The United States is a big movie country. We have seen a lot of American blockbusters, many of which come from the following film production companies. What kind of movies do you like best? Do you know the production companies of these films? Today, let's take a look at the nine major film production companies in the United States, and see how many have you heard?
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Studios is one of the top ten film development, production and distribution companies in the United States. At the same time, it is also a TV game and TV program production company. In terms of North American box office, there are more than 400 million films and more than 300 million films. In 20 years, more than 30 films have exceeded 100 million. DreamWorks has made classic films such as Shrek, impunity, midnight bell, tuxedo, vanilla sky, Gladiator, ghost invasion, galaxy, kung fu panda, etc.
Columbia
Columbia Tristar motion picture group, a flagship company of Sony Pictures Entertainment Co., Ltd., is responsible for the sale, distribution and promotion of film products in 67 countries and regions in the United States and the world. Sony Pictures Entertainment Co., Ltd. in the film industry can be traced back to the initial establishment of Columbia film company in 1924. At present, Columbia Film Group Co., Ltd. produces more than 30 films every year. The latest products include Spider Man series, elf mouse little brother, thunderbolt angel and Kung Fu, which have been released in China. With 80 years of accumulation, Columbia Film Group has become one of the most important studios in Hollywood. Its film library has more than 5000 classic films, including 12 'best picture Oscar' winners. In 2005, Sony Pictures Entertainment Co., Ltd. purchased MGM film company, another major Hollywood film company, for us $4.8 billion, further establishing Columbia Film Group's leading position in Hollywood and even in the global film entertainment industry.
warner
Warner Bros. film industry was officially established in New York on April 4, 1923. Now it is the largest film company in Hollywood with the largest capital. It was acquired by time company in 1990. After time company, it was renamed Time Warner. The famous works of Warner Bros. film industry include Batman Series, Superman series, matrix series, Harry Potter series and Lord of the rings series , the Hobbit series, gravity, inception, and Star Trek, as well as Batman and Superman in 2016. As of 2011, the box office revenue of its Harry Potter films has exceeded $7.4 billion worldwide, ranking among the "most profitable" films in the world.
Paramount
Paramount Pictures, Inc. is known for its star studded logo. In fact, it is also appropriate to use Takayama as a metaphor for Paramount's position in the film industry. In the first three decades of its existence, the company has been sitting on the throne of Hollywood supremacy with numerous stars, high-quality films and chain cinemas all over the United States. In the later development process, paramount produced such excellent films as "Godfather", "weekend night fever", "treasure Raider", "Forrest Gump" and "Transformers" which were very good and sold well.
Lions Gate Films
Lions Gate film company originated in Vancouver. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, the United States, throughout the United Kingdom, Colombia, the United States, Canada. As of 2007, it is the most successful independent film and television company in North America. Its first commercially successful film is American Psycho, which has started its controversial journey in the mainstream film industry of the United States. Its other notable films are "men's pain", "gods and demons" Monsters, dogma and Fahrenheit 9 / 11, a documentary directed by Michael Moore, have undoubtedly brought Lions Gate to another peak.
Twentieth century fox
20th century fox film production and distribution company. Founded in May 1935, it is a combination of fox film company, a big company in silent film era, and 20th century film company. It is one of the eight big Hollywood film companies in the 1930s-1940s. At that time, the company had directors E. Liu bieqian, e. Kashan, o. Preminger, etc., and many popular movie stars, such as S. dunball, L. Yang, H. Fonda, G. peck, etc., who had made some films of certain quality. The real soul of fox in the 20th century is Darrell middot; Zanuk, a film tycoon who is keen on making blockbuster films, has made a distinctive mark on Fox in the 20th century. When talking about fox, people will think of such successful blockbusters as the longest day, the voice of music and Titanic. Of course, there are also box office stinks like Cleopatra and the dreadful alien series in 1979. After the faltering 1960s, when Rupert Murdoch, the media giant in Australia, reached for the baton, the company entered a 30-year period of stability and supported the young George Lucas to make the Star Wars series.
Disney
Disney film company is the only Hollywood company that has not been traded so far. The Walt Disney Company, named after its founder, Walt Disney, is a large multinational company headquartered in the United States. In the 1930s and 1940s, it started with Mickey Mouse and set foot in the field of live action movies in the 1940s. After acquiring independent film giant Miramax, 3D animation overlord Pixar, animation giant marvel and Lucas film, Disney has consolidated its position as a top film company. Among them, the classic animation has become the most important symbol of Disney. The first classic animation to create this situation is the animated feature film released in 1937, the famous snow white and the seven dwarfs. This most classic Disney movie collection is full of glory. As the first animated feature film with a plot in the world, it is also the first time in the world to release the movie soundtrack Music record, the world's first animation shot by multi-level camera, is also the world's first animation film to hold a grand premiere, and won the Oscar special achievement award. It can be said that since then, animation film is not only a form of children's entertainment, but also a mainstream film form. Since then, Disney Company has become the leading brother of animated films, leading the trend of animated films. After decades of development, Disney has rapidly expanded from a small animation studio to a giant in the international entertainment industry and a multinational company with global reputation. In addition to films, its sphere of influence has expanded to theme parks, toys, clothing, book publishing and other industries.
MGM
MGM Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) is one of the top five Hollywood film companies. MGM film company has made one of the most outstanding films in the history of film - "gone with the wind", created the enduring screen classic - "007", created the immortal cartoon image - "cat and mouse", initiated the establishment of the American Academy of film arts and Sciences, and launched the Oscar & hellip; & hellip; You should know that any of the above achievements can make this company immortal, not to mention a few myths. MGM's lion leo logo was once regarded as a symbol of the United States. Its superstars gathered and created the myth of launching a movie every week. The big name of this company is MGM. In recent years, MGM's prospects have been bleak due to the lack of successful films and $4 billion in debt. Filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010.
World
Universal picture, also known as universal pictures, is one of the major producers of global film and television studios. Global film is also one of Hollywood's long history companies, and has become the most powerful film company in Hollywood at its founding stage. But the company began to decline in the 1920s because its founder, Carl Middleton Lemmer, ran the company only with his own funds and did not have a strong cinema chain. In the 1970s, globegroup returned to the top ranks of Hollywood companies, and cooperated with Spielberg, Lucas and other famous directors to release films such as jaws, aliens, and Later Jurassic Park. Other directors who often cooperated with globegroup included Robert middot; zemikis (back to the future Series), Lang middot; Howard, Apollo 13. In the 21st century, globegroup has become the biggest company in Hollywood that specializes in developing sequels and comedies. With the success of the spy film series, speed and passion series, the status of global films has been steadily rising. In 2010, MGM went bankrupt, and global film returned to the top of Hollywood.