Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

Sony Pictures Entertainment division

Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group

Formerly| Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (1998–2013)
Company type| Division
Industry| Entertainment
Founded| 1998; 27 years ago (1998) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Headquarters| 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, U.S.

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

* Tom Rothman (chairman and CEO)
* Sanford Panitch (president)

Products| Motion pictures
Services|

* Film production and distribution

Parent| Sony Pictures Entertainment
Divisions|

* Columbia Pictures
* TriStar Pictures
* Screen Gems
* 3000 Pictures
* Sony Pictures Animation
* Sony Pictures Classics
* Sony Pictures Imageworks

Website| sonypictures.com/movies

Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (formerly known as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group until 2013, and abbreviated as SPMPG) is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment to manage its motion picture operations. It was launched in 1998 by integrating the businesses of Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures[1]

## History

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The Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group was founded in 1998 as the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, as a current division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, owned by Sony. It has many of Sony Pictures' current motion picture divisions as part of it. Its divisions at that time were Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Triumph Films, Sony Pictures Classics, and Sony Pictures Releasing.

On December 8, 1998, SPE resurrected its former animation and television division Screen Gems as a film division of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation.[2]

In 2002, Columbia TriStar Television was renamed as Sony Pictures Television. The last three remaining companies, with the "Columbia TriStar" brand in its name, were Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, and Columbia TriStar Marketing Group. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors became Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Releasing International in 2004 and 2005 and Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group became the second-to-last subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment to use the "Columbia TriStar" brand name in its name.

In 2013, TriStar Productions was launched, as a joint venture of Sony Pictures Entertainment and former 20th Century Fox chairman Thomas Rothman.[3][4]

In October 2013, Sony Pictures rebranded its motion picture group under the monicker "Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group". Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks were moved from Sony Pictures Digital to its motion picture group.

On June 2, 2016, Doug Belgrad had announced he was to step down as president of the SPMPG and would transition his role to producer at the studio.[5] Belgrad was promoted as president of the SPMPG back in 2014.[5]

## Film divisions

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Studio divisions

Production  | Distribution  | Other

* Columbia Pictures
* TriStar Pictures (TriStar Productions)
* Screen Gems (Scream Gems)
* Sony Pictures Animation
* Sony Pictures Classics
* Sony Pictures Imageworks
* 3000 Pictures
* Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Destination Films, Stage 6 Films, and Affirm Films)
* Sony Pictures International Productions

* Sony Pictures Releasing
* Sony Pictures Releasing International

* * *

* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

* Crunchyroll
* Ghost Corps
* Triumph Films
* Columbia TriStar Marketing Group

## 3000 Pictures

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3000 Pictures

Industry| Motion pictures
Predecessor| Fox 2000 Pictures
Founded| 2019; 6 years ago (2019)

Key people

| Elizabeth Gabler (president)
Parent| Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

On July 15, 2019, former Fox 2000 Pictures president Elizabeth Gabler and the entire Fox 2000 staff joined Sony Pictures Entertainment and formed 3000 Pictures with the motion picture group. HarperCollins would be funding half of the division's overhead and development. 3000 Pictures would also pursue projects for TV and streaming.[6]

## Sony Pictures Releasing

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Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation

Logo used since 2005

Company type| Division
Industry| Motion pictures
Predecessor| Triumph Releasing Corporation
Founded| November 23, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-11-23)
Headquarters|

10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California

United States

Services|

* Film distribution
* Marketing

Parent| Sony Pictures Entertainment
Divisions| Sony Pictures Releasing International
Website| sonypictures.com

Sony Pictures Releasing Corporation is an American film distributor owned by Sony. Established in 1994[7] as a successor to Triumph Releasing Corporation, the company handles theatrical distribution, marketing and promotion for films produced and released by Sony Pictures Entertainment, including Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures (as well as TriStar Productions), Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Animation, Crunchyroll, Stage 6 Films, Affirm Films, Destination Films, and Triumph Films.[citation needed] It is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. It also has an international division called Sony Pictures Releasing International, which from 1991 to 2005 was known as Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International.[citation needed]

### International arrangements

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Sony Pictures Releasing International Corporation

Logo used since 2005

Formerly| Columbia Tri-Star Film Distributors International (1988–1991)
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1991–2005)
Company type| Division
Industry| Motion pictures
Founded| December 21, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-12-21)
Headquarters|

10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California

United States

Services|

* International film distribution
* Marketing

Parent| Sony Pictures Entertainment (1988–present)
Website| sonypictures.com

From 1971 until the end of 1987, Columbia's international theatrical distribution operations were a joint venture with Warner Bros. named Columbia-Warner, and in some countries, this joint venture also distributed films from other companies like with EMI Films and Cannon Films in the UK under the names of Columbia-EMI-Warner in 1978 and later Columbia-Cannon-Warner in 1986. The UK venture was dissolved in 1988.

In Australia, which from 1975 to 1996, 20th Century-Fox and Columbia Pictures formed an alliance that they would distribute films for the Australian market, initially going under the name Fox Columbia Film Distributors, before Hoyts came to the venture, and it was renamed first to Hoyts Fox Columbia TriStar Films, then Fox Columbia TriStar Films.[8]

On February 6, 2014, Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal Ltda., a joint venture with Warner Bros. which distributed films from both companies in Portugal, announced that they will close their offices on March 31.[9] Sony Pictures' films are distributed in Portugal by Big Picture Films since then, while NOS Audiovisuais took over the distribution duties for Warner Bros. films in the country.

From June 2014 until February 2020, Sony Pictures' Philippine releasing arm under the name of Columbia Pictures Philippines distributed films by United International Pictures' partner studios, Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures (including films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), after UIP ended its nine-year distribution agreement with the studio's local distributor Solar Entertainment and their Solar Films subsidiary. The Philippine distribution to films made by Universal lasted up until January 2020, when distribution reverted to Warner Bros. (UIP's former local distributor from the 1990s to 2000) in October 2021 while most Focus Features titles are instead released through a start-up online distribution company, UPSTREAM. Paramount later renewed their distribution agreements with Sony in October 2021.

The theatrical distribution of Sony Pictures' films in Italy was handled by Warner Bros. from 2011 to 2023. One notable example of this is Call Me By Your Name, where Warner Bros. handled Italian theatrical distribution (although the Sony label is still being used) while home video distribution went through Sony itself. In 2023, Eagle Pictures, which was already distributing Sony's films on home video in the country, took over their theatrical distribution as well.

Sony Pictures and Walt Disney Studios formed a film distribution joint venture in Southeast Asia in 1997.[10] By December 2006, 14 joint distribution ventures between Sony Pictures Releasing International and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures were formed and exist in countries including Brazil, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. In January 2007, their 15th such partnership began operations in Russia and CIS.[11] In February 2017, Sony starting leaving the Southeast Asia venture with the Philippines. In August 2017, Sony terminated the joint venture agreement for their own operations.[10] On January 31, 2019, in anticipation of Disney's then-pending acquisition of most 21st Century Fox assets (including 20th Century Fox), it was agreed that Disney would sell its stake in the Mexican joint venture named Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing de México to Sony Pictures Releasing.[12] As part of the global economic fluctuations caused by the Disney's acquisition, Sony Pictures Production and Release LLC and Disney Studios LLC parted amicably signing a formal demerger on 21 January 2020. The contract would allow Sony Pictures Releasing to operate autonomously.[13][14]

On June 27, 2025, Sony Pictures and Amazon MGM Studios formed a multi-year deal in which Sony would handle the international theatrical distribution of titles from the latter studio following the expiration of MGM's deal with Warner Bros. Pictures. This deal would reunite Sony with MGM for the first time since 2020. However, MGM Home Entertainment will still have its titles distributed on home media by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.[15]

In Argentina and Poland, United International Pictures handles theatrical distribution of films released by Sony Pictures.

In the Netherlands, Universal Pictures currently handles theatrical distribution of films released by Sony Pictures since 2013.

In the Netherlands and Sweden, Columbia TriStar Films (now known as Sony Pictures Releasing) formerly handled theatrical distribution of films released by 20th Century Fox from 1992 to 1997 in the former country and from 1994 to 1996 in the latter.

In South Africa, Ster-Kinekor handles theatrical and home video distribution of films released by Sony Pictures and Columbia Pictures.

## Film library

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Main articles: Lists of Columbia Pictures films, List of TriStar Pictures films, List of Screen Gems films, List of Sony Pictures Animation productions, List of Sony theatrical animated feature films, and List of Sony Pictures Releasing International films

### Film series

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Title  | Release date  | No. Films  | Studio(s)  | Notes

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The Three Stooges | 1934–65  | 10  | Columbia |
Mr. Deeds | 1936–2002
Blondie | 1938–50  | 28  | co-production with King Features Entertainment
Five Little Peppers | 1939–40  | 4  |
Boston Blackie | 1941–49  | 14
Cantinflas films | 1942–82  | 34  | from Los tres mosqueteros to El barrendero
Crime Doctor | 1943–49  | 10  |
The Whistler | 1944–48  | 8
Rusty | 1945–49  | 8
Jungle Jim | 1948–56  | 16
Superman | 1948–87  | 7  | Columbia/TriStar | International theatrical distribution only; released in the US by Warner Bros. (1978–87), and produced by Dovemead Ltd. (1978–83), International Film Production (1978–80), Pueblo Film AG Productions (1984), The Cannon Group, Inc. and Golan-Globus Productions (both 1987)
Frankenstein | 1958–94  | 4  | co-production with Hammer Film Productions (1958), Colgems Productions Ltd. (1985), Taft Entertainment Pictures (1987), The IndieProd Company and American Zoetrope (both 1994)
13 Ghosts | 1960–2001  | 2  | Columbia
Matt Helm | 1966–68  | 4  | co-production with Meadway-Claude Productions Company
The Trouble with Angels | 2
Guess Who | 1967–2005
James Bond | 1967–2015  | 5  | co-production with Famous Artists Productions (1967), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Eon Productions (both 2006–15) from Casino Royale to Spectre
Dracula | 1972–95  | 6  | Columbia/TriStar  | co-production with Hammer Horror (1972-74), American Zoetrope and Osiris Films (both 1992)
Death Wish | 1974–82  | 2  | Columbia  | international distributor; co-production with Paramount Pictures and Filmways Pictures
Fun with Dick and Jane | 1977–2005
Spider-Man | 1977–present  | 14  | co-production with Danchuck Productions (1977–81 series only), Marvel Entertainment (2002–present), Marvel Studios (2017–present) and Sony Pictures Animation (2018–present) (including the MCU Spider-Man films)
Ice Castles | 1978–2010  | 2  | Columbia/Stage 6
When a Stranger Calls | 1979–2006  | Columbia/Screen Gems
The Blue Lagoon | 1980–2012  | 3  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Television
Gloria | 1980–99  | 2  | Columbia
Heavy Metal | 1981–2000  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | co-production with CinéGroupe (2000)
Annie | 1982–2021  | 7  | Columbia/TriStar/Sony Pictures Television  | co-production with Rastar, Overbrook Entertainment, Village Roadshow Pictures, Storyline Entertainment, Chris Montan Productions and Walt Disney Television (1999 TV movie only)
Ghostbusters | 1984–present  | 5  | Columbia  | co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures (2016) and Ghost Corps (2016–)
The Karate Kid | 6  | co-production with Overbrook Entertainment (2010), China Film Group (2010), JW Productions (1984, 2010), Westbrook Studios (2025) and Sunswept Entertainment (2025)
The Muppets | 1984, 1999–2002  | 3  | TriStar/Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Sony Pictures Television  | co-production with The Jim Henson Company (1984–2002) and Jim Henson Pictures (1999)
Fright Night | 1985–89  | 2  | Columbia/TriStar
Rambo | 1985–2019  | 3  | TriStar/Sony Pictures Releasing International  | co-production with Carolco Pictures, Lionsgate, StudioCanal, and The Weinstein Company
Iron Eagle | 1986–88  | 2  | TriStar  | co-production with Carolco Pictures and Alliance Films (both 1988)
Short Circuit | co-production with Producers Sales Organization (1986) and The Turman Foster Company (1986–88)
Pippi Longstocking | 1988–97  | Columbia/Columbia TriStar Film Distributors Intl.  | co-production with Longstocking Productions, Svensk Filmindustri, Nelvana Limited, IdunaFilm, and TFC Trickompany
Wild Orchid | 1989–91  | Triumph
Look Who's Talking | 1989–93  | 3  | TriStar
Total Recall | 1990–2012  | 2  | TriStar/Columbia  | co-production with Carolco Pictures, Original Film, and Relativity Media
Flatliners | 1990–2017  | Columbia  | co-production with Stonebridge Entertainment (1990), Cross Creek Pictures, Further Films, Laurence Mark Productions and The Safran Company (both 2017)
City Slickers | 1991–94  | co-production with Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment (1991) and Face Productions
My Girl | co-production with Imagine Entertainment
Terminator | 1991–2009  | 3  | TriStar/Columbia  | co-production with Carolco Pictures, Intermedia, C2 Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, and The Halcyon Company
Fortress | 1992–2000  | 2  | Columbia/TriStar  | co-production with Dimension Films, Village Roadshow Pictures, Davis Entertainment, Gower Productions, The Carousel Picture Company, and John Flock Productions
El Mariachi | 1992–2003  | 3  | Columbia  | co-production with Dimension Films and Troublemaker Studios
Single White Female | 1992–2005  | 2  | Columbia/Destination
Basic Instinct | 1992–2006  | TriStar/Sony Pictures Releasing  | co-production with Carolco Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and C2 Pictures
Universal Soldier | 1992–2012  | 4  | TriStar/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sniper | 1993–present  | 8  | TriStar/Destination
RoboCop | 1993–2014  | 2  | Columbia  | co-production with Orion Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
3 Ninjas | 1994–98  | 3  | TriStar  | co-production with Sheen Productions
Little Women | 1994–2019  | 2  | Columbia  | co-production with DiNovi Pictures (1994), Regency Enterprises and Pascal Pictures (both 2019)
The Swan Princess | 1994–2023  | 12  | Columbia TriStar Film Distributors Intl./Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Bad Boys | 1995–present  | 4  | Columbia  | co-production with Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Jumanji | TriStar/Columbia
The Net | 1995–2006  | 2  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Screamers | 1995–2009  | Triumph/Screen Gems
The Craft | 1996–present  | Columbia  | co-production with Red Wagon Entertainment and Blumhouse Productions (2020)
Matilda | 1996–2022  | TriStar
Men in Black | 1997–2019  | 4  | Columbia  | co-production with Amblin Entertainment, Parker MacDonald, Imagenation Abu Dhabi, Overbrook Entertainment, and Relativity Media
Anaconda | 1997–present  | 5  | Columbia/Screen Gems/Stage 6/Destination
I Know What You Did Last Summer | 4  | Columbia/Destination/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Mandalay Entertainment
Starship Troopers | 5  | TriStar/Destination/Stage 6  | co-production with Touchstone Pictures
Zorro | 1998–2005  | 2  | TriStar/Columbia  | co-production with Spyglass Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, and Parker MacDonald
8mm | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Vampires | 3  | Columbia/Destination
Wild Things | 1998–2010  | 4  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Mandalay Entertainment
Godzilla | 1998–2004  | 4  | TriStar  | co-production with Centropolis Entertainment, Fried Films, Independent Pictures (both 1998), and Toho (1998–2004)
Urban Legend | 1998–present  | 3  | TriStar/Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Original Film and Phoenix Pictures (both 1998–2000) and NPP Productions (2005)
Cruel Intentions | 1999–2004  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Original Film and Newmarket Capital Group
Baby Geniuses | 2  | TriStar/Triumph/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Crystal Sky Pictures
Stuart Little | 1999–2005  | 3  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Franklin/Waterman Productions and Red Wagon Entertainment
Bats | 1999–2007  | 2  | Columbia/Destination  |
Anatomy | 2000–03  | Columbia
Hollow Man | 2000–06  | Columbia/Destination
Charlie's Angels | 2000–19  | 3  | Columbia  | co-production with Leonard Goldberg Productions, Flower Films, Tall Trees Productions (all 2000–03), Wonderland Sound and Vision (2003), 2.0 Entertainment, Brownstone Productions and Cantillon Company (all 2019)
Final Fantasy | 2001–present  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Square Enix
The Glass House | 2001–06  | 2  | Columbia/Destination  | Co-production with Original Film (2001)
Resident Evil | 2002–present  | 7  | Screen Gems  | co-production with Constantin Film, Capcom, Davis Films, Impact Pictures and New Legacy Films (2002)
XXX | 2002–05  | 2  | Columbia  | co-production with Original Film, and Revolution Studios
Half Past Dead | 2002–07  | Screen Gems/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Daddy Day Care | 2003–07  | Columbia/TriStar  | co-production with Revolution Studios
Underworld | 2003–16  | 5  | Screen Gems  | co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment and Sketch Films (2009–16)
S.W.A.T. | 2003–17  | 3  | Columbia/Destination  | co-production with Original Film
The Grudge | 2004–present  | 4  | Columbia/Screen Gems/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Stage 6  | co-production with Ghost House Pictures
The Punisher | 2004–14  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Releasing International/Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan | co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios, and Lionsgate
Boogeyman | 2005–08  | 3  | Screen Gems/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Stage 6  | co-production with Ghost House Pictures
Into the Blue | 2005–09  | 2  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Mandalay Pictures
Hostel | 2005–11  | 3  | Screen Gems/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Stage 6  | co-production with Lionsgate Films
Jesse Stone | 2005–15  | 9  | Sony Pictures Television  | co-production with Brandman Productions and TWS Productions II
The Pink Panther | 2006–09  | 2  | Columbia  | co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Open Season | 2006–present  | 4  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Sony Pictures Animation
Robert Langdon | 2006–16  | 3  | Columbia  | co-production with Imagine Entertainment and Relativity Media
The Messengers | 2007–09  | 2  | Columbia/Screen Gems//Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Stage 6
Stomp the Yard | 2007–10  | Screen Gems/Stage 6  | co-production with Rainforest Films
30 Days of Night | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment/Stage 6  | co-production with Ghost House Pictures (2007–10), Dark Horse Entertainment (2007) and RCR Media Group (2010)
Ghost Rider | 2007–11  | Columbia  | co-production with Marvel Entertainment, Crystal Sky Pictures, Hyde Park Entertainment, Saturn Films, Imagenation Abu Dhabi, and Relativity Media
Surf's Up | 2007–17  | Columbia/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with Sony Pictures Animation and WWE Studios
Quarantine | 2008–11  | Screen Gems  | co-production with Vertigo Entertainment
Paul Blart: Mall Cop | 2009–15  | Columbia  | co-production with Happy Madison Productions
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 2009–13  | co-production with Sony Pictures Animation
Zombieland | 2009–19  | co-production with Relativity Media (2009), Pariah (2009), Reese/Wernick Productions (2009–19) and 2.0 Entertainment (2019)
Grown Ups | 2010–13  | co-production with Happy Madison Productions
Insidious | 2011–present  | 4  | Stage 6/Screen Gems  | co-production with Blumhouse Productions, Atomic Monster, and Universal Pictures
Dragon Tattoo Stories | 2  | Columbia  | co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Smurfs | 2011–17  | 3  | co-production with Sony Pictures Animation and The K Entertainment Company
Jump Street | 2012–14  | 2  | co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Relativity Media, and Original Film
Hotel Transylvania | 2012–22  | 4  | co-production with Sony Pictures Animation
The Equalizer | 2014–23  | 3  | Columbia  | co-production with Escape Artists
Goosebumps | 2015–18  | 2  | co-production with Sony Pictures Animation, Scholastic Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures, and Original Film
Angry Birds | 2016–19  | co-production with Rovio Animation and Sony Pictures Animation (2019)
Don't Breathe | 2016–present  | Screen Gems/Stage 6  | co-production with Ghost House Pictures
The Marine | 2017–18  | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  | co-production with WWE Studios
Marvel Cinematic Universe | 2017–present  | 3  | Columbia  | co-production with Marvel Studios and Pascal Pictures
Sword Art Online | Sony Pictures  | licensed only, produced by A-1 Pictures and Aniplex
Peter Rabbit | 2018–21  | 2  | Columbia  | co-production with Sony Pictures Animation (2018), Animal Logic, Olive Bridge Entertainment, 2.0 Entertainment, Screen Australia, and Screen NSW
Searching | 2018–23  | Screen Gems  | co-production with Bazelevs Company
Sony's Spider-Man Universe | 2018–24  | 6  | Columbia  | co-production with Marvel, Arad Productions, Matt Tolmach Productions and Pascal Pictures
Spider-Verse | 2018–present  | 2  | co-production with Sony Pictures Animation, Marvel, and Pascal Pictures
My Hero Academia | 4  | Sony Pictures  | licensed only, produced by Bones and Toho
Escape Room | 2019–present  | 2  | Columbia  | co-production with Original Film
Rascal Does Not Dream | 3  | Sony Pictures  | licensed only, produced by Cloverworks and Aniplex
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 2021–present
PlayStation films  | 2022–present  | Columbia/Screen Gems  | co-production with PlayStation Productions
28 Days Later | 2025–present  | 1  | Columbia  | co-production with DNA Films, British Film Institute and Decibel Films (2025–present)

### Highest-grossing films

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Highest-grossing films in North America  | Rank  | Title  | Year  | Domestic gross  | Studio label(s)

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1  | Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | $814,108,407  | Columbia/Marvel
2  | Spider-Man | 2002 | $407,022,860  | Columbia
3  | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | 2017 | $404,540,171
4  | Spider-Man: Far From Home | 2019 | $390,532,085  | Columbia/Marvel
5  | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | 2023 | $381,593,754  | Columbia
6  | Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | $373,585,825
7  | Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | $336,530,303
8  | Spider-Man: Homecoming | 2017 | $334,201,140  | Columbia/Marvel
9  | Jumanji: The Next Level | 2019 | $320,314,960  | Columbia
10  | Skyfall | 2012 | $304,360,277  | Columbia/MGM
11  | The Amazing Spider-Man | 2012 | $262,030,663  | Columbia
12  | Men in Black | 1997 | $250,690,539
13  | Ghostbusters | 1984 | $229,242,989
14  | Hancock | 2008 | $227,946,274
15  | The Da Vinci Code | 2006 | $217,536,138
16  | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | 2021 | $213,550,366
17  | Venom | 2018 | $213,515,506
18  | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | $204,843,345  | TriStar/Carolco
19  | Bad Boys for Life | 2020 | $204,292,401  | Columbia
20  | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 2014 | $202,853,933
21  | Spectre | 2015 | $200,074,609  | Columbia/MGM
22  | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | 2024 | $193,410,058  | Columbia
23  | 22 Jump Street | 2014 | $191,719,337
24  | Men in Black II | 2002 | $190,418,803
25  | Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse | 2018 | $190,241,310
Highest-grossing films worldwide  | Rank | Title | Year | Worldwide gross | Studio(s)

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1  | Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | $1,916,306,995  | Columbia/Marvel
2  | Skyfall | 2012 | $1,142,471,295  | Columbia/MGM
3  | Spider-Man: Far From Home | 2019 | $1,131,927,996  | Columbia/Marvel
4  | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | 2017 | $962,126,927  | Columbia
5  | Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | $894,983,373
6  | Spectre | 2015 | $880,674,609  | Columbia/MGM
7  | Spider-Man: Homecoming | 2017 | $880,166,924  | Columbia/Marvel
8  | Venom | 2018 | $855,013,954  | Columbia
9  | Spider-Man | 2002 | $825,025,036
10  | Jumanji: The Next Level | 2019 | $800,059,707
11  | 2012 | 2009 | $791,217,826
12  | Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | $788,976,453
13  | The Da Vinci Code | 2006 | $758,239,851
14  | The Amazing Spider-Man | 2012 | $757,930,663
15  | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | 2014 | $708,982,323
16  | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | 2023 | $690,897,910
17  | Hancock | 2008 | $624,386,746
18  | Men in Black 3 | 2012 | $624,026,776
19  | Casino Royale | 2006 | $606,099,584  | Columbia/MGM
20  | Quantum of Solace | 2008 | $589,580,482
21  | Men in Black | 1997 | $589,390,539  | Columbia
22  | The Smurfs | 2011 | $563,749,323
23  | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | 2018 | $528,583,774
24  | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 1991 | $519,843,345  | TriStar/Carolco
25  | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train | 2021 | $507,127,293  | Aniplex/Funimation

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* United States
* Sony Movies
* Cine Sony
* Latin America

AXN|

* Brazil
* Latin America
* Portugal
* AXN White
* AXN Movies
* AXN Now
* Spain
* AXN Movies
* AXN Now

Others|

* Game Show Network
* Get

Former|

| Sony Channel|

* Baltics
* Sony Sci-Fi
* Sony Turbo
* Germany
* Sony AXN
* Russia
* Sony Sci-Fi
* Sony Turbo
* Turkey
* Sony Çocuk
* Sony Max (Hungary)
* Sony Movie Channel (Hungary)
* Sony One

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Others|

* Animax
* Japan
* Middle East
* Southeast Asia
* Taiwan
* AXN
* Adria
* Hungary
* Southeast Asia
* Taiwan
* AXN Black
* CEE
* AXN White
* CEE
* AXN Now
* Hungary
* AXN Spin
* Crackle
* Film1
* Film1 Action
* Film1 Drama
* Film1 Family
* Film1 Premiere
* Gem
* Hollywood Suite
* Kids Station
* Planet Mutfak
* Planet Türk
* Viasat Hungary
* Viasat 3
* Viasat 6

Defunct|

* 3net
* Animax
* CEE
* Germany
* Latin America
* Portugal
* South Africa
* Spain
* AXN
* Israel
* Italy
* AXN Beyond
* AXN Black
* Portugal
* AXN Crime
* AXN Sci-Fi
* CEE
* Italy
* Cine Sony
* Italy
* BeTV
* Fearnet
* Film1 Festival
* Film1 Sundance
* Hooq
* Locomotion
* Pop (Italy)
* Sony Channel
* Southeast Asia
* Sony Max
* Sony Spin

* v
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* e

Sony Pictures Networks

Hindi|

* Sony Entertainment Television
* Sony Max
* Sony Max 2
* Sony Pal
* Sony Sab
* Sony Wah

English|

* Sony Pix

Bengali|

* Sony Aath

Marathi|

* Sony Marathi

Sports|

* Sony Sports Ten
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5

Children's|

* Sony Yay

Factual|

* Sony BBC Earth (50%; Joint venture with BBC Studios)

Online VOD|

* Sony LIV

International channels|

* Sony Kal

Former|

* Animax
* AXN
* Sony ESPN (50%; joint venture with ESPN Inc.)
* Sony Le Plex HD
* Sony Mix
* Sony Rox HD
* TEN Cricket International

* v
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* e

Television channels in the United Kingdom and Ireland operated by Sony Pictures Television

Currently broadcasting but sold to another company|

Narrative Capital Partners LLC

Great! TV
Great! Movies
Great! Action
Great! Romance
Pop
Tiny Pop

Former|

Bliss
Flava
More Than Movies
Movies4Men
Movies4Men 2
Pop Girl
Scuzz
Sony Crime Channel
True Crime
True Drama
True Entertainment
True Movies
True Movies 2
TruTV

Sold and later closed|

Pop Max
Starz TV
Trace Hits
Trace Latina
Trace Vault

Miscellaneous|

* Sony Pictures Television
* CSC Media Group
* animaxtv.co.uk (VOD, defunct)
* Funimation

Other|

* Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
* Crunchyroll, LLC (with Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex)
* Crunchyroll
* Crunchyroll EMEA
* Crunchyroll SAS
* Crunchyroll SA
* Crunchyroll GmbH
* Crunchyroll Films
* Crunchyroll Games LLC
* Crunchyroll Studios
* Crunchyroll Store Australia
* Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
* Nozomi Entertainment
* Digital
* Mobile
* Entertainment Japan
* Studios
* Madison Gate Records

Defunct/Former|

* 2waytraffic
* Adelaide Productions
* AnimeLab
* Anime on Demand
* Columbia Pictures Television
* Columbia TriStar Television
* Crackle
* The Minisode Network
* Culver Entertainment
* ELP Communications
* Funimation
* Jim Henson Pictures
* Kazé
* Merv Griffin Enterprises
* Right Stuf
* Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
* TriStar Television
* Triumph Films
* VRV
* Wakanim

* v
* t
* e

Columbia Pictures

A division of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group.

Predecessors|

* Independent Moving Pictures
* CBC Film Sales Corporation

Film subsidiaries|

* Ghost Corps

Defunct/former assets|

* Screen Gems
* Gottlieb
* Colpix Records
* Colgems Records
* Bell Records
* Arista Records

People|

* Sanford Panitch

See also|

* Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Redd Horne, Inc.
* Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Fung
* Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
* Columbia Pictures Television
* Columbia TriStar Television
* Sony Pictures
* Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
* Sony Pictures Releasing
* Sony Pictures Television

List of films
Film serials
1922–39
1940–49
1950–59
1960–69
1970–79
1980–89
1990–99
2000–09
2010–19
2020–29

* v
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Sony Pictures Animation

Part of Sony Pictures (Sony)

Feature films|

* Open Season (2006)
* Surf's Up (2007)
* Open Season 2 (2008)
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
* Open Season 3 (2010)
* The Smurfs (2011) LA
* Arthur Christmas (2011)
* The Pirates: Band of Misfits (2012)
* Hotel Transylvania (2012)
* The Smurfs 2 (2013) LA
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
* Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
* Goosebumps (2015) LA
* Open Season: Scared Silly (2015)
* Surf's Up 2: WaveMania (2017)
* Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
* The Emoji Movie (2017)
* The Star (2017)
* Peter Rabbit (2018) LA
* Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
* Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) LA
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
* The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
* The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
* Wish Dragon (2021)
* Vivo (2021)
* Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
* Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
* KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
* Fixed (2025)

| Upcoming|

* Goat (2026)
* Buds (2027)
* Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027)

|

Television series|

| 2010s debuts|

* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18)
* Hotel Transylvania: The Series (2017–20)
* GO! Cartoons (2017–18)

|

2020s debuts|

* Agent Elvis (2023)
* Young Love (2023)
* Open Season: Call of Nature (2023–24)

Upcoming|

* Motel Transylvania (2025)
* Untitled Ghostbusters series (TBA)
* Superbago! (TBA)

Short films|

* Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2007)
* The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007)
* The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011)
* So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012)
* Goodnight Mr. Foot (2012)
* The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow (2013)
* Super Manny (2013)
* Earl Scouts (2013)
* Steve's First Bath (2014)
* Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014)
* Puppy! (2017)
* Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham (2019)
* Hair Love (2019)
* Live Stream (2019)
* Monster Pets (2021)
* Dog Cop 7: The Final Chapter (2021)
* The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (2023)

Franchises|

* Open Season (since 2006)
* Surf's Up (2007–2017)
* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–2018)
* The Smurfs (2011–2017)
* Hotel Transylvania (since 2012)
* Goosebumps (2015–2018)
* Spider-Verse (since 2018)

Associated productions|

* The ChubbChubbs! (2002)
* Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
* Early Bloomer (2003)
* Monster House (2006)
* Planet 51 (2009)
* The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
* The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
* Sausage Party (2016)
* Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
* Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022)
* The Garfield Movie (2024)
* Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
* Paddington in Peru (2025)

See also|

* Sony Pictures Imageworks
* Unproduced projects
* Sony Pictures Television Kids
* Adelaide Productions
* Screen Gems Cartoons
* United Productions of America
* List of Sony theatrical animated feature films

* Category

* LA Produced in live-action

* v
* t
* e

Sony

History

Founders|

* Masaru Ibuka
* Akio Morita

Primary businesses|

* Sony Corporation
* Sony Semiconductor Solutions
* Sony Entertainment
* Sony Music Group
* Entertainment
* Publishing
* Sony Pictures
* Sony Financial Group
* Sony Life
* Sony Bank
* Sony Interactive Entertainment
* PlayStation
* Sony Music Entertainment Japan
* Aniplex
* A-1 Pictures
* CloverWorks
* Hayate Inc.

Technologies
and brands|

* α (Alpha)
* Archival Disc
* Betacam
* Bionz
* Blu-ray
* Bravia
* CD
* Cell
* Cyber-shot
* Dash
* Dream Machine
* DVD
* Exmor
* FeliCa
* Handycam
* HDCAM/HDCAM-SR
* HMZ-T1
* Inzone
* LocationFree
* Memory Stick
* MiniDisc
* MiniDV
* MicroMV
* mylo
* PlayNow
* PlayStation
* Reader
* S/PDIF
* SDDS
* 8 channel films
* Sony Entertainment Network
* SXRD
* Sony Tablet
* Tunnel diode
* TransferJet
* UMD
* Vaio
* Video8/Hi8/Digital8
* Vision-S
* Walkman
* XDCAM
* Xperia

Historical products|

* AIBO
* CV-2000
* DAT
* Betamax
* Sony CLIÉ
* Discman
* Jumbotron
* Lissa
* Mavica
* NEWS
* Optiarc
* PVM-4300
* Qualia
* Rolly
* TR-55
* Trinitron
* FD series
* 1 inch Type C
* U-matic
* Vaio
* Watchman
* WEGA

Electronics|

* Sony Creative Software
* FeliCa Networks (57%)

Online distribution
platforms|

* PlayStation Network
* PlayStation Plus
* PlayStation Store
* Sony Pictures Core
* SonyLIV
* Crunchyroll
* mora
* Great American Pure Flix (joint venture with Great American Media)

| Former/Defunct|

* Sony Entertainment Network
* Sony Connect
* PlayNow
* PlayStation Now
* PlayStation Video
* PlayStation Vue
* Anime Digital Network
* Anime on Demand
* AnimeLab
* Crackle
* Minisodes
* Funimation
* PressPlay
* VRV
* Wakanim

|

Other businesses|

* Sony DADC
* Sony Network Communications
* Sony Professional Solutions
* Sony Honda Mobility (50%)
* M3 (39.4%)
* Vaio (4.9%)

Other assets|

* Sony Corporation of America (umbrella company in the US)
* Other subsidiaries
* List of acquisitions
* List of libraries

Nonprofit organizations|

* Sony Institute of Higher Education Shohoku College

Other|

* Sony Toshiba IBM Center of Competence for the Cell Processor
* Sony timer

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