The Big 6

The Big 6

The Big 6 include  20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures & Walt Disney Pictures. Altogether the Big 6 make up approximately 80-85% of Canadian and US Box Office revenue.

Warner Bros. Pictures:

This franchise stands at the forefront of entertainment industry, with movies like The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises and Wonder Women all grossing over $390,000,000 from theatres alone. Created on the forth of April 1924, it joined the Big 6 in 1990-1995 after already having been part of the Big 5 during Holly woods Golden Years prior to the creation of the Big 6.

20th Century Fox:

Another large entertainment Franchise, 20th Century Fox has produced a wide range of loved movies such as Avatar, Ice Age, X-Men, Die Hard, Planet of the Apes, Night at the Museum and Fantastic Four. Though some of these were released on movie streaming sites it still managed to gross 1 billion mark gross revenue in 2014 securing itself a massive turn around from its previous years.

Paramount Pictures:

As the longest running major studio in Hollywood it has a century of experience in the film industry, from the story to post production. It has created a wide range films like the Star Trek series, Jack Reacher, Ben-Hur and Monster Trucks and has proven itself to be a movie studio that can continuously keep up with modern times. In 2014 it was the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all its film it digital format only.