Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
Division of Sony Pictures
Industry Entertainment
Founded Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1998)
Headquarters Culver City, California, U.S.
Key people
 Steve Bersch, President
Michael Helfand, Vice President of Business Affairs
Products Motion pictures
Owner Sony
Parent Sony Pictures Entertainment
Website sonypictures.com

The Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group (previously known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013) is an American film group as the result of merging Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. and TriStar Pictures, Inc. in 1998.[1] The company is a division of Sony Pictures.

History

The Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group was launched in 1998 as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, as a current division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, owned by Sony. It also has many of Sony Pictures's current motion picture divisions as part of it. Its divisions at that time were Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Triumph Films, Sony Pictures Classics, and Sony Pictures Releasing.

On December 8, 1998, SPE resurrected it's former animation and television division Screen Gems as a film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation.[2]

In 2002, Columbia TriStar Television was renamed as Sony Pictures Television. The last two remaining companies, with the "Columbia TriStar" brand in its name, were Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, and the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment became Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in 2004 and Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group became the only subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment that used the "Columbia TriStar" brand name in its name.

In 2013, TriStar Productions was launched, as a joint venture of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Thomas Rothman.[3][4]

In October 2013, Sony Pictures renamed its motion picture group as the "Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group". Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks were moved from Sony Pictures Digital to its motion picture group.

Production deals

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Former

Distribution deals

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Film divisions

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Active In-name-only

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films in the United States
Rank Title Year Domestic gross Notes
1 Spider-Man 2002 $403,706,375
2 Spider-Man 2 2004 $373,585,825
3 Spider-Man 3 2007 $336,530,303
4 Skyfall 2012 $304,360,277
5 The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 $262,030,663
6 Men in Black 1997 $250,690,539
7 Ghostbusters 1984 $229,242,989
8 Hancock 2008 $227,946,274
9 The Da Vinci Code 2006 $217,536,138
10 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 $204,843,345
11 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014 $202,853,933
12 Spectre 2015 $200,072,430
13 22 Jump Street 2014 $191,719,337
14 Men in Black II 2002 $190,418,803
15 Hitch 2005 $179,495,555
16 Men in Black 3 2012 $179,020,854
17 Tootsie 1982 $177,200,000
18 The Karate Kid 2010 $176,591,618
19 Air Force One 1997 $172,956,409
20 Hotel Transylvania 2 2015 $169,700,110
21 Quantum of Solace 2008 $168,368,427
22 Casino Royale 2006 $167,445,960
23 2012 2009 $166,112,167
24 The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 $163,566,459
25 Big Daddy 1999 $163,479,795
Highest-grossing films worldwide
Rank Title Year Domestic gross Notes
1 Skyfall 2012 $1,108,561,013
2 Spider-Man 3 2007 $890,871,626
3 Spectre 2015 $880,672,430
4 Spider-Man 2002 $821,708,551
5 Spider-Man 2 2004 $783,766,341
6 2012 2009 $769,679,473
7 The Da Vinci Code 2006 $758,239,851
8 The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 $757,930,663
9 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014 $708,982,323
10 Hancock 2008 $624,386,746
11 Men in Black 3 2012 $624,026,776
12 Casino Royale 2006 $599,045,960
13 Men in Black 1997 $589,390,539
14 Quantum of Solace 2008 $586,090,727
15 The Smurfs 2011 $563,749,323
16 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 $519,843,345
17 Angels & Demons 2009 $485,930,816
18 Hotel Transylvania 2 2015 $469,282,051
19 Men in Black II 2002 $441,818,803
20 Godzilla 1998 $379,014,294
21 Hitch 2005 $368,100,420
22 The Karate Kid 2010 $359,126,022
23 Hotel Transylvania 2012 $358,375,603
24 Basic Instinct 1992 $352,927,224
25 The Smurfs 2 2013 $347,545,360

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sony Hitches TriStar to Col", Variety, March 31, 1998.
  2. ↑ "Los Angeles Times" Sony Forms New Movie Division articles.latimes.com December 8, 1998, Retrieved on 4 April 2016
  3. ↑ Abrams, Rachel (August 1, 2013). "Tom Rothman in Joint Venture With Sony to Run TriStar Productions". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ CIEPLY, MICHAEL (August 1, 2013). "Sony Hires Rothman to Head Revived TriStar Unit". New York Times. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr. "Cross Creek Pictures Moving To Sony; 3-Year Deal To Co-Fi, Produce Films From ‘Black Mass’ And ‘Black Swan’ Maker".
  6. ↑ "Variety" Village Roadshow Inks Co-Finance Deal with Sony Pictures (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com, Retrieved on 3 April 2016
  7. ↑ Fleming, Mike, Jr (April 8, 2014). "Sony Closes Slate Co-Fi Deal With Lone Star Capital, CitiBank". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 31, 2014.

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