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{{Infobox company | {{Infobox company | ||
| name = Lionsgate Films | |name=Lionsgate Films | ||
| image = Lionsgate Logo Print.png | |image=Lionsgate Logo Print.png | ||
| founded = January 13, 1998 ({{age|1998|1|13}} years ago) | |founded=January 13, 1998 ({{age|1998|1|13}} years ago) | ||
| founder = John Dunning<br>Andre Link<br>{{w|Frank Giustra}} | |predecessors=[[Cinépix Film Properties]] | ||
| | |founder=John Dunning<br>Andre Link<br>{{w|Frank Giustra}} | ||
| subsidiaries = [[Globalgate Entertainment]]<br>[[Grindstone Entertainment Group]]<br>[[Good Universe]]<br>[[Lionsgate Premiere]]<br>[[Pantelion Films]] (50%)<br>[[Roadside Attractions]] (43%)<br>[[Spyglass Media Group]] (18.9%)<br>[[Entertainment One|eOne Films | |key people=Joe Drake (film group chairman)<br>Adam Fogelson (vice chairman) | ||
|country=[[:Category:United States|United States]]<br>[[:Category:Canada|Canada]] | |||
|parent=Lionsgate Studios<br>(Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation) | |||
|subsidiaries=[[Globalgate Entertainment]]<br>[[Grindstone Entertainment Group]]<br>[[Good Universe]]<br>[[Lionsgate Premiere]]<br>[[Pantelion Films]] (50%)<br>[[Roadside Attractions]] (43%)<br>[[Spyglass Media Group]] (18.9%)<br>[[Entertainment One|eOne Films]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Lionsgate Films''' (trading as '''Lionsgate''' since 2005) is a Canadian-American film | '''Lionsgate Films''' (trading as '''Lionsgate''' since 2005) is a Canadian-American film studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with headquarters in Santa Monica, California. Named after Vancouver's '''Lions Gate''' Bridge, it was formed on January 12, 1998, when [[Cinépix Film Properties]] was reincorporated under this name. The company grew in 2000 with the purchase of [[Trimark Pictures]] and in 2003 with the purchase of [[Artisan Entertainment]] in order to become the largest mini-major distributors. In 2012, the company acquired [[Summit Entertainment]]. In 2015, the company bought out the live-action library of [[Hearst Entertainment]] and a year later the company purchased Starz (including [[Anchor Bay Films]], which was absorbed into Lionsgate). | ||
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