Talk:Major film studios

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to see past conversations on why this is called Big Ten (movie studios) and not just Big Ten, see Talk:Big Ten

[edit] No longer valid

merge with List of Hollywood movie studios

... because this article is out of date and false. And yes, I can change it to make it 'correct' but I will be only copying what's already at the above list... examples how it's out of date... Universal is no longer around (part of NBC - GE).. MGM is not a major, plus it's (part of Sony)... Miramax is not a mojor (part of Disney)... DreamWorks is a contender, not a major. New Line Cinema has nothing to do with this list... You can't have sub-studios of the same company competing against each other!

.............OR............

move to Big Six (movie studios)

... because it still it still derserves the right to name the BIG players, thus it should be called: the big six (Disney, Fox, Warner, Sony, Paramount..and Universal as NBC Universal) ... + plus the upcoming players... (DreamWorks..but NOT Miramax, or MGM!)

Yikes, hopes this makes sense... PEACE ~ RoboAction 06:33, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I have never heard the term "Big Ten" used to refer to movie studios, and I've been reading Variety off and on for the last 15 years. Can anyone cite some references to show that this term is in common use in the movie industry? --Metropolitan90 04:11, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Cut-and-pasted from my (User:Lowellian's) user talk page:

Hi, I see that you were the editor who started the article on the Big Ten (movie studios). I haven't been able to find any references in outside sources describing the major studios as the Big Ten. (See Talk:Big Ten (movie studios); see also the second paragraph of Talk:Big Ten.) Do you know where one could find some references to the term?

--Metropolitan90 July 6, 2005 05:05 (UTC)

I always thought it was one of those pop culture things that everyone knows without it ever actually being put into print. I also recall reading an article on Hollywood.com that actually used the term. However, Googling the term now, I'm having a hard time wading through the numerous other definitions of Big Ten as well as the many Wikipedia mirrors to find legitimate hits. However, I did find these following somewhat-related links:

• [1]
• from The Nation: [2] and [3]
• list of citations at [4]

It should be noted that these links are about media conglomerates, showing considerable overlap with the movie studios, though not quite exactly the same thing.

So what does this mean? Clearly, there is the term independent studio, which refers to one of the studios which is not affiliated with one of the major studios. My inclination is to merge this article, as well as the Big Six article, into list of Hollywood movie studios, while noting that a small handful of the studios (and noting exactly which ones) are much, much larger than others and are known as the "majors", while others are often called "independents".

—Lowellian (talk) July 6, 2005 06:03 (UTC)

This needs to be deleted. There is no such thing as the Big 10 movie studios. There are only 6 major ones.

[edit] Big Six, Big Nine, or just Major Movie Studios insted of Big Ten

This article should be renamed either the big six (NBC Universal, Buena Vista, Parmount, Warner Brothers, Fox, and Sony) or Big Nine (including the Weinstein Co., Lions Gate, and New Line). However the best situation would be making the Major Movie Sudios page in which all nine and any others (in the future) could be listed, because the term has never been used. In reality only the nine listed are major studios. Live Action Dreamworks is owned by Paramount and that would make SKG an independent because it makes few movies per year (at most 2 or 3). Miramax now being fully owned by Disney would also make only a few per year. MGM is also owned by Sony, thus making few movies per year. The only other studio I could see as a possibility would be Focus, but they are owned by Universal Studios.Casey14 21:37, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

There is also the page Big Six (movie studio corporations). Qutezuce 21:57, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

If no one has any objection I will rename the page to Major Movie Studios. Casey14 17:32, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Columbia and MGM must leave list

They are not major film studios. MGM only distributes films, it is not a major film studio, and should go under past. Columbia, should go under Sony Pictures, and not as Columbia. This is Major Film Studios for a reason, not subsidiaries, and not the larger forms (Viacom, etc).