The Big Six refers to the six corporations which own the major movie studios (along with most other major US based in or around Hollywood, California, the traditional home of American cinema: It has been suggested that Incorporation (business) be merged into this article or section. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue...

News Corp.

• 20th Century Fox
• Blue Sky Studios
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Fox Animation Studios(defunct)

News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) NYSE: NWS is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... Blue Sky Studios is an Academy Award winning computer animation studio which specializes in photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation. ... Pictures logo. ... Fox Animation Studios was a short-lived traditional animation studio, a division of 20th Century Fox, headed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. ...

The Walt Disney Company

• Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group
  • Walt Disney Pictures
    • Walt Disney Feature Animation
    • DisneyToon Studios
    • Pixar Animation Studios
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • Miramax Films
  • Hollywood Pictures

The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... The Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group is a collection of affiliated motion picture studios, all subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company. ... Walt Disney Pictures is an American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company. ... DisneyToon Studios is an animation studio and a division of Walt Disney Feature Animation. ... Pixars logo and mascot Luxo, Jr. ... The Touchstone lightning logo, used from 1985 to 2002. ... Miramax Films was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ... Hollywood Pictures logo. ...

Viacom

• Paramount Pictures
  • Paramount Classics
  • MTV Films
  • DreamWorks

Viacom is a high-growth media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), video gaming (part of Sega of America), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures movie studio and DreamWorks). ... The Paramount Pictures logo used since 2003. ... Paramount Classics is the specialty films division of Paramount Pictures, charged with producing, purchasing, distributing and marketing films, generally those with a more art-house feel than films made and distributed by its parent company. ... MTV Films is the motion picture production arm of cable channel MTV. It has produced films based on MTV programs like Beavis and Butt-head Do America, Jackass: The Movie, and Team America: World Police as well as other adaptations and original projects. ... DreamWorks, L.L.C., doing business as DreamWorks SKG, is a Big Ten studio in the United States of America which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming. ...

Sony

• Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • Columbia Pictures
  • TriStar Pictures
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • Screen Gems
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (20%)
  • United Artists
  • Orion Pictures

Sony is a Japanese leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional market. ... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. ... The Columbia Pictures logo, since 1996. ... The TriStar Pegasus logo, used since 1993. ... Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video, DVD, and UMD distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidary of Sony Corporation. ... Sony Pictures Classics is the specialty films division of Sony Pictures. ... Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Columbia Pictures Corp. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... The current United Artists logo. ... Orion Pictures Logo Orion Pictures Corporation was a United States movie production company, formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. ...

Time Warner

• Warner Bros. Studios
  • Warner Independent Pictures
• New Line Cinema
• HBO Films
• Picturehouse

Time Warner Inc. ... The WB Shield used from 2003 to present day Warner Bros. ... WIPs logo, which looks like half of the WB shield. ... New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the ten major Hollywood movie studios. ... HBO Films is a division of the cable television network HBO that produces feature films and miniseries. ... Picturehouse is a specialty film company formed in 2005 as a joint venture of New Line Cinema and HBO, as such it is a subsidiary of Time Warner. ...

NBC Universal

• Universal Studios
  • Universal Animation Studios
  • Focus Features

NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electrics NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. ... The current Universal Studios logo Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal, has production studios and offices located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County between Los Angeles and Burbank. ... Universal Animation Studios (formerly known as Universal Cartoon Studios), is an animation production arm of Americas largest movie studio and theme park Universal Studios. ... Focus Features is the art house films division of Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distrubutor for foreign films. ...

Studios That Could Become Major Players

Lions Gate Entertainment

• Lions Gate Films
  • Artisan Entertainment

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lions Gate Films. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lions Gate Films. ... Artisan Entertainment was a privately-held independent American movie studio that has been owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, since 2003. ...

The Weinstein Company

• The Weinstein Company
  • Dimension Films

The Weinstein Company logo. ... The Weinstein Company logo. ... Dimension Films is a motion picture label, formerly used as Bob Weinsteins label within Miramax Films, to produce and release genre films. ...

DreamWorks Animation

The DreamWorks Animation logo, an angling boy sitting on the Moons crescent DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. ...

See also

• Big Ten (movie studios)
• Big Four record labels - the four major music corporations: Universal, Sony BMG, EMI, and Warner (originally the Big Five, narrowed to four after Sony and BMG came together in a 50-50 joint venture)