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| Formerly | Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (1987–1991) |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | December 21, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-12-21) asColumbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. August 7, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-08-07) asSony Pictures Entertainment Inc. |
| Founder | Sony |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue |  US$7.097 billion (FY2020) |
 US$753 million (FY2020) | |
| Owner | Sony Group Corporation |
Number of employees | 9,500 (2019[1]) |
| Parent | The Coca-Cola Company (1987–1989) Sony Corporation of America (1989–2012) Sony Entertainment (2012–present) |
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| Website | sonypictures.net |
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Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., formerlyColumbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, is anAmerican company that makes anddistributesmovies. The company is owned bySony Corporation. They also ownColumbia Pictures,TriStar Pictures,Screen Gems,Affirm Films and otherstudios. The company makes movies andtelevision programs. The movies are mainly released under Columbia Pictures (though TriStar, Screen Gems, and the other studios also release movies) and the TV programs are released by its TV department Sony Pictures Television. The main operations of the company are in theUnited States. Sony Pictures also has many different divisions around the world. These places includeCanada,United Kingdom,India andJapan. The company is nowheadquartered at theSony Pictures Studios inCulver City, California.
Sony Corporation first got into the movie business after buying Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures in 1989. They renamed the company as "Sony Pictures" in 1991.[4]
Sony Pictures eventually branched out. It created other divisions. The company even had a part of rival studioMGM at one point. It made severalJames Bond movies with them.[5] The company washacked in 2014 by people who seemed to be fromNorth Korea. The U.S. government thinks this was for makingThe Interview, a movie that made fun of North Korean leaderKim Jong-un.[6]
Sony Pictures recovered after the hacking. They made a deal withDisney to shareSpider-Man movies withMarvel Studios.[7] They alsostream movies and television programs onNetflix.[8]
Sony Pictures Television acquiringHazbin Hotel onPrime Video with SpindleHorse Toons,A24,Bento Box Entertainment andAmazon MGM Studios by January 2024.[9][10]
