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.

News Corporation

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

The Walt Disney Company

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

Viacom

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• Paramount Pictures
  • Paramount Classics
  • DreamWorks SKG
    • Distributes DreamWorks Animation films (a separate company, spun-off by DreamWorks in 2004)
  • United International Pictures (join venture with Universal Pictures)
• MTV Networks
  • MTV Films
  • Nickelodeon Movies

Sony Corporation of America (Sony)

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• Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • Sony Pictures Studios
  • Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
    • Columbia Pictures
    • TriStar Pictures
    • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Screen Gems
  • Sony Pictures Digital
    • Sony Pictures Imageworks
    • Sony Pictures Animation
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (20%)
  • United Artists
  • Orion Pictures (defunct)

Time Warner

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• Warner Bros. Entertainment (Warner Bros. Studios)
  • Warner Independent Pictures
  • Castle Rock Entertainment
• New Line Cinema
  • Fine Line Features (defunct; folded into Picturehouse)
  • Picturehouse (joint venture of New Line and HBO)
• HBO
  • HBO Films

NBC Universal

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• Universal Studios (Universal Pictures)
  • Universal Animation Studios
  • United International Pictures (join venture with Paramount Pictures)
  • Working Title Films
  • Focus Features
    • Rogue Pictures

Studios That Could Become Major Players

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Lions Gate Entertainment

• Lions Gate Films
  • Artisan Entertainment

The Weinstein Company

• The Weinstein Company
  • Dimension Films

DreamWorks Animation

Films are currently distributed by Paramount Pictures.

See also

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• 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)

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