These corporate giants control the majority of the global box office and own massive libraries of intellectual property: The Walt Disney Studios : Known for Walt Disney Pictures Marvel Studios (Star Wars), and Warner Bros. Pictures : Owns the DC Universe Wizarding World (Harry Potter), and New Line Cinema. Universal Pictures : Home to the Fast & Furious Jurassic Park Despicable Me (Illumination) franchises. Sony Pictures : Includes Columbia Pictures , and manages the Spider-Man film rights. Paramount Pictures : Famous for the Mission: Impossible Transformers Notable Production Companies

Conversely, studios like Universal and Warner Bros. have found recent success by betting on original concepts or revitalizing legacy IPs with unexpected creative teams (think the success of Everything Everywhere All At Once or the Super Mario Bros. Movie ). The lesson here is clear: audiences are hungry for spectacle, but they are rejecting the formulaic.

Similar to A24, Neon has made waves by distributing and producing international hits, most notably the history-making Parasite . The Future of Global Production

: Co-founded by Brad Pitt, this company focuses on prestige films like 12 Years a Slave Imagine Entertainment