List of film distributors by country
This is a list of notable motion picture distributors, past and present, sorted alphabetically by country.
Argentina
- Buena Vista International
- Warner Bros.
- Sony Pictures[1]
- Fox Distribution Company
- United International Pictures
- Argentina Sono Film
- Artistas Unidos
- Cinema International Corporation
- Columbia Pictures of Argentina
- Lumiton
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Pachamama Cine
- Paramount Pictures
- RKO Radio Pictures de Argentina
- Universal Films Argentina
- Warner-Columbia Films
Australia
- Antidote Films
- Madman Entertainment
- Roadshow Films
- Paramount Pictures/Universal Pictures
- Lionsgate Australia
- 20th Century Fox/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Titan View
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Hoyts Distribution/Sony Pictures Releasing
- Leap Frog Films
- Palace Films and Cinemas
- Heritage Films International
- Human Base Entertainment
Bangladesh
Brazil
- Buena Vista International
- Warner Bros.
- Sony
- Fox Distribution Company
- Columbia Pictures
- United International Pictures
Canada
- Brightlight Pictures
- Elevation Pictures
- Entertainment One
- LaRue Entertainment
- Mongrel Media
- Multiple Media Entertainment
- National Film Board of Canada
- Phase 4 Films
- Les Films Séville (owned by Entertainment One)
- Teletoon
- Warner Bros.
- VVS Films
- D Films
China
- Alibaba Pictures
- August First Film Studio
- Beijing Enlight Pictures
- China Film Group
- DMG Entertainment
- Fantasy Pictures
- Huaxia Film Distribution
- Huayi Brothers
- Le Vision Pictures
- Polybona Films
- Wanda Media
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany and Austria
- Constantin Film
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Filmverlag der Autoren
- Kinowelt
- Tobis
- Sascha-Film
- Paramount Pictures Germany/Universal Pictures Germany
- Universum Film
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- RKO Radio Pictures GmbH
- Warner Bros.
- 20th Century Fox
Hong Kong
Middle East/North Africa
India
- Kashi Motion Pictures
- Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
- AVM Productions
- Dharma Productions
- Eros Entertainment
- Excel Entertainment
- Fox Star Studios
- Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments
- PVR Pictures
- Red Chillies Entertainment
- Reliance Entertainment
- Sahara One
- Suresh Productions
- Sun Pictures
- Tips Music Films
- Ultra Media & Entertainment
- UTV Motion Pictures
- Viacom 18 Motion Pictures
- Vishesh Films
- Vijay Antony Film Corporation*
- Yash Raj Films
Italy
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
- Eagle Pictures
- Lux Film
- Metacinema
- Sony Pictures
- 01 Distribution
- Medusa Film
- Rai Cinema
Japan
Korea, South
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
- 20th Century Fox
- A-Film
- BBI Films
- Benelux Film Distributors
- Buena Vista International (Germany)
- Cinéart
- Fortissimo Films
- Independent Films
- Lionsgate International
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Universal Pictures International/Paramount Pictures/Sony Pictures
- Warner Bros.
Nigeria
Pakistan
- A-Plus Films
- ARY Films
- Eveready Pictures
- Footprint Entertainment
- Geo Films
- IMGC Global Entertainment
- Hum Films
- Six Sigma Entertainment
- Summit Entertainment Pakistan
- Urdu 1 Pictures
- Crew Entertainment
Philippines
- ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc. (d/b/a Star Cinema)
- OctoArts Films/Axinite Digicinema
- Paramount Pictures/Universal Studios/ Sony Pictures Entertainment/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Regal Entertainment
- Solar Pictures
- Viva International Pictures/MVP Entertainment
- Warner Bros./20th Century Fox
Russia
- Soyuzmultfilm
- Bazelevs Distribution
- Universal Pictures Russia
- Walt Disney Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing
- 20th Century Fox
- Caro Premiere/Warner Bros.
- Lenfilm
- Nevafilm Emotion
- Central Partnership/ Paramount Pictures
Singapore
- Cathay Organisation
- Red Pictures
Serbia
Sweden
- Buena Vista International
- Lionsgate Sweden
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Sandrew Metronome
- Sonet Film
- Sony Pictures
- Svensk Filmindustri
- Svenska Filminstitutet
- 20th Century Fox
- United International Pictures
- Warner Bros.
United Kingdom
- 20th Century Fox Film Co. Ltd.
- Aardman Animations
- Artificial Eye
- Axiom Films
- Ayngaran International (Tamil films only)
- Buena Vista International
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC)
- Columbia Pictures
- Contender Entertainment Group
- Diffusion Pictures
- Dogwoof Pictures
- Entertainment One
- EMI Films (as a distributor, EMI operated under several names during its involvement in the film industry)
- Entertainment Film Distributors
- Eros International
- Film Producers Guild
- FremantleMedia
- General Film Distributors
- Icon Film Distribution
- Rank Film Distributors
- Lionsgate UK
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Momentum Pictures
- New World Pictures
- Optimum Releasing
- Paramount Pictures UK
- Park Circus Ltd.
- Pathé
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Rank Film Distributors
- Redbus Film Distribution
- Revolver Entertainment
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Soda Pictures
- Summit Entertainment UK (from E1 Entertainment)
- Sony Pictures
- Tartan Films
- United Artists Corp.
- United International Pictures
- Universal Pictures UK
- The Walt Disney Company Ltd.
- Warner-Pathé Distributors Ltd.
United States
- A.F.E. Corp.
- A24 Films
- Ajay Film Co.
- Alliance Films Corp.
- American Film Institute (AFI)
- Allied Artists
- American Releasing Corp./American International Pictures
- American Tobis Corp.
- Amkino Corp.
- Amplify Releasing
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Anywhere Road
- Artkino Pictures
- Associated Artists Productions
- Associated Cinemas of America
- Astor Pictures
- Atlas Film Exchange
- Auten, Capt. Harold
- Avco Embassy Pictures
- AXION Films & Revolver Motion Picture Studios
- Azteca Films Inc.
- Baker, Sam, Associates/Bakros International Film Corp.
- Bavaria Films Inc.
- Bell Pictures Corp.
- Biograph Studios
- Brain Damage Films
- Brandon Films Inc.
- British International Pictures (BIP)
- Burstyn, Joseph, Inc.
- Cannon Releasing Corp.
- Capitol Film Exchange
- Carroll Pictures Inc.
- Casino Film Exchange
- CBS Films
- Central Cinema Corp.
- Cine-Lux Corp.
- Cinema Service Corp.
- Cinema 16
- Cinerama Releasing Corp.
- Cinexport Distributing Corp.
- Clasa-Mohme Inc.
- Columbia Pictures
- Continental Distributing (A Division Of Walter Reade-Sterling Inc.)
- Continental Motion Pictures Corp.
- Continental Pictures Inc.
- Continental Talking Pictures
- Crest Films Inc./Ellis Films
- Crown Pictures
- Crystal Pictures Inc.
- CSH Studios Intl Ltd
- Danubia Pictures
- Davis, Arthur, Associates
- DeRochemont, Louis, Associates
- Discina International Films Corp.
- Distinguished Films Inc.
- Distributors Corporation of America (DCA)
- Dominant Pictures Corporation
- DuWorld Pictures/World Pictures Corp.
- Eagle Lion Films Inc.
- Eagle Lion Classics Inc.
- Embassy Pictures
- English Films Inc.
- Esperia Film Distributing Co.
- Eternal Pictures
- Excelsior Pictures Corp.
- Exhibitors Picture Corp.
- Fairway Film Alliance
- Fairway International
- Famous Players Film Company
- Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
- Film Alliance of the United States
- Film Polski Inc.
- Film Renters Inc.
- Film Rights International
- Film Representations
- Films International of America
- Films of India
- Films-Around-The-World Inc.
- FilmBuff
- Fine Arts Films Inc.
- First Anglo Corp.
- First Division Pictures
- First Run Features
- First Independent Pictures
- First National
- Foreign Cinema Arts
- Fortune Features
- Four Continents Films Inc.
- Fox Film Corporation
- Franco-American Film Corp.
- French Cinema Center
- French Film Exchange
- French Motion Picture Corp.
- Garrison Film Distributors Inc.
- Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America
- General Foreign Sales Corp.
- Genius Products
- Germania Film Co.
- Global Film Initiative
- Globe Distributing Co.
- Globe Film Distributors Inc.
- [GoDigital Inc]
- Goldwyn Pictures
- Goodwill Pictures
- Grand National Pictures
- Grand Prize Films
- Grandview Motion Picture Co.
- Greek Motion Pictures Inc.
- Grovas-Mohme Inc.
- Guaranteed Pictures Inc.
- Hallmark Productions
- Hal Roach Studios
- Hannover House
- Helber Pictures
- High Art Pictures Corp.
- Hoffberg Productions/J. H. Hoffberg Films
- Howco Productions/Howco-International Pictures
- Hungaria Films
- Hyperion Films
- IFC Films
- International Roadshows
- Janson Media
- Janus Films
- KDK Factory
- Kinemacolor
- Koch-Lorber Films
- K Street Pictures
- Liberty Films
- Lionsgate
- Lippert Pictures Inc.
- Lopert Films
- Magnolia Pictures
- Majestic Pictures
- Mascot Pictures
- Maxim Media Marketing, Inc.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Metro Pictures
- Metropolitan Pictures Corporation
- Micheaux Film Corp.
- Milestone Films
- Millennium Films
- Monogram Pictures
- Mutual Film Corporation
- Myriad Pictures
- Music Box Films
- N. T. A. Pictures Inc./Republic Pictures (#2)
- Newmarket Films
- Norton, Frank
- Overture Films
- Pacific International Enterprises
- Palm Pictures
- Paramount Pictures
- Pathe Exchanges Inc.
- Peter Rodgers Organization (PRO)
- Phaedra Cinema
- Phase 4 Films
- Picturehouse
- Powers Pictures Inc.
- Praga Film Co.
- Prizma Color
- Pro-Active Entertainment Group
- Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC)
- Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Rank Film Distributors of America Inc.
- Realart Pictures
- Republic Pictures (#1)
- Roadside Attractions
- Roc Nation
- Rogue Arts
- Rogue Pictures
- R Squared Films
- STX Entertainment
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- Screen Guild Productions Inc.
- Selznick International Pictures
- The Solax Company
- Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
- Sony Pictures
- Strand Releasing
- Stryker Entertainment
- Striped Entertainment
- Technicolor
- Thanhouser Company
- The Weinstein Company
- THINKFilm
- Tiffany Studios
- Trans-Lux
- Transatlantic Pictures
- Troma Entertainment
- 20th Century Fox
- Twentieth Century Pictures
- Ufa Film Co.
- United Artists
- Universal Pictures
- Victory Pictures Corporation
- Vitagraph Studios
- Vitaphone
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Warner Bros.
- Western Film Exchange
- Women Make Movies
- World Wide Motion Pictures Corp.
- World Wide Pictures Inc.
- Yari Film Group
- Zeitgeist Films
- Ziehm, Arthur, Inc.
References
- ^ Alfredo Sainz (2012-06-14). "La productora Columbia/Sony se va del país" (in Spanish). lanación.com.
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