{"id":20176,"date":"2014-10-05T18:56:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-05T22:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=20176"},"modified":"2014-12-01T18:41:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T23:41:48","slug":"lionsgate-entertainment-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2014\/10\/05\/lionsgate-entertainment-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionsgate Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Naomi Pinkus<\/pre>\n
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Lionsgate Company Logo [1]<\/a><\/p><\/div>Contact Information:<\/span><\/p>\n
Address:\u00a02700 Colorado Ave Ste 200
\nSanta Monica,\u00a0CA, 90404\u00a0United States<\/p>\n
Phone Number: (310) 449-9200<\/p>\n
Website: http:\/\/www.lionsgate.com<\/a><\/p>\n
About Lionsgate:<\/span><\/p>\n
Lionsgate Entertainment was founded in 1997 by financier Frank Giestra. In 2000 Giestra stepped down as CEO, and the current CEO, John Feltheimer, took charge along with the current Vice Chairman Michael Burns [2<\/a>]. For a while, Lionsgate was seen as a small studio known for their Tyler Perry comedies and horror flicks such as Saw<\/em>\u00a0[3<\/a>]. Then, in 2012,\u00a0The Hunger Games\u00a0<\/em>came to theaters, and become one of the most successful film franchises in history. Since then,\u00a0Lionsgate bought Summit Entertainment (Twilight <\/em>series) and has been speeding up to the major film studios in record time [3<\/a>].\u00a0This particular wiki will focus on Lionsgate’s motion picture production line of business, as it is also involved in television programming, home entertainment, distribution, and new channel platforms [2<\/a>].<\/p>\n
Key Executives:<\/span><\/p>\n
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John Feltheimer, Chief Executive Officer [4<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>
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Since starting in 2000, Feltheimer and Burns have grown Lionsgate from an $80 million company to a nearly $4 billion one today. Lionsgate’s revenue has increased more than 15 times over [4<\/a>].<\/p>\n
Financials:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Lionsgate\u00a0reported as of September 30th (when the quester ended) their revenue has increased by 11% to\u00a0$552.9 million.<\/span>\u00a0They also had\u00a0an adjusted EBITDA of\u00a0$59.0 million.<\/span>\u00a0They also had an adjusted net income of\u00a0$33.0 million<\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0$0.24<\/span>\u00a0adjusted basic net income per share. Additionally, they had a net income of\u00a0$20.8 million<\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0$0.15<\/span>\u00a0basic net income per share, which is up from $0.00 basic net income per share last quarter [6<\/a>].<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Big Releases:<\/strong><\/p>\n
Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1:<\/span><\/p>\n
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In this portion of the story, Katniss is in District 13 as the face of the rebellion, while trying to save Peeta from the Capitol [8<\/a>].<\/p><\/div>The third movie in the Hunger Game’s franchise which made over $1.5 billion in the box office before this new release [7<\/a>]. \u00a0The Hunger Games is by far Lionsgate’s most well-known and lucrative project. This third film came out November 21st, and has spent its two weeks of release being number one in the box office [9<\/a>]. With a budget of $125 million, it has already made $225 million in the domestic market and $480 in the international market [9<\/a>]. This franchise\u00a0is also responsible for the Jennifer Lawrence’s rise to one of the top A-List stars in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
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John Wick is the story of an ex-hitman who comes out of retirement to hunt the gangsters who took everything from him [10<\/a>].<\/p><\/div>John Wick:<\/span><\/p>\n
With the reintroduction of Keanu Reeves, John Wick did surprisingly well as number 2 in the box office opening weekend. With a budget of $20 billion, Lionsgate gained $42 million domestically and $17 million internationally [11<\/a>].<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Smaller Film Releases:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Addicted is a thriller that encompasses a story about a gallerist engaging in an affair, which jeopardizes her family and career [12<\/a>].<\/p><\/div>
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Jessabelle is the story of a girl who returns to her hometown after a car crash, where she’s met with a dark spirit who won’t let her go [14<\/a>].<\/p><\/div>Addicted<\/em> came out on October 10, 2014 and made $17 million. It was in approximately 1,000\u00a0theaters for only about 7 weeks [13<\/a>].<\/p>\n
Jessabelle<\/em> is a horror film that came out on November 7th, 2014. As of now, there is no information on the budget, earnings, or number of theaters of this film [15<\/a>].<\/p>\n
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Dear White People is a story about four black people struggling with race at a university [16<\/a>].<\/p><\/div>\n
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The Homesman is the story of a man and \u00a0woman who must transport 3 insane women across the country [18<\/a>].<\/p><\/div>Dear White People<\/em> was released on October 17th and has made about $4 million domestically (it was not released in the international market) [17<\/a>].<\/p>\n
The Homesman\u00a0<\/em>came out on November 21st. The film had an estimated budget of $16 millions and has only made $200,000 in the box office thus far [19<\/a>].<\/p>\n
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Upcoming Releases:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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