This is a list of motion picture distributors, past and present, sorted alphabetically by country.
Albania Constantin Film United International Pictures
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
Bangladesh
Alpha-i Bongo BD Chorki Fatman Films Impress Telefilm Jaaz Multimedia Monsoon Films Tiger Media
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 Le Vision Pictures New Classics Pictures Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Wanda Pictures
Denmark Nordisk Film Buena Vista International Denmark
Estonia Hea Film
Finland Finnkino SF Film Finland
France Ad Vitam BAC Films Les Films du Losange Gaumont Metropolitan Filmexport Le Pacte Pan-Européenne Paramount Pictures France Pathé AMLF SND Films Sony Pictures Releasing France StudioCanal Mars Distribution UGC Distribution UGC Fox Distribution (defunct) United International Pictures (until 2008) Universal Pictures International France Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures France Warner Bros. Pictures France
Germany and Austria 20th Century Studios Constantin Film Sony Pictures Releasing Filmverlag der Autoren Kinowelt Tobis Sascha-Film Senator Film Paramount Pictures Germany/Universal Pictures Germany Universum Film The Walt Disney Company Austria GmbH RKO Radio Pictures Warner Bros. Wild Bunch
Hong Kong Cinema City International Golden Harvest JCE Movies Limited Media Asia Mei Ah Entertainment
India AA Films AVM Productions Dharma Productions Eros International Excel Entertainment Grass Root Film Company Kalasangham Films Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments PVR Pictures Rajshri Productions Red Chillies Entertainment Red Giant Movies Reliance Entertainment Sahara Movie Studios Shemaroo Entertainment Star Studio18 Tips Music Films Ultra Media & Entertainment UTV Motion Pictures Yash Raj Films Zee Studios Red Giant Movies
Italy Artex Film Cineriz De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Filmauro Lux Film Metacinema Sony Pictures Titanus Warner Bros. 01 Distribution Rai Cinema
Japan Bandai Visual Toho Toei Shochiku Kadokawa Shoten
Korea, South CJ Entertainment Lotte Entertainment Next Entertainment World Showbox
Malaysia Golden Screen Cinemas Tanjong Golden Village MBO Cinemas
Mexico Filmex Videocine
Netherlands A-Film BBI Films Benelux Film Distributors Fortissimo Films In The Air Paramount Pictures Sony Pictures Universal Pictures International Warner Bros. (Holland) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Netherlands WW Entertainment
Nigeria Silverbird Film Distribution
Pakistan A-Plus Films ARY Films Geo Films Summit Entertainment Pakistan Eveready Pictures Urdu 1 Pictures
Philippines ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc. (Star Cinema) GMA Network Films Inc. (GMA Pictures) Lionsgate OctoArts Films/Axinite Digicinema Paramount Pictures/Sony Pictures Entertainment Regal Entertainment/Reality Entertainment Solar Pictures Universal Pictures Viva Films Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Warner Bros.
Portugal Media Capital NOS Audiovisuais
Russia Soyuzmultfilm Bazelevs Distribution Lenfilm Central Partnership Mosfilm
Singapore Cathay Organisation Golden Village Shaw Organisation
Sri Lanka Lyca Production
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
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 Embassy Pictures Eternal Pictures Fairway Film Alliance Famous Players Film Company Famous Players–Lasky Corporation FilmNation Entertainment Films Around The World First Run Features First Independent Pictures First National Fox Film Corporation Gaumont British Picture Corp. of America Genius Products Global Film Initiative Goldwyn Pictures Grand National Pictures Gravitas Ventures Hallmark Media Hal Roach Studios Hannover House Howco Productions Inc. IFC Films Janus Films KDK Factory Ketchup Entertainment Kinemacolor Koch-Lorber Films Liberty Films Lionsgate Lippert Pictures Lopert Films Magnolia Pictures Majestic Pictures Mascot Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Metro Pictures Metropolitan Pictures Corporation 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. Phaedra Cinema Phase 4 Films Picturehouse 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 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 CJ CGV
West Asia/North Africa General Organization for Cinema (Syria) Gulf Film Rotana
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