Big Ten (movie studios) - Definition and Overview

The Big Ten refers to the ten major Hollywood movie studios:

• 20th Century Fox
• Walt Disney Studios
• Dreamworks SKG
• New Line Cinema
• MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• Miramax/Dimension Films
• Paramount Pictures
• Sony Pictures
• Universal Studios
• Warner Bros.

As Time Warner owns both New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. and Disney owns both the Walt Disney Studios and Miramax/Dimension Films, these ten movie studios are controlled by eight corporations, known as the Big Eight.

These ten movie studios are contrasted with other smaller movie studios, which are known as independent studios (indies).

See also

• Big Four - the four major music corporations: EMI, Sony-BMG, Universal, and Warner (originally the Big Five, but Sony and BMG merged)