin Entertainment
- Signature Entertainment
- ErosSTX
    - Eros International
    - STXfilms
- A24

## International studios

- Gaumont Film Company
- Pinewood Studios
- Lenfilm
- Nordisk Film
- BBC Films
- Pathé Frères
- Constantin Film
- SF Studios
- Titanus - closed down in 1964; revived as a small studio in 1970.
- Sheperton Studios - sold to Pinewood Group in 2001.
- Rank Organisation - bought by The Rank Group in 1996; motion picture involvement ended in 2006.
- Optimum Releasing - bought by StudioCanal in 2006; later renamed as StudioCanal UK in 2011.