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| Lionsgate Studios | |
| Company type | Public |
| NYSE: LION | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founded | May 14, 2024; 18 months ago (2024-05-14) |
| Headquarters | 2700 Colorado Avenue,, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Mark Rachesky (chairman) Michael Burns (vice chairman) Jon Feltheimer (CEO) |
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| Website | lionsgate investors |
Lionsgate Studios Corp. is a Canadian-American film and television production and distribution conglomerate, domiciled inVancouver, British Columbia, and primarily based inSanta Monica, California.[1] It was formed on May 14, 2024, afterStarz Entertainment, previously known asLionsgate, spun off its film and television businesses.[2]
Lionsgate Studios's portfolio includesLionsgate Canada (formerly known as Entertainment One or eOne),3 Arts Entertainment,Pilgrim Media Group,Lionsgate Films,Lionsgate Television, Lionsgate Alternative Television,Lionsgate Home Entertainment, a minority stake in 42, and a stake of joint ventureAmblin Partners. Through Lionsgate Films, the company also releases films under theSummit Entertainment andeOne Films labels.
Following the completion of acquisition ofEntertainment One fromHasbro on December 27, 2023, Lionsgate revealed its intention to split its film and television assets into its own company, whose Studios division would merge with aspecial-purpose acquisition company named Screaming Eagle Corporation to form a separate publicly traded company calledLionsgate Studios Corporation. The deal was closed on May 7, 2024, with the transaction setting a $4.6-billion value on Lionsgate Studios.
The company launched a week later on May 14, and began trading onNasdaq via the stock symbol LION. Lionsgate remained its controlling shareholder, owning around 87% of it following the split. In January 2025, the studio announced its full separation from Starz, which had been closed on May 6 of that year.[3]
In July 2025Legendary Entertainment was reported to be eyeing a deal to acquire Lionsgate Studios.[4]
Lionsgate Studios operates through its filming division,Lionsgate Films; which consists of its own in-house productions, as well as films under theSummit Entertainment label, and from itsLionsgate Canada subsidiary. The latter company, which was known as Entertainment One prior to its sale to Lionsgate, also houses the libraries of defunct production companies such asKoch Entertainment,Christal Films,Alliance Atlantis (from the merger of its former existence asAlliance Communications andAtlantis Communications),Salter Street Films,Cineplex Odeon Films andPhase 4 Films.
Lionsgate Studios' library features titles from several defunct studios, including:Trimark Pictures (acquired in 2000),Artisan Entertainment (acquired in 2003 and with itVestron Pictures which Artisan acquired in 1991),Starz Distribution (acquired by Lionsgate in 2016, which includes the libraries ofAnchor Bay Entertainment,Overture Films, the pre-2015Film Roman library and in-house content by Starz and it's predecessor IDT Entertainment), the library ofHearst's entertainment division,Tribune Entertainment (throughDebmar-Mercury),American Zoetrope (distribution deal in 2010, with certain exceptions), Modern Entertainment (library acquired in 2005), the assets ofThe Weinstein Company andDimension Films (post-2005 titles only; through its 18.9% stake inSpyglass Media Group).
Lionsgate Studios' complete ownership depends on various and/or specific global licensing.
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| Formerly | C/FP Video (1989–1994) CFP Video (1994–1998) Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (1998–2000) Lions Gate Home Entertainment (2000–2006) |
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| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Home video |
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| Founded | October 21, 1989; 36 years ago (1989-10-21) |
| Headquarters | 2700 Colorado Avenue,, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Services | Film distribution |
| Parent | Lionsgate Studios |
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| Website | lionsgate |
Lionsgate's movies have been released onDVD,Blu-ray andUltra HD Blu-ray, as well as on thePSP throughUniversal Media Disc.
Their releases are currently distributed bySony Pictures Home Entertainment, who has released the company's content on home video since 2021, following the expiration of their deal with20th Century Home Entertainment.
Audiovisual releases from or by Lions Gate were previously distributed by Universal Studios Home Video (nowUniversal Pictures Home Entertainment) and Columbia TriStar Home Video (nowSony Pictures Home Entertainment). Lions Gate Films would eventually create two home video labels: Avalanche Home Entertainment, which released smaller Canadian B-movies on video and DVD; and Sterling Home Entertainment (a joint venture with Scanbox International, a Danish film company), which released American low-budget movies on video and DVD in the late 1990s. In June 2000, Lions Gate boughtTrimark Pictures and merged its in-house home video unit with those of Avalanche and Sterling to formLions Gate Home Entertainment the following year, i.e. in 2001.
After the acquisition, Sterling Home Entertainment was then renamed Studio Home Entertainment, which later folded into Lionsgate.[5] Lions Gate boughtArtisan Entertainment in 2003 and folded it into its Family Entertainment section of its Home Entertainment division the following year.
With a library of more than 8,000 films and although founded to distribute in-house productions, LGHE also previously distributed productions featuringBarbie fromMattel andClifford the Big Red Dog fromScholastic Corporation,Stickin' Around videos fromNelvana andMGA Entertainment productions.[6] Lionsgate Home Entertainment also previously distributed videos from the home entertainment division ofthe Jim Henson Company[7] until 2012 when Henson signed a deal withGaiam Vivendi Entertainment. With the acquisition of Artisan, LGHE also released the back catalog ofITC Entertainment until 2013, when ITC's successor-in-interestITV Studios Global Entertainment signed a deal with Shout! Factory (nowShout! Studios).
In 2001, in Québec it was renamed Christal Films, and in Ontario and other provinces,Maple Pictures.
In August 2001, Lions Gate Home Entertainment signed a deal withDIC Entertainment to distribute their back catalogue of animated titles on video and DVD in the United States, replacing DIC's long time partnerBuena Vista Home Entertainment.[8] The partnership only lasted a year, as in 2003 DIC started to distribute their shows through theSterling Entertainment Group (unrelated to the ex-Lionsgate subsidiary Sterling Home Entertainment) and later other distribution companies like Shout! Factory (nowShout! Studios), 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (now20th Century Home Entertainment) and NCircle Entertainment.
In 2008, Lionsgate Home Entertainment contracted withHIT Entertainment for DVD distribution in the United States after its contract with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment expired,[9] which ended in 2014 and got transferred toUniversal Pictures Home Entertainment.[10]
On August 4, 2008, Lionsgate announced a deal withWalt Disney Studios Home Entertainment to acquire the distribution rights to several Touchstone Television/ABC Studios (nowABC Signature) shows includingAccording to Jim,Reaper,Hope & Faith,8 Simple Rules andBoy Meets World.[11]
In 2009,American Greetings struck a deal with Lionsgate to release its audiovisual content on DVD after its deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ended,[12] with the exception ofStrawberry Shortcake, as it was a prior deal made in 2003 between 20th Century Fox and American Greetings.
Until 2012, Lionsgate also distributed most of the theatrical properties held byRepublic Pictures on DVD under license fromParamount Pictures. The deal also expanded to include some non-marquee films originally released by Paramount themselves. Recently, with the folding of Republic, Lionsgate's function was transferred to Olive Films (and laterKino Lorber).
On February 11, 2011, Lionsgate andStudioCanal made an agreement to release 550 films fromMiramax globally, replacing long time partner Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment at the time when Miramax was owned by the Walt Disney Company.[13] It was transferred toParamount Home Entertainment in April 2020 after the acquisition of a 49% stake in Miramax by PHE's parent companyParamount Global (at the time known asViacomCBS).
With Lionsgate acquiringSummit Entertainment in 2012, its home entertainment division took over its home video releasing rights.
In November 2015,Discovery Communications andLiberty Global each took a 3.4% stake in Lionsgate Entertainment, and as a result, LGHE began distributing titles from the Discovery library on home media starting in 2016 and ending in 2022 whenWarner Bros. Home Entertainment took over distribution of Discovery home media releases following the merger ofWarnerMedia with Discovery to formWarner Bros. Discovery.
On December 8, 2016, Lionsgate acquiredStarz Inc., which includes the North American branches ofManga Entertainment and the first incarnation ofAnchor Bay Entertainment.[14] Shortly after acquisition, Anchor Bay was folded into Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Manga is planned to be relaunched in the near future.[15] Anchor Bay Entertainment would be revived by co-founders of Umbrelic Entertainment, Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz, on February 15, 2024, as a production company for "genre films, undiscovered treasures, cult classics and remastered catalog releases".[16][17]
On June 30, 2021, Lionsgate's North American distribution deal withWalt Disney Studios Home Entertainment expired and was taken overSony Pictures Home Entertainment as of July 1, 2021.[18]
After Lionsgate completed its acquisition of Entertainment One (eOne), nowLionsgate Canada, on December 27, 2023, its home entertainment division started distributing its physical releases worldwide.
On June 24, 2024, it was reported that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment had entered into a distribution deal withStudio Distribution Services to handle the physical distribution of titles fromSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures,TriStar Pictures,Screen Gems,Crunchyroll, LLC, etc.) as well as Lionsgate,Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Walt Disney Pictures,Marvel Studios,Lucasfilm Ltd.,20th Century Studios, etc.) andThe Criterion Collection through their existing distribution deals with SPHE.[19]
Lionsgate Television is the television arm of Lionsgate and Lionsgate Studios established in July 1997 and has produced such series asNashville,Anger Management,The Dead Zone,5ive Days to Midnight,Weeds,Nurse Jackie,Boss andMad Men.
Lionsgate later acquired television syndication firmDebmar-Mercury on July 12, 2006[20] withCBS Media Ventures, at the time known asCBS Television Distribution, handling ad-sales (with the exception ofMeet the Browns, which was rather co-distributed by Turner Television/Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution andDisney–ABC Domestic Television rather handling its ad-sales).
In March 2013, Lionsgate signed with Mars One, a Dutch nonprofit with space agency and aerospace backers intent on colonizing Mars, to produce a reality television show.[21]
On August 6, 2018, Lionsgate signed a first-look television development agreement withUniversal Music Group.[22]
With the acquisition of Entertainment One on December 27, 2023, Lionsgate restructured eOne's television assets and folded them into Lionsgate Television, creating in the processLionsgate Alternative Television on January 14, 2024, which produces and distributes Lionsgate's unscripted television shows.[23]
On September 5, 2019, Great Point Capital Management signed a deal with Lionsgate to build a new production facility inYonkers, New York, with Lionsgate becoming a long-term anchor tenant and investor. As the anchor tenant, Lionsgate will have naming rights to the studio. Construction on the site will start in November, and the facility will be running in late autumn 2020. The $100 million complex will include three 20,000-square-feet and two 10,000-square-feet stages, a fully operational back lot and the opportunity to create a location-based entertainment property.
The studio, will be built next to the former Otis Elevator Company building in Getty Square and is expected to provide 420 new jobs in Yonkers, the developers said. They received numerous tax breaks and exemptions to build the project. National Resources will be an investment partner and project developer, responsible for all phases of design and construction of the studio complex.[24]
On April 8, 2020, it was announced that the developers locked down $60 million in financing while the rest of the $40 million in the second phase of the project will be anchored by entertainment firm Lionsgate.[25]
In 2022, the city ofNewark, New Jersey announced that a major new film and television production studio overlookingWeequahic Park andWeequahic Golf Course,Lionsgate Newark Studios would open in 2024 on the 15-acre formerSeth Boyden housing projects site at 101 Center Terrace in theDayton section of the city nearEvergreen Cemetery. Lionsgate Newark will partner on public relations and community affairs with theNew Jersey Performing Arts Center.[26][27][28]
In September 5, 2023, Liberty Strategic Capital, a private equity fund led bySteven Mnuchin, acquired a 5.5% stake in Lions Gate Entertainment (now Lionsgate Studios). This investment, totaling about $30.8 million, represented a significant investment for the company as it was preparing for the $500 million eOne acquisition and a planned split of its studio and streaming businesses.[29] In May 30, 2025, Liberty Strategic Capital increased the stake to 12.6%, as Steven Mnuchin takes control of the studio.[30]