Sony Pictures International Releasing
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Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | December 21, 1987 as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. August 7, 1991 as Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. |
| Headquarters | 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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 US$ 8.064 billion (FY2016)
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US$ -719 million (FY2016)
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| Owner | Sony Corporation |
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Number of employees
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est. 3,500 (2016) |
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| Website | sonypictures |
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (known simply as Sony Pictures and abbreviated as SPE) is an American entertainment company that produces, acquires and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs and recorded videos) through multiple platforms. Through an intermediate holding company called Sony Film Holding Inc., it is operated as a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., which is itself a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a wholly owned subsidiary and the US headquarters of the Tokyo-based multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony Corporation. Based in Culver City, California, it encompasses Sony's motion picture, television production and distribution units. Its group sales in the fiscal year 2016 (April 2016 – March 2017) has been reported to be of $8.064 billion.
SPE is a member of the Big Six and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
Sony Pictures' film franchises include The Karate Kid, Ghostbusters, Spider-Man, Men in Black, Underworld, Resident Evil, Robert Langdon, The Smurfs (via Peyo), Sniper, and many more.
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