Formerly | Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (1987–1991) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | December 18, 1987 |
Founder | Victor Kaufman [1] |
Headquarters | Poitier Building 10202 West Washington Boulevard, , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Revenue | US$10,14 billion (FY2022) |
US$894 million (FY2022) | |
Number of employees | 9,100 (2023) |
Parent | Sony Corporation of America (1989–2012) Sony Entertainment (2012–present) |
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Subsidiaries | See § Subsidiaries |
Website | sonypictures |
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Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and recorded videos) through multiple platforms. Through an intermediate holding company called Sony Film Holding Inc., it is operated as a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., which is itself a subsidiary of the Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.[4][5]
Based at the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California as one of the "Big Five" major American film studios, it encompasses Sony's motion picture, television production and distribution units. All of SPE's divisions are members of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).[6] Sony's film franchises include The Karate Kid, Ghostbusters, Jumanji, Men in Black, Spider-Man, and Sony's Spider Man universe.