{"id":4185,"date":"2012-09-18T19:32:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T23:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=4185"},"modified":"2012-12-21T01:20:01","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T06:20:01","slug":"columbiatristar-pictures-kevin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2012\/09\/18\/columbiatristar-pictures-kevin\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia\/TriStar Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Kevin Kwon<\/pre>\n
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Copyright 2012 Sony Pictures Digital Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Copyright 2012 Sony Pictures Digital Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Contact Information: 10202 West Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 United States. <\/strong><\/p>\n
Phone: (310) 244-4000 \u00a0 \u00a0Fax: (310) 280-1509<\/strong><\/p>\n
Website:\u00a0http:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/<\/strong><\/p>\n
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QUICK PROFILE AND HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Copyright 2012 Sony Pictures Digital Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Copyright 2012 Sony Pictures Digital Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/strong>Columbia\/Tristar Pictures, also known as the Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group or more recently, Sony Tristar Group, serves as a part of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is the film and television division of Sony Corporation. Columbia\/Tristar Pictures is responsible for the marketing, licensing, and promotion of its products. The company boasts an impressive library of over 3,500 movies and twelve films that received Best Picture Academy Awards. A total of three studios makes up Columbia\/Tristar Pictures which are: Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, and Sony Pictures Classics. Each of these three studios serves a special purpose; Columbia Pictures specializes in large budget films, Sony Pictures Classics focuses on both foreign and domestic independent films, while Screen Gems is more like a mix of the two.1<\/sup><\/p>\n
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Copyright 2012 Sony Pictures Digital Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p><\/div>\n
Although founded in 1924, Columbia Pictures was only purchased by Sony for 3.4\u00a0billion USD in 1989. The purchase was an\u00a0unprecedented\u00a0event and it became the largest acquisition by a Japanese company at that time. Soon after, Sony had moved Columbia to its permanent home in Culver City, California.<\/span>2\u00a0<\/sup>In 1998, Sony merged its own TriStar Pictures into its Columbia Pictures division which resulted in a single production company. \u00a0The reason for this merger, as stated by John Calley, CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment at the time, was because Sony wanted to “focus on producing a larger number of pictures with greater efficiency and less rivalry.”3\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n
For a more detailed look at the company’s history, you can visit here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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KEY EXECUTIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Michael Lynton, image courtesy of
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Michael Lynton –<\/strong> Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment. CEO of Sony Corporation of America. CEO of Sony Entertainment, Inc.<\/span>4
\n<\/sup><\/strong>Amy Pascal –<\/strong> \u00a0Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group.<\/span>4\u00a0<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n
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Douglass Belgrad, image courtesy of www.awn.com<\/p><\/div>\n
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Jeff Blake –<\/strong> Vice Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment.<\/span>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n
Steven N. Bersch –<\/strong> President of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions.<\/span>4
\n<\/sup><\/strong>Douglass Belgrad –<\/strong> President of Columbia Pictures.<\/span>4 <\/sup><\/strong>Hannah Minghella –\u00a0<\/strong> President of Production for Columbia Pictures.<\/span>4
\n<\/sup><\/strong>Clinton Culpepper –<\/strong> President of Screen Gems.<\/span>4 <\/sup><\/strong>Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom –<\/strong> Co-Presidents and Co-Founders of Sony Picture Classics.<\/span>5<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n
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COLUMBIA TRISTAR PICTURES IN LATE 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n
August<\/strong><\/p>\n
August 29, 2012\u00a0\u2013<\/strong> Sony Pictures Entertainment along with EON Productions, MGM Studios, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced their plan to make October 5, 2012, the official and globally celebrated James Bond Day.<\/p>\n
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Image courtesy of www.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com<\/p><\/div>\n
On this special day, fans of the Bond franchise all over the world will be able to experience numerous events such as a live auction charity with Bond related items, a concert with timeless Bond themes, and Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007<\/em>, a <\/em>new documentary from a joint effort between Columbia Pictures, MGM Pictures, Passion Pictures, and Red Box Films. This mega James Bond event not only celebrates the franchise’s 50th<\/sup> anniversary, but also creates hype and awareness toward the upcoming Bond film from Columbia Pictures, Skyfall<\/em>. Director Sam Mendes’ Skyfall<\/em> is one of Columbia Pictures’ most anticipated films in 2012.6<\/sup><\/p>\n
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\u00a0September<\/strong><\/p>\n
September 27, 2012 –<\/strong>\u00a0Although it was already widely known that the upcoming Bond film, Skyfall<\/em>, was going to be released in IMAX, more news regarding the movie’s relationship with IMAX was revealed. On September 27, 2012, Columbia Pictures announced through the official 007’s Twitter feed that the movie will be released a day early in IMAX theaters. It was also mentioned that the day early release was exclusive to IMAX theaters in the States.7<\/sup> The studio is building great hype for its upcoming Bond film and expects loyal fans of the franchise to experience the movie in IMAX a day early.<\/p>\n
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Hotel Transylvania poster, image courtesy of www.imdb.com<\/p><\/div>\n
September 28, 2012 –<\/strong>\u00a0Columbia Pictures released the animation feature, Hotel Translyvania<\/em>. The budget for the film amounted to $85 million.\u00a0Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, Hotel Translyvania<\/em> benefited from a strong voice acting cast made up of talents such as Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, and Selena Gomez. The movie enjoyed the greatest debut ever for a Columbia Pictures animation feature at $42.5 million in opening weekend, a record that was previously held by The Smurfs<\/em> at $35.6 million.8<\/sup>\u00a0In total, the film earned a worldwide gross of $296.6 million and a domestic gross of $143 million.9<\/sup><\/p>\n
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October<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Here Comes the Boom poster, image courtesy of www.imdb.com<\/p><\/div>\n
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October 12, 2012 –\u00a0<\/strong>Columbia Pictures released, Here Comes the Boom<\/em>, a movie directed by Frank Coraci. Actor Kevin James stars as a biology teacher who enters the world of mixed martial arts in order to raise money for his struggling school.\u00a0The movie falls under the Comedy genre, but fails to garner enough laughs from both the fans and the studio. In its debut, Here Comes the Boom<\/em>, only earned about $3.63 million which marked the worst opening in Kevin James’ career.\u00a0Altogether, the movie made about $42 million domestically and $53.6 million worldwide.10<\/sup><\/p>\n
October 26, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> The highly anticipated, Skyfall<\/em>, is released in many foreign markets which includes but is not limited to the United Kingdom, France, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, and Belgium. The United States will have to wait another two weeks before Skyfall<\/em> is shown in theaters. On top of high reviews from critics, the film dominated the markets it was introduced in. In the UK, Skyfall<\/em>, broke the record for a Saturday theater attendance as well as becoming the 2nd<\/sup> highest grossing film in its opening weekend with a total of #32.3 million made. The film from Columbia Pictures claimed first place in every market it was introduced in during that opening weekend.11<\/sup><\/p>\n
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November<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Skyfall poster, image courtesy of www.forbes.com<\/p><\/div>\n
November 11, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> Columbia Pictures finally released, Skyfall<\/em>, the 23rd<\/sup> Bond film in its domestic debut on November 9, 2012. The movie enjoyed tremendous success internationally, and it did not disappoint domestically during its opening weekend. Director Sam Mendes’ Skyfall <\/em>with its impressive cast featuring Daniel Craig as Bond, set the highest opening weekend record ever domestically in Bond film history with a total gross of $88.4 million. This is a tremendous increase from the two previous Bond films, Quantum of Solace <\/em>and Casino Royale<\/em>, that both featured Daniel Craig as the beloved spy. Also, Skyfall<\/em>, was shown in IMAX theaters on Thursday due to its early release and made $2.2 million outside the $88.4 million total weekend gross.12<\/sup> In total (up to December 7, 2012), Skyfall,<\/em> earned a domestic gross of $249 million and a worldwide gross of $872.4 million. In only twelve days since release, Skyfall<\/em>, took its place as the highest-grossing Bond film of all time.13<\/sup> The highly successful Skyfall<\/em> owes part of its success to the great marketing team in Columbia Pictures. The team was responsible for creating awareness and hype up to the film’s release worldwide. During the 2012 London Olympics, an event that was watched by millions, Bond made a spectacular appearance in the opening ceremonies. People who witnessed the opening ceremonies could not forget the image of Bond and the Queen jumping out of a plane to join the festivities. Bond’s appearance during the opening ceremonies made people realize again how awesome the iconic spy really is. On top of that event, Adele’s song for the movie was supposedly \u201cleaked,\u201d which added to the hype for the film. The song was well received and reached high rankings in billboard charts all over the world.14<\/sup><\/p>\n
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December<\/strong><\/p>\n
December 3, 2012 \u2013<\/strong> In the upcoming sequel to, The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em> (2012), Dane DeHaan who is famous for his role in the movie, Chronicle<\/em>, is cast as Harry Osborn.<\/p>\n
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Dane DeHaan, image courtesy of www.mtv.com<\/p><\/div>\n
Harry Osborn is a huge character in the Spider-Man universe and serves as a friend to Peter Parker as well as an enemy. Director Marc Webb who directed, The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em>, is also working on the sequel. He revealed Dane DeHaan’s role as Harry Osborn via Twitter. The Spider-Man franchise is significantly and financially important to Columbia Pictures and Sony reserves all rights to the franchise on film despite the character belonging to the company, Marvel, which is now owned by Disney.15<\/sup><\/p>\n
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2012 WRAP UP<\/strong><\/p>\n
Columbia\/Tristar Pictures enjoyed massive success in 2012<\/strong> with titles such as: Skyfall, The Amazing Spider-Man, Men in Black 3, Hotel Transylvania, Resident Evil: Retribution, Underworld: Awakening,<\/em> and 21 Jump Street<\/em>. The Amazing Spider-Man<\/em> enjoyed the 2nd<\/sup> largest success after Skyfall<\/em> with a total gross of $754 million worldwide.<\/strong> The third movie in its franchise, Men in Black 3<\/em>, followed behind with a total gross of $624 million worldwide.<\/strong> Columbia\/Tristar Pictures has the number one market share in North America.<\/strong> There is still one more major film to be released in 2012 which is, Zero Dark Thirty<\/em>, a film by Kathryn Bigelow. The movie will be released on December 19, 2012.16<\/sup><\/p>\n
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References<\/strong><\/p>\n
1. Hoovers Inc. (2012).\u00a0Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group<\/em>. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from Hoovers.com:
\nhttp:\/\/www.hoovers.com\/company-information\/cs\/company-profile.Columbia_TriStar_Motion_Picture_Group.9a3fb312ea9f08a6.html<\/a><\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Sony Pictures Entertainment. (2006).\u00a0Sony Pictures History<\/em>. Retrieved March 18, 2012, from Sony Pictures Entertainment Museum:\u00a0http:\/\/www.sonypicturesmuseum.com\/studio\/history\/1<\/a><\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Matzer, M. (1998). Sony Is Combining Its TriStar, Columbia Units – Los Angeles Times.\u00a0Featured Articles From The Los Angeles Times<\/em>. Retrieved November 7, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1998\/mar\/31\/business\/fi-34433<\/a><\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Senior Management Team. (2012).\u00a0Sony Pictures<\/em>. Retrieved October 5, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/corp\/management.html<\/a><\/p>\n
5.\u00a0About Us. (2012).\u00a0Sony Classics<\/em>. Retrieved October 15, 2012, from: http:\/\/www.sonyclassics.com\/about-us\/bio-tom-bernard.php<\/a><\/p>\n
6.\u00a0James Bond Day Set For October 5. (2012).\u00a0MTV Movies Blog<\/em>. Retrieved November 2, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/moviesblog.mtv.com\/2012\/08\/29\/james-bond-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n
7.\u00a0Billington, A. (2012). Bond’s ‘Skyfall’ Now Set to Open in US IMAX Theaters One Day Early | FirstShowing.net.FirstShowing.net<\/em>. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from: http:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/2012\/bonds-skyfall-now-set-to-open-in-us-imax-theaters-one-day-early\/<\/a><\/p>\n
8.\u00a0Subers, R. (2012). Weekend Report: ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Scares Up New September Record – Box Office Mojo.\u00a0Box Office Mojo<\/em>. Retrieved October 26, 2012, from: http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/news\/?id=3536&p=.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Hotel Transylvania (2012) – Box Office Mojo. (2012).\u00a0Box Office Mojo<\/em>. Retrieved November 3, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=hoteltransylvania.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
10.\u00a0Here Comes the Boom (2012) – Box Office Mojo. (n.d.).\u00a0Box Office Mojo<\/em>. Retrieved November 20, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=herecomestheboom.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
11.\u00a0Segars, F. (2012). Foreign Box Office: ‘Skyfall’ Blasts Off Overseas With Massive $78.6 Million.\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. Retrieved November 30, 2012, from: www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/foreign-box-office-skyfall-blasts-383848<\/a><\/p>\n
12.\u00a0Subers, R. (2012). Weekend Report: ‘Skyfall’ Scores Best Bond Debut Ever – Box Office Mojo.\u00a0Box Office Mojo<\/em>. Retrieved November 30, 2012, from: http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/news\/?id=3565&p=.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
13.\u00a0Skyfall (2012) – Box Office Mojo. (2012).Box Office Mojo<\/em>. Retrieved December 1, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/movies\/?id=bond23.htm<\/a><\/p>\n
14.\u00a0Marks, J. (2012). Sony’s marketing team sets up ‘Skyfall’ as one of the best Bond movies ever – West Palm Beach Marketing | Examiner.com.\u00a0Welcome to Examiner.com | Examiner.com<\/em>. Retrieved December 2, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/sony-s-marketing-team-sets-up-skyfall-as-one-of-the-best-bond-movies-ever<\/a><\/p>\n
15.\u00a0‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Casts Dane DeHaan As Harry Osborn – Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV.com. (2012).New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Top Stories | MTV<\/em>. Retrieved December 2, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/articles\/1698274\/amazing-spiderman-2-dane-dehaan.jhtml<\/a><\/p>\n
16.\u00a0SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT SCORES BIGGEST YEAR EVER AT GLOBAL BOX OFFICE, PASSING $4 BILLION FOR FIRST TIME IN STUDIO HISTORY AS SKYFALL\u2122 BECOMES THE BIGGEST BOND OF ALL TIME. (2012).Sony Pictures<\/em>. Retrieved December 4, 2012, from:
\nhttp:\/\/www.sonypictures.com\/corp\/press_releases\/2012\/11_12\/111812_skyfall.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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