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| Type | Public (NYSE: LGF) |
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| Founded |  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1995) |
| Headquarters |  Santa Monica, California, USA[1] |
| Key people | Frank Giustra (founder) Jon Feltheimer (CEO) Steve Beeks (President) Michael R. Burns (Vice Chairman) |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Products | Motion Pictures, television programming, home video, family entertainment, video-on-demand, digital distribution |
| Revenue | ▲$1.466 billion USD (2009) [2] |
| Operating income | ▼$141.219 million USD (2009) |
| Net income | ▼$162.98 million USD (2009) |
| Website | www.lionsgate.com |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (Sometimes stylized as LIONSGATE) is an American entertainment company that originated in Vancouver, British Columbia and is now headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA.[2][3] As of 2007, it is the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in North America.[4] Lions Gate is most famous for it's release of horror films which include the Saw series and Captivity.
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History
Lions Gate Films was initiated in 1995 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, including Trimark Pictures, Montreal-based Cinepix Film Productions (CFP) and, most notably, Artisan Entertainment.
In 2005 Lions Gate Entertainment announced that they had sold off their Canadian distribution rights to the formed Maple Pictures, founded and co-owned by two former Lions Gate executives, Brad Pelman and Laurie May.[5]
Its first major box office success was American Psycho in 2000, which began a trend of producing and distributing films too controversial for the major American studios. Other notable films included Affliction, Gods and Monsters, Dogma, Saw and the Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which became the studio's highest grossing film.
Lionsgate (now branded as one word, though the official company name is still two words), along with MGM and Paramount Pictures/Viacom, is also a co-owner of Epix, a new pay TV movie channel which debuted on October 30, 2009 on Verizon FiOS IPTV systems, that will rival HBO and Showtime.[6]
Giustra named the company for a hometown landmark - Vancouver's Lions' Gate Bridge. The term "Lions' Gate" reflects the Lions, a pair of mountain peaks north of Vancouver.
The company has no connection to Lion's Gate, the now-defunct Los Angeles-based studio and production company run by filmmaker Robert Altman in the 1970s. Coincidentally, it had been named in honor of the same bridge in Vancouver, where Altman shot his 1969 feature, That Cold Day in the Park.
Lions Gate has introduced a new family film label, Lions Gate Family Entertainment. The first film that will be released under this label will be The Spy Next Door. Lions Gate Family Entertainment will be combined with live-action and animated films.
In 2009, Lions Gate, along with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros., Paramount, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, made a stake for Hulu (owned by News Corporation, NBC Universal/General Electric, and The Walt Disney Company) for its movies and TV shows. Lionsgate also stated they would be starting work in music albums, later in 2011.[7]
Films
1990s
1996
1998
1999
- But I'm a Cheerleader
- Darkness Falls
- Dogma (produced by Miramax)
- The Red Violin (USA distribution only)
2000s
2000
- Amores Perros
- American Psycho
- Blood and Roses
- Bruiser
- The Golden Bowl
- Heavy Metal 2000
- Shadow of the Vampire
2001
2002
- American Psycho 2
- Biggie and Tupac
- Cube 2: Hypercube
- The Dead Zone (TV Series)
- Irréversible
- Lovely & Amazing
- Max
- The Rules of Attraction
- The Cat's Meow
- Wise Girls
- Narc (co-production with Paramount Pictures and Cruise/Wagner Productions)
2003
- The Cooler
- High Tension
- House of 1000 Corpses
- Ju-on: The Grudge
- Madea's Class Reunion
- Monster Man
- Open Water
- Shattered Glass
- The Snow Walker
2004
- The Cookout
- Cube Zero
- Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
- Fahrenheit 9/11
- Fear of Clowns
- Godsend (co-production with 2929 Productions)
- Hotel Rwanda (co-production with United Artists)
- The Prince & Me (co-production with Paramount Pictures)
- The Punisher (co-production with Marvel Studios)
- Saw (produced by Twisted Pictures)
2005
- Alone in the Dark
- Chaos
- Crash
- The Devil's Rejects
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman
- Happy Endings
- High Tension (re-released in 2005 only, distribution only)
- Hostel
- In the Mix (co-production with 20th Century Fox)
- Isolation
- Lord of War
- March of the Penguins (only in Canada)
- Pinocchio 3000
- Santa's Slay
- Saw II (produced by Twisted Pictures)
- Tamara
- Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (only in Canada)
- Waiting...
2006
- 2001 Maniacs
- Akeelah and the Bee
- Crank
- Dark Ride
- The Descent
- Employee of the Month
- Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
- The Hamiltons
- Hard Candy
- The Invincible Iron Man
- The Kumite (also known as Star Runner)
- Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
- Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
- Madea's Family Reunion
- Saw III (produced by Twisted Pictures)
- See No Evil (produced by WWE Films)
- Solar Attack
- Ultimate Avengers
- Ultimate Avengers 2
- The U.S. vs. John Lennon
- What's Done in the Dark
- Mr. Jingles
2007
- 3:10 to Yuma
- The All Together
- Blood Trails
- Bratz: The Movie
- Bug
- Captivity
- Catacombs
- The Condemned (produced by WWE Films)
- Daddy's Little Girls
- Delta Farce
- Dishdogz
- Doctor Strange
- Drive-Thru
- Good Luck Chuck
- Happily N'Ever After
- Highlander: The Source
- Hostel: Part 2
- Peaceful Warrior (co-distributed in certain territories by Universal Pictures)
- Pride
- Rise of the Dead
- Saw IV (produced by Twisted Pictures)
- Side Sho
- Sicko (produced by The Weinstein Company)
- Skinwalkers (co-produced by After Dark Films)
- Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming
- Teeth
- Trade
- War
- Why Did I Get Married?
2008
- Rambo (co-produced with The Weinstein Company)
- The Eye (co-produced with Paramount Vantage and Cruise/Wagner Productions)
- The Bank Job
- Meet the Browns (produced by The Tyler Perry Company)
- The Forbidden Kingdom (produced by China Film Co-Production Corporation and Relativity Media)
- The Midnight Meat Train (co-produced with Lakeshore Entertainment)
- Disaster Movie
- Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (co-production by Marvel Studios)
- The Family That Preys (produced by The Tyler Perry Company)
- My Best Friend's Girl
- Religulous (produced by Thousand Words)
- W.
- Saw V (produced by Twisted Pictures)
- Repo! The Genetic Opera (produced by Twisted Pictures)
- Punisher: War Zone (co-production with Marvel Studios)
- The Spirit
- The Marriage Counselor
- The Perfect Game
- The Burrowers
- Transporter 3 (co-production with Europa Corp.)
- Credo (also known as The Devil's Curse, produced by Alto Films)
- The Lucky Ones
2009
- My Bloody Valentine 3D
- New in Town (produced by Gold Circle Films)
- Madea Goes to Jail
- Horsemen
- The Haunting in Connecticut
- Hulk Vs.
- Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White Another Bite @ the Apple
- Crank: High Voltage
- Battle for Terra
- The Cove (limited; co-distributed by Roadside Attractions)
The Descent 2 - Gamer
- Saw VI
- Youth in Revolt
- I Can Do Bad All By Myself
- Order of Redemption
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- A Jazz Man's Blues
- Heart
- [3]Precious(based on the novel Push by Sapphire)
- Brothers
- Hero of the Rails
2010s
2010
- Wrong Side of Town - TBA 2010
- Planet Hulk - February 2010
- Love (2010 film) - Valentine's Day 2010
- Daybreakers - January 8, 2010
- Warrior - January 22, 2010
- The Spy Next Door (co-production with Relativity Media) - January 29, 2010
- From Paris with Love - February 5, 2010
- Season of the Witch - March 19, 2010
- Why Did I Get Married Too? - April 2, 2010
- Kick-Ass - April 16, 2010
- Killers - June 4, 2010
- The Expendables - August 20, 2010
- Alpha and Omega - October 1, 2010
- Saw VII - October 22, 2010
- Husk - TBA 2010
- Agent In Place - TBA
- Deal With The Devil - Coming Soon
- Facing Ali - Coming Soon
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf - Coming Soon
- From Prada To Nada - Coming Soon
- Knockout - Coming Soon
- The Last Equation - Coming Soon
- The Next Three Days - Coming Soon
- Rambo 5 - Coming Soon
- Warrior - Coming Soon
- Will You Be My Black Friend? - Coming Soon
- The Winning Season - Coming Soon
2011
- Saw VIII - October 2011
Unreleased
- Foodfight! - Unreleased
Television
Lionsgate Television produced such series as The Dead Zone, Five Days to Midnight, Weeds, Nurse Jackie, Tyler Perry's House of Payne and the Emmy Award-winning Mad Men. Lionsgate also recently acquired TV syndication firm Debmar-Mercury with 20th Television handling ad-sales.
Studios
- The Lionsgate studio properties in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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. The former Lionsgate office located in Toronto is now owned by the Canadian arm of Lions Gate Entertainment, Maple Pictures.
Video
Lionsgate 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, Total Recall, On Golden Pond and the Rambo series. Lionsgate 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 (a former Vestron company), and Magnum Entertainment.
See also
References
- ^ http://investors.lionsgate.com/Contact.asp
- ^ "Lionsgate Investors". Lions Gate. http://www.lionsgate.com/investors/. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "Lionsgate: The hidden enigma". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117942674.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ "2007 Market Share and Box Office Results by Movie Studio". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM to Roar with New Premium Channel, Multichannel.com, April 20, 2008
- ^ http://www.hulu.com/network/lionsgate Official Hulu Profile
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