Lionsgate

Entertainment production company

Lionsgate is an entertainment company known for producing and distributing film and television content.

Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California, the studio has built its reputation on franchises like *Saw*, *The Hunger Games*, and *John Wick*, as well as prestige television including *Mad Men* and *Orange Is the New Black*.

The name derives from the Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, where the company originated.

production

studio

Creative professional's workspace

cinematography · screenplay · editing · soundtrack · casting · crew · post-production · premiere · shooting · dailies

films

The Hunger Games

Dystopian survival competition series

Knives Out · Divergent · Hacksaw Ridge · The Expendables · American Psycho · Kick-Ass · Rambo · Midway · Power Rangers · Dirty Dancing

franchises

Hunger Games

Survival contest for starving districts

  • John WickAction film assassin protagonist
  • DivergentTending to separate outward
  • RamboRecklessly aggressive lone fighter

Madea · Dirty Dancing · Power Rangers · The Lincoln Lawyer

Categories
Opposites
studio legacy and scale

LionsgateParamount Pictures

Major Hollywood film studio

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer · Columbia Pictures · studio system

content positioning

LionsgateDisney

Major entertainment conglomerate

NBCUniversal · Pixar · family entertainment · Marvel Studios

corporate structure

LionsgateDisney

Major entertainment conglomerate

Comcast · media conglomerate

Family

gate, lion, lioness, lionize, lionhearted, lionesses, lionizing, lionized, lionization

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Rated G