Formerly | Cinépix Film Properties (1962–1998) |
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Company type | Division |
Industry | Motion pictures |
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Founders | John Dunning Andre Link Frank Giustra |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
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Products | Motion pictures |
Services | Film distribution |
Parent | Lionsgate Studios |
Divisions | Lionsgate Premiere |
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Website | www |
Lionsgate Films (formerly known as Cinépix Film Properties) is a Canadian-American[2] film production and distribution studio founded in Canada in 1962. It is now a division of Lionsgate Studios and headquartered in Santa Monica.
Lionsgate is the largest and most successful mini-major film studio in North America. The studio focuses on foreign and independent films and has distributed various commercially successful film franchises, including Saw, The Hunger Games, Rambo, Divergent, The Punisher, John Wick, Madea, Blair Witch, Now You See Me, Hostel, The Expendables, Sinister, The Twilight Saga and Step Up.