This document provides information on film production companies, distribution companies, and exhibition. It lists several major US film production companies such as DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox, and Universal Studios. It then profiles four production or distribution companies in more detail: Dimension Films, known for horror films; New Line Cinema, which has had success with horror franchises; Rogue Pictures, a smaller Relativity Media subsidiary; and 20th Century Fox, a major studio distributed franchises like Star Wars. Finally, it defines film exhibition as the public screening of films for paying audiences.

1. Production, Distribution
and exhibition
By Isaac Randall

2. Example of Production
Companies
 DreamWorks Animation – Shrek, Madagascar, How To Train Your Dragon California, USA
 20th Century Fox - Alien, X-Men, Diehard, Independence Day, Predator, Home Alone California, USA
 Blue Sky Studios - Ice Age, Rio Connecticut, USA
 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) - The Wizard Of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ben-Hur California, USA
 American International Pictures - The Raven, Beach Party, Frogs Los Angels, USA
 Dimension Films – Scream, Sin City, Scary Movie, Halloween New York, USA
 Universal studios - E.T., Jaws, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List California, USA
 Focus Features - Brokeback Mountain, Traffic, Mind California, USA
 Working Title Films - Hot Fuzz, Shaun of The Dead, Love, Actually London, England
 Rogue Pictures - The Strangers, Doomsday, Fearless California, USA
 Paramount Pictures - Indiana Jones, Forest Gump, Braveheart California, USA
 Columbia Pictures - Men In Black, Spider-man, Ghostbusters California, USA
 New Line Cinema – Final Destination, American History X, The Lord Of The Rings New York, USA

3. Dimension Films
Formerly owned by The Walt Disney Studios and now owned by The Weinstein. It was
formerly used as Bob Weinstein’s label within Miramax Films, to produce and release genre
films. As of 1992, the company usually releases horror films, comedy films and action films.
The company has produced horror films such as
 13 Sins - Budget: $4,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend $9,134 (USA)
 Scream – Budget $15,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend $6,354,586 (USA)
 Venom - Opening Weekend $519,489 (USA)
 Halloween – Budget $15,000,000 (estimated) Opening Weekend$30,591,759 (USA)

4. New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema was established in 1967by Robert Shaye.
Although New Line Cinema does not make genre specific films
it has a series of very successful horror films such as
Annabelle, The Conjuring and the Final Destination franchise.
 Final Destination - $10,015,822 (USA) Opening Weekend
The Conjuring - $41,855,326 (USA) Opening Weekend
Annabelle - $37,134,255 (USA) Opening Weekend

5. Rouge Pictures
Rogue (formerly Rogue Pictures) is a subsidiary of relativity media
and only has about 25 titles to its name. In 1997, Rogue Pictures
was formed as a division of PolyGram Pictures but the name was
dropped in 2000 after Universal Pictures bought PolyGram.
subsidiary of Relativity Media:
 Movie 43 - Opening Weekend: $4,805,878 (USA)
 Season of the Witch - Opening Weekend: £559,769 (UK)

6. Film Distribution Companies

7. 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox Film Corporation (Twentieth Century-Fox
Film Corporation, with hyphen, from 1935 to 1985)—also
known as 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Pictures, or
simply Fox, is one of the six major US film studios. Was
founded in 1915 by William Fox.
20th Century Fox has distributed various commercially
successful film series, including Avatar, Die Hard and the
first two Star Wars films.

8. Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (or Lionsgate) is
a Canadian-American entertainment company. The
company was formed in Vancouver in 1997.
The company’s main genre is horror films and are
responsible for films such as The Hunger Games and
The Cabin in The Woods.

9. Film Exhibition
Film exhibition refers to the public screening of films,
normally for a paying audience. The exhibitor sells the
experience of watching the film rather than the film
itself. They have no direct input in the producing of the
film, but merely ‘exhibit’ it for others to see.