The major film studios, often simply known as the majors, are film studios (mostly United States-based) that produce many multiple films per year. These major movie studios include studios that are old (Walt Disney Pictures and Universal) and newer studios (Lions Gate Films and New Line). These movie studios are contrasted with other smaller movie studios, which are known as independent (indie) studios. Typically Hollywood-based, some of these studios are part of six umbrella corporations, known as the Big Six.

• 20th Century Fox
• Buena Vista/Walt Disney Pictures
• Lions Gate Films
• New Line Cinema (a subsidiary of Time Warner)
• Paramount Pictures
• Sony Pictures Studios
• Universal Studios
• Warner Bros. (another subsidiary of Time Warner)
• The Weinstein Company
• MGM ( although 20% owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment)

Past Major Studios

• Dreamworks- Got bought out by Viacom.
• Miramax- Got bought out by The Walt Disney Company.

See also

• Big Four - the four major music corporations: EMI, Sony-BMG, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group (originally the Big Five, but Sony and BMG merged)

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