Paramount Pictures

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Paramount Pictures Corporation

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The Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles
Trade name	Paramount Pictures
Formerly	Famous Players Film Company (1912–1916) Famous Players-Lasky Corporation (1916–1927) Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation (1927–1930) Paramount Publix Corporation (1930–1935) Paramount Pictures Inc. (1935–1950)
Company type	Division
Industry	Movies
Predecessors	Famous Players Film Company Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Republic Pictures
Founded	May 8, 1912; 112 years ago (1912-05-08)
Founders	William Wadsworth Hodkinson Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky
Headquarters	5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Brian Robbins (Chairman and CEO)
Products	Motion pictures
Parent	Gulf+Western (1966–1989) Paramount Communications (1989–1994) Viacom (1994–2006; 2005–2019) Paramount Global (2019–present)
Divisions	Paramount Home Entertainment Paramount Players Paramount Animation Paramount Television Studios Paramount Music
Subsidiaries	Miramax (49%) Rede Telecine (12.5%) United International Pictures (50%) Republic Pictures (70%)
Website	paramountpictures.com

Paramount Pictures is an American film production and distribution company. It is the oldest movie studio in the United States. It has been in existence since 1912. Paramount is owned by media conglomerate Paramount Global. Paramount is one of the Big Five movie studios.