Paramount Pictures

**Paramount Pictures Corporation** (commonly known as **Paramount Studios** or simply **Paramount**, and formerly known as **Famous Players-Lasky Corporation**) is an American film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of U.S. media conglomerate Paramount Global. Paramount is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital-form only.

Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world, and America's oldest running studio, founded in 1912.

## Logo

It basically features a snow capped mountain with 22 stars encircling it, "Paramount" in its signature script appears on the peak of the mountain, and the byline appears at the bottom of the mountain.;

## Films that Paramount has collaborated with Warner Bros.

* *The Patchwork Girl of Oz* (1914; survives; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *The Magic Cloak of Oz* (1914; survives; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1931; Paramount originally distributed the film; Now owned by Turner Entertainment, distributed through Warner Bros.)
* *A Farewell to Arms* (1932; Paramount originally distributed the film, it's later re-released by Warner Bros. in 1949)
* *Zero Hour!* (1957; Paramount originally distributed the film; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *My Fair Lady* (1964; Warner Bros. originally distributed the film; Now owned by CBS, distributed through Paramount)
* *Seven Days in May* (1964; Paramount originally distributed the film; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (1971; Paramount originally distributed the film; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *Friday the 13th* (1980; Nominee of the Razzie Award for Worst Picture. US distribution only, produced by Georgetown Productions)
* *Night School* (1981; Paramount originally distributed the film, co-produced by Lorimar; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *Second-Hand Hearts* (1981; Paramount originally distributed the film, co-produced by Lorimar; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *The Sea Wolves* (1981; Paramount originally distributed the film, co-produced by Lorimar; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *S.O.B.* (1981; Paramount originally distributed the film, co-produced by Lorimar; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *Escape to Victory* (1981; Paramount originally distributed the film, co-produced by Lorimar; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *Love and Money* (1982; Paramount originally distributed the film, co-produced by Lorimar; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *Lookin' to Get Out* (1982; Paramount originally distributed the film, co-produced by Lorimar; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *Heidi's Song* (1982; Paramount originally distributed the film, produced by Hanna-Barbera; Rights now owned by Warner Bros.)
* *FairyTale: A True Story* (1997; US distribution only; co-production with Warner Bros., Icon Productions, Icon Entertainment International, Wendy Finerman Productions and Anna K. Production C.V.)
* *Payback* (1999; US distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and Icon Productions)
* *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut* (1999; US distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions and Comedy Central Films)
* *Wonder Boys* (2000; US distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros., Mutual Film Company, Curtis Hanson Productions, Scott Rudin Productions and Tele Munchen Gruppe)
* *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006; US distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Amblin Entertainment and Malpaso Productions)
* *Zodiac* (2007; US distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros. and Phoenix Pictures)
* *Beowulf* (2007; US distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment and ImageMovers)
* *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* (2007; US distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros., DreamWorks Pictures, Parkes/MacDonald Productions and the Zanuck Company)
* *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008; Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. US distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures and The Kennedy/Marshall Company)
* *Friday the 13th* (2009; co-production with New Line Cinema and Platinum Dunes)
* *Watchmen* (2009; International distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Lawrence Gordon Productions)
* *Interstellar* (2014; North American distribution only, co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Syncopy Inc.)