Major movie studios

The logos of the "Big Five" film studios, arranged in order by the year each studio was founded.

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Big Five studios in the San Fernando Valley, in Burbank, California (Universal Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios)

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Big Five studios in Hollywood (Paramount Pictures) and on the Westside (Sony Pictures, and Amazon MGM 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 (Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Sony Pictures, and Amazon MGM Studios) 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 1986. They became five when, on December 14, 2017, Disney announced its deal to buy Fox for $52.4 billion. And back to six again when, on May 26, 2021, Amazon announced its deal to buy MGM for $8.5 billion, and on April 2, 2025, Amazon MGM Studios announced that it releasing 15 theatrically released movies a year in 2026 and expanded to 16 theatrically released movies a year in 2027. And back to five again when on February 27, 2026, Paramount Skydance announced its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $110.9 billion that is expected to complete in August 2026.

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 (2026)
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (NBCUniversal)	Universal Pictures	April 30, 1912	Focus Features	Working Title Films	Universal Animation Studios DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation Television Illumination Illumination Studios Paris	Amblin Partners (minority) Carnival Films Makeready (JV) NBCUniversal Japan DreamWorks Classics United International Pictures Universal 1440 Entertainment	Peacock Fandango at Home (75%) SkyShowtime (JV)	20%
Paramount Skydance Studios (Paramount Skydance Corporation)	Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema	May 8, 1912 April 4, 1923 June 18, 1967	Miramax (49%) Warner Bros. Clockwork	Paramount Players Republic Pictures Showtime Documentary Films HBO Films HBO Documentary Films DC Studios Cartoon Network Movies CNN Films Alloy Entertainment Nickelodeon Movies	Paramount Animation Skydance Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studio MTV Animation CBS Eye Animation Productions Avatar Studios Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Cartoon Network Studios Williams Street Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe Miramax Family (49%)	Melange Pictures DC Entertainment Flagship Entertainment Group (49%) Spyglass Media Group (minority) Castle Rock Entertainment Turner Entertainment Co. Warner Bros. Japan [ja]	HBO Max Pluto TV Discovery+ My5 Fandango at Home (25%) Philo (minority stake) SkyShowtime (JV)	12.4%
Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company)	Walt Disney Pictures 20th Century Studios	October 16, 1923 May 31, 1935	Searchlight Pictures	Marvel Studios Lucasfilm Disneynature National Geographic Documentary Films (73%) A&E IndieFilms (50%) History Films (50%) Disney Channel Original Movies Freeform Original Productions The Muppets Studio	Walt Disney Animation Studios Pixar Animation Studios Marvel Animation Marvel Studios Animation Lucasfilm Animation 20th Century Animation	20th Century Family Star Studio18 (36.84%) Regency Enterprises (20%) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (JV)	Disney+ Hulu ESPN+ (80%) JioHotstar (36.84%) Movies Anywhere Philo (minority stake)	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 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)	3.9%
Amazon MGM Studios (Amazon)	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer United Artists	April 17, 1924 February 5, 1919	Orion Pictures Orion Classics	American International Pictures	Amazon MGM Studios Television Animation	Lightworkers Media	Prime Video MGM+ MX Player	11.4%

Mini-majors

• Lionsgate Films - Lionsgate Studios
• A24

International studios

• Gaumont Film Company
• Pinewood Studios
• Lenfilm
• Nordisk Film
• BBC Film
• 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.