American film top 5
The origins and development of the American industry were between 1895 and 1930. During this time the emerging industry developed into an important popular medium, organised into clearly defined exhibition, and distribution elements.
Studio era
130-1949 in American film is known as the studio era, by 1930 there was 5 major film companies, RKO Pictures, MGM, 20TH century fox, Warner bros. and Paramount.
RKO no longer are making films but are known as a legendary film company, making films like King Kong and Citizen Kane, and even Top Hat, which are now cult films that any film buff must watch.
Vertical Integration
Where a company is organised so that it oversees a product from the planning/Development stage, through production marketing, and distribution, through to the consumer.
During the studio era the big 5 owned the production studios, the distribution companies and most the cinemas in the US.
The end of the studio era
In 1949 the major studies were forced to sell of the cinema chains they owned by the US government, after a court ruling that their practices were monopolistic.
The American film industry declined further in the 1950s due to the rise of television.
It wasn’t until the late 1890s that Hollywood studies fully recovered.
The contempory American film industry
The American film industry is now dominated by six major film companies, the contempory Big Six account for nearly 90% of the North American film market. All of these companies are subsidiaries of major media conglomerates.
- Warner bros
- 20th century fox
- Paramount
- Columbia Pictures
- Walt Disney/Touchstone pictures
- Universal
Conglomerate
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Parent Division
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Major Studio Subsidiary
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Time Warner
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Warner bros. entertainment
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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News corporation
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Fox Filmed entertainment
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20th century Fox
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Sony corporation of America
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Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Columbia Pictures
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Walt Disney Company
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Walt Disney motion pictures group
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Walt Disney pictures/ Touchstone pictures
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General Electric/ Vivendi
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NBC universal
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Universal Studios
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Viacom
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Paramount motion pictures group
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Paramount Pictures
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Other divisions
Time warner- New line, HBO films, warner bros animation
News corporation- Fox faith
Disney- Marvel studios, Lucas Film, Hollywood records, avalanche software
Viacom - Sony animation, PlayStation, triumph Films, stage 8, tristar
General Electric- Illumination
American Film Case study Ideas and Domestic gross
Jurrassic Park $650,831,971 (USA) (2 October 2015)
Age Of Ultron $458,991,599 (USA) (2 October 2015)
Inside out $353,852,556 (USA) (2 October 2015)
Terminator Genisys$89,732,035 (USA) (11 September 2015)
Mad Max$153,629,485 (USA) (18 September 2015)
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