Film Industry:United States
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The United States of America is the world's largest producer of films and television programs. Most of the world's best-known film studios are located in this North American country, as are Hollywood in California and Broadway in New York City.
[edit] Big Ten
The Big Ten refers to the ten major film production studios. These ten movie studios are contrasted with other smaller movie studios, which are known as independent (indie) studios. Typically Hollywood-based, the Big Ten studios are in fact owned by six umbrella corporations, known as the Big Six.
- Warner Bros. - Time Warner
- New Line Cinema - Time Warner
- Sony Pictures Studios - Sony
- MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) - Sony
- Walt Disney Pictures/Touchstone Pictures - Disney
- Miramax/Dimension Films - Disney
- 20th Century Fox - News Corporation
- DreamWorks - is currently apart of Viacom.
- Paramount Pictures - Viacom
- Universal Studios - NBC Universal
[edit] See also
List of highest-grossing films in the United States
[edit] External links
- Internet Movie Database's portal for the United States
- The Motion Picture Association of America
- The Writers Guild of America
- The Directors Guild of America
- The Screen Actors Guild
| Film-producing countries in North America |
| Continental: United States | Canada | Mexico |
| West Indies: Jamaica | Trinidad and Tobago | Cuba | Haiti | Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico |
