For the sister company serving the Japanese market, see Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Logo used since 1991
Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, United States
Formerly
Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (1987–1991)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Entertainment
Founded
December 18, 1987; 36 years ago (1987-12-18)
Headquarters
Poitier Building 10202 West Washington Boulevard,
Culver City, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Tony Vinciquerra (Chairman and CEO)
Ravi Ahuja (President & COO; Chairman, Global Television Studios and Corporate Development)[1]
Stacy Green (Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer)[2]
Jon Hookstratten (Executive Vice President, Administration & Operations)
Products
Motion pictures
Television programs
Mobile entertainment
Brands
Spider-Man (joint venture with Marvel Studios for the MCU films)
Jumanji
Ghostbusters
Men In Black
Sony's Spider-Man Universe
Karate Kid
Services
Film production and distribution
Television production and syndication
Online games
Video on demand
Digital distribution
Licensing
Revenue
US$10,14 billion (FY2022)
Operating income
US$894 million (FY2022)
Number of employees
9,100 (2023)
Parent
Sony Entertainment
Divisions
Motion Picture Group
Home Entertainment Group
Television Group
Subsidiaries
See § Subsidiaries
Website
sonypictures.com
Footnotes / references [3][4]
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate 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 the multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.[5][6] Based at the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California as one of the "Big Five" major American film studios, it encompasses Sony's motion picture, television production and distribution units. Its sales in the fiscal year 2020 (April 2020 – March 2021) was reported to be $7.16 billion.[7] All of SPE's divisions are members of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).[8] Sony's film franchises include The Karate Kid, Ghostbusters, Jumanji, Men in Black, Spider-Man, and Sony's Spider-Man Universe.
^"Ravi Ahuja | Sony Pictures Entertainment".
^"Stacy Green | Sony Pictures Entertainment".
^Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.: Private Company Information
^"Supplemental Information for the Consolidated Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter Ended March 31, 2018" (PDF). Tokyo, Japan: Sony Corporation. April 27, 2018. p. 10. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
^"About Sony Pictures". Sony Pictures Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
^Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is a wholly owned fifth-tier subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It is directly owned by Sony Film Holding Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. (FY2015 Securities Report (in Japanese), Sony Corporation)
^Patrick Frater (April 27, 2021). "Sony's Doubled Profits Driven By Games, Music and Film". variety.com. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
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