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Major film studios are production and distribution companies that release a substantial number of films annually and consistently command a significant share of box office revenue in a given market.
In the American and international markets, the major film studios, often known simply as the majors or the Big Five studios, are commonly regarded as the five diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85% of U.S. box office revenue.
Since the dawn of filmmaking, the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry.[5][6] U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cultural appeal.[7] Today, the Big Five majors – Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, and Columbia Pictures – routinely distribute hundreds of films every year into all significant international markets. It is "nearly impossible" for a film to reach a broad international theatrical audience without being first picked up by one of the majors for distribution.
The Big Six remained dominant until 2019, with Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox including TCF. This resulted in a new "Big Five" for the first time since Hollywood's Golden Age. Paramount and Warner Bros. are the only early Big Five members to remain as majors today.[8]
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