Formerly | Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (1987–1991) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | December 21, 1987 August 7, 1991 as Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. | as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Founder | Sony |
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Revenue | US$7.097 billion (FY2020) |
US$753 million (FY2020) | |
Owner | Sony Group Corporation |
Number of employees | 9,500 (2019 [1]) |
Parent | Sony Entertainment |
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Website | sonypictures.com |
Footnotes / references [2][3] |
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., formerly Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, is an American company that makes and distributes movies. The company is owned by Sony Corporation. They also own Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Affirm Films and other studios. The company makes movies and television programs. The movies are mainly released under Columbia Pictures (though TriStar, Screen Gems, and the other studios also release movies) and the TV programs are released by its TV department Sony Pictures Television. The main operations of the company are in the United States. Sony Pictures also has many different divisions around the world. These places include Canada, United Kingdom, India and Japan. The company is now headquartered at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.