List Of Film Distributors By Country
This is a list of motion picture distributors, past and present, sorted alphabetically by country.
Albania
Argentina
- Star Distribution
- Warner Bros.
- Sony Pictures
- Fox Distribution Company
- United International Pictures
- Argentina Sono Film
- Artistas Unidos
- Cinema International Corporation
- Columbia Pictures of Argentina
- Lumiton
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Paramount Pictures
- RKO Radio Pictures de Argentina
- Universal Films Argentina
- Warner-Columbia Films
Australia
- 20th Century Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Antidote Films
- Film Australia
- Hoyts Distribution/Sony Pictures Releasing
- Leap Frog Films
- Lionsgate Australia
- Madman Entertainment
- Palace Films and Cinemas
- Paramount Pictures/Universal Pictures
- Titan View
- Transmission Films
- Roadshow Films
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Brazil
- Star Distribution
- Warner Bros.
- Sony
- Fox Distribution Company
- Columbia Pictures
- United International Pictures
Canada
- Alliance Films
- Astral Films
- Brightlight Pictures
- Cinexus/Famous Players (C/FP)
- Elevation Pictures
- Entertainment One
- Malofilm
- Mongrel Media
- Multiple Media Entertainment
- National Film Board of Canada
- Phase 4 Films (owned by Entertainment One)
- Les Films Séville (owned by Entertainment One)
- Teletoon
- Warner Bros.
- VVS Films
China
- Alibaba Pictures
- August First Film Studio
- Beijing Enlight Pictures
- Bona Film Group
- China Film Co., Ltd.
- China Film Group
- DMG Entertainment
- Fantasy Pictures
- Huaxia Film Distribution
- Huayi Brothers
- Lian Ray Pictures
- Le Vision Pictures
- New Classics Pictures
- Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media
- Wanda Pictures
Denmark
Finland
France
- AMLF
- BAC Films
- Gaumont
- Metropolitan Filmexport
- Pan-Européenne
- Pathé
- SND Films
- StudioCanal
- UGC
- UGC Fox Distribution
- United International Pictures
Germany and Austria
- 20th Century Studios
- Constantin Film
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Filmdelights
- Filmverlag der Autoren
- Kinowelt
- Tobis
- Sascha-Film
- Senator Film
- Stadtkino
- Paramount Pictures Germany/Universal Pictures Germany
- Universum Film
- The Walt Disney Company Austria GmbH
- RKO Radio Pictures GmbH
- Warner Bros.
- Wild Bunch
Hong Kong
- Cinema City International
- Golden Harvest
- JCE Movies Limited
- Media Asia
- Mei Ah Entertainment
- Shaw Brothers Pictures
- Universe Entertainment
India
- A For Apple Productions
- AA Films
- Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
- AVM Productions
- Black Ticket Company
- Dharma Productions
- Eros International
- Excel Entertainment
- Grass Root Film Company
- Kalasangham Films
- Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments
- Neelam Productions
- PVR Pictures
- Rajshri Productions
- Red Chillies Entertainment
- Red Giant Movies
- Reliance Entertainment
- Sahara Movie Studios
- Shemaroo Entertainment
- Star Studios
- Tips Music Films
- Ultra Media & Entertainment
- UTV Motion Pictures
- Viacom18 Studios
- Yash Raj Films
- YM Movies
- YSR Films
- Zee Studios
- Action Reaction Jenish
- Red Giant Movies
Italy
- Artex Film
- Artisti Associati
- Cineriz
- De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
- Filmauro
- Lux Film
- Metacinema
- Penta
- Sony Pictures
- Titanus
- Warner Bros.
- 01 Distribution
- Rai Cinema
Japan
Korea, South
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
- 20th Century Studios
- BBI Films
- Benelux Film Distributors
- Buena Vista International (Germany)
- Fortissimo Films
- Lionsgate International
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Paramount Pictures
- Sony Pictures
- Universal Pictures International
- Warner Bros. (Holland)
Nigeria
Pakistan
- A-Plus Films
- ARY Films
- Geo Films
- Hum Films
- Summit Entertainment Pakistan
- Eveready Pictures
- TVOne Films
- Urdu 1 Pictures
Philippines
- ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc. (Star Cinema)
- Crystal Sky Multimedia
- GMA Network Films Inc. (GMA Pictures)
- Lionsgate
- OctoArts Films/Axinite Digicinema
- Paramount Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Pioneer Films/Lionsgate Films
- Rafella Films International
- Regal Entertainment/Reality Entertainment
- Solar Pictures
- Universal Pictures
- Viva Films
- Viva International Pictures/MVP Entertainment
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Warner Bros.
Portugal
Russia
- Soyuzmultfilm
- Bazelevs Distribution
- Universal Pictures Russia
- Walt Disney Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing
- 20th Century Studios
- Caro Premiere/Warner Bros.
- Lenfilm
- Central Partnership/Paramount Pictures
- Mosfilm
Singapore
Sri Lanka
- Lyca Production
- Manons cine combine
- Aiswariya Films
Sweden
- Buena Vista International
- Lionsgate Sweden
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Sandrew Metronome
- Sonet Film
- Sony Pictures
- Svensk Filmindustri
- Svenska Filminstitutet
- 20th Century Studios
- United International Pictures
- Warner Bros.
Thailand
- GDH 559/GMM Tai Hub
- M Pictures
- Sahamongkol Film International
- United International Pictures
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/20th Century Studios/Sony Pictures Releasing
- Warner Bros.
United Arab Emirates
- Spacetoon Pictures
United Kingdom
- 20th Century Studios Film Co. Ltd.
- Aardman Animations
- Anglo-Amalgamated
- Arrow Films
- Artificial Eye
- Axiom Films
- Ayngaran International (Tamil films only)
- Brent Walker Film Distributors
- Buena Vista International
- Cannon Distributors (UK)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC)
- Columbia Pictures
- Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International
- Contender Entertainment Group
- Diffusion Pictures
- Dogwoof Pictures
- EMI Films (as a distributor, EMI operated under several names during its involvement in the film industry)
- Entertainment One
- Entertainment Film Distributors
- Eros International
- Film Four Distributors
- Film Producers Guild
- First Independent Films
- Fremantle
- General Film Distributors
- Guild Film Distribution
- Icon Film Distribution
- ITC Film Distributors
- Journeyman Pictures
- Lionsgate UK
- London Screen
- 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
- Signature Entertainment
- 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
- 1091 Pictures
- A24 Films
- American Film Institute (AFI)
- Allied Artists
- American Releasing Corp./American International Pictures
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
- Angel Studios
- Anywhere Road
- Associated Artists Productions
- Astor Pictures
- Avco Embassy Pictures
- Biograph Studios
- Brain Damage Films
- Buena Vista
- Cannon Releasing Corp.
- CBS Films
- Cinemation Industries
- Cinerama Releasing Corp.
- Cineville
- Columbia Pictures
- Commonwealth United Entertainment
- Continental Distributing (A Division Of Walter Reade-Sterling Inc.)
- Crown International Pictures
- Distributors Corporation of America (DCA)
- Dominant Pictures Corporation
- Eagle Lion Films Inc.
- Eagle Lion Classics Inc.
- Embassy Pictures
- Eternal Pictures
- Fairway Film Alliance
- Famous Players Film Company
- Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
- Films Around The World
- First Run Features
- First Independent Pictures
- First National
- Fortune Features
- Fox Film Corporation
- Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America
- Genius Products
- Global Film Initiative
- Goldwyn Pictures
- Grand National Pictures
- Gravitas Ventures
- Hallmark Productions
- Hal Roach Studios
- Hannover House
- Howco Productions/Howco-International Pictures
- IFC Films
- Janus Films
- KDK Factory
- Kinemacolor
- Koch-Lorber Films
- Liberty Films
- Lionsgate
- Lippert Pictures
- 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
- National General Pictures
- N. T. A. Pictures Inc./Republic Pictures (#2)
- Newmarket Films
- Norton, Frank
- Oscilloscope
- 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.
- Prizma Color
- 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
- 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
- Striped Entertainment
- Technicolor
- Thanhouser Company
- The Weinstein Company
- THINKFilm
- Tiffany Studios
- Trans-Lux
- Transatlantic Pictures
- Triangle Film Corporation
- Troma Entertainment
- 20th Century Studios
- Twentieth Century Pictures
- Ufa Film Co.
- United Artists
- Universal Pictures
- Vertical
- 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
Vietnam
West Asia/North Africa
References
- ^ Alfredo Sainz (2012-06-14). "La productora Columbia/Sony se va del país". lanación.com (in Spanish).
- ^ "AUSTRIAN FILM COMMISSION - Distributors & World Sales". www.austrianfilms.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ "Confirmed: Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Coming to MENA Cinemas on May 27". Anime News Network. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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