Home > Big Ten (movie studios)

• 20th Century Fox
• Buena Vista (Disney Studios)
• Dreamworks SKG
• New Line Cinema
• MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• Miramax/Dimension Films
• Paramount Pictures
• Sony Pictures
• Universal Studios
• Warner Bros.

As Time Warner owns both New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. and Disney owns both Buena Vista/Disney Studios and Miramax/Dimension Films, these ten movie studios are controlled by eight corporations, known as the Big EightThis page deals with movie studios. For information about the former American college athletic conference, see Big Eight Conference. The Big Eight refers to the eight corporations which own the Big Ten, the ten major Hollywood movie studios: 20th Century.

These ten movie studios are contrasted with other smaller movie studios, which are known as independent studiosThe following studios are considered to be the most prevalent of the independent studios (as of 11/2004): Lions Gate, MGM/UA, Fox Searchlight, Focus, Sony Classics, IDP, Warner Independent, Magnolia, Fine Line, Dimension, and ThinkFilm. Note that many of (indies).

See also

• Big FourThere are two places named Big Four in the United States. Big Four in Snohomish County, Washington Big Four in McDowell County, West Virginia Big Four can also refer to: Big Four auditors. The 'Big Four' outlaw motorcycle gangs. a nickname for a railroad - the four major music corporations: EMIThe Electric and Musical Industries Ltd formed in March 1931 from a merger of the UK Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company/ HMV. In 1955, to replace the loss of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA Victor and Columbia Rec, Sony-BMG, UniversalUniversal has several meanings: For the concept of a universal in metaphysics, see Universal (metaphysics). Universal may also refer to Universal Studios (owned by the parent company NBC Universal) Universal may also refer to Universal Music (owned by the, and WarnerWarner is the name of a place in the State of New Hampshire in the United States of America: see Warner, New Hampshire. Warner is also a surname of some significant people: Albert Warner, one of the four brothers who founded the Warner Brothers Studios in (originally the Big Five, but Sony and BMG merged)