Major movie studios

The Big Eight are the United States's major movie production studios who also distribute their product. Most of them have their offices in Hollywood.

The Big Six are the group of major companies who own them. Their main offices are mostly far from Hollywood.

The Big Six will become the Big Five group since Disney-Fox Deal are done in Summer 2019.

In December 14, 2017 – Disney buys Fox for $52.4 billion.

The American major studios

Current

Majors

• Universal Studios - NBCUniversal / Comcast
• Paramount Pictures - Viacom
• Warner Bros. Pictures - Time Warner
• Walt Disney Pictures - The Walt Disney Company
• 20th Century Fox - 21st Century Fox (Sale to The Walt Disney Company pending)
• Columbia Pictures - Sony Pictures Entertainment

Mini-Majors

• Amblin Partners
  • Amblin Entertainment
  • DreamWorks Pictures - Amblin Partners
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - MGM Holdings
• TriStar Pictures - Sony Pictures Entertainment
• The Weinstein Company
• Lionsgate - Lions Gate Entertainment
• StudioCanal - Canal+ Group

Former

• United Artists - acquired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1981.
• RKO Radio Pictures - Closed in 1957.
• Embassy Pictures - sold to Coca-Cola in 1985.
• New Line Cinema - acquired in 1993 by Turner Broadcasting System; TBS merged with Time Warner in 1996.
• Artisan Entertainment - folded into Lions Gate Entertainment
• DreamWorks Pictures - now became a label of Amblin Partners.

The European major studios

Current

• Gaumont Film Company - France
• Pinewood Studios - England
• Nordisk Film -Denmark
• BBC Films - England
• Pathé Frères - France
• Constantin Film - Germany
• SF Studios - Sweden

Former

• Titanus - Closed
• Sheperton Studios - merged with Pinewood
• Rank Organisation - Acquired by the new parent company.
• Optimum Releasing - acquired by StudioCanal in 2011.