The Movie Industry

Motion Pictures become Big Business

Home Video/DVD Sales

Source: The Rise of the Home Entertainment Economy, by Edward Jay Epstein

Who's Who in Hollywood

Fox Entertainment Group (owned by News Corporation)

• 20th Century Fox
• 20th Century Fox Animation
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Blue Sky Studios

Paramount Motion Pictures Group (owned by Viacom)

• Paramount Pictures
• DreamWorks SKG
• United International Pictures (with NBC Universal)
• MTV Networks branded labels (including Nickelodeon films)

Sony Pictures Entertainment (owned by Sony)

• Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
  • Columbia Pictures
  • TriStar Pictures
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • Screen Gems
  • Triumph Films
  • Destination Films
  • Sony Pictures Animation
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (co-owned by Comcast)
  • United Artists
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films

NBC Universal (owned by General Electric and Vivendi)

• Universal Studios
  • Focus Features
  • Working Title Films (based in London)
• United International Pictures (with Paramount Pictures)

Time Warner

• Warner Bros. Entertainment
  • Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Warner Independent Pictures
  • Castle Rock Entertainment
• New Line Cinema
• HBO

Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group (owned by The Walt Disney Company)

• Walt Disney Pictures
  • Walt Disney Feature Animation
  • DisneyToon Studios
  • Pixar Animation Studios
• Touchstone Pictures
• Miramax Films
• Hollywood Pictures

Ancillary-Rights Market

• Pay television rights
• Network TV rights
• Syndication rights (sales to indep TV stations)
• Airline rights for in-flight movies
• Military rights (to show films on military bases)
• Song rights for soundtrack albums
• College rights (to show films on college campuses)
• VHS and DVD rights
• Book publishing rights (for original screenplays that are rewritten and sold as books or book series)