Lions Gate Entertainment
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| Type | Public (NYSE: LGF) |
| Founded | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1972) |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, USA [1] |
| Key people | Robert Altman (founder) Jon Feltheimer (CEO) Steve Beeks (President) Michael R. Burns (Vice Chairman) Steve Beeks(President) |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Products | Motion Pictures, television programming, Home Entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demanddigital distribution |
| Revenue | ▲$976.74 million USD (2007) [2] |
| Operating income | ▲$41.944 million USD (2007) |
| Net income | ▲$27.479 million USD (2007) |
| Website | www.lionsgate.com |
- Lionsgate redirects here. For other meanings, see Lions' Gate (disambiguation).
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., (often rendered as the logo LIONSGATE or "Lionsgate"), (NYSE: LGF) is a Canadian entertainment company that originated in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2] As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America.[3]
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[edit] History
The original company was founded by director Robert Altman, who named it after a Vancouver landmark, the Lions' Gate Bridge. Among Lionsgate's first films included 3 Women (1977) and A Wedding (1979). In 1981, Altman sold the company to Jonathan Taplin. During much of the 1990s, the company was known as Cinépix Film Properties Inc. (CFP).
The current incarnation of Lionsgate was initiated in 1997 by Frank Giustra, a Vancouver investment banker hoping to capitalize on the growing film industry in his home town. The company bought a number of small production facilities and distributors. Its first success was American Psycho, which began a trend of producing and distributing films far too controversial for the major American studios. Other successes included Affliction, Gods and Monsters, Dogma, and the Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which became the studio's highest grossing film.
Lionsgate, along with MGM and Viacom, will launch a new pay TV movie channel, that will rival HBO and Showtime. [3]
[edit] Films
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[edit] 21st century
Note: Metamorphosis: The Alien factor produced by Ted A. Bohus (1990s).
[edit] Television
Lionsgate Television produced such series as The Dead Zone, Five Days to Midnight and Weeds. Lionsgate also recently acquired TV syndication firm Debmar-Mercury.
[edit] Studios
- The Lionsgate studio properties in Canada were sold to a private company and are now called North Shore Studios, and no longer have an affiliation with Lionsgate Entertainment. In 2006, the company acquired land in Rio Rancho, New Mexico for construction of a new studio facility.
[edit] Video
Has a home video library of more than 8000 films (many the result of output deals with other studios), including such titles as Dirty Dancing, Joshua Tree (1993 film), Total Recall, On Golden Pond and the Rambo series. Lions Gate also distributes Will & Grace and other NBC programs, Mattel's Barbie-branded videos and Clifford the Big Red Dog videos from the Scholastic Corporation.
Video properties currently owned by Lionsgate Home Entertainment include those from Family Home Entertainment, Vestron Video, Lightning Video (itself a Vestron company), and Magnum Entertainment.
[edit] References
- ^ Lionsgate Investors. Lionsgate. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
- ^ Lionsgate: The hidden enigma. Variety. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
- ^ 2007 Market Share and Box Office Results by Movie Studio. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
[edit] See also
- Artisan Entertainment (2000s).
