Lions Gate Entertainment
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CA5359194019 |
| founding | 1995 |
| Seat | Santa Monica , United States |
| management | Jon Feltheimer (Co- Chairman and CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 795 |
| sales | 2,347,000,000 USD |
| Branch | Film company |
| Website | www.lionsgatefilms.com |
| As of March 31, 2017 | |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation , doing business as Lionsgate , is a media company incorporated in Canada . Lions Gate Entertainment is listed on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges under the symbol LGF . Since 2004, Lions Gate Entertainment has been the most commercially successful film and television distribution company outside the United States . The company's name comes from the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver , Canada.
In 2003, LGF took over competitor Artisan Entertainment , known from the film Blair Witch Project (1999). In 2012, Summit Entertainment was taken over .
Business areas
Film distribution
Lions Gate holds an assortment of film rights including Fahrenheit 9/11 , American Psycho , Ginger Snaps , Monster's Ball , the Saw series, and the Hunger Games series
Music distribution
Television production
Production capacities
Lions Gate has its own studios that are also rented out to other companies, for example for filming Warner Bros. ' Catwoman .
Media distribution
Lions Gate Entertainment holds the video and DVD distribution rights for over 8000 films, including: B. Dirty Dancing , Total Recall , Barney & Friends , Thomas and Friends , Fraggle Rock and the Rambo series.
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lionsgate 2016 Form 10-K Report , accessed June 15, 2017